The general internet consensus is that the amp sims in the Pod HD series is great, but the cabs are shite, heard quite a few people having great experiences with the Pangaea and EPSi, but both aren't midi controllable so I'd need one cab to rule them all... and no I can't afford a Two Notes Torpedo!
So... from the wealth of speaker and cab experience on here, what I need is something that would sound equally at home with a JCM800 being cranked for my dirt sounds and with a Hiwatt or Fender blackface style amp for my cleans (lol).... and then to find an impulse response that sounds amazeballs
jeremyb wrote:The general internet consensus is that the amp sims in the Pod HD series is great, but the cabs are shite, heard quite a few people having great experiences with the Pangaea and EPSi, but both aren't midi controllable so I'd need one cab to rule them all... and no I can't afford a Two Notes Torpedo!
So... from the wealth of speaker and cab experience on here, what I need is something that would sound equally at home with a JCM800 being cranked for my dirt sounds and with a Hiwatt or Fender blackface style amp for my cleans (lol).... and then to find an impulse response that sounds amazeballs
Any suggestions????
Hey J
firstly : beware the hype!.
however....I recently tried two redwire IRs on my helix and they are good. It appears the the memory used up to give you mic choices and distance and early reflections is the difference. Not sure but it makes sense.
Im using the redwire EVH 3A cab...its recorded with the mic halfway across the cone. Im using a second open back as well but I quite like this across most of my amps.
At the end of the day remember that no-one in the audience will notice the difference...and in the middle of a gig neither will you..
GrantB wrote:
“You might be cool, but you’ll never be playing a white Steinberger through a JC120, wearing a white jumpsuit with white shoes and sporting a mullet cool”.
Lawrence wrote:
Hey J
firstly : beware the hype!.
however....I recently tried two redwire IRs on my helix and they are good. It appears the the memory used up to give you mic choices and distance and early reflections is the difference. Not sure but it makes sense.
Im using the redwire EVH 3A cab...its recorded with the mic halfway across the cone. Im using a second open back as well but I quite like this across most of my amps.
At the end of the day remember that no-one in the audience will notice the difference...and in the middle of a gig neither will you..
Fully agree, for live use we're so loud it doesn't matter but I want something that sounds great for recording too, will check the redwire stuff out, I can probably run a IR loader on my macbook to test some of this stuff out
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
its not exactly cork sniffing...its more like analysing the glass the bottle is made of for its impact on the wine.
GrantB wrote:
“You might be cool, but you’ll never be playing a white Steinberger through a JC120, wearing a white jumpsuit with white shoes and sporting a mullet cool”.
but I want something that sounds great for recording too, will check the redwire stuff out, I can probably run a IR loader on my macbook to test some of this stuff out 
