IRs can you make them?

[la bam]

Hi all, with so much going on with modelling now and impulse responses being downloadable and upload able to pedals etc, I was just wondering - can you make your own? Do you need software etc? If you had an IR and saw its freq graph could you copy it to a back up source etc?

[bartelby]

Yep, if you have a mic, interface and software you can make your own.

 

Logic Pro on the Mac comes with an IR Utility program. That’s really simple to use 

[musicbassman]

For anyone needing a quick breakdown of exactly what an IR is, here's a useful video from Adam Steel: