If you’ve been thinking about trying out the Celestion impulse response range, but are not sure what type of DAW or amp simulator kit to go for, how about… a pedalboard? Although a pedalboard might not have been your first thought, the HeadRush Pedalboard is worth serious consideration, especially as there are two special Celestion […]
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Cab Simulator – The Kemper Profiler and Celestion IRs
If you’re the owner of a Kemper Profiler with Cab Maker software, you’ll want to check out this great video tutorial by Kemper. It shows you the steps you need to take to convert Celestion impulse responses (which are delivered in .wav format) into Kemper compatible (.kipr) files. To do this you’ll need not only […]
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SonicState Interviews Ken Weller at MESSE 2017
SonicState, the online source for news and information relating to the world of electronic music, paid a visit to the Celestion stand at MESSE 2017 in Frankfurt last week, and interviewed our very own Ken Weller, Product Marketing Manager at Celestion UK. As well as talking about the motivation for creating Celestion’s current set of […]
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How Accurate are our Speaker IRs? Here’s the Proof
In our article Speaker Or Impulse Response: Can You Hear The Difference? we said that, when comparing the output of a Celestion speaker and its IR “…we are hard put to detect which is which, even under optimal listening conditions. For all practical purposes, we find the IRs are indistinguishable from the real thing.” Of […]
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High Five – Celestion Speaker IR Video Competition Highlights
When we said we had a hard time picking a winner for our recent video contest for Celestion speaker IRs, we weren’t kidding. So here we take a look at five standout entries, highlighting some of the amazing talent and skill of our contestants as they found different ways to put Celestion’s guitar speaker impulse […]
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5 Reasons Impulse Responses Will Never Replace Speakers
When we launched Celestion impulse responses in January the most overwhelming reaction was just how well they replicate the tones of the speakers they are modelled on (the G12M-65 Creamback, the Vintage 30 and so on). And it wasn’t long before some people began to ask the question: If you can make IRs this accurate, […]
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Your Video Competition Entries Blew Us Away!
Thanks again to all the amazingly talented entrants to our impulse response video competition. Sometimes when we run competitions it’s easy to choose a winner. It wasn’t on this one! Trust us when we say the standard of entries was really, really high, as you’ll see when you watch the winning videos. In First Place… […]
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How Easy to Use are Celestion Impulse Response Files?
The most important feature of our impulse response files is their accuracy – giving you great tone that’s almost indistinguishable from a real Celestion speaker/cab setup. But we’ve also put a lot of thought into making our IR downloads easy to use. One recent YouTube demo highlighted this aspect really well and we wanted to […]
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Make a Video – Win a Pair of Celestion Guitar Speakers!
We’ve been totally blown away by so many great YouTube videos appearing over the past few weeks of you guys putting Celestion IR downloads through their paces. We’d love to see even more, so today we are announcing a video contest – with some great prizes for the best one. We’re even offering a discount […]
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Pete Thorn Introduces Celestion Impulse Response
Pete Thorn, pro guitarist, gives us a concise introduction to speaker impulse responses – what they are and why they are so incredibly useful in the studio and when performing live. This is a definite “must watch” if you’re new to speaker IRs and looking for a quick and simple intro. First Pete explains why […]
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