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Home studio upgrade and 2nd gen IRs

July 30, 2020 : I have been busy upgrading my small home-studio and testing guitar and IR recording (Impulse Responses)  with a new -and hopefully- improved setup. I have been aiming at improving the quality, the diversity and usability of… Continue Reading →

HESU cabs available from Thomann

July 16, 2020 : HESU, a Polish amp and cab maker, has started focusing on selling through a network of distributors this year and Thomann has become one of them. The cabinet section at Thomann now references  five guitar cabinets… Continue Reading →

New IR collection : German 112 Celestion® A-Type

July 2020, 5 : a new free guitar cabinet impulse responses collection is available. IRs were created with a German 112 cab loaded with a Celestion® A-Type speaker. This one seems to be the V-Type American cousin : these two… Continue Reading →

Two-Notes releases major upgrade for Torpedo CAB M

June 26, 2020 : Two-Notes Audio Engineering released yesterday a major firmware upgrade for its pedal-format Virtual Cabinet and IR loader, the Torpedo Cab M… It becomes the Torpedo Cab M+ with major enhancements and new features (content taken from… Continue Reading →

New IR collection : German 112 Celestion® V-Type

June 2020, 25 : a new free guitar cabinet impulse responses collection is available. IRs were created with a German 112 cab loaded with a Celestion® V-Type speaker. It seems that the V-Type is one of the most overlooked and… Continue Reading →

Torpedo Wall Of Sound 4.3.10 released

June 13, 2020. Two-Notes audio engineering just released a new version of its Wall Of Sound plugin (version 4.3.10). Bug fixes, OSX 10.15 compatibility and registration enhancements. Check the product page at : https://www.two-notes.com/wall-of-sound. This update comes with a 50%… Continue Reading →

The Two-Notes Torpedo Captor X is available

May 2020, 25 After suffering a deferred launch due to the lockdown effects, the last born from the Two-Notes Torpedo family is finally available : it combines the function of a load-box, an amp attenuator and cab speaker simulation. And… Continue Reading →

New IR collection : Zilla® Fatboy 212 WGS® ET65

May 2020, 17 : a new free guitar cabinet impulse responses collection is available. IRs were created with a Zilla® Fatboy 212 cab loaded with a WGS® ET65 speaker. This one is a clone of the Celestion® G12-65 (the urban… Continue Reading →

Software Impulse Response loaders (IR part 7)

IntroductionEmbedded IR loaders in amp simsRouting to a dedicated pluginSoftware IR LoadersFree IR loadersPaid optionsConclusionContinue readingChange log Introduction Updated May 1, 2022 If you are using a Mac or a PC for guitar practice and recording, chances are that you… Continue Reading →

Impulse responses : part 6

This post is mainly targeted at beginners with impulse responses and presents advices and tips from my own small experience with IRs, and from questions and discussions observed on different musician websites and forums. Gear and signal pathDial-up your toneLeveraging… Continue Reading →

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