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2017/04/26 20:15:06 (permalink)

Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?

I saw (but lost the link to) a video where I guy was using Fractal's CabLab VST to run a cabinet simulator on a synth. I thought that was very interesting...
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 20:34:54 (permalink)
Audio FX chains can be created in any VST that has the capability. Amp Sims are common for having a truckload of FX under the hood so can make presets of pretty much anything.

Converse is also true to send a guitar track through synths that support audio in (i.e., can be inserted as an audio FX).

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 20:39:01 (permalink)
Hi there,
 
I'm not talking amp or effects here, just a cabinet simulator. I would think it would just act like an EQ device...
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 20:41:22 (permalink)
I don't.
 
Kitchens are "non-guitar sources" I think... Not sure about cabinets per se but there's a plethora of Kitchen and room design options out there:
 
Lowes has a nifty design tool. Home Depot, Better Homes and others have similar options.
 

 
 
But anyway, I think many effect sims also have cabinet sims too.
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 20:55:51 (permalink)
I use them on EPs. But that's hardly radical, being not far from a guitar application. I can't imagine what benefit there'd be using one with a synth, unless that combination just by chance happened to accidentally result in some pleasant EQ. Which is really what a speaker sim mainly does - it's a complex filter.


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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 21:28:25 (permalink)
yeah Bit that was exactly my take on it as well. I recall in the video is the guy just kept clicking through IRs until he had one that sounded good to him, and then mixed from there.
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 22:26:59 (permalink)
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 22:30:47 (permalink)
Good thing there is only one of me.
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 22:46:21 (permalink)
Vocals are good through amp aims too. Video killed the radio star springs to mind. Or even some none inch nails songs.

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 22:51:27 (permalink)
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An infinite number of monkeys on typewriters will eventually write "War and Peace".

Could be "Wear and Pace".

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 22:51:53 (permalink)
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Good thing there is only one of me.

Says who?

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/26 23:19:55 (permalink)
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I saw (but lost the link to) a video where I guy was using Fractal's CabLab VST to run a cabinet simulator on a synth. I thought that was very interesting...




I have messed around with Amplitube and TH3 on synth sources, with some interesting results.
 
But I think one of my favorites is running a synth through a Leslie cabinet simulator! 
 
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 00:12:58 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby smallstonefan 2017/04/27 02:43:40
Sure. why not. instant departure from the 'same ole same ole'.

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 02:18:29 (permalink)
I use a cabinet sim on a cleanly played and recorded harmonica when it wants to have more of the "Blues harp" type of sound. I'll usually throw in a touch of amp distortion and roll off the highs and slightly boost the lower mids.
The free Voxengo "Boogex" amp and speaker simulator vst is perfect for this:
http://www.voxengo.com/product/boogex/
 
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 02:43:30 (permalink)
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Sure. why not. instant departure from the 'same ole same ole'.



This post is the winner! I just ordered the VST version of Cab-Lab to play with (I have the stand alone and a ton of IRs). :)
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 02:59:36 (permalink)
It can definitely yield some interesting results. You can also use IRs from different places like, the insides of boxes or synthetically made IRs. I believe spitfire audios new synth is based off of this.

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 12:58:00 (permalink)
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I use them on EPs. But that's hardly radical, being not far from a guitar application. I can't imagine what benefit there'd be using one with a synth, unless that combination just by chance happened to accidentally result in some pleasant EQ. Which is really what a speaker sim mainly does - it's a complex filter.


Ditto.

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 13:17:57 (permalink)
A synth is just a complex filter as well.

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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 14:15:37 (permalink)
Some free speaker cabinet impulses can be downloaded here:
 
http://www.grgr.de/IR/
 
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources? 2017/04/27 14:50:55 (permalink)
cool thanks! I actually own a bunch of IRs I bought for my Fractal. I'm going to play around with some sound sources and various cabinets...
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