Studio Cabs: Cali Oversized - An In-Depth Look with Adam “Nolly” Getgood and Rabea Massaad (1 of 3)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2021
- Join Nolly and Rabea in part 1 of our in-depth video series in which they demonstrate our Studio Cabs: Cali Oversized plugin, talking guitar tone and giving background information as they go.
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GGD Studio Cabs: Cali Oversized is available now! Get it here: ggd.news/StudioCabsCali
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Studio Cabs: Cali Oversized Edition is the second in our Studio Cabs series, and is a deep dive into what is potentially the most famous recording 4x12 of our time, renowned for its amazing smoothness, rich midrange and tight low end under the microphone. These attributes make it particularly suited to overdriven and high gain tones where they sound simply huge and pretty much mix-ready.
Capturing the tones for this was a labor of love for us - we’ve been obsessed with the sounds these cabs make for decades, but when Nolly started working as a producer he quickly found that not all of them have “the sound”. It turns out to get that iconic tone you need to track down golden examples from the 90s and early 2000s, so that’s what he did, amassing well over a dozen from that time period and auditioning countless individual speakers on top of that.
We chose only the 6 very best sounding speakers from his collection to capture for this plugin. Each was captured with 8 microphone options: 57, both vintage and modern 421 variants, two ribbons, two condensers and also an authentically-captured dual 57 Fredman array.
For all except the latter you can sweep the mic position across the sweet spot of each speaker using the Dark to Bright knob. The usable range for each microphone was carefully defined with each speaker separately, meaning that you can’t go wrong anywhere on the dial. Just adjust to preference. The plugin also has an intuitive Master EQ switch that subtly filters, sweetens and adds clarity, if you feel you need to add a touch of polish.
We’ve kept the popular .wav export function from our Zilla cabinet edition if you want to export you favourite IR blends to use with other devices, and you can load 3rd party IRs within the plugin too, though we hope you find everything you need within the cabinets we’ve captured.
We’re extremely proud of this plugin, and frankly wish we’d had it at our disposal many years ago - it would have saved a lot of time and heartache chasing the perfect guitar tone. We really hope it gives you as much enjoyment as we had making it.
Videography by Josh Gurner - เพลง
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This is probably the most animated and excited I've seen Nolly about anything. Haha. Love it! good vibes
Dude is a complete geek ass nerd I love it because so am I
i could totally listen to Nolly talk ALL day about stuff like this and not get bored..
@icon i like the modern metal community because talent is appreciated and nolly is like talent personified
19:12 Massive cab
25:29 Gutural cab
29:55 Upfront cab
34:10 Thick cab
38:21 Detailed cab
43:43 Smooth cab
Thank you father
Nolly and Rabea together??? Daaaaammnnn
Man, every time I see Rabea involved in the Nolly Software Universe it just makes me so goddamn happy. It's like watching your favorite athlete get drafted at the top of the class and then crush it on the main stage. That dude made huge impressions on my life, both with music and even with the health-related stuff he put out there in mid 2017 and I cannot accurately explain how wildly hyped I am both for this video and for the absolute shine that's been placed on Rabea. Bless everything about this lol
Same here, I've always been amazed by Rabea's riffs and solos, and he seems like a great guy, I'd love to meet him. It is very nice to see this partnership, and the others like neural, mayones, andertons, he deserves it all!
this is so wholesome, 10/10
What was the health-related stuff?
"the Nolly Software Universe"
This got me *so* good. 💀
Nolly seems SO proud of what he's accomplished here. And he should be. He has immortalized something that would have otherwise been lost in the passage of time. All speakers have a finite amount of usage before they're essentially dead. I can't wait to get my hands on this new plug-in. I think it's going to be a game changer.
Nolly does it like no other. Greatest cab sims in existence hands down
GGD and Zilla have given bedroom guitarists so much power. Honestly the sounds we can produce, we have no excuses. Go forth and write the next masterpieces of metal (or whatever you want). The Nolly Extended Universe is incredible.
There has never been a statement more accurate than this.
Man, I could listen to these two talking about guitar tones all day.
Just two buds having a good time. You love to see it
I love the fact that Bea went for the my curse riff for the up-front cab. Love this plugin so much
The work that this man puts in...
