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How to record the files to get my IR? [Apple Mac]

Tuesday 11 February 2020

In order to get your own IR files we need that you record your guitar with both an external microphone and the pickup at the same time.

The IR includes all the information needed to transform the pickup sound into the microphone sound. It is therefore important that the microphone and pickup wav file correspond to the exam same recording session. You can not record with the external microphone and the pickup sequentially. It has to be simultaneous.

In order to do that, you need:

  • A 2-channel audio interface (ex: Focusrite 2i2)
  • A guitar cable
  • A microphone cable
  • An external microphone (and a stand)
  • A DAW (on a mac, you can use Garageband which is free)

The steps to follow are described in the following portfolio. [clic on the upper left image square]


Once the recordings made, upload them on a Google drive or Dropbox cloud space.

Then write us a message down below.

Don’t forget to include in the message:
1) A Google drive link or Dropbox link to your recording file(s) and if possible a picture for the database
2) The guitar model name
3) If possible to provide information like pickup, brand, shape, tonewoods, bracing... for the database.
4) To add your email address so we can actually send you the IR files.

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