Buy The Heaviest Cab In The World IR Pack, get a free gift with purchase:
Record your guitars with the unique sound of a 300-pound speaker cabinet. The Heaviest Cab in the World IR Pack is a collection of impulse responses made with the Mahler 2x12 speaker cabinet.
The cab is built of solid granite, and only four of these cabinets exist. They sound like nothing else. A massive, rigid enclosure like the Mahler 2x12 lets more of the speaker driver character come through. Lighter speaker enclosures act more like the body of an acoustic guitar, where the wood type and construction play a big part in determining the overall timbre. That coloration can certainly be desirable, but in the case of speaker cabinets, it means that the character of the speaker elements becomes less distinctive. That’s what makes the Mahler 2x12 so special — its heft and inertia give you the true, uncolored sound of the speaker drivers.
The Heaviest Cab in the World IR Pack has been expertly captured by producer/engineer Jakob Herrmann in his Top Floor Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden. Jakob has worked with Anthrax, In Flames, Europe, Dark Tranquillity, and countless other bands and artists.
The Heaviest Cab in the World IR Pack gives you the same guitar cabinet tones Jakob crafts for his clients.
Features
- 39 IRs from a unique 300-pound Mahler 2x12 cabinet made of solid granite
- Captured through a high-end recording chain, including an SSL 6000G console
- Engineered by Jakob Herrmann (Anthrax, In Flames, Machine Head)
- Mic'd, EQ'd, and tailored to fit into any mix
- Compatible with all software and hardware IR loaders
System Requirements
- An Impulse Response loader and any amp or simulator is required to use this product
How to use Impulse Responses
These Impulse Responses are compatible with software IR loader plugins in your DAW, as well as hardware units from companies like Quad Cortex, Kemper, Fractal Audio, Line 6, Mooer, and more!
DAW
To use impulse responses in your DAW (Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Cubase, etc.) simply add your favourite guitar amp plugin, disable the cab section and follow with a plugin that can load IRs.
Some amp sims will allow you to load an IR directly without a need for another plugin.
One thing to keep in mind is that the quality of IR loaders on the market does differ. Some are very clean, some add EQ or even harmonics on their own without letting you know, and some can make the tone almost unrecognizable. If you want to hear the IR’s the way I created it in my studio, make sure to
use a great IR loader.
Some IR loaders available on Plugin Boutique are:
Hardware Units
The Bogren Digital impulse responses are compatible with all hardware loaders. Below are some general guidelines but please refer to the user manual of your unit to learn how to load impulse responses.
Kemper
Rig Manager
If you download the latest version of 'Kemper Rig Manager', you will be able to drag and drop .wav files (44.1 kHz for Kemper) directly into the app.
USB
Alternatively, you can convert the impulse responses into .kipr files with Cab Maker and copy into a FAT32 formatted USB thumb drive. When done, connect it to your Kemper, then press the ‘import’ button.
A note on Kemper use: experiment with using ‘direct’ or ‘merged’ profiles if you have them. These had the amp head and cab captured separately, so when you replace the cab with an IR, the head sound is modelled more accurately.
Axe FX
Download the free ‘Cab Lab Lite’ utility to convert and load impulse responses.
