The entire family of Celestion Impulse Responses, which currently includes 15 sets of classic Celestion loudspeaker IRs introduced during the past year, are available for audition and download at the newly redesigned Celestion Plus website.
With the Pick & Mix offering, users can choose to include IRs from the same speaker or different speakers, and in any combination of cabinet types (1x12, 2x12, 4x12, closed or open back.) This option makes it simple to build a Celestion Impulse Response collection that includes only the speakers and cabinet types that match particular interests and style of playing. For example, heavy metal players might favor a 4 x 12 cabinet, the choice could be 4 x 12 closed back cabinets for the Vintage 30, G12M Greenback, G12-65, G12H-150 Redback or the G12-50GL Lynchback. And for “purer” speaker tones, perhaps more appropriate for melodic lead guitar, a player might want to focus on 1x12 or 2x12 cabinets, together with speakers that have been tried and tested on countless solos throughout the years, such as the Classic Lead 80 1x12, Neo Creamback 1x12, G12H Anniversary 1x12 and 2x12.
The Pick & Mix collection options of 5 or 3 cabinets offer significant savings over the cost of buying cabinets alone. The 5 Cab Custom Collection allows customers to pick any combinations of five cabinets for almost 50% off the price of buying the cabinets separately. And with the 3 Cab Custom Collection, users can pick any three cabinets for more than 40% off the price of buying 3 cabinets separately.
"The Celestion collection of Impulse Responses have received overwhelmingly positive acclaim from customers around the world,” says Nigel Wood, Celestion CEO. “We want to be able to offer our customers more creative flexibility and value when purchasing our IRs, and so we’re delighted to introduce the Pick &Mix options.”
The Pick & Mix option is also a valuable audition tool for customers planning to buy physical Celestion speakers. As choosing from the company’s extensive range can be challenging, as there’s no easy way to get a true like-for-like comparison between several speakers at the same time, the Pick & Mix option allows users to create a shortlist of their 3 or 5 speakers and try them all with their own guitars and amps before they buy.
The ever-growing family of authentic Celestion Impulse Responses which are available for purchase on Celestion Plus, includes the G12-50GL Lynchback, Classic Lead 80, Classic Gold, A-Type , Neo Creamback, G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Cream, G12-35XC, Celestion Blue and Vintage 30 models mounted in 1x12 and 2x12 open and closed back and 4x12 cabinets.
With their rich history in creating classic guitar tones known the world over, Celestion Impulse Responses are the definitive digital representations of the company’s renowned classic guitar speaker tones. Celestion IR digital downloads are available in uncompressed, industry standard .WAV format at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates at 24 bit depth, in lengths of 200 and 500 milliseconds. Once the files are downloaded and unzipped, users simply load the IRs into a convolution plug-in in their DAW or into other processing hardware. These formats will work in all known hardware capable of loading IRs, and for the most popular hardware Celestion have already grouped together the correct formats. Guitar processor manufacturers supported include Atomic Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, Kemper, Line 6, Logidy, Positive Grid, Two Notes, Headrush and Yamaha. The Celestion IR files may be downloaded in the sample rate and length appropriate for the hardware being used or as a complete package of all rates and lengths. Certain third party hardware requires the files to be converted into a proprietary format before use.
Positive Grid Software
Celestion also recently announced that BIAS AMP 2, an advanced guitar amp software by leading amplifier simulation company Positive Grid, now also includes Celestion's IRs. The software allows users to choose from a wide range of virtual components such as pre-amps, power amps, tone stacks, filters, tubes and transformers, all presented in an attractive, easy to use graphical UI, to design and build their own digital amplifier.
Available in 3 versions – Standard, Pro and Elite – BIAS AMP 2 includes includes the ability to load in custom impulse responses for speakers, cabinets and microphones. Included with the Elite version are officially licensed Celestion Impulse Response files for 5 classic Celestion speakers: Vintage 30, Celestion Blue, G12H Anniversary, G12-65 and the G12M Greenback.
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