York Audio KW 412 M25-SH Manual
Thank you for purchasing this Cab Pack. I hope it inspires great music within you.
The York Audio KW 412 M25-SH Cab Pack is based on Scott Henderson’s Kerry
Wright 4x12 speaker cabinet loaded with Celestion M25 Greenbacks. This pack
includes the full York Audio capture feature set along with a “Scott Henderson”
folder containing custom captures of his personal mic placements and other
favorite IRs from the pack.
A note from Scott:
Kerry Wright was a good friend of mine. I wanted to honor his legacy and let others
experience his incredible work, so it was important to find the right person who
could create a faithful representation of the 4x12 cabinet Kerry made for me. It
needed to be done right, so I reached out to Justin York from York Audio about the
project because his IRs have a realism that I wasn’t getting from other IR makers. I
sent him my cab to be captured and couldn’t be happier with the results. I was blown
away by the accuracy of the IRs! They sound identical to my cabinet mic’d up in my
studio, and even let me push my amp harder than I could with my real cabinet, which
is giving me better tone overall. I also have access to different microphones I never
had, which is opening up new tonal possibilities. The IRs sound so good that I’m using
them instead of my real cabinet to record my new album.
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If you’re like me and keep your guitar tone low, between 3 and 6, the “Scott
Henderson” folder has my personal mic placements using a Shure 57. I carefully
compared these IRs to my actual cabinet.
These mic placements range in brightness from YA KW 412 SH 57-9 (brightest) to
YA KW 412 SH 57-1 (darkest), and I change them according to how I set my guitar’s
tone control.
YA KW 412 SH 57-8 represents my favorite mic placement, with the mic in the dust
cap, just before the side of the mic aligns with the cone.
YA KW 412 SH 57-5 represents the mic directly in the seam, between the dust cap
and the cone.
YA KW 412 SH 57-2 represents the mic in the cone, right next to the dust cap.
YA KW 412 SH 57-DRK keeps the tone nice and fat when turning my tone control to
10 with a bright pedal.
I like the YA KW 412 M25 U67-1 for a more vintage Strat tone inspired by some of
my favorite rock guitarists. Also included in the SH folder are my favorite stereo
room captures.
Hope you enjoy these IR’s as much as I do!
-Scott
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Here is a brief understanding of the Cab Pack’s layout, file naming system, mic
abbreviations, and mics used in the included multi-mic “Mixes” folder.
File naming
Each shot was taken from various sweet spots on the speaker. Numbers 1-5 DO
NOT determine a capture’s brightness, darkness, or speaker position.
The numbers only determine which capture you’re listening to, so try them all and
see what sounds best to you.
Some files have letters after the mic type to signify various placements on the
speaker. Here is a list of those suffixes and what they mean.
OA - Off-Axis CE - Cap Edge CNT - Cap Center
CN - Cone Center CNE - Cone Edge
FCN - Fredman Center FOA - Fredman Off-Axis
*OA 1-3 were captured with the microphones pointed toward the dust cap.
OA A-C were captured with the microphones pointed toward the speaker cone.
Microphones used in this Cab Pack
Dynamic:
57m - Based on a modern Shure SM57
57v - Based on a vintage Shure Unidyne III SM57
58 - Based on a Shure SM58
SM7 - Based on a vintage Shure SM7
421m - Based on a modern Sennheiser MD421
421v - Based on a vintage Sennheiser MD421
906 - Based on a Sennheiser e906
M69v - Based on a vintage Beyerdynamic M69n
M69m - Based on a modern Beyerdynamic M69 TG
Ribbon:
121- Based on a Royer R-121
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160 - Based on a Beyerdynamic M160
313 - Based on a Shure KSM313
4119 - Based on a vintage STC 4119
Condenser:
U47 - Based on a Telefunken U47
U67 - Based on an ADK U67
U87 - Based on a Dachman Audio U87i
184 - Based on a Neumann KM 184
414 - Based on an AKG C414
Ambient Mono:
ROOM 1, 2, and 3 - Captured with a Telefunken U47
REAR 1 and 2 - Captured with a Telefunken U47
SIDE - Captured with a Telefunken U47
Ambient Stereo:
Small Room (RMS) 1-5 - Captured with an AEA R88 in cabinet isolation room.
