Fryette Power Load IR Part One: PL-IR Quick Overview!

Here's a quick video overview of the Fryette Power Load IR demonstrating its basic functionality and routing possibilities. Much more PL-IR content to come!
Be sure to download the instruction manual for answers to any questions and also for more routing options!
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Joe's basic signal chain in this video is as follows:
Guitar - Fryette Deliverance One Twenty Series Two amplifier - Fryette PL-IR - UAD Apollo Twin interface - Logic Pro X DAW.
The IRs used in the clips were from the included IR pack that ships with the PL-IR. The examples used were:
1) Deliverance 4x12 cab with Fane F70G speakers mic'd with a Shure SM57
2) Sound City 4x12 with Fane F70G speakers mic'd with both a Shure SM57 and a Royer R121 ribbon
To learn more head over to: www.fryette.com/fryette-power...
For technical support: www.fryette.com/support/
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Power Load® IR
Tunable Reactive Load Analog Cab + IR
Record Direct Using Your Favorite Tube Amp:
The Fryette Power Load® IR is an easy to use, tunable reactive load coupled to a powerful Analog Cab + Mic Emulation and IR loader that allows you to silently record your favorite clean and cranked guitar tube amplifier.
Whether you are setting your tweed combo at the sweet spot or doing a full right-hand sweep on your 100-watt head, the Power Load® IR allows you to fine tune the reactive behavior the amplifier response, choose your favorite IR and dial in the response character of the Cab + Mic Emulation for unprecedented control of your direct performance.
Load your own cabs, or use ours:
New for 2022, Power Load IR gets an all-new Digital Cab IR loader complete with memory space for 16 cabs, including 8 of our most popular cabs. You can also load your favorite cabs.
The Power Load IR is the only stand-alone solution that provides two integrated cabinet sim options, Analog (for zero latency and expansive dynamic range) and Digital IR (for realistic room reflections and convolutions). You can use both individually or simultaneously. You can also defeat the cab sim and use an external IR.
Professional-Quality Headphone Amplifier:
A high-quality stereo headphone amplifier with a stereo effects loop allows you to insert delays and reverb pedals into the headphone mix, plus a Program Input that accepts a stereo music source such as a CD or MP3 player or group rehearsal mixer for silent practice.
Perform Live:
For live performance you can place the Power Load IR in between your amp and cabinet, sending the XLR with either or both Cab sims direct to the Front of House PA and Monitor board. No cabs? No Problem! You can crank your favorite amp silently, delivering dynamic consistent tone direct to the console.
Proven Design:
The Power Load® IR offers incredible dynamics, feel and studio-quality performance in a convenient, affordable and lightweight portable package that sits neatly on top of any head or combo amplifier. The analog Cab+Mic Emulation system, provides realistic and responsive mic’d cabinet tones direct to your interface, mixer or headphones.
The Fryette Power Load IR is the most comprehensive total reactive load solution available today.
Recording • Silent practice • Live performance
Features:
• Award Winning Power Station® Reactive Load with Selectable High and Low Frequency Response.
• Eight High Quality Fryette® and Sound City® Cab Models.
• User IR Loader.
• Analog Cab + Mic Emulation.
• 200W Speaker Load Capacity.
• Selectable Input Impedance (2/4, 8 or 16 Ohm).
• Silent Recording Capability.
• Stereo Headphone Amp with Program Input and Dedicated Stereo FX Loop.
• Passive Unbalanced and Transformer-Isolated Balanced XLR Direct Outputs.
• Variable Line Level and Phase Switch for Passive Direct Outputs.
• Active Unbalanced 1/4" Phone and Balanced XLR Analog Cab and IR Outputs.
• Universal Input 12VDC power supply.
Dimensions: 8.75 in. x 6.15 in. x 2.75 in.
Weight: 4 lbs
Carry bag and Speaker Cable Kit sold separately
For those looking for Attenuators, see the Fryette Power Station® PS-2 or PS-100

[@nigel7880]

Almonds: activated. G.A.S.: acquired. Fantastic job!

