Celestion Vintage 30 - Audix i5 - 2002 Mesa Boogie 4x12

I’ve been continuing my attempts to build a personal IR reference library of all four Vintage 30 speakers in my 2002 Mesa Boogie Traditional 4x12 cabinet. This time the focus was on using an Audix i5 microphone. It is a bit of a departure from the SM57/V30 sound, but hopefully can be of use to you. On-axis IRs, 0in to 1in from the cap in 0.25inch (~0.6cm) increments, were created. A recommended starting point is “V30 UL 4FB 4x12 i5 0.50in 0.0in VP28.wav” Some observations: -The most useful mic positions were close to the cap. -The i5 high end rolloff is at a lower frequency than a Shure SM57. I found the cone positions too rolled off to share. -The i5 sounds a bit more nasal than the SM57 to me. -There’s not a lot of low end, which I thought worked well with my Dual Rectifier captures. See Linked Tones for IRs of the Mesa 4x12 mic’ed with my Shure SM57, Beyerdynamic M201, and Sennheiser MD421 for different flavors. 24Bit 48kHz - 500ms - MPT Format Naming Convention: V30 <speaker position> 4FB 4x12 <mic> <Distance from Center> <Microphone Preamp> Speaker Positions are LL – lower left, LR – lower right, UL – upper left, UR – upper right Each V30 has its own quirks. The left V30s have a bit more bite than the darker V30s on the right. Equipment Used: -Audix i5 -Behringer A800 Power Amp -Stam SA-73 Microphone Preamp -CAPI VP28 Microphone Preamp -RME UCX II Audio Interface -Voxengo Deconvolver 10sec sine sweeps were used to excite the speaker