Tube Power Amp IRs and Captures

[EOengineer]

Hey guys I’ve started introducing tube guitar preamps into my modeling rig and would be interested in suggestions of captures and/or impulse responses of tube power amps, preferably direct ones but it’s cool if there’s a cab too.

I’m primarily using Tonex for captures/profiles but obviously feel free to share whatever, as I’m sure others will find value.

 

[EOengineer]

I’ve found a few around the web that look like they’d be worth investigating.
Free:

TONEX Preamp Impulse Response

This is a free impulse response designed to be used with one of the TONEX preamp Tone Models. It's captured from a EL34 power amp with a blend of V30 and 20w Greenback and voiced to reproduce the fullness of a power amp to speaker cabinet signal chain. (I don't recommend using it with a amp...

bighairyprofiles.com

Paid:

IK Multimedia Tonex -XTC Power Ultimate DI Tone Models | Jason Sadites

This tone model bundle is a collection of tones based off the power amp section only of a Bogner Ecstasy 3534 amplifier. The bundle is a set of captures based off various power amp settings on the amp meticulously captured DI (amp only). The collection also includes a single DI capture based...

www.sadites.com

https://www.sadites.com/product-page/ik-multimedia-tonex-victor-power-30-ultimate-di-tone-models

 

[[Nathan]]

Whats the full rig you're looking at running, not sure where the tube captures come into the mix (or if they're really adding anything of value).
Modellers will probably already have poweramp emulation and existing captures might also have it (I capture mine through a loadbox so its the preamp/poweramp in one there).

 

[EOengineer]

Whats the full rig you're looking at running, not sure where the tube captures come into the mix (or if they're really adding anything of value).
Modellers will probably already have poweramp emulation and existing captures might also have it (I capture mine through a loadbox so its the preamp/poweramp in one there).

The general signal chain would be Tube Guitar Preamp -> Tonex (power amp sim & IR) . In this case the goal is to get the power amps interaction with the cab represented so it’s not just a preamp into a cab.