Large Room (RML) 1-5 - Captured with an AEA R88 in studio’s control room.
*For best results using Stereo Room captures with a stereo IR loader, use your
favorite IR in the Center as your primary IR, hard pan the room captures Left and
Right, and mix room ambience level to taste. These captures work particularly well
when using headphones, but also sound great through stereo monitoring systems.
Small Room captures are 500ms in length. Large Room captures are 1125ms in
length. Use the longest IR setting your hardware/software allows in order to get
the longest natural room decay tail. Hardware/software may automatically
truncate (shorten) the IRs resulting in shorter room decay.
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Mixes
Multi-mic mixes are given a number in order to visually simplify file names. Here is a
list of the mics used in each mix. If you like a particular mix, try exploring more
combinations of those mics to fine-tune your sound.
KW 412 M25 Mixes:
Mix 01 - 57m + 121
Mix 02 - 57m + 121
Mix 03 - 57v + 121
Mix 04 - 57v + 121
Mix 05 - 58 + 160
Mix 06 - 58 + 160
Mix 07 - M69m + 160
Mix 08 - M69m + 121
Mix 09 - M69v + 313
Mix 10 - SM7 + 160
Mix 11 - 421m + 57v
Mix 12 - 421v + M69v
Mix 13 - 906 + 313
Mix 14 - 58 + U67
Mix 15 - M59m + U47
Mix 16 - 57m + U87
Mix 17 - 421m + U47
Mix 18 - 421v + U47
Mix 19 - 57m + 57v
Mix 20 - 58 + 58 (Created by John Mark Painter)
Mix 21 - SM7 + SM7 (Created by John Mark Painter)
Mix 22 - SM7 + U47 (Created by John Mark Painter)
Mix FRED 1-4 - Various 57 + 57 captures using the Fredman mic’ing technique
Mix JA 1 -3 - Custom Mixes created for Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World
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KW 412 STM Stereo Mixes:
STM 01 - M69v + Large Room
STM 02 - M69v + Large Room
STM 03 - Mix 01 + Small Room
STM 04 - Mix 01 + Large Room
STM 05 - Mix 05 + Large Room
STM 06 - Mix 07 + Large Room
STM 07 - Mix 12 + Small Room
STM 08 - 58 + Small Room
STM 09 - U47 + Small Room
STM 10 - U47 + Large Room
STM 11 - Mix 20 + Small Room
STM 12 - Mix 17 + Large Room
*For best results using STM (Stereo Mixes), hard pan the Left and Right files for
the greatest stereo effect. Hardware units and some software plugins may
automatically truncate files to their operating length, so use the longest IR length
available for the platform you’re using. Also, due to the low end content of the
Stereo Mixes, they may be quieter than standard Mixes on some platforms. This is
normal, so simply use your platform’s cabinet Level/Volume control to set the
overall volume to your liking.
Getting started
All speaker cabinets have their own sonic signature and personality. They can
naturally sound dark, bright, boxy, scooped, warm, fizzy, and any other tone
adjective you can think of. The speaker cabinets we use play a significant role in the
character of our overall sound, so it’s important that we dial in our amps or
modelers to suit the character of the cabinet we’re playing through for the best
results.
When trying IRs for the first time, I recommend starting with Mix 01 and dialing amp
settings to sound good with that IR to create a tonal baseline for the pack. Then,
try the other Mixes to see which ones have the tonal characteristics you prefer.
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Once you land on a Mix, tweak your amp controls (if needed) to fine-tune your sound
and take note of the ones you connect with the most. You can use this same
approach with Single Mics as well if you prefer a more focused sound. The Single
57m and 58 captures are popular choices for this option.
