The Official Friedman IR-D leaked on GC (thread)?

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Sure. The one time you'll go with the "jazz" guy.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Sure. The one time you'll go with the "jazz" guy.

Friedman (Friedman? I can't keep up) is obviously 1000% awesome. Duh. But I LOVE those first 2 Megadeth records and the leads something fierce

 

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With ya there.

 

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I hope you like the IR-D. I am rooting for ya. I'd never guess you'd gravitate that
direction, but that's kind of cool. Sometimers pushing our boundaries can be healthy
and fun.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I hope you like the IR-D. I am rooting for ya. I'd never guess you'd gravitate that
direction, but that's kind of cool. Sometimers pushing our boundaries can be healthy
and fun.

It took me a long time. But I have learned there will never be an end (solution) to these recurring "problems". It's best to just go "Hey; let's try this new thing and see if we like it?"

Being hardline and tail chasing about "squeezing that last 3.7%" out of every piece of our rig without simultaneously laughing about the process is not a healthy way to navigate the gear***** waters

 

[Baba]

I'm going to do something dumb at our show this weekend. @Baba will twitch with the amount of gear I'm schlepping

I'm thinking IR-D with VP4 in it's loop. Power amp modeling engaged, no IR/cab block in the Freidman out to my FM which is acting strictly as a digital mixer/IR player. GM will go in one loop, IR-D in the other and I will switch between the two as needed. Out 1 with Boss IR as needed to FOH and out 2, no IR to my LXII into my 2 EVH112 cabs.

I'm not building a board for this. Just laying out pedals on the floor with spaghetti in front of it and multiple OneSpot adapters

 

[JiveTurkey]

So had a chance to run through the IR-D. VP in the loop; out to the III with my go to IR into my studio monitors. This was a quick first pass so reserve the right to change my mind completely


Funnily enough, and definitely related to the amp circuit this pedal emulates; I actually enjoyed the sound of the channels gained up without an IR/cab emulation. I switched the IR on/off global switch more than a few times


FAT, thick tones. I ended up using my go to Boss IR which is dark and thick. So maybe not an ideal IR for the task at hand. Time will tell. I didn't notice a huge improvement as far as "OE THERS TUBEZ IN MY TOAN". Not that I expected to. That judgement is left for the live and loud setting. There is enough gain on tap I'd say but I would be interested to see how it does with boosts up front. Interested to see how things progress.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Round 2. Switches don't feel as responsive as they should. Minor quibble. Gain knobs for built in boost on the side are gross like the Blug small side knobs. Boost itself is good but I think I'd prefer a different style outboard boost vs. the baked in one. Not sure what this one is based on but I think I'd prefer a bit more sizzle.

 

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Round 2. Switches don't feel as responsive as they should. Minor quibble. Gain knobs for built in boost on the side are gross like the Blug small side knobs. Boost itself is good but I think I'd prefer a different style outboard boost vs. the baked in one. Not sure what this one is based on but I think I'd prefer a bit more sizzle.

I believe those are FET style Clean Boosts per Dave's comments on his YT show. Yes, I watch it
and don't always yell at the TV. I quite like Dave a bunch and agree with him on most things.

It is the IR-J that has a new Boost circuit with the dual TS-style drives.

 

[Whizzinby]

Round 2. Switches don't feel as responsive as they should. Minor quibble. Gain knobs for built in boost on the side are gross like the Blug small side knobs. Boost itself is good but I think I'd prefer a different style outboard boost vs. the baked in one. Not sure what this one is based on but I think I'd prefer a bit more sizzle.

Yeah I wasn’t a fan of the boost implementation and TBH this is made for a board where most people have overdrives they prefer anyway. I would prefer Presence/Depth controls for the digital power amp section, though it’s relatively recently they went to full power amp modeling.

Do you like the core tone though?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Yeah I wasn’t a fan of the boost implementation and TBH this is made for a board where most people have overdrives they prefer anyway. I would prefer Presence/Depth controls for the digital power amp section, though it’s relatively recently they went to full power amp modeling.

Do you like the core tone though?

Yes. Ish? Need to hear through my EVH 112s up loud. Wondering about OCD and Blues Driver clone boosting as well.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Yes. Ish? Need to hear through my EVH 112s up loud. Wondering about OCD and Blues Driver clone boosting as well.

I like the IR-D a lot. It's been the best DI solution I've found so far. I feel it sounds better with the IRs provided by Friedman, either the stock ones in the unit or the extra ones in the software.