[@SimonHosford]

YES JOE!! Great playing as always. And wonderful product. It’s my next purchase actually 🤟🤟

[@shorerocks]

Very eloquently put. Thx for this.

[@The_Absurdistt]

Nice overview. In the next vids please go down the rabbit hole with all the functionality... especially the possibilities with the headphone fx return, analogout2, and line input. Cheers

[@DougErapps]

This is pretty exciting stuff!!!!!!

[@gearoidwalsh8606]

I think this is the Power Load model I need - various amp 50 - 100 watt heads in an apartment environment - for silent headphone practice, for recording, and also to be able to wind them up a bit and see how the sound changes.

[@maximumguitarage]

Oh man 😮- I need ! Even though I have a PS-100 Power station

[@byronvisiado09]

Great video! Everything I wanted to know about this./

[@HEZ63]

Awesome, if not essential tool, if you want to convert your authentic tube amp signals to line level. Not so cheap, but worth the money. One big advantage of the Fryette is, that it works with 2/4, 8 and 16 ohm speaker outputs. other ones are the flexible connection options, although first some use of the manual will be helpful, as all the controls and connections and their relationships are not always self-explanatory without the manual and if you use the wrong controls with the wrong connections, nothing happens. Next advantage is, that you can use is fully passive as reactive load box, or active with or without cabinet IR's. The 16 preset places are enough, the built-in presets already sound good, but of course everybody has his own favorites, which additionally can be fine-tuned. Even in passive mode you can select between different reactive load modes (Edge - Brite - Flat and Deep - Warm - Flat for both treble and bass response.) I personally anyway prefer using Flat, the rest I do with IR fine tuning, but the options certainly can make sense with some more unbalanced sounding amps. I already had the smaller AMT Power Eater, but this one only worked with amps up to 15W, sounded nice and was well usable, but by far not as good as the Fryette, also hardly offered any fine adjustment options and then tried Torped Captor, which was an immediate return, as it sounded horrible, swallowed almost every bass and a good, well adjusted tube amp treble sudddenly sounded as scratchy as the one of a transistor amp, which is exactly not, what I expect from a reactive load box. Also the built-in fan was horribly loud, opposite to the one of the Fryette. Great for recording, amp capturing or even simply for using your own stage amp at bedroom level through your computer monitors... More expensive than most of my amps, but for the results ok! I anyway only need it once for all of them, but not any more real cabinets and speakers....

[@tylerboley1786]

🙏🏻

[@hekakain4108]

I've just ordered the Fryette Power Load IR and was wondering if I can use it in conjunction with my Fryette PS - 2A (connect the two together) so I have an attenuator and headphone/recording set up?

[@Henysipper]

So I could use this as an attenuator and just load box. No cab need correct?

[@AntonovichHicksenbrau]

Does the PL-IR play nice with the PS 100?

[@SierraMike78]

:) Great presentation.

[@kye903]

I can't find any information on the IR length here, on the website, or in the manual... Are the IRs being truncated like so many of these devices do...?

[@DanielBrophyMusic]

Is there any plan to make a PS-100 that captures whatever is in the effects loop and sends it out through the XLR along with the amp signal?

[@FryetteAmps]

There is no need to add such a feature. Simply send the output of your effects chain to your DAW. The impedance will be low enough that an XLR connection is not really needed. If you want the effects signal to still go to the PS power amp stage, then to the speakers, put a Y cable on the effects output and return one side to the loop return, and the other to your DAW, FOH or whatever. Finally, if you don't need to have a live speaker cab running, use the Self Attenuation feature: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpe9pYyYitx3kKM

[@manuv.3165]

What's the supported IR lenght and bit depth? The manual doesn't report any information about this.

[@jrlee243]

That's an answer I would like to know. I tried some of my other IRs, and they didn't sound good at all. If you ever found the answer, please let me know. I did email them the same question, but all I got was I had to use the right format. I emailed back what format would that be and got no response.

