• Created : June 25, 2020
  • Updated : June 28, 2020

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These impulse response files (IRs) are free and as mentioned in the Terms of Use, no warranty of any kind is provided with these files (issues, sound problems, inability to use them, sound quality, damages of any kind…).

Cab and Mics

The cab used is a German front-loaded and ported 1*12 loaded with a Celestion® V-Type (8 ohms, 70 Watts). This association delivers a lot of punch and a great tone for rock, cleans,… and metal of course !

This collection is the first in a new recording setup using a KT88 power section together with the previously used tube microphone preamp. The results are very similar to the ones obtained using a 6L6 power amp. The microphone preamp tube was upgraded from a stock Chinese 12AX7 (which was giving great results) to a Genalex Gold Lion 12AX7. The signal path and the recording setup has evolved as well compared to the previous ‘6L6-SerieII’ collections. 91 IRs files are provided in this version.

4 ‘new’ microphones are used with this collection :

  • CND-AT-1 : a condenser microphone from an Austrian company
  • DYN-GB-1 : a dynamic microphone from a UK maker
  • RBN-CN-1 and RBN-CN-2 : two ribbon microphones from 2 different Chinese makers (one of the two being branded and sold by a large German music equipment website ;))
  • Free Impulse Responses of a German front-loaded and ported cab loaded, with a Celestion® V-Type
  • 8 microphones:
    • Shure SM57
    • Shure SM58
    • Heil Sound PR20
    • Audio Technica 2020
    • CND-AT-1
    • DYN-GB-1
    • RBN-CN-1
    • RBN-CN-2

Recorded in home studio conditions, on June 20, 2020.

Rear plate of the V-Type

Samples

The following samples were recorded with the following equipment :

  • SD AHB1 or Nazgul pickups (E Standard / Drop C#)
  • Boss chorus for clean samples
  • Maxon OD9
  • Randall Thrasher 50
  • Torpedo Reload
  • Logic Pro X , Torpedo wall of sound with the 44K IRs.

The Randall Thrasher settings were the following :

EQ used in WOS , for most of the samples :

  • low cut : between 60 and 90 Hz
  • 120 Hz : -1 dB
  • 360 Hz : -1 dB
  • 800 Hz : +1 dB

IR Files

IRs are provided in 44,1 KHZ format, each mic in a subfolder. 91 IR files in this version. 2 voicing available for the DYN-GB-1 microphone. P1, P2, P3 present different level of clarity/treble (P1 darker, P3 clearer). -HPF when HPF was slightly raised from the default value I generally use.

  • CND-AT-1
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P05-70-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P09-70-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P10-70-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P15-70-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P05-70-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P09-90-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P10-70-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P05-90-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P10-50-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P10-90-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P09-70-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P10-50-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-CND-AT-1-P15-70-P1.wav
  • DYN-GB-1
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P05-35-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P10-50-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P20-50-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P09-35-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P15-35-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S2-P09-20-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P09-40-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P15-40-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S2-P10-20-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P09-50-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P15-40-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S2-P15-20-P1-2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P10-35-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P15-50-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S2-P15-20-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P10-40-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P20-40-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S2-P20-20-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P10-40-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S1-P20-40-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1-S2-P21-20-P1.wav
  • PR20
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P05-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P09-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P12-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P05-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P10-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P15-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P09-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P10-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-PR20-P20-50-P2.wav
  • RBN-CN-1
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P00-140-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-170-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-300-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P00-140-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-170-P3-HPF.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-400-P1-2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P00-170-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-200-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-400-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P00-170-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-200-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P10-400-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P00-90-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-240-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P15-400-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-140-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-240-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P15-600-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-170-P1-HPF.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-1-P05-300-P1.wav
  • RBN-CN-2
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P05-240-P1-HPF.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P05-240-P3-HPFP.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P15-400-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P05-240-P1-HPFP.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P05-240-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P15-400-P3.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P05-240-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P09-300-P1.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P05-240-P3-HPF.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-RBN-CN-2-P09-300-P3.wav
  • SM57
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM57-P05-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM57-P10-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM57-P20-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM57-P09-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM57-P15-30-P2.wav
  • SM58
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P05-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P09-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P10-30-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P10-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P05-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P09-50-P2.wav
    • OD-E112-VTYPE-SM58-P10-50-P2-2.wav

A few notes

  • The proximity effect of microphones was leveraged, without an aggressive low-cut : adjust HPF to your taste. For example, the sound gets more balanced with these IRs with 120 Hz -1 or -2 dB, 360 Hz -1 or -2 dB
  • The KT88 power amp used for IR capture tend to scoop a little bit the 600/800 HZ area : if you raise it by 1 to 2 DB, you may get closer to the actual sound of this speaker (ie under WOS 800 HZ +1 DB)
  • the IRs are recorded with a tube preamp
  • inner cap edge and cap edge (p09 – p10 – 12) present the most balanced tone for dynamic and condenser mics
  • use distance of 140 and more for the ribbon mics IRs to limit the huge bass level or use aggressive EQ values and low cut
  • My advice : keep your bass and mediums high on your amp, tame the treble and presence and do not push your gain too far, else the V-Type tends to go in undefined territory.
  • The condenser mics gives a great edgy sound with this speaker, I personally enjoy the bite you get with these IRs (AT2020 & CND-AT-1).
  • DYN-GB-1 IR file names include a doubled name (OD-E112-VTYPE-DYN-GB-1-DYN-GB-1) : this will be fixed in a future update.

Remarks

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Download link

You can download the IR files from this page : https://overdriven.fr/overdriven/index.php/download/kt88-seriei-german-112-vtype-44k-v1-0-zip/