On Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:49:26 +0800
Ray Rashif <schivmeister(a)gmail.com> wrote:
  On 10 September 2010 22:36, Renato
<rennabh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
  As a side note, could someone explain what
exactly are IR-files and
 how software like guitarix and rakarrack use them to emulate
 amps/cabinets/rooms? 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_response
 They are basically audio files, or you can call them "reverberation
 samples".
 If you record the impulse response of a hall, the resulting audio
 file, when applied programmatically to a signal, will process that
 signal against the "properties" it had recorded.
  
ok... is it the same for impulse responses of amps/cabinets?
then, if I understand correctly, these files are convoluted with the
signal... this means that the overall effect will be equivalent to a
specific equalization, or to some type of reverb...or both?
the fact is the wiki talks about "convolution reverb", but I used to
think that amp emulation was just a matter of equalization
renato