[@donmcdonald4874]

Hi! I’ve looked at the manual and item 18 Cab thru as well as illustrations 5, 6 & 7 and have a couple questions. First, I want to verify that it will act as a load box, just like the Power Station for being able to dial in my amp and then drop the volumes. Second, while this may sound weird, will the signal to the speaker also have influence of the IR if I have it on? (I like the idea of playing with those even going into a cabinet). Finally, the effects loop says headphones, does this mean that I cannot use the effects loop and send the wet signal to my cabinet?

[@FryetteAmps]

1) It's a load box, not an attenuator. Sorry, no control of cab volume. 2) With a cab connected, the cabs reactive behavior replaces the internal load's reactive behavior 3) You will need a power amp to send affected signal to your cab. In that case, use the HP out as a stereo line out which is post loop.

[@AntonovichHicksenbrau]

Will this play nice with a PS-100?

[@darrylweller6143]

Do you need a mic pre?

[@TheGgreen100]

Great looking solution here! I know the front switches change the impedance curve, but would it be possible to publish what those curves look like? I have a Suhr Reactive Load IR and I'm wondering if the Fryette would be a better fit for me.

[@FryetteAmps]

We'll cover that in upcoming installments.

[@TheGgreen100]

@@FryetteAmps Thanks!

[@nicklee6720]

Besides the analog level, which is a really cool feature, is the Power Load IR needed if I get the Fryette Power Station? Granted, using the PS, I would be using IRs via the daw

[@FryetteAmps]

Only in that the PL-IR is more purpose built for interfacing to a daw.

[@Michael-bm8hi]

I do have the old PL model without IRs. One amp is actually plugged in permanently and from there I go with line out to the line in of my Powerstation and from there to my cab. As the cab with a greenback has its own sound I use the anlag cab sim of the PL more like a tone control. This altogether works actually quite well. Recording is something I don’t do. Has the PL IR in this setup any advantages?

[@FryetteAmps]

The audio quality and noise floor have improved somewhat, but in your application, if you have it dialed in the way you like it and it's working for you, we see no reason to change it.

[@Michael-bm8hi]

@@FryetteAmps Thanks for the swift reply.

[@ian1eh944]

Hi There.....Quick question.....is the Fryette PLIR's reactive load emulating a specific type of speaker and cabinet? Thanks!

[@FryetteAmps]

It's a common question that we've discussed a lot. Guitar speakers all share a similar impedance curve behavior with subtle differences in low end resonance and high frequency rise. The PL-IR load emulates those characteristics. The mini-toggle switches on the front panel shift them up and down to capture those subtle differences.

[@Ram-zw7qz]

When is the follow up video with more details on the features being released?

[@FryetteAmps]

This week!

[@cembobiohazard7779]

Recently I bought Power Load IR. It works well but when I'm using it in combination with my Marshall 6100LM - 5881 it starts making quite a loud noise, which is basically a high-pitched sound coming from the amplifier, and the signal gets clipped (red LED is flashing). When I switch this device to FLAT, that hi-pitched sound is a bit reduced but clipping is still present. I tried to switch my Marshall to half power (50W) or/and triode mode (instead of pentode) which reduces the output again to half, but the sound and clipping didn't go away, it gets just a little bit suppressed. The problem occurs when the master volume on the amp passes 11o'c (in full power 100W mode), similarly in 50W mode as well, just a bit later. Previously I used Marshall 2204 (50W), VHT Pittbull 50/12 combo, and Mesa Roadking 2 with its 120W without any issue. It might be relevant to mention that the power tubes are quite old but working.

[@jrlee243]

Mine did the same thing you explained. He had another video about using a moorly, hum eliminator or something like that, I can't remember. I don't know if it would solve your issue. I gave up and bought a suhr IR load box. But it's worth a try. I don't think they cost much.