*IMPORTANT - IRs can sound drastically different from one to the next. Simply
inserting a new IR into a preset created using a different IR can lead to poor results,
so it’s crucial that we remember to TURN SOME KNOBS to get the most out of
each IR pack. When we try an amp at a guitar store, we don’t settle on the settings
the previous person used. We strum a chord and immediately start turning knobs
to get the tonal response we want. The same is true when using Impulse
Responses, so don’t be afraid to tweak your amp’s settings to get the tonal balance
you want.
Which files to use
Minimum Phase and Natural Phase files are provided. Minimum Phase files are
preferred when blending with “factory cabs.” Minimum Phase and Natural Phase
single mic captures sound identical. The difference is found when making your own
multi-mic mixes. Mixes made with Natural Phase captures will have a different
phase relationship than Minimum Phase files resulting in a mellowed top end and
varying degrees of shift in the midrange. Mixes made with Minimum Phase files will
have a more prominent top end with more “sizzle.” When making your own multi-
mic mixes, try your mix with Natural Phase and Minimum Phase options and see
which one feels better to you. There’s no wrong way to do it if it sounds good to you.
In brief:
96k - For use with Strymon Iridium, HeadRush, and BOSS units.
48k - For use with Fractal, Line 6, Neural DSP, Atomic, Two Notes, Darkglass, and
most modeling units.
44.1k - For use with Kemper, Mooer, and Yamaha units.
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Please refer to your hardware unit’s manual to determine the correct sample rate
as well as instructions for importing IRs into your particular device.
For PC/Windows users: If your files are not working correctly, please use an
application like 7zip in order to ensure the files are properly extracted from the .zip.
This is a rare occurrence that seems to only affect certain Strymon Iridium users,
but the issue/solution is worth noting.
Impedance Curve Suggestion
The low resonance frequency for this cabinet is 115 Hz. For Fractal Audio users,
try using the “4x12 Basketweave” Impedance Curve in the Amp block’s Speaker
page and set the “Low Freq” to 115 Hz for the most accurate response.
Loading .wav format IRs into a Fractal Unit
Fractal utilizes a proprietary IR format for their units. Here are simple step by step
instructions on how to import these IRs into your Fractal unit.
1. With Axe-Edit open, click on “Tools” at the top and select “Manage Cabs.” Your
User Cabs list will open. Look for a gray panel on the left side of the window. If you
do not see the gray panel, click on “Browser” and select “Show / Hide” to reveal it.
2. Locate the York Audio folder for your Cab Pack and open the 48k folder. Simply
drag your desired folder, i.e. “Mixes” or “Minimum Phase Singles” into the gray panel
and click “OK” on the popup window. If the files appear out of order, click “Browser”
and select “Sort alphabetically” to properly arrange them.
3. Select your desired files or select all (Command + A) and drag them into empty
User Cab slots. The User Cab number will appear in red. Click “Save” at the
bottom right of your screen and your new IRs will be saved in your unit. Now click
“Close” to get back to Axe-Edit.
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4. Once you open your Cab Block, locate your newly imported IRs. If they are not
showing up, click the “Refresh” icon (circular arrows) at the top right for your unit to
update the User Cab list.
Bonus Tip:
For fast and easy IR auditioning after import, select the IR you wish to start with,
then click the “#” symbol to highlight your User Cab number. With the User Cab
number highlighted, use the Up and Down arrows on your keyboard to scroll
through your IRs.
*For Fractal Axe-Fx III users wanting to utilize the Stereo Room captures or Stereo
Mixes in FullRes format, import these files into the FullRes Cab Bank and select
them in slots 3 and 4 of the Cab block.
A Final Word
Thank you again for purchasing this product! Your support allows York Audio to
acquire the gear you want and helps us to continue to make products for your
musical journey. We are grateful for you and hope the result of our hard work leads
you to an inspiring playing experience.
Sincerely,
Justin York
York Audio
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