I finally upgraded the IR's in my Strymon Iridium

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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Holy shit. I should have done this last year. I just have the Celestion IR packs for the greenbacks, cream backs, celestion blue for the Vox, a types and vintage 30's. Just like in real life, I prefer the Creambacks on almost everything. Plus my pedals sound more like they do through my amp now.

All of the ones that I'm using have the Royer 121 and SM57 mic combination and are the 500ms at 96k.

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I set things up to do a shootout video tomorrow between my amp and the iridium. With the new IR's its a lot closer. I probably need to spend some time with the Iridium sound and I bet I can get it closer. Amp still wins, but it's not such a big difference, now.
 
Video is done and just needs a little editing. I'm a little surprised at the recorded results.
 
I think I liked the Iridium better with the cleaner less gainy stuff and the amp with the dirtier pedals.
 
Chad said:
I think I liked the Iridium better with the cleaner less gainy stuff and the amp with the dirtier pedals.
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I agree with this but not across the board. Some of the dirt sounded better through the Iridium to my ears but it comes down to taste and I think is subjective.
 
After I listened back, I probably could have played with the mic placement on the amp a little bit.
 
MonkeyZero said:
And here come the excuses...:bigg:
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No, I could have spent more time matching the recorded sound to what I hear in the room. All of the tones in my pedalboard are dialed-in to sound great through the amp. As I was watching this back this morning I realized that you can't hear much if any of the delays and reverb that give each sound a little depth, and the amp sound lacking some of the midrange I hear in the room. I'm just not very good at mic placement because I rarely do it myself at home. The direct stuff like the Iridium or Positive Grid Bias make it too easy to plug in and go with a decent sound. I also have to run the amp at "conversation volume" because people were working and doing remote school in the house. Last excuse, the dog ate my homework. Actually...I almost never mic amps because th mic hears all of the lawnmowers, barking dogs, sirens from the fire house that is at the end of my street and so on. I just don't have a good environment to live mic amps on a regular basis. I should put together a reel of video where I have to stop and wait out the steet sweeper or low flying helicopter.
 
Mark Wein said:
No, I could have spent more time matching the recorded sound to what I hear in the room. All of the tones in my pedalboard are dialed-in to sound great through the amp. As I was watching this back this morning I realized that you can't hear much if any of the delays and reverb that give each sound a little depth, and the amp sound lacking some of the midrange I hear in the room. I'm just not very good at mic placement because I rarely do it myself at home. The direct stuff like the Iridium or Positive Grid Bias make it too easy to plug in and go with a decent sound. I also have to run the amp at "conversation volume" because people were working and doing remote school in the house. Last excuse, the dog ate my homework. Actually...I almost never mic amps because th mic hears all of the lawnmowers, barking dogs, sirens from the fire house that is at the end of my street and so on. I just don't have a good environment to live mic amps on a regular basis. I should put together a reel of video where I have to stop and wait out the steet sweeper or low flying helicopter.
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You know I was kidding right? An out take reel would be hilarious though.
 
I like the Iridium better with the Archer for sure, especially on the bridge pickup. I think I like it better with the Dude too--the amp is a little flubby in comparison. The Riot is a little better with the amp, though, not so harsh.
Everything else is pretty damn close
 
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