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Cabinet [CAB]
5.2
The
Speaker
Cabinet
Simulator
(“Cab” for short) recreates the tonal characteristics of any number of speaker
cabinet configurations. The Axe-Fx II XL/XL+ contains over 150 built-in “factory” cabinet simulations, plus 1024
memory locations for loading custom “User Cab” files. (The Mark II contains 130+ factory and 100 user cabs). The
Cab block also offers room and microphone simulations (including sub-millisecond delays), plus basic tone
controls.
Factory cabs include custom creations by Fractal Audio Systems, plus selections from 3
rd
-party libraries by Mikko
Logrén of ML Soundlab, Buddy Gill, RedWirez, OwnHammer, TheAmpFactory, and contributions from Fractal
Artists John Petrucci, James Santiago, and loudspeaker design engineer Jay Mitchell.
The cab block supports both standard (2048) resolution IRs, and newer UltraRes™ format IRs. UltraRes™ is a
proprietary format that enhances the resolution of an IR without added CPU burden or storage requirements.
Each Axe-Fx II preset can use two fully independent
Cab
blocks.
The Cab block supports X/Y Switching. See p.
Cab Parameters
CAB (TYPE)
–
Sets the cabinet type by selecting from “FACTORY” and “USER” IRs. Cabinet types are listed in
the table in section on p.169. The four SCRATCHPAD locations found at the end of the list are designed to
allow you to “audition” cabs before committing them to a memory location. This capability is especially useful
when user cab memory is full, or when you are using
Cab-Lab
(available from http://shop.fractalaudio.com).
Please note that the contents of the SCRATCHPADs are cleared every time you restart the Axe-Fx.
MIC (TYPE)
–
Selects the microphone simulation type used. There are ten different types based on classic
guitar cabinet microphones.
Manufacturer and product names mentioned below are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners,
which are in no way associated or affiliated with Fractal Audio Systems. The names are used only to illustrate sonic and
performance characteristics of the Axe-Fx II MIC TYPES.
57 DYN
(based on the Shure
®
SM57®)
58 DYN
(based on the Shure
®
SM58®)
421 DYN
(based on the Sennheiser MD 421 II®)
87A COND
(based on the Shure
®
Beta 87A®)
U87 COND
(based on the Neumann
®
U87®)
E609 DYN
(based on the Sennheiser
®
e609® Silver)
RE16 DYN
(based on the Electro-Voice
®
RE16®)
R121 COND
(based on the Royer Labs
®
R-121®)
D112 DYN
(based on the AKG
®
D112®)
67 COND
(based on the Neumann
®
U67®)
“NULL” is a perfectly transparent mic with a
PROXIMITY
control (below.)
“INVERT” is perfectly transparent and enables
PROXIMITY
, but also phase inverts the signal.
“NONE” disables microphone processing in the CAB block.
PROXIMITY
– Simulates the classic proximity effect, causing an increase in bass or low frequency response
as proximity is increased. The
PROXIMITY
control has no effect when
MIC TYPE
is set to “NONE.”
DELAY
– This short delay (0.000-1.000 ms) provides the ability to simulate microphone distance as employed
to create interesting phase or comb filter effects. You’ll need to have two parallel cabs with
different
delay
settings to hear this. Furthermore, the effect is most pronounced when the cabs are summed to mono.