The generosity to put all of this into a plugin for everyone to experience, is honestly priceless.
The amount of time and effort that this man has put in to this just out of pure love for different sounds, and just chasing perfection, is honestly just unreal.
Thank you.
Thanks so much, I'm really happy you appreciate the effort!
Ah cool, didn't know the plugin was free, thanks.
This was already a gem, but knowing Josh Middleton was on the tone journey with Nolly just fills me with joy
The promo uploads you guys have done for this product have been so sick. Already bought the product but still check out all the uploads for it cause they're dope. Cheers!
You'll gonna love it
Enjoy!
I definitely admire Nolly for his labor of love regarding this plugin, he's so passionate about what he does and having the opportunity to enjoy his work first-hand it's just mindblowing!
Unbelievable video. The dude literally traded mesa cabs by the serial number and then made several jaw dropping tones.
I got epic Nostalgia as I will never forget working my ass off an entire summer to get my mesa stack. Hitting that first drop D cord cranked gave me a smile I will never forget.
On a technical note, I own some ownhammer stuff and it's killer, but annoying to work with as its just a million file names that are hard to really experiment with. This is like the modern day guitarists version of drum trigger by slate. Absolutely brilliant.
Thank you Nolly!!!!
Nolly talks about speakers like they're his children, and I love it. He even knows all their birthdays like a good father would.
It makes me so happy to see how happy and excited Nolly is about this plugin! You can see the amount of time and effort he spent on it! 🖤
A digital plugin comes out capturing all the best tones of a specific cabinet in some of the most popular tonal ranges in metal; everyone all of a sudden loves digital IRs.
A digital plugin comes out capturing all the best tones of a specific cabinet in some of the most popular tonal ranges in metal; prices shoot up massively of the original, real cabinets.
What a world we live in where a "fake" digital recreation improves the the hype on the used market for the originals. I never wanted one of these cabs but now I do and I love IRs. Safe to say that is the first time I've witnessed that and I'm loving it.
29:58 love the nod to killswitch hahaha, fucking love this video. my two favourite guitarists of all time in one room, such nerdy talks, so cool to geek out to
Its so fantastic seeing Nolly so excited about this. Have Rabea and Nolly together is just the best combination.
I just discovered Nolly this month. I get the distinct impression that my life is about to change. Certainly my musical creation life at least!
He was my go-to for tone chasing all these years!
After watching Nolly with Kristian Kohle getting nerdy about V30s in a difgerent video, I started to think "I probably should find some old V30s myself!" I never dreamed that short after that Cali Oversized will be released... I am probably still dreaming 😅 Now the tone hunt begins inside this superb plugin! Thank you Nolly for the journey that you went through making this possible and for sharing the result with the world! Now we have all the tools for creating killer songs and for producing MASSIVE mixes 😳😀😎
This is a fantastic week for guitar players! Great software and great video with two of my favorite musicians!
Excellent product, perfect protagonists and an Uber-explanation of the whole obsession with those great cabs.
Bought it on day 1, thanks 🙏
Almost a year later and I still love watching these in depth videos, and I'm still obviously rocking the Cali Oversized as my main cabs for anything metal (my own band or clients bands). I even got close to selling my orange ppc 412 since I was not longer using it to record my own band ever since I got the plug in, just kept the cab to record more like rock and stoner/doom bands in my studio. Other than that Cali Oversized are my go to cabs nowadays.
19:12 this cabs sound absolutely amazing!!! 🤘
I love how they described the nostalgia of certain tones. It's funny because when I heard Rabea play that boosted 5150 at 19:20, I was INSTANTLY taken back to my friend's Peavey 5150 2x12 when we were trying to be in a metal band.
From me recording these last few years with other bands, whether it's metal, rock, indie, or whatever, you can never go wrong with a V30 speaker cab. Lots of knowledge in this video. Can't wait to see part 2 and 3!
First video of three with Nolly and Rabea! Exciting to see their chemistry together talking about music and tones!!
I know that the video content is about Cali cabs....but I have to say that we all love Nolly and his incredible input in music!!
Cheers
nolly if you ever read this, just to let you know that you inspire me and many others to persue music, audio engeering, recording, mixing and we love you for every thing youve done/will do for this industry and this community
Nothing makes me happier than seeing these two legends talking gear and doing some tone hunting
Thanks guys. An afternoon treat!
