Looking for the best cabinet impulse loader plugin around? Here it is. The PULSE from Ignite and Rosen Digital. Ignite Amps makes awesome, original amp stuff (and a bunch of sweet plugins), Rosen Digital make the much admired Rosen Impulses, and together they’re responsible for the sweet PULSE Cabinet Impulse Loader. It’s a fully functional,…
There are a ton of guitar cabinet impulse responses out there, but when it comes to bass cabs, not so much. Here’s a collection of bass cabinet impulses recorded at le châtelet recording studio in Humburg, Germany. I’ve only tried the Ampeg ones—they’re awesome. Tries the others and let us know what they’re like in…
Wikinson Audio’s God’s Cab impulses have reached a kind of legendary status on the interwebs. Using a Mesa OS Cab and various Microphones (including the industry-standard SM57, SM7b and U87) these stereo impulses offer a huge range of options for the bedroom producer. With over 700 different impulse responses (close mic’d, far mic’d, different microphones)…
Check out this killer impulse response pack from BGelais, this time focusing on Pantera! Tones include Cowboys From Hell, Walk, Slayer’s Rain in Blood, Megadeth’s Symphony of Destruction and others. BGelais makes awesome stuff (check out the Metallica pack here), they sound great and they’re all free. PROS: Great sounding, classic tones CONS: None Updated link…
Impulse loaders may not be the sexiest part of digital musician production, but if you’re a guitar player using amp sim vsts, they’re almost certainly essential. While there aren’t a huge amount of options out there, the options that do exist differ significantly, so it would pay to get up to play with exactly what’s…
Trying to get those classic Metallica guitar tones but just can’t nail the sound? Here’s your answer. The Metallica Gold IR Pack by BGelais is a collection of jaw-droppingly accurate cabinet impulse responses based on classic tunes from Metallica’s back catalogue. Wanting to get that scorching Creeping Death crunch? Sorted. Love the guitar tones from…
LePou Plugins’ classic cabinet impulse loader is a winner. You can blend up to six (yes, six) impulses at once for the ultimate wall-of-sound guitar tone. Not only that but you’ve got high and low pass filters, phase, delay, and pan functions for every channel , and you can adjust latency down to 64 samples.…
Looking for a cabinet impulse loader? The no-nonsense keFIR is a good starting point. keFIR is a zero latency VST that lets you load cabinet impulses quickly and easily. There’s no extra bells or whistles here. Simply turn the ‘Mix’ up to 100%, adjust your gain and you’re rocking. If you’re after a stable, low…
The new guitar cabinet impulse response pack from BestPlugins has been released! Yay! As always, the IR Pack 5 contains a bunch of storming metal tones guaranteed to break hearts and melt faces. Included here are: Chimera, Trivium, Nevermore, Annihilator, Slayer, Limp Bizkit, Born of Osiris, Bring Me The Horizon, Cattle Decapitation, Anthrax, Brain Drill,…
I once read, I forget where, that, sometimes, the smallest amps have the mightiest tone. If you’ve been using impulses from giant Marshall stacks and solid-state Randall monsters, you may have been missing out. Try these on for size: Here are impulses generated from four tiny amps—an Orange Micro Crush CR3, a Roland Micro Cube,…
