We are excited to announce yet another addition to the Celestion Dynamic Speaker Response range, for use with our SpeakerMix Pro plugin – the Celestion Alnico Gold. To help you decide whether the Celestion Alnico Gold IRs and DSRs deserve a place in your speaker response collection, let’s take a look at how the Alnico […]

If you play an electric guitar or bass through a traditional amp and cab set-up, a large part of what you hear, along with your instrument, amplifier and any effects or pedals, is the sound of speakers. Celestion speakers have driven the sound of popular music for nearly a hundred years, originally in the real […]

In this new article, guest writer Andi Picker breaks down the intricacies of trialling a range of different microphone positions when chasing the perfect guitar tone, whether live on stage or recording in the studio. I started recording music because I love the sound of electric guitars. Basically, I heard music as guitar, some lyrics, […]

Celestion has designed and built the world’s first Full Range LIVE Response guitar speakers. They have been created to reproduce the full spectrum of audible frequencies, for an accurate performance, whatever digital modelling gear you use: that’s what makes them  Full Range. But here’s the thing, they still feel like you’re playing through a regular guitar speaker: […]

We recently caught up with Pete Thorn again after his video review of SpeakerMix Pro. If you haven’t seen it already you can watch it here: So, what are the key benefits he describes?   1          Dynamic Speaker Response takes realism to the next-level SpeakerMix Pro is the plugin that supports Celestion’s new Dynamic […]

We’ve added a new and rather special Backline Heroes collection to our range of Impulse Responses for bassists – a series of stunning bass guitar cabinets from Massachusetts, USA, amp and cab legends Bergantino Audio Systems. We joined up with Bergantino to capture the sounds of their NXT (Neo X-Treme) range of bass guitar cabinets […]

George “G1” Lever is an award-nominated Heavy Metal specialist music producer working out of Somerset in the South-West of England. During a recent conversation about his approach to recording music in the 21st century he spoke of the importance of understanding the basics of old-school analogue audio-engineering to make the most of the modern computer-based […]

In our latest blog, Andi Picker discusses the next generation of speaker simulation, and what our brand-new SpeakerMix Pro plugin and range of Dynamic Speaker Responses (DSRs) bring to the mix. I’m a long-term fan of speaker IRs – when I reviewed the original release of Celestion Impulse Responses way-back in issue 50 of Guitar […]

Our Backline Heroes range has grown again! We’re excited to reveal the newest name in our now-legendary line-up is iconic British cabinet and amp company, VOX Amps! We teamed up with VOX Amps to record a completely new collection of cabinet impulse responses based on recordings of three classic VOX cabinets loaded up with some […]