Celestion Introduces the Next Generation Digital Speaker Solution: The SpeakerMix Pro Plug-in Featuring Dynamic Speaker Responses Professional, Studio-Grade Digital Speaker Solution Enables User to Capture and Mix Both IRs and New DSRs for Ultra Realistic Guitar Speaker Tones in a DAW. SpeakerMix Pro is the company’s advanced virtual speaker solution designed for use with both with Impulse Responses as well as Celestion’s Dynamic Speaker Responses (DSRs), the next generation of digital speaker responses that capture the sound and feel of the speaker’s dynamic, non-linear response for even more tonal detail. For my tests I simply dragged the IRs into Logic Pro’s Space Designer convolution reverb and set the mix to 100 percent wet. Predictably, perhaps, I went straight to the famous Celestion Blue as used in vintage Vox AC30s.
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The sound of Celestion speakers is linked inextricably to the sound of British pop and rock, and Celestion have now made available impulse responses for a wide range of these classic speakers mounted in 1x12, 2x12 and 4x12 cabinets, and miked with appropriate single or double mic arrays. Zeplin app. The IRs appear as WAV files once uncompressed and can be downloaded at a choice of sample rates from 44.1 to 96 kHz, to be loaded into your own IR-based software or compatible hardware. For my tests I simply dragged the IRs into Logic Pro’s Space Designer convolution reverb and set the mix to 100 percent wet.
Predictably, perhaps, I went straight to the famous Celestion Blue as used in vintage Vox AC30s. This particular speaker managed to be both mellow in the mids and jangly in the highs, and no doubt contributed to what we now remember as the classic AC30 sound. As with all the speakers in the collection, IRs for the Celestion Blue have been recorded for five different cabinet configurations: 1×12 and 2×12 in both open- and closed-back cabinets, and in a closed-back 4×12. Each setup was recorded using three classic studio mics with six positions per microphone. On top of that, there are eight further IRs per cabinet created by mixing together the IRs from different microphones, giving a total of 26 different IRs for each cabinet or 130 per speaker type.
As well as the Blue, there are IRs for the G12M-65 Greenback, the G12M Greenback, the G12M-65 Creamback, the G12H-75 Creamback, the G12H-65, the G12H Anniversary, the Vintage 30, the G12H-150 Redback, the G12H-150 Redback, the Neo Creamback and more. Celestion have put audio examples of the various speakers online to help you choose the best option for your own musical style. You can buy the entire collection for each speaker model in one go or choose individual cabinet IRs. Windows credential manager. If you do buy the whole collection for the speaker of your choice, you make a significant saving on the individual cabinet price, but if you know exactly which configuration you want, buying them individually can be a good option too.
Celestion have clearly taken a great deal of care in producing these impulse responses: the end result is very good indeed and definitely adds to the authenticity of the results you can get using, for example, a modelled amplifier plug-in. Overall, my favourite was perhaps the Creamback, which turned out to be a great all-rounder. The differences between the speakers when you are are auditioning clean sounds might at first seem to be mainly a matter of how bright or dark they sound, but the character diverges to a much more noticeable degree when using overdriven guitar sounds. While use with modelled amplifier plug-ins is the most obvious application, there’s also a lot to be gained by using a speaker-level DI box to take the output from a small combo and then processing that in your DAW to add the speaker cabinet of your choice. That 5 Watt combo with the tiny speaker might just sound amazing through a 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet, and it is exactly that flexibility that these Celestion IRs give you. This really is as close as you’ll get to miking the real thing in a serious studio.
£28.99 per speaker or £11.49 per cabinet. Prices include VAT.
$35.99 per speaker or $14.39 per cabinet.
Published January 2018
Celestion Introduces the Next Generation Digital Speaker Solution: The SpeakerMix Pro Plug-in Featuring Dynamic Speaker Responses
Professional, Studio-Grade Digital Speaker Solution Enables User to Capture and Mix Both IRs and New DSRs for Ultra Realistic Guitar Speaker Tones in a DAW
Celestion, a manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers and professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement applications, is very pleased offer its’ digital customers SpeakerMix Pro, a self-contained studio-grade DAW plug-in dedicated to bringing ground-breaking levels of detail and realism to guitar and bass speaker tone, for use with Impulse Responses as well as the company’s new Dynamic Speaker Responses (DSRs), the next generation of digital speaker responses that capture the sound and feel of the speaker’s dynamic, non-linear response for even more tonal detail.
Over the past few years, Celestion Impulse Responses have become the go-to speaker emulation solution in the studios and on live rigs of many top professional guitarists, bassists and music producers.
The new SpeakerMix Pro plug-in is much more than just a top-level IR loader and convolution engine for hosting impulse responses - it offers pristine sound, mixes up to six channels of different IRs into a stereo or mono track and even fixes IR sample rate/project mismatches. Additionally, as the host program for the new Celestion Dynamic Speaker Responses, SpeakerMix Pro presents a genuine next-generation virtual speaker solution.
With SpeakerMix Pro, users can:
Over the past few years, Celestion Impulse Responses have become the go-to speaker emulation solution in the studios and on live rigs of many top professional guitarists, bassists and music producers.
The new SpeakerMix Pro plug-in is much more than just a top-level IR loader and convolution engine for hosting impulse responses - it offers pristine sound, mixes up to six channels of different IRs into a stereo or mono track and even fixes IR sample rate/project mismatches. Additionally, as the host program for the new Celestion Dynamic Speaker Responses, SpeakerMix Pro presents a genuine next-generation virtual speaker solution.
With SpeakerMix Pro, users can:
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- Mix up to six responses together to create the perfect and unique guitar or bass speaker sound.
- Integrate a personal library of Celestion and third-party Impulse Responses to make the most of the tools you’ve spent time and effort curating .
- Add Celestion’s superb room responses (or incorporate your own) into the mix for an authentic ‘live’ sound.
- Deploy the unique Z-curve function to closely model the dynamic electrical coupling between amp and speaker.
- Add a new dimension of sound and feel with Celestion’s proprietary Dynamic Speaker Responses (DSRs), the next generation in Impulse Response technology: stunningly accurate guitar tone that also captures the sound and feel of the speaker’s dynamic, non-linear response for even more detail and realism.
- Use with Celestion's new DSRs for the capability to fine-tune the mic position, enabling you to adjust the position of the microphone across the speaker until you’ve found the tone that’s just-right.
How Do You Use Celestion Speaker Mix Pro
SpeakerMix Pro is available for VST, AU and AAX compatible DAWs, to allow users to achieve the ultimate guitar tone in recording.