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Quoted from "JoeBlob"

Hi Till,

it doesn't matter, just for your info: Marshall Cab 14 is tagged as "Marshall" without the number.

Maybe for the next "Till Cabs Service Pack".

Thx, Fixed

Ok, in a former thread i already provided how the cab profiles were created, but lets keep it in one place... (sorry, non KPA owners)

All profiles were done with my JVM410H, and all with the same settings. OD2 channel, orange mode, gain at 9:00, Bass, Mids and Treble at noon. Presence and Resonance at 1:00 to 2:00.

The more popular profiles were all more or less an AKG C3000 with a SM57 slightly blended in. My SM57s are all SM58, with the cap off. But its the same mic capsule, so there should not be any difference. On the distant miking profiles i also used a MCE 87N directional mic. More an experimental choice there ...

All mics go into a Mackie 1202 submixer. The main out of the Mackie is connected to the KPA return over TRS.

The mic placement of the "popular cabs" is nothing too special. Slightly off the center, the SM57 a little more off. I took some photos of a setting:







Most people get decent results with a SM57 alone, but i was not very happy with it. Most of the time its the C3000 at perhaps 70%-80% with the SM57 just providing some midrange crunch. On the different files i used to play with the eq on the mixer, mostly rolling of the highs a little bit.

A word about phasing: Though nobody really likes a complete out-of-phase sound, you might play with the distances a little bit. Sometimes it can make the tones a little bit more interesting with some comb filter effects. If you lose some frequencies as a results, try to compensate with the mixer eq and to dont be afraid to beef up the low end.

As you see, there is no real magic behind this. Perhaps my room with a angled wooden walls sound a little warmer than the average rehearsal cellar with concrete walls but it dont think this will change your sounds dramatically. When adjusting the mics i playback a dry guitar track into the kpa and use some closed headphones to make the adjustments. Very comfortable that way if you do not have to play your guitar while moving mics. Also i might add that i do not profile at high volumes, as i am no fan of poweramp distortion. Way too loud for an appartment but not even close to rehearsal level (in a metal band ) ....

Feel free to ask further questions.

Quoted from "billruppert"

Quoted from "Animus"

Yup, now I got a shitload of dups. Is there no easy way to delete them except one by one? How †edious.

I use a "two finger method". If you use the "delete" and "confirm" buttons at the right timing in rather quick succession this can be done in no time.

But i agree, defining a "range" would be great....

Quoted from "MisterC"

What means "over TRS" ?
So you connect main out left or right to the KPA return in jack so what about Pan in the Mackie ? must be or completely left or right if you use out left or right ?

Yeah, i only connect the left output from the mackie to the return of the KPA. All channels on the Mackie are panned to the left too. I recommend use the TRS jack on the KPA return because that way you bypass the mic amplifier gain stage. I visually check the ouput meter of the Mackie to have constant output levels, so i dont have to readjust the KPA return level, which i leave at -18db