[@cembobiohazard7779]

@@jrlee243 thanks. I think I didn't explain it properly. The sound coming from PLIR is not hum. It's the normal sound of the guitar, I guess it's coming from the transformer inside the PLIR

[@HEZ63]

Sounds to me rather like feedback between guitar and amp. You are running a hot adjusted amp at very high volume, even if the Power Load reduces it, but physically the reactions remain the same. Try to get more distance between guitar and amp or try to change the angle between them. If things change, this is feedback. But also can be some ground loop issue or something else, like a bad tube. Hard to tell from the distance. On the other hand, if you say, clipping is still present, then you most probably have adjusted a control too high. Did you properly read the manual so that you really know, which controls affect which inputs/outputs in which configuration? Can be a little complicated first, as the relations are not always obviously recognizable on this unit (Analogue Out 1 works with different controls than Analogue Out 2 or IR Out so you need to use different controls for adjustment, depending on your connection settings.) I'm using mine with an Orange Jim Root and never noticed comparable problems even at very high gain settings, if the right controls had been properly adjusted. If the signal is too hot, this of course will cause signal distortion problems and if you then only readjust the wrong control, this hardly will help.

[@nitevisionimages]

Is this the same reactive load circuit as PS-100? Trying to choose between the two units to get the best signal path into my UAD Apollo. Don’t need the power amp function of the PS-100, but want the best reactive load circuit. EDIT: I think you answered my question at 3:50 - just wanted to confirm it is the same circuit.

[@FryetteAmps]

Same reactive load as PS2/PS100.

[@nitevisionimages]

@@FryetteAmps thank you for confirming that for me. This is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks again.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

So can you plug directly into a mixer and bypass a speaker cabinet when playing live?

[@FryetteAmps]

Yes.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

@@FryetteAmps thanks bro that’s what I need

[@acekoolio819]

how quiet can it play as i run it as an attenuator to my 2x12 cab? i still want to be able play through my cab at bedroom volume.

[@FryetteAmps]

The PL-IR is not an attenuator. You need the Power Station for that.

[@acekoolio819]

@@FryetteAmps thanks for that. powerstation it is!

[@gral9440]

Mine is on it's way home

[@asnark7115]

I'm guessing that you could also run out a wet/dry/wet if you used one of the stereo outs from your amp?

[@FryetteAmps]

You could send a line out to a stereo effect and then to a stereo power amp and cabs. You can also use a stereo to two mono phone adapter to turn the headphone jack into a stereo out.

[@asnark7115]

@@FryetteAmps Thanks! Is the headphone output analog, as well?

[@enricoruotolo]

Do the reactive load switches emulate any particular impedance curve(s)? For example, Warm + edge equating to a greenback or v30 curve? Some of the other loadboxes I’ve used have impedance curves based on a particular speaker. I understand this is flexible, but are there any reactive switch combinations that reflect any particular speaker?

[@FryetteAmps]

We'll cover this in an upcoming installment.

[@aaron9142]

Can this be added to a setup containing the PS-100?

[@FryetteAmps]

Yes. Just send the PS-100 Line Out to the PL-IR Line Input

[@aaron9142]

@@FryetteAmps @Fryette Amps So this would bypass the reactive load function of the PL-IR, while continuing to use reactive load function of the PS-100? What would be directly connected to my interface?

[@FryetteAmps]

@@aaron9142 1) Yes. 2) PL-IR Analog or IR out.

[@aaron9142]

@@FryetteAmps Thank you! The PS-100 is an incredible piece of gear. Gonna have to get the PL-IR now.

[@fuckthecoruptcunts]

how does this unit pair with my old SLO 100 my ox is just ok with that amp and the TAE is meh

[@FryetteAmps]

Your SLO will love having a great load to work with!

[@fuckthecoruptcunts]

@@FryetteAmps thanks mate

[@mimsymorty1316]

Does this ship to Australia?

[@FryetteAmps]

Yes. Tentatively scheduled to ship to Better Music this week.

[@mimsymorty1316]

@@FryetteAmps Thank you! Great product!!!