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Thank You for Visiting Zombie Cabs. We Are Pleased to Help You ZOMBIFY YOUR TONE Thank you for visiting Zombie Cabs. We are pleased to help you ZOMBIFY YOUR TONE. Contained in the download will be 3 folders with different resolutions ( 44.1kHz, 48 kHz & 96 kHz ). Please use the appropriate resolution for your needs. Zombie Cab Impulse Responses, otherwise known as “IR's” can be loaded into any Impulse Response loader or hardware device that allows loading of 3rd party Impulse Responses in the “.wav” format. If you don't already have an Impulse Response loader, on our site you will find a link to download our favorite Impulse Response loader, Nadir by Ignite Amps. At Zombie Cabs, our vision is to supply the end user with the best guitar speaker cabinet IR's available. IR's that sound and feel like a signal ran through a real tube amp was priority. To achieve this, it was important to capture each speaker cabinet with the cleanest/ highest resolution signal but to capture them with real world guitar tube amps. It is our opinion, that leaving the tube guitar power amp section out of the equation is a big fault of other IR makers. The power amp section of an amp can be just as big a part of your tone as a speaker or microphone. We think you will agree! There are 5 different cabs in this free demo package, with 2 examples each, utilizing the same mic and position. We suggest to A/B each IR with different amps to hear and feel the difference each amp can make. Mic Position 1 is center of speaker. Mic Position 2 is at cap edge. Some User Tips: Using a DAW along with amplifier simulation software: If you are using a guitar amp sim that does not allow loading of third party IR's, Disable the Cab part on your amp sim, if allowable. Then follow that on your mixer channel with an IR loader such as Nadir. Ex: Guitar>DAW Interface>Amp Sim> Nadir Using a real guitar amplifier or guitar preamp: Using your real amp or guitar preamp is usually a better way to get a more accurate real tube amp sound. Connect your guitar PREAMP OUTPUT or amplifier's FX SEND into your DAW and place Nadir on that track. This is an excellent way of not committing to track your final speaker sound until mix down. Thus, finding the right IR that works with your mix. Using a speaker ATTENUATOR or REACTIVE LOAD box with a DI output: In our opinion, this option is the best way to achieve optimum tone if you have these tools available. Just run your DI output of your load box into your DAW followed by favorite IR loader. This option allows you to retain all of your tube amp's juicy goodness. All of your power tube and output transformer dynamics are present here and will offer the most realistic way to capture real tube amp tone and feel without the use of a speaker cab and mics. NOTE: only use this method if you have the knowledge of how these units work. Serious harm can come to your amplifier if not done correctly. Please consult your amplifiers manual/manufacturer and the load box's manual, etc for proper usage. Tip to experiment on a track: For example, use different IRs on your guitar track. Maybe the verse part use an EL34 based IR and on the chorus part use the same cab but with a 6L6 based IR. Can make your track more lively! Detailed description of each IR: MA2106_N102_2 Cab: Marshall Silver Jubilee 2x12 Speaker: Marshall/Celestion G12 Vintage Amp used: Marshall Silver Jubilee 2525H Svetlana EL34 Mic: Neumann TLM N102 _position 2 MA2108_N102_2 Cab: Marshall Silver Jubilee 2x12 Speaker: Marshall/Celestion G12 Vintage Amp used: Panama Shaman TAD EL84 Mic: Neumann TLM N102 _position 2 MA4203_Sm57_2 Cab: Marshall 1960AX 4x12 Speaker: Celestion G12M Greenback Amp used: Marshall DSL 50 JJ E34L Mic: Shure Sm57 _position 2 MA4204_Sm57_2 Cab: Marshall 1960AX 4x12 Speaker: Celestion G12M Greenback Amp used: Marshall DSL 100 Mullard EL34 Mic: Shure Sm57 _position 2 ME4107_Sm7B_2 Cab: Mesa OS 4x12 Speaker: Celestion Vintage 30 Amp used: Mesa Single Rectifier-Dirty Channel Voicing Mic: Shure Sm7B _position 2 ME4111_Sm7B_2 Cab: Mesa OS 4x12 Speaker: Celestion Vintage 30 Amp used: Mesa Single Rectifier-Clean Channel Voicing Mic: Shure Sm7B _position 2 OR1301_Rib_1 Cab: Orange PPC 1x12 Speaker: Celestion G12H30 Amp used: Ampeg GVT 15H JJ 6V6 Mic: Ribbon _position 1 OR1309_Rib_1 Cab: Orange PPC 1x12 Speaker: Celestion G12H30 Amp used: Rivera Pubster 25 TAD 6V6 Mic: Ribbon _position 1 VX2110_M81_2 Cab: Vox AC30 2x12 Speaker: Celestion G12M Greenback Amp used: Vox AC30 Mullard EL84 Mic: Telefunken M81 _position 2 VX2113_M81_2 Cab: Vox AC30 2x12 Speaker: Celestion G12M Greenback Amp used: Orange TH30 TAD EL84 Mic: Telefunken M81 _position 2.
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