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Collision rock band
Answer nearly always seems to be the third or fourth one i try. I lose the will to live after that.
Sorting through the packs does take a while. I think it helps if you have enough experience to immediately discount stuff you won't be interested in. For example, in the Class A pack, I knew I didn't care for Celestion Golds after long hard experience with the real things, so I didn't try them. I knew I prefer SM57s for raw tones and condensers for more full, polite tones, so I focused on the SM57 and c414 options. I ignored the 421s, 121s etc. I knew I prefer single mics to multiple mics and don't like mixing speaker types so didn't listen to the blends.
That narrowed it right down, So then I got systematic. Started with the SM57'd 2x12 blues cab, and loaded ir00, 03, 07 and 10 into my Helix (00= center of speaker, then each increasing number moves the mic closer to the edge). Played with those 4 for ten minutes, decided 07 was a bit too close to 10 so switched it for 06, likewise 03 for 04. Bingo, now I've got 4 options for a miked 2x12 with blues going from bright to dark. Gave them names that'd make sense for me in the Helix. Moved on to the c414 miked version of the same cab.
The process took an hour, then I spent another hour randomly trying some of the stuff I was curious about like the 1x12 Bad Cat speaker option, but since then I've not had to revisit it. Ended up with a reasonably systematic and easy to navigate library of about 20 IRs covering Alnico Blues and Silvers, and Ceramic Badcat 1x12 which was a nice surprise. Same for the Bogner 2x12s - about 20 irs covering V30s and Greenbacks. Having done the initial work, I've got enough options without having option paralysis when it comes to covering the range of tones I want to use, and with each cab+speaker combo there are 3 or 4 different mic positions to choose from.
So, that was how I dealt with having hundreds of files to choose from!
It *definitely* helps if you have some idea of your likes and dislikes going into the process, otherwise I can imagine it being very hard to get a handle on the IR library when it arrives on your computer.
Bandcamp
Spotify, Apple et al
On some packs I've checked out other mics/combos too but that’s where I start usually.
I do agree that having experience of the real gear and knowing your preferences helps, same goes for dialling in a modeller really.
Collision rock band
It might be you prefer Celestion.