Torpedo CAB users, please help with 3rd party IR's

Jonathanthomas83

So I accidentally switched off an option I didn't even know was on, "Miking: On", when using a Redwirez Hiwatt Fane's cabinet IR. When I turned it off it felt like someone took the blanket off and the cleans just sounded a bit more alive. It all sounded brighter and more like what I remember my real cabinet sounding like.

However, downside is that the distortions and fuzzes will take a long time to get right, they sound awful.

So question is, should "Miking" be ON or OFF when using 3rd party IR's? ie. non Two Notes IR's.

Because the option has been on since I started using the thing, I'm not sure what the default should be, wih 3rd party IR's.

Many thanks

FreddieVanHalen

@jonathanthomas83 only just seen this!

The accepted wisdom would be that miking should be off when using third party IRs as they already have their own colour provided by the microphone used to record the IR.

But if you find a sound that works with it on, who cares? :-)