Yoooo Rabea!! Thanks for bringing him on and congrats Nolly on this smashing product
1 of 3? nice. love long form conversational videos with interesting people and gear.
The biggest thanks to Nolly for all your hard work and obsession over tone because it’s finally captivated a tone chase I’ve had myself since listening to KSE when I was younger. Although I’ve grown to love all kinds of modern metal since then, the guitar tones on “End of Heartache” are the ones that first made me pursue playing metal guitar and they have been elusive to me. I’ve come close but after picking up the plug-in I can say that it definitely “hit me in the feels” and finally have me that tone ive been after for over a decade.
Nolly you are a true legend when it comes to the metal guitar community. Thank you 🙏
Thanks Adam (great name btw!), I'm so glad to hear that Cali got you to the tone you've been searching for, it's a great feeling isn't it?!
This is Astonishing! The detail level on this It is so meticulous that made me cry tears of gain ! For sure it makes a difference!
What an amazing product; I can tell it's a labor of love!
I'll keep buying any cab pack Nolly puts out, they're always top notch and easy to use. More.
Fantastic! I love a lenghty and nerdy vid like this! Will buy for sure
Please make series like this one into a podcast series! I would so love to listen to this stuff while I work or drive.
This has made me like Nolly lool. I was never a huge fan of his main bands, and I dont own any of his plugins, but hearing him talk about this stuff I can't help but love the passion. Respect from Bristol (I understand you aint too far from here..nice)
LOVE that whistle and edge on the "Thick" IR. I'm more than convinced. Making a purchase right away!
You'll gonna love it!
This was so interesting. Cant wait to see the other 2 parts
"You're a wizard Nolly"
Accurate
This was super interesting and fun to watch
this is the cross-over we all needed
And the hyphen that we didn't. "Crossover" is the way it's typed out.
I'm a simple man, I use a 6505+ with a straight 4×12 (loaded with Eminence speakers) for a live performance and to me alot of this content is still foreign, but every time I watch content from Adam and Rabea I learn something new.
Best 40 bucks spent of the year. Awesome work Nolly 👍
Love this, very informative
Amazing how good these sound ! Nolly absolutely killed it with this one .
give us part 2 already! :)
I LOVE tech talks :)
Is there a way of liking this video twice? 2 of my fav musicians in a room together... A tone chaser's wet dream :D
WHAT!!! Finally these God's are together!
Bought it, straight after release on Instagram! Long thought about Zilla by GGD, but when I saw New cabs, I thought this is it! And felt in love with it from first plug! Easy to use and sounds great out the box! I don't think I'll need any new ir in a big amount of time...
Thanks GGD TEAM!
Can you please explain me how to use it? I use it in pro tools but I can only get clean sounds out of it. Do i have to put another plug in before this one?
Man I just pulled the trigger on this and am so excited to try it out. That early Killswitch and Trivium tone is all I ever wanted. I can totally relate to Nolly’s obsession with tone-chasing but I don’t have the gear knowledge or experience to know what I’m even looking for so it’s just not a good time. So I’m very glad to have a perfectionist like Nolly out there doing years of testing and waking up in the middle of the night rethinking mic placements and I can just give him $50 lol
Nolly saying "Hitting me in the feels" while talking about cabs is the funniest thing I've heard in a while LOL
20:28
Nolly is slowly becoming a Cabinet.
So much joy seeing these two just gush about this stuff. Love it. AND 1 of 3?? I'm IN
I got irrationally excited when I saw this was part 1 of 3 lol.
Y'all being this stoked about this product makes me stoked about this product
Hey Adam..I watched your V30 differences video a couple of months ago….I just scored a 1987 Jubilee 4x12 cab with 8ohm Marshall G12 V30’s…….it’s my second Jubilee Cab from 1987…..Really enjoyed your observations on the V30 ,as I am obsessed with these speakers..my favorite speakers ever…This plug in is amazing….getting to play through these older V30’s is really special…Thank you for doing this….maybe some Marshall cabs with the Marshall V30’s next??
This dude has an incredible ear for tone. Totally bonkers
I love this plug-in worth every dollar
Just bought it 😎 THAT price can't be real for the value 😍, but now I know what gifts I will give to some friends for Christmas 😆
The angled/straight thing is also about the comb filtering caused by the reflected backwave hitting the back of the cone.
