So I’ve finally been assigned another project that I’m very excited about. For the past week I’ve been unable to move forward with much of anything because I was lacking materials. I’ve been trying to get drum recordings and attempting to build sound library, but there are signal routing issues in the studio and I don’t have cymbals for the kit. But, I talked to a ew people and all of those things are being purchased within the next week or so.
As for the new project, one of my bosses approached me on Monday and explained that they need impulse responses taken of guitar amplifier cabinets. DigiTech is designing a new product (I’m not allowed to talk about specifics) that will have amp modeling options, much like many of their previous pedals. But they need new impulse responses, which is what they asked me to do. I spent yesterday experimenting with Logic’s impulse response utility and a Marshall 4×12. I was able to get an IR of one of the equipment closets (which was actually super cool) and an IR of the amp head. I’m very excited for this because it means I’m playing an important part in the creation of this new product.
Impulse responses are a cool tool. Are you supposed to capture the equipment only or does it need to include specific rooms too?
I’m doing a bit of both. The live room in the studio is treated extremely well, and has a nice “tight room” sound. As well as close mic’ing guitar cabinets I’m also doing IRs with two mics, one close mic’ing the cab, one in the room with multiple positions.