An IR is not a Cabinet... What is so hard to understand?

[SKU]

IRs are abstract objects?

Seems to be

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Which is correct ---

A. IR a speaker
B. IAM a speaker

Use some common sense folks.

 

[DieSchmalle]

Seems to be

I can download IRs, edit them and listen to them. Seems pretty concrete to me.
They are material. If they weren't how can my modeler read them to filter audio streams?

 

[SKU]

I can download IRs, edit them and listen to them. Seems pretty concrete to me.
They are material. If they weren't how can my modeler read them to filter audio streams?

You don't really download IRs though ... you download .wav files.

 

[DieSchmalle]

You don't really download IRs though ... you download .wav files.

You don't really listen to the speakers - you get a massage of your eardrums from the vibration of thin sheets of processed trees.

 

[AlbertA]

What is it that people can't understand, even after explaining why, in detail, that an IR is NOT the same as a speaker in a cabinet?

I'm in yet another discussion on "default cab" selection on the Fractal Forums and people make me mental!

I mean.... "akshually".... it depends what the IR represents....

 

[PLX]

You don't really listen to the speakers - you get a massage of your eardrums from the vibration of thin sheets of processed trees.

 

[SKU]

You don't really listen to the speakers - you get a massage of your eardrums from the vibration of thin sheets of processed trees.

 

[kartikg3]

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I spent 20 mins looking for a gif version of this, you beat me to it

 

[ejecta]

Bummer.

 

[unix-guy]

Edit: just noticed that someone beat me to it!

 

[nicolasrivera]

I’ve known people that believe that Maple syrup comes from bees.

 

[Baba]

This.
It's a subjective abstraction of a phenomenon solidified programmatically by trial and error.

 

[Baba]

You don't really listen to the speakers - you get a massage of your eardrums from the vibration of thin sheets of processed trees.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I’ve known people that believe that Maple syrup comes from bees.

Wait, it doesn't?

 

[DrewJD82]

I’ve known people that believe that Maple syrup comes from bees.

Everyone knows @SwirlyMaple comes from Swirl trees.

 

[Achilles]

What is it that people can't understand, even after explaining why, in detail, that an IR is NOT the same as a speaker in a cabinet?

Well, isn't it a snapshot of a speaker in a cab as part of a signal chain?

pre-amp sim > effects sims > power amp sim > CAB/IR sim

Where's the confusion?

Doesn't a product like this help reinforce the speaker/cab/IR mentality?

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[SKU]

And IR is not a cabinet but more importantly the car it's sunny outside!!!

 

[gearJunkie]

isn't it a snapshot of a speaker in a cab

"simulation" of cabinet + speaker + microphone + mic preamp

 

[northern_fox]

I beg to differ