Got any drive pedal capture tips? Mine are coming out a bit lifeless

[thomasotto]

Is it too bright or lacking low end ?

I posted a comment about missing low end on certain types of amp heads and drives a while back due to the 21ms of truncation on captures and IR.

Expanded Impulse Response length

After doing some extensive IR recording and captures on the Quad Cortex these last couple of days, I definitely hear a difference in the QC captures or IR due to the 21ms being too short. The symptoms are the same whether it is an IR or a capture (I suspect captures are truncated to 21ms too) It’s less apparent for “immediate sounding” amp heads or cabs but obvious on gear that has a “bloom” quality to them (pretty subjective words in quotes here). My open back custom cab with 2x12 has its na…