How do the new York Audio Matchless IR's sound? Pretty fantastic!

Justin York, the genius behind York audio, has released some new IR's with the Fractal FM3/AxeFx3 in mind. In this video, I quickly walk through and sample these IR's. I am in no way affiliated with Justin York, just a major gear nerd. www.yorkaudio....

[@michaelmilburn3094]

Nice demo. Lots of fx in the examples, but I can definitely hear what you're talking about when you switch to stock cabs (I'm on helix, not fractal fwiw, but similar effect). I do like york audio stuff.

[@santorashane]

Awesome stuff! I use the Matchless IRs with the chime amp of my Iridium and it sounds FANTASTIC

[@thatasianguitarguy]

Dude 100%. And good on you for rocking that chime on iridium. I wonder if I shouldn't have sold my previous rig hahaha

[@santorashane]

@@thatasianguitarguy Not gonna lie, I almost exclusively used round until now. I was never much of a chime guy, it sounded thin to me. However, the Matchless IRs have completely changed the game for me!

[@thatasianguitarguy]

@@santorashane Have anything posted??

[@santorashane]

@@thatasianguitarguy I wish! I haven’t dabbled into the world of recording although I’ve definitely thought about it. I wouldn’t know where to start though!

[@daveryan2148]

You can use the match mixes on all 3 of the amp sims!

[@ambiverbpt.1912]

The ir sound great, but 90% of the demo is in overdrive + reverb, do some actual clean tone with no effect demo. Btw, the file numbers only determine which capture your hearing, not mic position or speaker position, this was mentioned in the manual pdf.

[@thatasianguitarguy]

I'll be sure to do it on the next one for you! And Justin did refer that on the PDF - I had made this video prior to talking to Justin and was trying to pump the video out.

[@ericsoncarino6831]

hi bro nice video, digging on the york audio IR's now. Question regarding your patch where did you please your wet fx? pre or post amp?

[@GregSummersMusic]

Great demo ;-) love the YA stuff

[@BurntMcgurnt]

Blend number 4 is were it's at man !

[@tiago5a]

which IR do you suggest for a clean near edge breakup tone to play with my stratocaster (single coils)? Thanks

[@thatasianguitarguy]

Honestly - any of them. I think it'll really depend on how you dial in your amp. I like to balance between bright and dark with my driven tone being a bit darker so anything with a 121 is always a plus for me.

[@MatthewSpringer]

I really like the YA Matchless IR v2 with my HxStomp and the Matchstick Channel 1. The other setup I get a lot out of is the M77 IR (also york audio) and the Archon Clean amp. I'm using a jazzmaster, PRS 24 and a hollow Baker B1 (HB equipped guitar).

[@BobJones-bh9qz]

Intro playing on point 🔥

[@nathanross4097]

How do these stand up to the new Tone Match IR’s from David Hislop?

[@davidlopez1208]

i use this with the Walrus ACS1. I have this IR on the Vox side, and Princeton YA on the Fender side! Its amazing!!

[@thatasianguitarguy]

It really is! They still hold up even with everything coming out

[@svveets00]

Great demo! In fact I feel the YA matchless sounded more “hifi” and the hislop IRs are more mid pushed... do you normally use external drive pedals with amp modeller? I’m currently surveying for drives to incorporate with my Amplifire 3

[@thatasianguitarguy]

Thank you! So I'm doing a bit of both. I actually run a duelist on my board and I have 4 channels set up on the FM3, I'll make a video walking through my patch if that will help. And I agree 100%, DH IR's are very midrange and I think they do well for that Bethel tone. They're definitely more processed for that signal chain

[@svveets00]

That Asian Guitar Guy great to hear that! Definitely looking forward to your videos! As always, your playing sounds great!

[@christiantalac4746]

Hey I'm really new to Fractal(just got the Axe FX III), and I was hoping you could do a complete breakdown of what your settings around 2:19 (and a bit after into the KOT sounds too) are and how you built the preset. That's pretty much the "clean" tone I'm shooting for, so it'd be really really helpful lol. Plus I have the V2 Matchless IRs so I should be able to get there hopefully. Thank you so much for your vids, any help, and also you sound great btw.

[@thatasianguitarguy]

I'm 99% sure I was using Boutique 1 Model for this! Otherwise, it's pretty straight forward, but I can try to do a deep dive on the preset if that'll help!

[@christiantalac4746]

@@thatasianguitarguy I am trying to learn how to use this thing, but frankly it's a bit overwhelming so even what you'd consider extremely easy and remedial isn't for me with these modelers. I picked up some presets from WT and different places, but they don't sound great so far tbh. Even if you're not thinking you're doing much I'd love to see the whole thing or something super close completely built from scratch including comp, delay, verb, cabs, irs, and everything. No worries if you're too busy I know it's a specific and time consuming ask

[@thatasianguitarguy]

@@christiantalac4746 I'm planning on doing a patch build video on this since I know there aren't a whole ton of resources. Feel free to subscribe if you haven't already so that i can hear from you if it was helpful or not when I do release it!

[@blakeparadise9998]

@@thatasianguitarguy I’d love to see a walk through as well!

[@Therealnathanhoffman]

That intro was insane!

[@thatasianguitarguy]

Thank you! It's my first time trying to embrace writing on the fly!

[@melodicolatino]

Sounds great, but would like to hear them without all that reverb so I can apreciate better how the IRs sound.

[@thatasianguitarguy]

I totally get that. The reasoning for not was just because I wanted to make sure I could hear the IR's in a more realistic situation as I play with reverb about 99% of the time. I'll be sure to toggle reverb on and off for future videos! Thanks for the feedback!

[@BurntMcgurnt]

I would never try irs without reverb it's not realistic unless you're a metal player

[@melodicolatino]

@@BurntMcgurnt Not saying that he should turn it off. It's just that it's too much.

[@melodicolatino]

@@thatasianguitarguy Not saying that you should turn it off. It's just that it's too much. Anyways, it sound great.

[@BurntMcgurnt]

@@melodicolatino oh right on no problem I wouldn't use that much either

[@erikhartley2494]

How do you like these compared to the Hislop ones? Which ones take less work to sit in a mix well, especially for the Round model?

[@thatasianguitarguy]

The Hislop ones are much darker and a little more full. I think the York audio ones cut better, but it all depends on what you're needing. I have it set where I actually use 3 separate IR's that lets me toggle between the 3 of them depending on what kind of FOH environment I'm working in. It makes it easier for FOH/monitors to do less altering to my tone and I've worked all 3 settings to where my drives and all that need relatively minimal tweaking.

[@tomsawyer60]

let's dig in

[@musicspeaks1074]

🔥🎸⚡️

[@zeebos99]

too much reverb

[@thatasianguitarguy]

Thanks! I think so too!!

[@elile]

👏🏼

[@tiago5a]

which reverb are you using?

[@thatasianguitarguy]

I think it's the circulmatous or whatever.

[@RFVB]

Sounds awesome! Would you mind share the preset? I'm new on FM3. Thanks!

[@thatasianguitarguy]

I will absolutely! I'll do a walk through this weekend and post it for free for download!

[@Stringprodigy]

Has nothing to do with Fractal