General
- What does Recabinet do?
- Does Recabinet simulate distortion and/or tube compression?
- Is Recabinet a plugin?
Requirements
Usage
- Can I achieve the sound of multiple mics on a cabinet?
- What’s the best way to use Recabinet with my software/hardware?
Answers
What does Recabinet do?
Recabinet in short, is a speaker simulator. Recabinet simulates the loud part of your guitar sound – guitar speaker cabinets, tube power sections, and the industry standard microphones used to capture these cabinets in the studio.
Does Recabinet simulate distortion and/or tube compression?
No. Recabinet impulse responses cannot model the nonlinear affects of tubes. While Recabinet models the EQ curvature created by 6L6 and EL34 power tubes, it cannot simulate the compression caused by these tubes. Think of Recabinet as the software version of a hardware speaker simulator box – with all the advantages that modern computers provide, modeling real-world guitar speaker cabinets with a much higher degree of accuracy than solid state electronics.
Is Recabinet a plugin?
No. It’s a library of convolution impulse responses designed to work with the supported plugins below:
- Altiverb
- keFIR (free)
- LAConvolver (free)
- Mellowmuse IR1A
- Overloud TH1
- ProVerb (included with Digital Performer 6)
- Revalver Mk III
- REVerence (included with Cubase 5 and higher)
- SIR II
- Space Designer (included with Logic Studio)
- Studio Devil Amp Modeler Pro
- Voxengo Boogex (free)
- Voxengo Pristine Space
What hardware do I need to use Recabinet?
An electric guitar or bass, a Mac or PC with an audio interface or sound card. Additionally, you’ll want some kind of a guitar preamp, whether it’s an amp simulation plugin, a rack preamp, or your favorite tube amp. [learn more]
What software do I need to use Recabinet?
A supported convolution plugin, and supported recording software.
Can I achieve the sound of multiple mics on a cabinet?
Yes. Simply send your guitar or bass track out to multiple buses in your recording software, with an instance of your favorite convolution plugin running a Recabinet impulse response on each bus. The Recabinet library is phase coherent, so you do not need to worry about phase issues. [learn more]
What’s the best way to use Recabinet with my software/hardware?
Generally keep things simple. Make sure to disable the reverb trail and any internal post-processing in your convolution plugin software to get the purest tone from Recabinet impulses. Experiment with your preamp tone settings starting with all of the EQ controls in the halfway positions, and adjust from there. Just like trying out new cabinets in real life, your favorite preamp settings may or may not translate well with different Recabinet impulses. Check out our tutorials.
