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Celestion Introduces the Seventy 80 Impulse Responses

Ipswich, UK (October 29, 2019) — Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers celebrated for their classic guitar tones, is pleased to announce the introduction of the Seventy 80 Collection of Impulse Responses, the digital recreation of their very popular Seventy 80 guitar loudspeaker.  The new Seventy 80 Collection, along with the impressive collection of authentic Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

The Celestion Seventy 80 speaker was conceived in the late 1990s as the G12P-80 and has gone on to become one of the most popular and widespread guitar speakers that the company has ever produced, having found its way into a huge number of amps and cabs around the world. Delivering a modern, gutsy British sound, the Seventy 80 packs a serious punch, taking the sound of a ceramic magnet guitar speaker to new levels.

With a detailed and crisply defined tone, the Seventy 80 has a tightly controlled, hefty low-end with a punchy, aggressive and dynamic upper mid-range. Its top-end response is clear and glassy for enhanced treble and a full-range feel without compromising its undeniable Celestion character. The Seventy 80’s low notes are tight, partnered with an upper register that has definition, and clarity, making it an excellent choice for searing lead lines or sparkling rhythm work: for all the guitar parts that are needed to really cut through the mix. Now Celestion has captured the popular Seventy 80 tone in a digitally downloadable Impulse Response.

The Celestion Seventy 80 IR collection is available in five classic cabinet configurations including:

  • 1×12 (open back)
  • 1×12 (closed back)
  • 2×12 (open back)
  • 2×12 (closed back)
  • 4×12 (closed back)

The new Seventy 80 impulse responses, as with all genuine Celestion IRs, have been digitally captured by expert sound engineers in a world-class recording studio, meticulous recording techniques and state –of-the-art equipment. Celestion have used the same range of professional, studio mics (Shure SM57, Royer R-121 and Sennheiser MD421) in the same six fully-adjustable positions as the current range of cabinet impulse response to offer the same options – Balanced, Bright, Thin, Fat, Dark and Dark 2, as well as an additional rear mic for the open back cabinets.  The Seventy 80 impulse responses have additionally been recorded using a Neumann TLM 107 room mic (Left, Right and Stereo) for the widest range of tonal options possible.

The Celestion Seventy 80 IRs can be purchased individually or as a collection for a nearly 50% discount. As with all of Celestion’s best-selling ranges of speaker Impulse Responses, the new Seventy 80 IRs are downloaded in .WAV format to ensure compatibility with the majority of amp modelling software and plugins.

The Seventy 80 Impulse Responses join Celestion’s comprehensive range of acclaimed guitar speaker Impulse Responses including:  A-Type,  Celestion Blue,  Celestion Cream, Celestion Gold, Celestion Ruby, Classic Lead 80, G10 Greenback, Heritage G12H 55Hz, Heritage G12M, G12 EVH, G12K-100, G12-35XC, G12T-75,  G12-50GL Lynchback,   G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Neo Creamback, V-Type,  Vintage 30 and other models as well as Bass IRs including the BN10-200X,  BN15-300X, PULSE10, PULSE12 and PULSE15.

About Celestion Impulse Responses

Celestion IRs, which capture the essential behavior of the cabinet in the specific space in which it was recorded, including the frequency and phase response of single drivers as well as the interaction of multiple speakers, offer the user significant benefits. In both recording and live production, Celestion IRs enable the desired tone to be precisely and consistently reproduced regardless of the music recording or live sound environment. And IR users can escape the limitations of a single mic and cabinet setup and explore a universe of possibilities to create the perfect tone. Once you find a tone that you love, it can be precisely recreated, in the studio or on the road, time after time. And the IRs allow Celestion customers to audition specific models before purchasing one or more physical speakers.

Celestion IR digital downloads are available in uncompressed, industry standard .WAV format at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates at 24 bit depth, in lengths of 200 and 500 milliseconds Once the files are downloaded and unzipped, users simply load the IRs into a convolution plug-in in their DAW or into other processing hardware. These formats will work in all known hardware capable of loading IRs, and for the most popular hardware Celestion have already grouped together the correct formats. Guitar processor manufacturers supported include (but are not limited to) Atomic Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, Kemper, Line 6, Logidy, Positive Grid, Two Notes, Headrush and Yamaha. The Celestion IR files may be downloaded in the sample rate and length appropriate for the hardware being used or as a complete package of all rates and lengths. Certain third party hardware requires the files to be converted into a proprietary format before use. Celestion Plus.

