One of the reasons why Blackstar managed to grab a significant part of the extremely competitive guitar amplification market is directly related with the company's founders knowledge of the market and what users were looking for and missing from existing brands. Since Blackstar launched the first products during the Musikmesse 2007 show in Frankfurt, it quickly expanded its catalog to also cover guitar effects and bass amplification, offering consistent designs and branding, but more importantly offering the exact sounds and tone that musicians were looking for. This is why, in such a short period of time, the company is recognized by having easily recognizable "classic Blackstar cabinet tones," now available as impulse responses for users to enjoy at home, in the studio or playing live on stage.
Using highly-accurate recording techniques, Celestion’s expert sound engineers have meticulously captured the unique tones of these fifteen Blackstar cabinets and made them available as IRs in digitally downloadable format.
The official Celestion-recorded Blackstar Cabinet Impulse Responses available include:Blackstar S1-412A 4×12 closed back containing Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
Blackstar S1-412A PRO 4×12 closed back containing Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
Blackstar S1-212 2×12 closed back containing Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
Blackstar HT Venue 412B MKII 4×12 closed back containing Celestion Seventy 80 speakers
Blackstar HT Venue 212 MKII 2×12 open back containing Celestion Seventy 80 speakers
Blackstar HT 212VOC MKII 2×12 closed back containing Celestion Seventy 80 speakers
Blackstar HT 212VOC MKII 2×12 open back containing Celestion Seventy 80 speakers
Blackstar HT STAGE 60 2×12 open back containing Seventy 80 speakers
Blackstar Artisan 412A 4×12 closed back containing Celestion Vintage 30 speakers
Blackstar Artisan 30 1×12 open back containing a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker
Blackstar Artist 30 2×12 open back containing Celestion V-Type speakers
Blackstar JJN-212VOC MKII 2×12 semi-open back containing one Celestion V-Type and one Celestion G12T-75 speaker; V-Type miked
Blackstar JJN-212VOC MKII 2×12 semi-open back containing one Celestion V-Type and one Celestion G12T-75 speaker; G12T-75 miked
Blackstar JJN-212VOC MKII 2×12 closed back containing one Celestion V-Type and one Celestion G12T-75 speaker; V-Type miked
Blackstar JJN-212VOC MKII 2×12 closed back containing one Celestion V-Type and one Celestion G12T-75 speaker; G12T-75 miked
Each Blackstar Cabinet impulse response has been accurately recorded using the same studio-quality microphones (Royer R-121, Shure SM57 and Sennheiser MD421) in the same six adjustable positions as the core range of Celestion IRs – as well as an extra rear position for the open back cabinets. This offers 18 tone options for each cabinet, plus Celestion’s usual additional mic mix options. Each Blackstar cab impulse response has also been recorded using a Neumann TLM 107 room mic (in Left, Right and Stereo) for users to mix in and achieve their desired tone.
In addition to the five different cabinet types included, the Blackstar collection also offers some of Celestion’s most-loved speakers: the Vintage 30, Seventy 80, G12T-75 and V-Type.
The New Blackstar Cabinet Impulse Responses from Celestion are available for purchase individually or as a full collection for a significant discount. All IR's can be downloaded in .WAV format for compatibility with the majority of DAWs and amp modellers.
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