Yep.
So, how do you set this arrangement up in your DAW? Just record one track? Or duplicate the same track but use two different IRs? This sounds more up my alley. I just don't like the doubled-up sound. It takes away from the crispness of my riffs, even when played tight. I do a lot of percussive, single note stuff that is kind of "fast". It just doesn't serve it well. I could see if my style were chugging, but its not, But I would still like to make it sound "wider", so this might be my ticket.
No clue on your DAW but yes I would imagine duplicate the track using two different IR's. Sorry, all my recording is usually done with someone else working the controls lol. About the only thing I will insist on is a SM57 close and then let the engineer decide the room mic. Of course you might be able to split the mics into two channels with each channel running a specific IR. Sorry a little out of my realm. However I am just beginning to scratch the home recording thing. I'm still fairly old school when I can be, as @Sneerim said I like being in the room with the cab cranked. I just sit to the side of cab so you avoid feedback. The last actual recording I did for someone else's project we used a combo of live cabs and IR's though.
Ideally I wish this were my situation but I'm stuck with home recording for now
I know. I'm not trying to get it to sound wider than 2 takes. Just wider than one take (lol). What I'm trying to avoid is something sounding "echo-ish" (not sure if thats the correct way to put it). I just like the tight sound of one guitar. My heroes are Eddie and Nuno, and yes I know Nuno probably double tracked (and so did Eddie later on), but I just think it sounds crisper with one track. Maybe later on when I get better I can make double tracking sound better.
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I use a real amp and cab. It's hard to beat it if you have the gear and environment. There really is a life to the sound of a real amp and a mic'ed up cab that is almost impossible to replicate. There's those who say the whole "life" and "air" to real cabs is bullshit, but I think they are just trying to convince themselves that IRs sound the same. Or, maybe they are deaf from years of standing in front of cranked 4x12s. Who knows. I do use a load box from time to time, but that's mostly for scratch tracks or if I'm dialing an amp and I need to hear some fine detail without any bleed from the cab room. If I want a really clean(should I say "sterile"?) modern metal sound, I use a load box. With a good load box and quality IRs, you can absolutely get a great sound. By good load box, I mean don't get a Two Notes. I know this is probably going to piss off the Two Notes fanboys.
I wouldn't bother with them for a while because all I heard were the Two Notes boxes and they make everything sound dull and lifeless. The Boss and Suhr are what finally lead to me being convinced you could get a good sound from a load box. I did a lot of listening to every box I could find before deciding on a Suhr. I basically got it down to 4 tiers: 1. Boss, Suhr, 2. Fryette, Fractal, Red Seven, UA 3. Everything else. 4. Two Notes. I'd still be very happy with anything in tier 2. UA is only in tier 2 because it doesn't do high gain as well as the Boss and Suhr. For clean and crunch sounds, it might be the best. I haven't heard the one you mentioned. After doing my comparison I described my breakdown on someone's channel and had a back and forth with some head at Two Notes. They try to market the sound as "selected to work with the widest variety of amps". But, he admitted they know their products don't stack up sound wise, and that they are working on something better to try and compete. That was a couple years ago. I still don't see any new and improved Two Notes product.