Tips for using IR's?

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for any tips on how people use IR’s, like how do you choose when you have so many options in a package?

When do you use just 1 IR or 2?
If I have a 2 mic “mix” should I only use the 1 IR?

I have bought some Vox AC30 or matchless IR’s from several companies but they all sound very different, which one actually sounds accurate? :smile:

Also, I had some York Audio packages because I heard they’re good, I would load different IR’s to my presets, and think YA ones are bad because they all sound too bright and thin, but I only just realised if I tune the amp to a YA IR by dropping treble/presence, it sounds good. So if I have stock Neural Cab and tune and then put in YA IR it sounds like this, but if I load one from another company it sounds good.

So what I’m wondering is it just that YA are by default more “bright”? Should you be tuning the amp to the IR’s rather than just loading different ones?

Any tips at all on using IR’s would be great as I have quite a lot of them but haven’t gotten much use out of them.