Cab Pack Freeman | No more tweaking, ever?!

[@GregSummersMusic]

A “MUST” purchase. I love this cab pack! Go out now and buy it....now. Thank you Mikko

[@nakermanca2056]

Hey Greg. This or Mesa cabpack?

[@GregSummersMusic]

@@nakermanca2056I haven't tried the ML mesa pack yet. I love this pack for the friedman amps though. I'm sure the mesa pack is great and matches well with the friedmans. I know real life mesa cabs are a great match for the 5153 amps too

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

I will be purchasing this later when I get home! Nice work, sounds great!

[@mlsoundlab]

Thank you Mark! The pack is really good I must say. :)

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

ML Sound Lab all purchased and had a play earlier, they do sound great I must say. Would you know if I can transfer all ir’s into my AX8 edit at once or do I have to do them individually?

[@mlsoundlab]

@@MarkPritchardGuitar I made a video tutorial about how to do it! Check my channel it's a pretty new video.

[@MarkPritchardGuitar]

ML Sound Lab great will do, thanks!

[@Guitars-Gear-Music]

Just bought it. Will give it a try tomorrow!

[@ProGoTones]

Purchased last night. Killer 🙌🏽 Toss up between this and mesa OS. This just has a bit more presence (“life” TO MY EARS) and, in a mix is probably similar enough. Your IRs don’t have the honky midrange resonance that my Ownhammer Heavy Hitters do. Everything sounds better now. ty. - weekly gigging musician (function/wedding bands & guitar/vox sessions for producers via my home studio)

[@ProGoTones]

also great on axe fx JVM model for a 90s Kravitz/Black Crowes rock vibe. 👍🏼

[@mlsoundlab]

Thank you so much, glad you're loving it! -Kai

[@markgooch1715]

I play a Friedman cab on stage and now using the Captor X. Can i load this pack into the Captor and able to use the Captor mic placements or i have to choose from one of the mic placements in the pack? Thx!

[@mlsoundlab]

You'll have to choose from the mic placements in the pack, but you should be able to load these IRs onto the Captor X. -Kai

[@gjm1971]

This Freeman cab must be added to the Mikko II plugin... 🙏

[@andyv4926]

That package turned my Friedman Preset on Axe FX 3 into pure overkill. The single mic IR's are already very good. With CabLab3 I was able to mix exactly what it sounded like in my head. The best IR's I generally used so far. I would appreciate a cab package for a 5150III 🤔😁

[@mlsoundlab]

Thank you so much!!!

[@seventhsealhere]

I second the request for an EVH 5150 III cab. Even the original 5150 with Sheffield speakers would be great Mikko! 👍

[@Eddietherocker]

Just got this pack, any Headrush amp clones coming anytime? Thanks🎸

[@mlsoundlab]

No plans to release anything in the Headrush Amp format at this time, thank you for asking about it though! -Kai

[@karolkozak64]

hi do you recommend any hi-cut and/or lo-cut settings with these when using say a helix for live? Also - would these be more suited for mix-ready tones or live too? I've found out that the native helix cabs require drastic hi/lo cuts (85hz-7.9khz) whereas things by ownhammer and some other are ok if u go (85hz-12khz) where anything lower than that is just too dark. thx for your input

[@tonio3375]

Don't put cuts on IRs. If the IR is good, it doesn't need any EQ.

[@joeyvpoisonfree]

Toni'o you really don’t EQ IR’s? Or do you mean for live contexts?

[@tonio3375]

@@joeyvpoisonfree I don't EQ IRs. You don't need to. For example, one of these Freeman IRs won't ever need any EQ, and if it sounds harsh or dull, its most likely the other elements in your chain that are doing that. I used to hi/lo cut IRs. Then I tried it without, and was instantly able to get all my patches to cut through the mix correctly and to simply sound good. For live contexts, I would usually put some EQ however to darken up the sound a bit.

