smallstonefan
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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
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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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smallstonefan
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?
2017/04/26 20:39:01
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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
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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
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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.
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smallstonefan
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?
2017/04/26 21:28:25
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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
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?
2017/04/26 22:30:47
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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
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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
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bitflipper
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
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bapu
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
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smallstonefan
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!  Break the rules, think outside the box!!!
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?
2017/04/27 00:12:58
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☄ 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
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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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smallstonefan
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?
2017/04/27 02:43:30
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timidi
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
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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
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bitflipper
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
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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
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smallstonefan
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Re: Anyone use a cabinet simulator on non-guitar sources?
2017/04/27 14:50:55
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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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