Since Celestion’s range of speaker IRs was launched in January last year, they’ve been bought and used worldwide. We’ve seen downloads from over 80 countries around the globe, and from every continent except Antarctica. As you might expect, the majority of our buyers are based in the USA and United Kingdom. But, like our speakers, […]
Read more5 Reasons Celestion Impulse Responses are the Choice of Professionals
We often describe our range of Celestion Impulse Responses as being Professional Quality – and this has been borne out by the many professional musicians, performers and producers making use of our IRs in their commercial work. In fact, in our recent survey 22% of our respondents said they were regularly using Celestion IRs for […]
Read moreThe Lowdown with Andi Picker: Sample Rates & Impulse Lengths
I remember when I first started using cab IRs; I had bought a software amp-sim and it included a small selection of own-brand and third-party responses that that could be loaded one or two at a time into the built-in Convolver module. Using them was dead simple: choose the kind of speakers you want to […]
Read moreCelestion IRs – The Michael Nielsen Interview
If you’ve ever played Forza Motorsport 6 or 7, watched the animated Wolverine series, the trailer for the new Han Solo movie or listened to the recordings of Philip Sayce, the chances are high that you’re already familiar with the work of Michael Nielsen. A professional composer and music producer for two decades, Michael is […]
Read moreAndi Picker Discusses: It Doesn’t Have to be Complicated to Achieve Consistent Tone
Hey folks, my name’s Andi Picker (yes, for real) and I’m a guitar player and audio engineer. I started recording my own guitar parts as a hobby many years ago with just an SM57 and a 4-track cassette recorder, and along the way, somehow managed to make it all far more complicated than it needs […]
Read moreCelestion Speaker IR Mix Contest – The Winners!
We’re very pleased to announce the winner of our Celestion IR Mix video contest. And the winner is… Johnny Kuehl! You can see Johnny’s winning video here: We were impressed by the attention to detail that Johnny brought to this mix, thinking about what he wanted on the lows, mids and highs and selecting not just […]
Read more4×12 Impulse Responses – Authentic Tone Without the Hassle
For many guitarists, a 4×12 cabinet represents the authentic sound of rock, and has done for decades. And it seems that the popularity of the 4×12 is carrying over strongly into the digital world too – here at Celestion, we consistently sell more 4×12 impulse responses than any other cabinet type. Which got us wondering… […]
Read moreBIAS AMP 2 with Celestion IRs – What do the Pros Think?
Last month we announced the launch of Celestion IRs inclusion in Positive Grid’s most advanced guitar amp software yet – BIAS AMP 2 – featuring Celestion impulse responses for 5 of our best known speakers in the Elite version. (For an overview of features read our blog: Celestion IRs Team Up with Positive Grid – […]
Read moreLoad Box Shootout with Celestion Greenback IR
Legendary composer and music producer, Michael Nielsen is best known for his production and scoring work on countless films, television shows and video games. He is also well known for collaborating with and producing music for a huge range of iconic artists, including James Brown, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, John Sykes, as well as Celestion […]
Read more5 Reasons to Love Our New IR Pick & Mix Option
We’re very excited to announce a completely new way of building up a Celestion impulse response library – our IR Pick & Mix option. Now you can buy any combination of 3 or 5 cabinets from our full range of IRs, for a significant discount. Your choices can include IRs from the same speaker or […]
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