Jensen Blackbird 12 100 - Supercab IR Library
The official Jensen® Fluid IR library based on the “Blackbird” P12/100 BB 100W AlNiCo speaker
Jensen® Blackbird 12-100 Fluid IR Library
This is a systematic capture of a Jensen® Blackbird 100W AlNiCo speaker, from the Jet Series, installed in two different enclosures:
- a 1x12" Open Back cabinet
- a 2x12" Open Back cabinet
for a total of 576 IRs, developed in conjunction with a Jensen Speakers product specialist, in order to recreate the most authentic playing experience, as if you were playing an original speaker.
Discover the Jensen® Blackbird 12-100
The Blackbird 12-100 is the flagship speaker in the Jensen catalog. Not only it has the highest (100W) power handling available today for a 12” AlNiCo, but it also offers some quite high-end, refined tones. The design has been focused on the most natural and widest possible frequency response, for an open, organic and detailed reproduction. It features a powerful, warm bass range, balanced mids, sparkling highs, with a fine balance of chime and smoothness. Since its introduction, it has been revered as one of the best speakers ever and adopted by amp builders of different inspirations. The Blackbird 12-100 excels in many applications, especially where the details and the harmonic spread make a difference for the discerning users.
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Made for the supercabinet
The library is created for the TH-U Supercabinet, which allows to:
- graphically browse the IRs in the library
- blend them together
- craft new cabinet tones with the unique Multiband mode
- use the IR in the software
- export the IRs in .wav, compatible with the software IR loaders and all the major hardware modelers
FLUID IRs EXPLAINED
Fluid IRs are an advanced form of impulse responses that encapsulate more detailed sonic characteristics compared to traditional IRs. Unlike regular IRs that merely mimic a speaker's frequency response, Fluid IRs also reproduce the speaker's dynamic behavior and harmonics. This enhancement delivers a tone that is more robust, lifelike, and direct, with better management of the bass frequencies.
As of version 1.4.26, all cabinets in TH-U and all of the SuperCabinet libraries have been upgraded to include Fluid IRs, which are provided to users as a free update.
Additionally, users have the option to upload their own conventional IRs into TH-U, taking advantage of Overloud's proprietary Fluid IR technology. This technology utilizes an AI algorithm trained to transform your IRs by recreating their dynamic and harmonic responses.
Specifications
The library includes 576 Fluid IRs.
The microphones used during the capturing session are:
- AKG C12
- AKG C414
- AKG C414 XLS
- Audio Technica AT4033
- Coles 4038
- Electro Voice RE16
- Groove Tubes MD1
- Neumann KM84
- Neumann U47
- Neumann U87
- RODE NT1
- Royer R121
- Sennheiser E609
- Sennheiser MD421
- Shure B52
- Shure SM57
- Shure SM58
- Shure SM81
Every microphone has been moved to 4 different horizontal position (Cap, Cap Edge, Cone and Cone Edge), two distances and two angles, for a total of 16 IRs each.
All the measurement set has been repeated for each one of the cabinet in the library.
All IRs have been phase aligned and they can be blended without phase cancellations.
GET TRIAL
You can get a 2 days demo of this library directly into the SuperCabinet component.
Just select a library from the SuperCabinet lib menu and you will be prompted to start the trial.