The Celestion Alnico Gold was originally developed as a higher power alnico speaker and is thought of as a “well played-in” version of its older brother the Celestion Blue. Exhibiting many of the same tonal characteristics as can be heard in the original Celestion Blue, the Gold has a less prominent high end which reveals a more complex upper mid-range.
"Expressive and dynamic, the Celestion Alnico Gold, a 50-watt G12 speaker, yields unprecedented control along with the muscle needed to deliver a huge rhythmic voicing. All the qualities of an alnico speaker are still there, including a warm bass, chiming treble and a “laid-back” attack. Push a little harder and the Alnico Gold yields rich, thick overtones, harder still and you’re rewarded with a delightfully aggressive snarl with just enough natural compression to keep things sweet," Celestion explains.
In addition to its availability as a physical loudspeaker and digital Impulse Response (IR), the Celestion Alnico Gold can now be purchased in the Dynamic Speaker Response format for use with SpeakerMix Pro.
The SpeakerMix Pro plug-in is much more than just a top-level IR loader and convolution engine for hosting impulse responses - it offers pristine sound, mixes up to six channels of different IRs into a stereo or mono track and even fixes IR sample rate/project mismatches. Additionally, as the host program for the Celestion Dynamic Speaker Responses, SpeakerMix Pro presents a genuine next-generation virtual speaker solution.
With SpeakerMix Pro, users can discover Celestion’s proprietary Dynamic Speaker Responses (DSRs), and integrate their personal library of Celestion and third-party Impulse Responses to make the most of the tones they already own. SpeakerMix Pro uses its unique DSR algorithm to make existing IRs more dynamic sounding, enhancing their tone with even greater feel. And users can also incorporate Celestion’s superb room responses (or add their own) into the mix for an authentic ‘live’ sound. Add room delay for further ‘depth’ and ‘size’.
The plug-in also allows applying the unique Z-curve function to closely model the dynamic electrical coupling between amp and speaker. Another DSR-specific functionality is to fine-tune the mic position, enabling the user to adjust the position of the microphone across the speaker until they’ve found the tone that’s just-right.
The new SpeakerMix Pro Demo automatically installs with 10 sample DSR speaker cabinets, curated to give users a broad tone experience across the Celestion range of guitar and bass speakers. The SpeakerMix Pro plugin is available for VST, AU and AAX compatible DAWs. The complete collection of DSRs, as well as the SpeakerMix Pro plug-in, is available for download at www.celestionplus.com.
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