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 […]
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Introducing the Celestion Speaker Shaper Plugin from Softube
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 […]
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Interview with Hotone Audio – Celestion Digital
In our latest interview, we have the pleasure of speaking with Tom Liu and Bow Xiong from Hotone Audio – following the recent release of their new Ampero II Stomp Pedal – which incorporates 20 authentic Celestion IRs. Hi Tom and Bow, great to speak with you today! Please can you tell us a bit […]
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The New Old Favourites – The Magnificent Seven Rides Again
That sounds great – now turn it down! We guitar players can be an odd lot – we’ll focus to the point of obsession on the most detailed nuances of our perfect rig, we’re prepared to spend vast amounts of time and money to create “The Sound” that haunts our dreams; then we realise that […]
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Crafting Your Guitar Tone – The Importance of Microphone Positions
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, […]
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A Conversation with Fractal Audio’s Matt Picone
We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Matt Picone, a Director at Fractal Audio. In this write up and accompanying demo video by presenter Leon Todd, Matt explains how easy it is to use your downloaded Celestion Impulse Responses in Fractal Audio’s current line of products, or to select from the factory-loaded Celestion Impulse Responses […]
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A Pioneer of Bass Amplification – The Jim Bergantino Interview
Hot off the release of our range Bergantino Cabinet Impulse Responses, Celestion Digital had the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Jim Bergantino, founder of Bergantino Audio Systems, about all things bass amplification, how he got started in the industry and our new Bergantino cabinet Impulse Responses. So, could you start off […]
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The Celestion F12-X200 – A Dedicated Guitar Speaker For Amp Modellers & IRs!
The Celestion F12-X200 is the world’s first Full Range LIVE Response guitar speaker! For the thousands of guitar players and musicians around the world who use modelling and profiling amps, an FRFR (full range flat response) loudspeaker has become essential for delivering the output of your emulated set-up in all its glory. It will deliver […]
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F12-X200 + F12M-150 Triple Cone Full Range LIVE Response Speakers
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: […]
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5 Top Reasons Why You Should Plug-In To Celestion SpeakerMix Pro
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 […]
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