• Created : January 24, 2021
  • Updated : January 31, 2021

Terms and conditions

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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 guitar cabinet used for this collection is a UK 112 CAB, rear-loaded with an Eminence® The Governor speaker (8 ohms). The Governor is -IMHO- a very interesting speaker for metal and other saturated guitar tones and probably deserves more interest from the guitar players community as it is capable of great tones. This collection is way more balanced compared to the previous 6L6 and German-112 one : it is globally darker and less aggressive, so probably easier to pair with amps, pedals and amp sims.

In comparison to a V30, it is less aggressive in the highs as it’s treble starts rolling off sooner than the Vintage 30 : it’s high spikes are around 2 kHz and 2,4 kHz and the highs start dropping sharply just before 5 kHz. So it produces less ice picking effect than the V30 and this probably reduces the scooped feel as well. It supports high-gain tones very nicely. I included -in this first version of the collection- IRs captured with the DYN-75B : this is an affordable dynamic mic (T.Bone MB75B) that turns out to provide a great tone with the Governor : worth a try, in my opinion. Also, this collection starts using more positions per microphone, to provide more choices and options 😉.

The frequency responses from the Logic EQ below show the differences in high-mids and highs between the Governor and a Vintage 30 (same cab, SM57, P10 position) : the Governor is less aggressive in the 5 kHz area, with this cab.

Vintage 30 (white), The Governor (red)

  • Check the IR positions explanation here (microphone placement) : https://overdriven.fr/overdriven/index.php/irdownloads/  and here : https://overdriven.fr/overdriven/index.php/2020/07/30/home-studio-upgrade-and-2nd-gen-irs/ 
  • The preamp used is the “SSP1” (solid state preamp).
  • UK 112 cabinet read-loaded with an Eminence® The Governor, 8 ohms
  • “S2” is a distinct power-amp setting.
  • “LOWCUT” or “LCUT” is a shelf filter used to reduced low-end at capture time
  • “HFTILT” is a microphone setting to raise the presence/highs at capture time
  • 6 dynamic mics, 2 ribbon mics, 1 condenser mic, 145 IR files in WAV 44 kHz format
  • 9 microphones :
    • DYN-57
    • DYN-906
    • RBN-160
    • DYN-421
    • DYN-7B
    • DYN-US-6
    • RBN-CN-1
    • CND-AU-1
    • DYN-75B
  • Recorded in home studio conditions
  • Recorded with a KT88 power amp section only

The Governor, back plate
The Governor – UK-112 cab

Samples

Dual tracking of Killswitch Engage version of Holy diver riff, for tone demos purposes. Drop C – Fishman Will Adler – Thrasher – Torpedo Reload – Nadir – UK-112 The Governor IRs.

Remarks

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Download link

You can download the IR files from this page : https://overdriven.fr/overdriven/index.php/download/overdriven-uk-112-gov-ssp1-v1-0-zip/

Change log

  • January 24, 2021 : initial publication
  • January 31, 2021 : samples description update

IR Files

This collection contains the following mics and IR files :

  • DYN-57
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P15-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P10-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P05-50-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P09-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P05-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P12-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P00-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P09-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P10-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P12-30-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P20-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P10-50-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P00-30-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P09-50-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P05-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P05-30-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P00-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P12-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P00-50-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P10-30-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P15-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P05-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P12-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P20-60-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P09-30-S2.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P09-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P00-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P15-60.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P10-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-57-P12-50-S2.wav
  • DYN-906
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P15-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P12-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P05-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P15-30-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P05-30-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P12-30-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P00-30-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P09-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P10-30-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P09-30-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P00-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-906-P10-50-HFTILT.wav
  • RBN-160
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P20-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P09-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P00-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P10-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P10-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P12-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P15-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P05-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P05-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P00-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P15-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P09-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P12-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P20-70-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P20-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P00-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P10-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P20-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P20-70-LCUT-BRIGHT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P09-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P15-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P05-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P12-100.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-160-P15-70-LCUT-BRIGHT.wav
  • DYN-421
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P05-30-R1.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P20-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P10-30-R1.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P10-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P09-30-R1.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P00-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P12-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P09-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P05-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P15-30-R1.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P20-30-R1.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P15-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P12-30-R1.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-421-P00-30-R1.wav
  • DYN-US-6
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P15-20.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P05-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P09-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P09-20.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P05-20.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P15-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P00-20.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P12-20.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P10-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P10-20.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P12-30.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-US-6-P00-30.wav
  • RBN-CN-1
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P00-140.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P05-80-LOWCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P09-80-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P15-80-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P10-80-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P20-80-LCUT-BRIGHT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P00-200.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P20-80-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P00-80-LOWCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P12-80-LCUT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-RBN-CN-1-P00-170.wav
  • CND-AU-1
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P20-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P10-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P09-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P05-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P12-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P00-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P15-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P05-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P09-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P10-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P15-50.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P00-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P12-70.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-CND-AU-1-P20-70.wav
  • DYN-7B
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P15-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P20-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P09-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P05-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P12-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P10-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P00-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P12-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P05-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P09-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P20-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P15-40-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P00-50-HFTILT.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-7B-P10-50-HFTILT.wav
  • DYN-75B
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P20-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P00-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P15-10.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P12-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P10-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P09-10.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P05-10.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P00-10.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P15-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P12-10.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P10-10.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P09-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P05-25.wav
    • OD-UK112-GOV-DYN-75B-P20-10.wav