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Citation : Voodoo Lab Cab-Tone

The CABTONE is a guitar cabinet simulator for direct recording, sound reinforcement and slaving additional amps and effects. It takes line or speaker level signals and provides both balanced and unbalanced outputs. You can select between accurate simulations of fat, punchy 4x12 closed back or spacious 2x12 open back speaker cabinets. Or switch out cabinet simulation for spanky clean rhythms. Ground lift and phase invert switches are included to eliminate noise and phase cancellation. Recording your amp has never been easier. Now you can get consistently great tones without the hassle of mics and mic placement. For silent, late night multi-tracking, you can record with your favorite overdrive or other pedals directly through the CABTONE. You can use the CABTONE to eliminate the common problems of miking on stage, such as feedback and bleedthrough in the mix. Plus, get great, consistent tone no matter where you play. How we tested it We set up one of our favorite amps with a 4x12 cabinet loaded with Celestion V
intage 30´s and miked with an SM57. This was recorded onto an Otari 1/2" 8-track using a Mackie mixer. We also took a line out from the amp and simultaneously recorded two other tracks. The first through a Hughes & Kettner Red Box, the other through our CABTONE. As you would expect, the actual miked cabinet sounded real good. Although to really get a tone we liked required some EQing on the board. In contrast, we felt the Red Box sounded a bit thin and brittle. The CABTONE had a very usable tone with the EQ straight up. And subsequent listenings proved the CABTONE to be nearly indistinguishable from the real mike and cabinet. Conclusion I think the mike and cabinet tone could have been improved by spending more time on mike placement. If you have a great room and the time to really fine tune it, this would probably yield the best tone. However, the CABTONE resulted in truly excellent recorded tone with a minimum of effort and equipment