About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers
An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.
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Key Technologies

Circumferentially Axiperiodic Diaphragm: Axi section

Central to the ground-breaking performance of the Axi2050 is a heavily sculpted, circumferentially AxiPeriodic annular titanium diaphragm. Its unique periodically symmetrical curved elements allow both the large diameter necessary to reproduce a wide frequency band and the low mass required for higher efficiency, while also reducing the number of vibration modes in the critical listening band for a very low distortion performance. The geometry allows the shape of the mechanical modes to be tailored so they do not couple with the acoustic modes, so there are no large resonance peaks.

Maximum Modal Suppression

A number of models in Celestion’s range of compression drivers make use of the ground-breaking MMS™ (Maximum Modal Suppression) phase plug design. Applying advanced mathematical analysis to the motion of a curved diaphragm, Celestion’s Group Research team developed a new method for calculating the width and position of the slots used in a phase plug. Building on long-established technology, this patented design significantly reduces the occurrence of unwanted resonances in the cavity between the diaphragm and the phase plug itself. The result is greater modal suppression and reduced air non-linearity. The benefit is a better time domain response and much lower distortion than the existing industry standard.

Demodulation Rings

Many LF speakers in the Celestion range as well as the FTX coaxial drivers feature either one or two demodulation rings. Commonly made from aluminium, these conductors are an intrinsic part of the magnet assembly employed to substantially reduce both the harmonic and intermodulation distortion associated with voice coil displacement. They also act to make the variation of system inductances more linear as input current varies, which noticeably improves distortion performance.

A copper sleeve added to the pole piece of midrange and compression drivers has a similar effect, reducing inductive rise for improved HF performance.

Deep Drawn Diaphragm

Working together with the MMS phase plug the “deep-drawn” titanium diaphragm has been manufactured with a taller dome shape to improve stiffness. The deep-drawn diaphragm exhibits first modal break up around 15 kHz, compared to a typical compression driver diaphragm which starts to break up in the 8-10 kHz range. The higher threshold frequency of the diaphragm avoids the break-up within the critical mid-range listening band that is associated with lower profile diaphragms, meaning greater clarity of performance with much less distortion.

Sound Castles

Celestion’s highly successful Sound Castle™ clamping system features on many of our most successful compression drivers. It was developed to ensure an even clamping pressure on the diaphragm surround, reducing distortion while simplifying maintenance in the field. They also allow the full internal volume of the rear cover to act as a loading chamber for the diaphragm, resulting in superior lower mid-band response. The recently introduced, next-generation “soft clamping” Sound Castle assembly reduces diaphragm stress to a greater degree which cuts distortion still further and ensures an even more reliable performance.

Common Magnet Motor

The FTX coaxial drivers feature fully combined Low and High Frequency components powered by a Common Magnet Motor Assembly, where the same ferrite magnet is used to drive both elements. This precision-designed magnet assembly has been optimised using finite element analysis techniques so that it distributes magnetic flux to both LF and HF voice coil gaps in the most efficient way possible, to extract optimum performance from the system.

This design brings the voice coils and hence the acoustic centres of the two components closer together compared to those of a conventional coaxial driver. It delivers further improvements in signal coherence and time alignment for more natural sounding audio reproduction. The use of a single magnet assembly also means lighter weight and a profile that is more compact than conventional coaxial designs.

Dual Magnet Motor

A secondary magnet is employed within the assembly to increase the overall motor efficiency. This results in a measurable increase in Bl, enabling higher sensitivity models to be produced where the application demands, without needing to significantly increase overall magnet assembly size and weight.

Integrated HF Waveguide

The specialised dustcap with integrated waveguide featured on the AN series compact array drivers deliver greater dispersion to higher frequencies than many equivalent compact drivers. This is one of the features of the AN drivers that facilitates closer coupling when using multiple drivers, meaning these drivers are particularly suited to use in controlled wavefront (beam steering) column arrays.

