User Manual

THR HD_H Utility Operation Manual
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What is speaker simulation using impulse response?
ImpulseResponse,or“IR,”isastate-of-the-artspeakersimulationtechnologythatimprovesonprevious,
lessrealisticsimulationsthatreliedonfairlysimplerecreationsoftheEQfrequencycurvesofspecific
speakers.Atheart,IRisarecordingandanalysisofasystem’soutputwhenaveryshortinputsignal
calledanimpulseisreleasedintoacabinet.Thiscreatesadigitalpictureofthecabinet’slinearcharac-
teristicssuchasfrequencyandphaseresponse,phasecancellationbetweenmultiplespeakers,edge
reflectionsandotheraudiblesignaturesofthecabinet’sconstruction.IRtechnologyissoaccuratethat
itispossibletodistinguishbetweenspecificcabinetmodels,themicrophonesusedtocapturetheIR
image,andevendifferentroomtypeswiththesamemicrophone/cabinetsetup.Additionally,IRdoesnot
introducenon-lineardistortionorcompressioncharacteristics.
The benefits of using IR
Thistechnologyoffersawealthofbenefitsovertraditionalcabinetmic-ingandprevioussimulationtech-
niques,givingplayersaccesstoawealthofoptionstocrafttheiridealsoundwithgearandacoustic
spacecharacteristicsthatmightotherwisebeunavailabletothem.Theabilitytorunincompletesilence
meansthatyoucanuseIRwithheadphonesinyourhomeinsteadofarecordingstudiotorecordguitars
thatsoundliketheyhavebeenpassedthroughspeakercabinetsathighvolume.IRalsooffersimmense
benefitsinalivesetupbecausetherigisfeedingdirectlyintothesoundsystem,effectivelyeliminating
feedbackfromotherinstrumentsormicrophones,whilegivingyoumorecontrolofyouroveralltone.It
alsoreducestime-consumingmicrophoneplacementandsetuptime,ultimatelyallowingyoutorepro-
duceyoursoundwithgreaterprecisionateachnewvenue.Additionally,theabilitytoplugdirectlyintoa
mixerallowsclearersoundtobesenttomonitorspeakersandin-earmonitors,providingabettermoni-
toringenvironmentonstage.
OwnHammerisathirdpartyimpulseresponsedeveloperthatprovidespremiumIRcontentin.wav
fileformat.Thelibrariesofferedcoveralargerangeofvintageandmoderncabinetandspeaker
combinations,sampledwiththebestoutboardgear,usingthemostmodernsamplingtechniques,
andincludetime-testedmicrophoneandmicrophonecombinationstaplesusedtheworldoverby
highprofileengineersandproducersandhomeusersalikeforbothlivesoundandstudiorecord-
ing.Theselibrariesoffermultiplespeakertypespercabinet,individualmicsinmultipleplacement
positions,aswellaspre-mademulti-micandmulti-speakermixesbuiltaroundtechniquesusedon
internationallyacclaimedrecordsinvariousmusicstyles.Thewidearrayofcabinets,speakers,
mics,andmixesavailableenableincredibleamountsoftonalpossibilities,flexibility,customization,
individuality,andreplicationofguitartonehistory’sclassicsounds.Formoreinformationandprod-
uctlistings,pleaseseetheOwnHammerwebsiteatwww.ownhammer.com/free/cab-irs,whereyou
cantryafullyfeaturedFREElibrarytostartyourjourneyincreatingthesoundthatmovesyou.