Looking to switch up your Acoustic tone on the fly? OPUS is a one-stop-shop thanks to a collection of premier Acoustic Impulse responses inspired by legendary guitars in the acoustic annals. But what’s best-practice when using OPUS’ Acoustic IR library? Read on to find out!
What’s Included in the Acoustic IR Library?
The Following Acoustic IRs are pre-loaded onto OPUS right-out-the-box:
- Mountain L16 m - Inspired by a Yamaha® LL16 and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Mountain L16.wav - Inspired by a Yamaha® LL16
- Cajon 814 m.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 814ce Deluxe and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Cajon 814.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 814ce Deluxe
- Cajon 614 m.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 614ce and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Cajon 614.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 614ce
- Cajon 414 m.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 414ce and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Cajon 414.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 414ce
- Cajon 317 m.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 317e and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Cajon 317.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 317e
- Cajon 114 m.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 114ce and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Cajon 114.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® 114ce
- Taka 341SC m2.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® EF341SC and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Taka 341SC m1.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® EF341SC and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Taka 341SC.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® EF341SC
- Taka 6NC 2 m.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® P6NC and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Taka 6NC 2.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® P6NC
- Taka 6NC 1 m.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® P6NC and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Taka 6NC 1.wav - Inspired by a Takamine® P6NC Ova Celeb 44 m.wav - Inspired by a Ovation® Celebrity CE44 and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Ova Celeb 44.wav - Inspired by a Ovation® Celebrity CE44
- Marty 28E Ant m.wav - Inspired by a Martin® HD-28E and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Marty 28E Ant.wav - Inspired by a Martin® HD-28E
- Marty 16E m.wav - Inspired by a Martin® GPC-16E Matrix VTE and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Marty 16E.wav - Inspired by a Martin® GPC-16E
- Marty 18E Ret m.wav - Inspired by a Martin® D18E Retro and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Marty 18E Ret.wav - Inspired by a Martin® D18E Retro
- Marty 17E m.wav - Inspired by a Martin® 000-17E Matrix VTE and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Marty 17E.wav - Inspired by a Martin® 000-17E Matrix VTE Cajon Mini S2 M.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® GS Mini Koa ES2 and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Cajon GS Mini ES2.wav - Inspired by a Taylor® GS Mini Koa ES2
- Federation 150CE M.wav - Inspired by a Guild® D-150ce and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Federation 150CE.wav - Inspired by a Guild® D-150ce
- Nashville 200 2 m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® SJ-200 standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville 200 2.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® SJ-200 standard
- Nashville 200 1 m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® SJ-200 standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville 200 1.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® SJ-200 standard
- Nashville 45 Studio m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® J-45 Standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville 45 Studio.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® J-45 Standard
- Nashville 45 2 m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® J-45 Standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville 45 2.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® J-45 Standard
- Nashville 45 1 m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® J-45 Standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville 45 1.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® J-45 Standard
- Nashville Humbird 2 m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® Hummingbird Standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville Humbird 2 .wav - Inspired by a Gibson® Hummingbird Standard
- Nashville Humbird 1 m.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® Hummingbird Standard and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Nashville Humbird 1.wav - Inspired by a Gibson® Hummingbird Standard
- Seoul 710 m.wav - Inspired by a Cort® MR710F and featuring post-processing revoicing
- Seoul 710.wav - Inspired by a Cort® MR710F
What’s the deal with “Match (m)” Acoustic IRs?
These have simply been passed through a post-processing algorithm in order to generate a more balanced tone. In contrast, you may find that the non-Match files are a little bass-heavy and as such we advise using OPUS’ EQ to balance and enhance your tone. In addition, we also advise trialling with a blend of your raw DI tone and the non-Matched Acoustic IRs for best results - more info on this below.
Loading an IR via Torpedo Remote
To load a static Impulse response (be it an Acoustic Impulse response or one captured from a traditional guitar cabinet) simply navigate to the IR loader tab in Torpedo Remote and select up to two files to load onto either of the IR Slots (IR A and IR B). You can then use the IR A and IR B channel controls to refine the blend of your IRs within the context of your OPUS preset.
Blending an Acoustic IR with your Dry DI Signal in Torpedo Remote
In some instances you may want to blend an IR affected signal with the natural sound of your DI’d acoustic guitar. In order to action this, simply Bypass (the “B” switch situated within the IR A or IR B mixer pane) to route your dry signal through the IR Loader processing block. By using the channel faders on either IR A or IR B, a mix of your dry and wet signal can be achieved. Please note, this bypass processing simply removes any IR processing on your source signal; any processing outside of the IR processing blocks will still be applied to your dry signal including TSM Pre- and Power-amp emulation and OPUS’ suite of Post FX. In order to fuse a full OPUS-processed signal chain with an unaffected dry signal, we recommend using the LINE OUT ROUTING facilities to send Dry and Wet Signals separately to a suitable source (i.e. a mixer or Audio interface) where a resultant Dry/Wet mix can be processed.
Having issues?
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