Low Mass Coil Reinforcement

In general for LF speakers there’s a compromise made between high output sensitivity and long Xmax. Longer throw drivers tend to have lower sensitivity. Higher sensitivity drivers tend to have a shorter throw. Improving the stiffness of the voice coil without adding to the moving mass by any meaningful amount, enables the overall loudspeaker sensitivity to be increased, while maintaining a longer Xmax than would otherwise be possible.

Balanced Airflow Venting

Balanced Airflow Venting (BAV) builds on Celestion’s principles of dynamic heat dispersion for enhanced cooling. Strategically sized and positioned airflow channels are located in the magnet structure to produce a balanced flow around the voice coil, as the air is pumped by the suspension and dust cap. This rapidly takes the heat away from the magnet assembly, actively cooling the system and counteracting the effects of thermal compression.

Optimised Suspension Systems

The inherent shape of the voice coil suspension has a direct effect on the linear excursion of the cone. This can sometimes be a cause of non-linearity in driver performance.

Phase-matching double suspension systems, placing the two individual suspensions in opposing polarities, enables the removal of the non-linearity. The result is a much more balanced and symmetrical cone motion, hence lower distortion.

Inverted Dust Cap

For horn-loaded midrange applications, the inverted dust cap enables OEM designers to position a phase plug much closer into the cone, minimising distortion by significantly reducing the possibility of destructive interference.

Application-Specific Cone Surrounds

For low excursion designs, a environmentally robust, high temperature foam surround provides a good match to the impedance of the cone, ensuring sound waves are not reflected back along the cone surface. It also maintains flexibility over a wide temperature range.

Elastomer surrounds deliver a lower resonance for enhanced low frequency performance, with greater stability at extremes of excursion for very long throw applications.

High Temperature Voice Coils

Celestion uses a range of voice coil winding techniques to achieve a number of performance advantages:

• Greater motor symmetry: even for large diameter, large voice coil devices
• More effective cooling, preventing sensitivity loss through thermal compression
• Maximised motor strength.

Inside/Outside coils are wound on both the inside and outside of the former. This is conducive to greater Bl symmetry and by effectively doubling the potential heat-dissipation surface area greatly improves cooling.

Multi-layer voice coils have the coil wire wound in multiple layers around the same side of the voice coil former bobbin. This effectively increases the length of wire within the magnet gap to maximise the speaker’s motor strength. The result is a higher Bl from a compact magnet assembly.

Celestion Introduces the Laney Cabinets Collection of Impulse Responses

Ipswich, UK (September 26, 2019) — Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers celebrated for their classic guitar tones, is pleased to announce that they have teamed up with iconic British amplifier manufacturer Laney Amplification to create the Laney Cabinets Collection of Impulse Responses.  The new Laney Cabinets Collection, along with the growing collection of authentic Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

Celestion and Laney Amps have created an entirely new range of cabinet impulse responses based on the unique tones of Laney’s Black Country Custom cabinets– the LA212 2×12 and the LA412 4×12. This new range of cabinet impulse responses is for guitarists, producers and musicians who want to achieve the exceptional tone Laney Cabs provide when loaded with two iconic Celestion speakers – the G12M Greenback and the Heritage Series G12H (75). This new addition to the Backline Heroes cabinet impulse response range allows users to perfectly replicate Laney tone whether experimenting at home, recording in the studio, or playing live onstage.

The legendary Laney Amplification was formed in 1967, when Lyndon Laney was playing in a local band, ‘The Band of Joy’, with John Bonham on drums and Robert Plant on vocals. Laney’s interest in electronics, combined with a lack of funds for a proper amplifier, led him to turn his hand to amp construction. Originally working out of his father’s West Midlands garage, Laney’s aim was to design and build amplifiers with certain tonal characteristics that were simply unheard of at the time.  Word quickly spread about the tone that could be achieved with these new Laney amps and he began selling to local musicians, including Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi. In 1970, Laney Amps’ signature tone was heard on Black Sabbath’s seminal, self-titled debut album, giving rise to the birth of a brand new genre: Heavy Metal. Demand for Laney’s amplifiers quickly grew too large for production to continue from a garage so manufacturing was moved temporarily to Digbeth’s infamous Custard Factory in Birmingham, then to Cradley Heath and finally to Halesowen in 2007. Since then, Laney Amps have grown and adapted to the market over the last 50 years to include a range of stunning cabs and pedals specially designed and built for guitars, bass, keyboards and drums.

