MrFlexx
Active member
I've just got myself a Herbert and with the Diezel cab it sounds awesome if it's a bit louder than "allowed" in an apartment. If I play at bedroom level it all sounds thin and fizzy without any bottom and I know it’s because the Herbert need a bit of a volume before it starts to sound as it supposed to. Therefore I'm using a Suhr Reactive with Ownhammer IR's for recording and noodling around. The problem is that it sounds all thin and grainy…just like the Herbert sounds playing with a real cab at whispering low volume. Any of you guys been trying to record a Herbert using IR's? The reason I'm asking is because my Friedman Smallbox, ENGL Retro Tube 100 and ENGL Powerball II sounds as the real deal using this setup. But no matter how I try using EQ's and various Impulse Responses, it still sounds thin, grainy with no punch or tightness.
Maybe the Herbert doesn't record well using IR's, or? I’d like to record it using my real cab and mics...but it's too loud for my whining neighbors...and for my daughter when it's her bedtime.
Any ideas or suggestions? Will an attenuator do the trick for recording at whispering volumes while retaining the full body tone? I know it won’t move some air, but I just want the tone to be as good as it can be at low volumes as with my other amps.
Maybe the Herbert doesn't record well using IR's, or? I’d like to record it using my real cab and mics...but it's too loud for my whining neighbors...and for my daughter when it's her bedtime.
Any ideas or suggestions? Will an attenuator do the trick for recording at whispering volumes while retaining the full body tone? I know it won’t move some air, but I just want the tone to be as good as it can be at low volumes as with my other amps.