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- LINE 6 PODxt PRO CABINET MODELS -
- CAPTURED AND TRIMMED BY AJT -
- README FILE -
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Greetings!
These impulses represent the complete set of guitar
cab & mic simulations onboard the Line6 PODxt Pro.
Note, the actual *amp/head* models were disabled.
I suggest reading *all* this readme file.
ADVICE ON USAGE OF THESE FILES
The best way to use these impulses is load them in
a 100%-wet convolution processor INSERT effect, not
a send or a wet/dry mix like a reverb. The insert
should be placed *after* your amp model plugin or
other distortion/drive. These files work superbly
if you load them into Voxengo Boogex (it's free:
http://www.voxengo.com) amp-model plugin on the
"cabinet impulse response" bit at the bottom.
Maybe you have an amp model unit with unrealistic
or otherwise poor cabinet sounds? You could run
the drive/head sound into these cabs for a more
realistic sound. If you use the SansAmp software,
you'll probably find the cab models weak, so run
SansAmp before a convolution processor with one
of these cabs loaded. Some of the amps in SA work
best with the cabs of simmilar/identical name to
the amp (where available). Take the same advice
if you use ReValver, which also suffers from
unrealistic cabs. [My opinion, yours may differ].
For anyone unfamiliar with guitar amp cab sizes,
they are described using AxB, where A is the number
of speakers in the cabinet and B is the diameter of
the speakers in inches. For example, 4x12 is a cab
with 4 speakers, each 12 inches. 2x10 means it has
two 10-inch speakers. The 2x2 mini is a box with
two 2-inch speakers. You can expect *that* one to
sound like a cruddy car stereo.
Why not duplicate your guitar track and use a
different cab on each copy (like a stack with a
1x12 at the top and a 4x12 at the bottom)?
Getting the most realistic results with these is
all about using your brain and thinking about the
route the sound will take down the wires from the
guitar, which is to say:
Guitar -> StompFX -> Head/Drive/EQ -> Cab -> Mic
These impulses are cab and mic. What you would
do in post-recording to a real amp sound (comp,
post-EQ, reverb, chorus, whatever) you can put
after the cab convolution insert.
FILE NAMING CONVENTION
[nn] [Cab Size] [Cab name] - [Mic].wav
The cab numbers (01, 02, 03, etc) are there to
ensure the files are listed in the order they are
on the PODxt. This order is, for the most part,
in order of number-of-loudspeakers in the cab.
The last two cabs were cabs *added* by Line6
after the first firmwares. To add them in their
right place would mean all the reference numbers
of the cabs after them would increase by 1 and
users' existing presets would load the wrong
cabs (it's done by reference number, not name).
The cab size tells you the number and size of
the loudspeakers in the cab.
The cab name is based on the real amp/cab the
cab model is "based on", as stated in the PODxt
manual. These real names make more sense than
the fake names that the PODxt itself displays.
The name may also include the wattage of each
speaker (such as the Celestion Vintage 30Ws).
There are four different files for each cab,
which are the four different microphones found
onboard the PODxt. They are:
SM57on Shure SM57 on-axis
SM57off Shure SM57 off-axis
BD421 Beyer Dynamic 421
U67 Neumann U67 condenser
TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THE CREATION OF THESE FILES
Test tone used was Voxengo Deconvolver's internal
one, 18sec with fade option. Signals were recorded
by digital SPDIF at 96kHz/24bit using the PODxt's
SPDIF input and output. The impulse files are
96kHz/float, created with Voxengo Deconvolver.
PODxt Pro setup:
Amp model OFF (bypassed)
All EQ OFF
Post-Compressor @ -3dB (to avoid clipping)
A.I.R. "room" simulator @ 25%
Personally, I find that the PODxt's A.I.R.
"room" simulator sounds like a good purpose-made
reverb. I don't think increasing the "room"
value sounds anything like moving the mic further
away, as the diagram in the Line6 Edit software
suggests. I fixed it at a low 25% for all the
cabs. If you want a bit more room/space on your
sound, just use a good MONO room reverb. Stereo
will sound like two identital mics were used...
and some how placed in exactly the same place...
without creating a mono image. IE, it will
sound like a stereo reverb and not real space.
In post, 2sec of <100dB noise were trimmed from
all files, cutting files from 3sec to 1sec.
This slashed a whole *third* off the filesize of
the collection (from >100MB to approx 35MB).
I hope you make good use of these impulses.
Personally, I have found few collections of
guitar-cab impulses at 96kHz, which is why I
captured these.
Share these impulses all that you want, but
please share them ALL. Also, no selling of
any kind! If you sell your CD having used
these files for your guitar sounds, that's
fine. Don't sell these files or modified
versions of them!
Thanks,
AJT of Leitmotif
mail@leitmotif-rock.com
http://www.leitmotif-rock.com