The Laney Cabinet impulse responses, as with all genuine Celestion IRs, have been digitally captured by expert sound engineers in a world-class recording studio, meticulous recording techniques and state –of-the-art equipment. Celestion have used the same range of professional, studio mics (Shure SM57, Royer R-121 and Sennheiser MD421) in the same six fully-adjustable positions as the current range of cabinet impulse response to offer the same options – Balanced, Bright, Thin, Fat, Dark and Dark 2, as well as an additional rear mic for the open back cabinets.  Both of these Laney Cabinet impulse response have additionally been recorded using a Neumann TLM 107 room mic (Left, Right and Stereo) to allow users to mix in as much desired tone as required. Options are even available to choose the sample rate and sample length (200ms or 500ms).

The Celestion Laney Cabinet IR collection includes:

  • Laney LA212 2×12 – with Celestion G12M Greenbacks– The Laney LA212 is a 2×12 cabinet with a slanted design loaded with two Celestion G12M Greenbacks offset diagonally to give the speakers room to breathe. This ensures a hefty low-end response and unbelievably clear, resonant tones offering plenty of volume without any unwanted distortion.
  • Laney LA412 4×12 – Heritage Series G12H(75Hz)– The Laney LA412 is the authentic replica of the cab used by Tony Iommi for Black Sabbath’s recordings and tours until 1979. This single angle 4×12 cabinet is loaded with four classic Celestion Heritage Series G12H speakers and was constructed with the same marine-grade birch plywood in identical oversized dimensions as the original LA412. With its tight and defined lows and incredible upper-midrange, the LA412 projects an unmistakable sound that can be felt all the way to the depths of hell!

The Celestion Laney Cabinet IRs can be purchased individually or as a pair for a 35% discount.

The New Laney Cabinet IRs can be downloaded in either .WAV format to be installed and used on the majority of DAWs or amp-modelling gear, or formatted specifically for use with the Two notes Wall of Sound environment.

The Celestion Laney Cabinet Impulse Responses join Backline Heroes Suhr and Orange amplification, and Celestion’s comprehensive range of acclaimed guitar speaker Impulse Responses including:  A-Type,  Celestion Blue,  Celestion Cream, Celestion Gold, Celestion Ruby, Classic Lead 80, G10 Greenback, Heritage G12H 55Hz, Heritage G12M, G12 EVH, G12K-100, G12-35XC, G12T-75,  G12-50GL Lynchback,   G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Neo Creamback, V-Type,  Vintage 30 and other models as well as Bass IRs including the BN10-200X,  BN15-300X, PULSE10, PULSE12 and PULSE15.

About Celestion Impulse Responses

Celestion IRs, which capture the essential behavior of the cabinet in the specific space in which it was recorded, including the frequency and phase response of single drivers as well as the interaction of multiple speakers, offer the user significant benefits. In both recording and live production, Celestion IRs enable the desired tone to be precisely and consistently reproduced regardless of the music recording or live sound environment. And IR users can escape the limitations of a single mic and cabinet setup and explore a universe of possibilities to create the perfect tone. Once you find a tone that you love, it can be precisely recreated, in the studio or on the road, time after time. And the IRs allow Celestion customers to audition specific models before purchasing one or more physical speakers.

Celestion IR digital downloads are available in uncompressed, industry standard .WAV format at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates at 24 bit depth, in lengths of 200 and 500 milliseconds Once the files are downloaded and unzipped, users simply load the IRs into a convolution plug-in in their DAW or into other processing hardware. These formats will work in all known hardware capable of loading IRs, and for the most popular hardware Celestion have already grouped together the correct formats. Guitar processor manufacturers supported include (but are not limited to) Atomic Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, Kemper, Line 6, Logidy, Positive Grid, Two Notes, Headrush and Yamaha. The Celestion IR files may be downloaded in the sample rate and length appropriate for the hardware being used or as a complete package of all rates and lengths. Certain third party hardware requires the files to be converted into a proprietary format before use. Celestion Plus.

About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers
An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.
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Celestion Announces the Availability of the F12-X200 Guitar Loudspeaker Designed Specifically for Use with Profiling Amps, Modeling Software and Impulse Responses

Ipswich, UK (September 12, 2019) — Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers and professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement applications, is very pleased to announce the availability of the F12-X200 loudspeaker, the first guitar speaker designed specifically for use with profiling amps, modeling software, impulse responses, and all technology for emulating the tones from coveted guitar amps and speaker cabinets.