Masters!
That's it. I'm picking this up and picking up my guitar after 3-4 years hiatus.
Cali is an amazing tools great ! thanks a lot
i love Rabea's face when Nolly goes into the baffle explanation..
Every time nolly changed from one speaker to another I went like "holy shit that is the sound, no that is the sound, not that is the sound...". Like I can hear so many records with each cab it's scary how much I was smiling and shouting the whole time dude.
thanks nolly
I hate coffee, and don't wear glasses...but this makes me wanna drink coffee and clean my glasses, whilst taking notes. I love it.
great video... i would pay good money to hear Nolly interview an engineer for celestion, someone that was there from 2000 - 2010 ish... i think it would be crazy interesting
Nolly: My metalcore fantasy
Rab: *immediately starts playing My Curse*
Nolly is such an intelligent dude. Rabea also an awesome guy 🤘
THE DREAM TEAM
Wish I could get across my love for you two. Proud.
Rabea talked about references of tones from previous musical experiences... that for me is Metallica: And Justice for All..... something about that guitar sound just lights me up.
Bring on episodes 2 & 3!
Nolly is a such a nerd I love him lol
Look at the contrast of hairstyles
Nolly nailed the description on the gutteral cab, sounds exactly like the midrange on alot of black dahlia murder records to me ( nocturnal for instance) and other audiohammer bands.
Rabea's reaction at 19:44 makes me chuckle lol
Amazing idea to do al this Nolly! Any chance you guys can make a video to explain how to export the IR and import it into a modeler like the AXEFX or Kemper?
do the 2x12s too! recto 2x12, roadster/roadking combo, tremoverb combo. mic'ed up right and against the wall they have more bass half the time than the half stack
Hi Adam, just wanted to say thank you for your effort in creating these fantastic impulses. I just bought all three packs and LOVE them. One question, which IR loader are you using personally? I am considering buying a hardware solution now that I love these IRs so much, because I can’t stand the little latency from the roundtrip through my DAW… Thanks in advance, Christopher
23:14 jesus. i got the stank face from that haha
Sold.
19:12 Me listening on my phone speakers: I’ll definitely purchase this.
Any chance that you also took IRs of room mics as you did with the Zilla and Gold Pack to integrate those in a future update? I know high gain sound normaly don’t really need that, but it’s such a joy to have it while noodling around… 😅
Rabea!!!
This sounds amazing and it's so nice to be able to know all this information regarding the making of the plugin. I would only ask if possible, just for curiosity, what were the settings in the 5150 amp used for this video! Thanks so much!
I would like to know this as well!
@@somni_studios Nolly answered me at GGD forum. Pretty standard. As if a clock, lows 1, mids 11, treble 1, ressonance 1 presence 3
@@marcpeiron_studio now I have some amp settings to try on our block letter! 🤘🏼
29:58 my curse
Nolly and Rabea sent me to GGD site and bought this shit! Hahahahahahaha
*Like a METEOR!*
Find someone that looks at you like Nolly and Rabea look at each other while appreciating the other's talents
So far I’ve only seen the first few minutes of the video so maybe I'm wrong but do I understand correctly that there is actually a single slant Mesa cabinet here and Nolly swapped the different V30 speakers in the different positions? I first guessed that the options include 6 pieces from Nolly’s personal Mesa cabinet collection. Don't get me wrong it sounds great anyway.
Later in the video he talks about how he get one of the 6 cabs, (he traded it to one that he didn't like so much), so it sounds like these are different cabs with different speakers. Also some of them are an angled top speaker (at least one), others are bottom ones.
Maybe I missed it but I don't see where you discuss how it sits in your work flow. Ie. Does it require an amp modeler (like Bias FX) and you would then remove the cab in the Bias chain and use this plug in behind Bias FX to replace the cab removed in Bias FX? Or is there a way to sync this to other amp mods so it appears in that software in the cab option section? I feel like this is key info you failed to explain.
Any suggestions on which cab/mic combination to use for an Adam Jones kinda sound?
Any interest in going into this level of detail with a few other iconic speakers? Greenbacks, Creambacks, Eminence, etc?