jimbojamz Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just wondering how that works? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 It's personal preference. I have some presets that I have an IR and a Cab in parallel. It sounds good to me in some cases. Sometimes I like to parallel the same type of modeled cabinet IR and on board Cab block. Sometimes it is a nice blend. For example, the Helix Marshall 1960A cabinet in parallel with an OH IR of the same type. I'll generally pick a different mic type though for each. That's the beauty of Helix, you can mess around with paths in so many different ways and you can't break anything. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdanan0121 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I haven't used irs with the Helix yet, but I prefer to use two stock cabs in parallel. Much like jbuhajla above I often use separate parameters, such as diff mic, position, etc. I think it gives it a more organic sound, its more lush, and not as sterile compared to using a single cab... My experiences with it anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joepeggio Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I recently tried this. I felt i needed a bit of "oomph" in one of my presets. I tried an IR in parallel to a stock cab, blended it, sounded great. I'm very sure this can be done with all stock cabs too. Its just different, have fun!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkornell Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I've used an IR to shape the tone of the guitar - trying to make a frankenstrat sound more like a hollowbody by mixing in an IR of an acoustic guitar - then running into normal amp and cab blocks. Not perfect, but it works surprisingly well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestOpinion Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 You can also use two different cabs/IRs along with two different amp models if you are setting up a preset that is meant to emulate two completely different amps, for example a Twin for your clean sounds and Soldano for your crunch/lead. This can give you a couple of amp and cab combinations within the same preset that are more suited to the song part rather than getting one amp/cab to sound right for both rhythm and lead parts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I have some presets where an IR is placed after a cab block or after two cab blocks in parallel. The options are there, and if it ends up sounding good to you, why not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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