Balance Mastering Flipside Soundsystem Impulse Responses ACID WAV Free

20 FEBRUARY 2016 | ACID WAV | 5 MB
We’re proud to bring you another soundsystem and, in our opinion, London’s best. On first hearing a Flipside Soundsystem you think, ‘Why can’t all P.A. systems sound like this?’ We’ve heard Flipside setups in cavernous spaces with very little damping, yet they manage to sound focussed and weighty over a wide sweet spot area. Of note in particular, the top end extends upwards in a clear and natural way that you would normally associate with high quality studio speakers. We were fans of the systems before we got in touch with the Flipside crew and were really glad they were into the idea of doing an IR pack. Turns out apart from being super professional on the night, they’re down to earth guys too.

How to use these IRs
Put a convolution plugin on your master channel as the last effect in the chain.
Pull the master channel down about 12dB to allow some headroom. (Like a real Flipside rig, these IRs give a bit of a kick.)
Load in the impulse responses. (True stereo if possible, otherwise try parallel stereo or mono.)
Turn down the dry signal or make sure the plugin is set to 100% wet so that only the IR sound is audible.
Enjoy the sound of your track through the sound of a Flipside Soundsystem.
True stereo, parallel stereo or mono?
The impulse response pack contains 4 files:
1 mono IR
1 parallel stereo IR
2 files that form a ‘true stereo’ pair of IRs
The true stereo set gives the most realistic impression of what it sounds like to stand in front of these speakers. If you’re using the parallel stereo or the straight mono IRs it’s best to reduce the stereo width of your master channel to about 25–50% to mimic the width reduction that occurs with the true stereo set.