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I now use a Helix and continue to use the same IR’s and I’m very happy. So for me it was totally worth paying for IR’s.
I did try other companies IR’s but for me the Celestion IR’s are more natural and behave exactly as you would expect, with the amp models on the Atomic and Helix.
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In each pack there are single micp options, and dual mic options already mixed - eg sm57 and md421.
The packs are really well recorded and the options all sound like typical examples of what you’d expect if you had the cab and mics and somewhere nice to record them.
When I first started using IRs nobody had shot a detailed pack of my favourite cab. I was planning to shoot my own. Then Ownhammer released his first Mesa 2x12 pack and it was better and more in-depth than I could do myself, so it was a no brainer. I’ve not tried to mic a guitar for home recording in years now, I much prefer the workflow of IRs
The Celestions are good but just feel / sound very 'dry' to my ears.
There are some decent freebies out there so try those first. Ownhammer Mesa, Line 6 Allure pack not too shabby. And the Singtall warm IR that comes bundled with the Atomic Amplifire superpacks is very good too.
To be honest I find the options bewildering. Which speaker, mic combinations, how far from the cone etc.
I dunno - I'm not a bl**dy studio engineer. I just want the one that sounds best thanks. I'd like it all to be much simpler!
You're comparing an oversize cab to smaller ones though. It’s more likely a physical thing relating to the cabinets rather than the value of paid IRs
Pretty much the only one I use is CUT+121 from the Core Mixes Quick Start folder. In fact my gigging LT only has that one installed in the IR folder in slot 1.
[edit] although I suspect the GNR ones might work better in a live mix. The Mesa sounds great to me in isolation but I think it may lack mids for cutting through.