Free guitar cab IRs: download WAV by style and cabinet size, CC BY 4.0
Ready-made guitar cabinet IRs by style and by cabinet size are free to download and use anywhere under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Pack version: 1.1
Download all 69 IRs in one archiveZIP, 3.7 MB
| Style | IRs | Frequency response | Size | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOP 12 | 12 | View | 664 kB | Download664 kB |
| Rock | 10 | View | 538 kB | Download538 kB |
| Punk | 10 | View | 538 kB | Download538 kB |
| Metal | 10 | View | 549 kB | Download549 kB |
| Blues | 10 | View | 537 kB | Download537 kB |
| Typical cabinets | 17 | View | 894 kB | Download894 kB |
| Everything in one archive | 69 | 3.7 MB | Download3.7 MB |
| Cabinet | IRs | Frequency response | Size | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4x12 | 23 | View | 1.3 MB | Download1.3 MB |
| 2x12 tall | 11 | View | 595 kB | Download595 kB |
| 2x12 | 11 | View | 593 kB | Download593 kB |
| 1x12 | 10 | View | 534 kB | Download534 kB |
| 4x10 | 5 | View | 271 kB | Download271 kB |
| 2x10 | 5 | View | 261 kB | Download261 kB |
| 1x10 | 4 | View | 213 kB | Download213 kB |
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do these IRs come from?
Orbit Guitar Cab Builder calculated them: a mathematical (not AI) model of guitar cabinets. There you can also build your own cabinet and make your own IR.
Why synthetic IRs, when there are so many real ones?
A recording doesn't need a demonstration that you own a $2,000 cabinet and a $3,000 microphone. It needs a sound that sits in the mix right away. Synthetic IRs have no room and no standing waves in them, every IR's frequency response can be seen before you download it ("View" in the table), and any IR from an archive opens on the plugin's page, where the mic can be moved.
For the sound of your own favorite cabinet with all its bumps, take an IR of that cabinet. Orbit Guitar Cab Builder builds its own, unique one.
Which sample rate: 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz?
The one your project or device runs at. Every archive has all three.
Where do I load an IR?
Into any IR loader: in a DAW, in a processor such as the Line 6 Helix or Neural DSP Quad Cortex, in a pedal or in a plugin, for example OrbitCab.
What is in an archive?
- the IRs in the folders 44.1k, 48k and 96k, and next to each WAV its preset for the plugin (.toml);
- every IR's frequency response as a picture, and a collage of the whole pack: a click on any cabinet in it opens that cabinet on the plugin's page;
- README and license;
- index.html: the collage and a table of all IRs, each with an "open live" link. It opens that cabinet on the plugin's page, where you can listen to it, see its frequency response and change it.
Can I change an IR from an archive to suit me?
Yes. The "open live" link in index.html, or a click on a cabinet in the collage, opens it on the plugin's page: move the mics there and download your own IR. Also, every WAV carries its cabinet's link and the preset itself, and the .toml next to the WAV opens in the plugin.
Can I use these IRs anywhere?
Yes, under CC BY 4.0: in music, in software, in devices, in commercial and closed products too. One condition: credit Darwin's Cat, for example "IR: Darwin's Cat, darwinscat.com".
Where can I get real guitar cabinet IRs?
- OwnHammer: commercial packs;
- Celestion: commercial IRs of cabinets with Celestion speakers, from the maker itself;
- York Audio: commercial packs;
- TONE3000: cabinet IRs that musicians upload themselves. Each IR has its own terms of use.