Celestion has added two new bass speaker impulse responses, the BN15-400X and BL10-100X, to its collection of Bass Impulse Responses. The new Bass IRs are available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.
The Celestion BN15-400X has often been a go-to bass speaker for those looking for a thunderous low-end performance. For those looking for a warm bass tone that never sacrifices punch, this speaker is purpose-built to command the bottom line with a driving, rhythmic thump.
The Celestion BL10-100X is built for bass without compromise – this 10” 100-watt bass guitar speaker delivers heavy-duty presence with drive, clarity and full-bodied tone. Designed for an extended, balanced low-end, punchy mid-range and just enough treble “zing”, the Celestion BL10-100X is characterised by huge amounts of linear excursion ideal for high-powered rock performances.
Now the Celestion BN15-400X and BL10-100X bass speakers have been faithfully captured as bass speaker impulse responses. Both the Celestion BN15-400X and BL10-100X bass speaker impulse responses are available for download in 2×10 (Ported) and 4×10 (Closed Back) cabinet configurations – or as a Bass Bundle with added Playing Style mixes.
Celestion’s complete range of impulse responses includes a number of options for bass players, featuring many of the company’s best-selling bass guitar speakers. And Celestion’s meticulous impulse response capture process has been used for the company’s bass IRs.
In particular, this meant selecting the most appropriate microphones for recording bass guitar.
Each speaker has been recorded in the most popular cabinet combinations for that speaker type, with three different microphones – a Sennheiser MD421, Neumann U47 FET and AKG D112 – each in six different positions for additional tonal variety, creating an extensive IR library for each speaker. Also included is a room mic recording using a Neumann TLM 107 (the same room mic used for our regular IRs.)
A new addition to the bass impulse responses is an extra high frequency recording (using a Neumann KM84), which can be used on its own or mixed with one of the other microphones to add an extra bit of ‘zing’ to the top-end.
And the Bass Impulse Responses feature a selection of extra mic mixes for you to experiment with, including: D112+KM84, U47+KM84, MD421+KM84, D112+MD421+KM84, U47+MD421+KM84, U47+D112+KM84, All mics, All mics+Room Stereo and All mics+Room Mono.
New “Playing Style” packs are also available separate add on options, which have optimised the IRs for a range of different playing methods: Finger basic, Finger warmth detail, Plectrum (Pick) basic, Plectrum (Pick) aggressive and Slap.
As with all genuine Celestion IRs, each of the new bass speaker impulse responses are downloaded in .WAV format for compatibility with most DAWs, IR plug-ins and amp modelling software.
