Convolution cabinet simulation demo

This is really just me playing with "tone stuff" ;-) I went looking for (free) software cabinet sims (that wouldn't expire after I got to like them :-p ) and found out about convolution, and impulse responses, and such. It seems this is mostly (?) used for reverb and such, but it also works with other things - like guitar cabinets. 8) So ... I downloaded a Mac Audio Unit plugin called LAConvolver, found a bunch of impulse responses, and started playing with them in Garageband.

So for this recording I've got my Ash Customworks "Catherine" guitar, into my AMT Electronics California Sound distortion pedal, into my Boss CE-5 chorus, into my iMac, running Garageband, and LAConvolver.

The track got cut short as Garageband threw a spak for some reason. Never mind ....

I hope you like it. If so, please rate/subscribe/friend/favourite/comment/ whatever ;-)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tsuken
• lead
• guitar
• blues
• jazz
• fusion
• Ash
• customworks
• DiMarzio
• amt
• electronics
• california
• sound
• convolution
• impulse
• respo

[tsumabiken]

@hillsmith - cheers. It is an ibanez neck indeed, from an S470DX, but with the locking nut removed.

[tsumabiken]

@15viceandvirtues I use a plugin called LAConvolver. Impulses to load with it can be found all over the net 8)

[tsumabiken]

@kordosoft the guitar is better than me, and actually has the Dan Armstrong super strat system

[zapz2101]

one question man are you using overdrive? distortion? reverb? what effects to achieve this sound?

[tsumabiken]

@zapz2101 as per a previous comment: Ffor this recording I used my Ash Customworks "Catherine" guitar, into my AMT Electronics California Sound distortion pedal, into my Boss CE-5 chorus, into my iMac, running Garageband, and LAConvolver.

So just an excellent distortion, a chorus, and a cabinet simulation (a couple of 4x12s) and then some delay - and probably reverb as well.

[hillsmith]

Btw - great playing

[hillsmith]

Is that an Ash branded neck? Looks like an Ibanez - funny if it's not as We all remember the old " lawsuit" days!

[15viceandvirtues]

Wow, you remind me of Frank Zappa 0.o

Nice tone man, and nice playing! But, how did you load impulses into garageband?

Sorry, im just getting the feel of recording and i wanna try impulses :/

[KyleM43]

basically you're just awesome. that tone is killer!

[kordosoft]

good player... bad guitar :)) ... try in that combination a guitar with individual select like Dan Armstrong super stratocaster where you can use any kind a pickup combination you want it from parallel to series... I really use this combination with 3 PAFs [single coils in humbuckers format and I can say that gives me wings ;) ]

[DemonDik]

very smooth creamy tone man! killer technique as well, BTW