I use the internal boost in conjunction with an overdrive pedal. I set the boost gain to zero so it boosts the volume only, with the boost volume knob, which is basically a second master volume for each channel.
I place my OD pedal right next to the IR-D Boost switch so I can turn the boost and the OD pedal with a single stomp. That way, I get the gain boost from the OD pedal and a +3db volume boost for my leads. Obviously, with MIDI you can automate all that stuff.

But this is all pointless because JT already is sounding like the pedal is going back by Monday at the latest.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I like the IR-D a lot. It's been the best DI solution I've found so far. I feel it sounds better with the IRs provided by Friedman, either the stock ones in the unit or the extra ones in the software.

I use the internal boost in conjunction with an overdrive pedal. I set the boost gain to zero so it boosts the volume only, with the boost volume knob, which is basically a second master volume for each channel.
I place my OD pedal right next to the IR-D Boost switch so I can turn the boost and the OD pedal with a single stomp. That way, I get the gain boost from the OD pedal and a +3db volume boost for my leads. Obviously, with MIDI you can automate all that stuff.

But this is all pointless because JT already is sounding like the pedal is going back by Monday at the latest.

I'm building out a small sidecar i think for Saturday's gig. I do like that extra volume jump from the baked in boost but I still want to add some additional gain with one of my drives. I have a Klon or 2, some TS variants, OCDs and a Blues Driver. Probably not using the Rat (or the Smash Box ). Probably try and make the rounds through them tonight. I can bring a real wah as well which is exciting.

FM feels great, just trying the IR for the usual frequency spectrum "weight" in the mix we've chatted about a time or 500.

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

I'm going to do something dumb at our show this weekend. @Baba will twitch with the amount of gear I'm schlepping

I'm thinking IR-D with VP4 in it's loop. Power amp modeling engaged, no IR/cab block in the Freidman out to my FM which is acting strictly as a digital mixer/IR player. GM will go in one loop, IR-D in the other and I will switch between the two as needed. Out 1 with Boss IR as needed to FOH and out 2, no IR to my LXII into my 2 EVH112 cabs.

I'm not building a board for this. Just laying out pedals on the floor with spaghetti in front of it and multiple OneSpot adapters

 

[Jarick]

I don't use the onboard boost either. I think a boost pedal up front does a really good job.

I'm playing with the IR-X back and forth with the Axe 3, same impulse, and the IR-X has a way more dynamic "chug" to it. It kind of does one sound on the higher gain channel but that one sound is killer.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

I'm building out a small sidecar i think for Saturday's gig. I do like that extra volume jump from the baked in boost but I still want to add some additional gain with one of my drives. I have a Klon or 2, some TS variants, OCDs and a Blues Driver. Probably not using the Rat (or the Smash Box ). Probably try and make the rounds through them tonight. I can bring a real wah as well which is exciting.

FM feels great, just trying the IR for the usual frequency spectrum "weight" in the mix we've chatted about a time or 500.

Can't the VP4 be setup for 4cm? That way you could just use one of their drives and control the whole rig with it.
I did something similar with a Boss MS-3 a while back.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I don't use the onboard boost either. I think a boost pedal up front does a really good job.

I'm playing with the IR-X back and forth with the Axe 3, same impulse, and the IR-X has a way more dynamic "chug" to it. It kind of does one sound on the higher gain channel but that one sound is killer.

Yeah I can see how, given my tastes; the X would have made 100% more sense for me. I'll know after the gig.

 

[Jarick]

Yeah I can see how, given my tastes; the X would have made 100% more sense for me. I'll know after the gig.

If you ever want to swap to try let me know, I'd be game to flip them back and forth.

 

[Baba]

I forget what I'm boosting my IRX with, but it's a pedal in the stomp. I think the Timmy. I can report back later tonight when I see it again.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Had another short play through. Used a GEQ block in the VP to fake a cab block to run it through my F12 cabs up in my jam room. LOTS of bark to this guy.

Can't the VP4 be setup for 4cm? That way you could just use one of their drives and control the whole rig with it.
I did something similar with a Boss MS-3 a while back.

Missed this. Yes it can. I actually have it setup backwards to this. VP in the loop of the IR-D so as to avoid that additional A/D. Which isn't really a thing so much as a me trying to keep it as 'pure' on the front end as possible. I am going to give this way a go instead.