[@tonio3375]

@ML Sound Lab Hey Mikko, me again bothering you with annoying questions abouts Mics! So I've seen that John Petrucci uses the SM7B, the Mohave 301 and the Royer 121 on Distance Over Time. If I wanted to recreate that mic combo with IRs, how would I go about it on the Helix? As far as I'm aware, I can't use 3 IRs in the Helix, or is there a way to do that? Or do you have a mix in one of your packs that somewhat resembles this mic combo? Thanks!

[@mlsoundlab]

The KM184 + SM7B + R121 from the Mega Oversize pack is really close. :)

[@tonio3375]

@@mlsoundlab Sweet! Which one is that? And do you have something similar for the Friedman? Because I love the Friedman just as much as the Mark IV :D

[@mlsoundlab]

@@tonio3375 Sure! Our website: www.ml-sound-lab.com has both that Mesa and Friedman cab with those mic options. It's just replacing the Mojave with a Neumann mic.

[@tonio3375]

@@mlsoundlab Already have both of the packs! So which mixes have that mic combo? :O if I were to blind guess, the mixes with those mic combos are the Solid from the Mega Oversize and the Freemason from the Freeman? I'm probably way off though..!

[@TutorialesMezclaMastering]

Great irs!

[@mlsoundlab]

Thanks Carlos!

[@guitargogden]

Sounds great. To clarify, could I use these .wav files in the Fortin / tone forge plugins and then use can lab to convert them for an Axe FX II XL?

[@ברוךהשםיהוה]

guitargogden if you buy the cab pack it will have all the different sample rate IRs in separate files, as well as files specifically ready to load into your Axe FX (also Helix and Kemper) So it’s already done for you.

[@lookmanostrings]

Would this work well for clean amps like Fenders and CA3+... even JC120's??

[@lookmanostrings]

asking because I'd rather keep one cab and change amps for clean/dirty

[@mlsoundlab]

@@lookmanostrings It's in great balance and definitely bright enough for cleans! A JC might require a JC IR for "that" sound but it will sound good with this pack as well.

[@lookmanostrings]

@@mlsoundlab Makes sense. I wouldn't want to go full JC120; I'm pretty good with a Fender clean. :D

[@jeremyrandolph6790]

I just recently purchased the freeman ir pack and I'm really having a hard time getting my tone anywhere close as the sound sample on the packs page. I bought them because the tone that I heard in the sample with using the 57 through v30s was exactly the tone i wanted. I know you used the AX FX to make you samples and I'm using helix lt but I can't imagine it would be thaaat different. I also know you just used the default settings with the freedman model as i also did. Im not sure if using the 1024 or 2048 is the reason maybe. I tried setting up my patch with all of the 57 tones as well, and none of them came close. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I tried sending a email through the website, but it did want to work for me.

[@ValveReactor]

Throw all EQs and Pedals away, just the amp (not amp+cab) and the ir block.

[@joejohn6694]

5:28 nice

[@tonio3375]

Hey man! Was waiting for this pack! So I'm just wondering if these mixes are somewhat similar to the ones in the Mega Oversize pack? Like what would be the equivalent of the Almighty, Solid and Omnipotent mixes on this Freeman pack? ^^

[@mlsoundlab]

The mixes are always sorted so that "the best ones are first". :) So Freedom is the Almighty of this pack etc.

[@tonio3375]

@@mlsoundlab Oh so you used the same mics on those mixes? Sweet!

[@mlsoundlab]

@@tonio3375 No not the same mics. Just the best mixes in order.

[@tonio3375]

@@mlsoundlab Hmm to be honest I prefer Solid to Almighty :P That being said, I prefer the more recent JP tone, so that's probably why!

[@mlsoundlab]

@@tonio3375 Those mixes are all really good. They've narrowed down from over a 100 mixes so they're top notch. :)

[@kimseniorb]

Damn axefx on 12 o clock sounds so much better than helix

[@mlsoundlab]

Actually I wish Helix defaulted to noon settings because they're much better sounding in most cases.

[@kimseniorb]

ML Sound Lab still its not this balanced and defined. A lot more flubby

[@tonio3375]

@@kimseniorb Sounds pretty much the same to me tbh