I posted this on TGP because I wanted to address my disagreement with someone on how the room affects an IR capture, but I thought I'd post it here too because I find it interesting to know that the room really doesn't have hardly any affect on your profiles (or IR's), in other words, you don't need to rent an expensive studio to create accurate profiles (or IR's), here's what I posted...
In another thread about "Amp In The Room" someone said "though it is common knowledge that the room heavily affects how the actual IR sounds, even if it is close mic'd when shot" and I wasn't so sure about this so I did some tests. I don't have an Axe II anymore but I do have a Torpedo Live which also captures IR's so I used that along with the KPA to test this theory. I setup my amp in my studio which has reasonable acoustic treatments, and I setup my amp in a small bathroom "as this fellow suggested" and did some tests. I captured an IR with the Torpedo Live in each room, I profiled the amp in each room, and I also recorded the amp directly in each room. Granted, from studio to bathroom is an extreme example, but sure enough, you can clearly hear the room in the amp recordings, but I can't hear hardly any difference in the KPA profiles or the IR recordings, can you?
Here's my point, "Amp In The Room" sound may be possible with a digital processor and FRFR montor, I don't know, but I will say that an IR or a profile does not contribute to the "Amp In The Room" sound because it simply does not capture any of the room sound. What say you ???
https://soundcloud.com/tim-owe…io-vs-bathroom-recordings
Please note: These recordings do not truly represent the sound of the KPA or Torpedo Live, I was simply testing the effects of the room on each device and I did not make any efforts to refine the profile or IR of either device, that and I'm just a guitar hack
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