This technology is more popular than ever, and guitarists who use it are increasingly demanding full-range, flat, accurate frequency response. General-purpose pro audio speakers offer flat reproduction but are somewhat clinical sounding and lack the organic, immediate response guitar players want. On the other hand, traditional guitar speakers deliver immediacy and feel, at the cost of accuracy because they are purpose-built to generate more harmonic resonances the harder they are driven — which can undermine the work the profiling/modeling rig is already doing. Now the Celestion F12-X200 combines the best of both worlds, without any of the drawbacks.

The F12-X200 is a truly full range driver that delivers a frequency response from 60Hz all the way up to 20kHz, the higher frequency part of the signal is reproduced using a Celestion compression driver which has been integrated using a high quality crossover circuit. This enables the F12-X200 to reproduce the full spectrum of audible frequencies, for the most accurate output possible, whatever the environment or set-up.

The F12-X200’s response is remarkably neutral, with Celestion technology built in to ensure there are no unwanted colourations that can overpower the input signal. However, the lighter moving mass and straighter sided cone of the type commonly used with guitar speakers gives the X200 the feel and live response of a traditional guitar speaker, delivering all the physical feedback you’d expect from playing through a conventional guitar rig.

On the side of immediacy, the F12-X200 employs proven design principles that have made Celestion royalty among guitar drivers since the dawn of rock and roll, such as straighter cone sides and a lighter moving mass compared with pro audio speakers. The physicality and tactile response of the speaker feels more live, just as it would be playing through a traditional guitar amp.

With the F12-X200, guitarists can enjoy the instant fingers-to-music connection of their favorite amp setup alongside the multitude of amp setups offered by their chosen amp and cabinet simulator. As realistic as modeling technology has become, the Celestion F12-X200 makes it more real.  Used with amp modellers or IRs, in a backline cab or a wedge monitor, on stage or in the studio, it doesn’t just sound like great guitar tone, it feels like it too.

Specifications:

  • Nominal diameter: 12”.
  • Power rating: 200W.
  • Impedance: 8Ω.
  • Sensitivity: 96dB.
  • Chassis type: Pressed steel.
  • Magnet type: Ceramic.
  • Frequency Range: 60 – 20,000Hz.

About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers

An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.

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Celestion Adds the Ruby IR to its Extensive Line of Popular Impulse Responses

Ipswich, UK (September 3, 2019) — Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers known the world over for their classic guitar tones, is pleased to add the recently launched Ruby guitar speaker to its celebrated family of Impulse Responses.  The new Celestion Ruby IR, along with the complete collection of other authentic Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

The Celestion Ruby is an alnico-magnet guitar speaker that’s purpose-built to create vintage tones. Bringing the instantly familiar Celestion alnico vibe with its glorious, dampened attack; the Ruby oozes richly musical vintage warmth, with mellow highs and a smooth, sophisticated midrange. Now the Celestion Ruby guitar speaker has been captured as an Impuse Response and is available to download as a perfect digital representation.

The new Celestion Ruby Impulse Responses were meticulously recorded by Celestion engineers in a world-class recording facility using three classic, professional microphones –

a Shure SM57, a Royer ribbon mic and a Sennheiser MD421. Each of these three mics was in turn recorded in six unique positions (including a rear mic for the open back cabinets) and labelled within the IR files as Balanced, Bright, Fat, Thin, Dark and Dark 2.

In addition to the three studio mics included with this IR pack, a Neumann TLM107 room mic was also used to offer the user to a huge range of tonal options.

The Celestion Ruby guitar speaker IR collection is available to download individually in five different cabinet configurations, including:

  • 1×12 (open back)
  • 1×12 (closed back)
  • 2×12 (open back)
  • 2×12 (closed back)
  • 4×12 (closed back)

And all the Celestion Ruby IRs can be purchased individually or as a collection for a nearly 50% discount, as well as part of a Pick & Mix selection. The Pick & Mix option allows customers to select combinations of either 3 or 5 cabinets from the company’s full range of original IRs, offering flexibility in building a personal IR library at a significant savings compared to purchasing individual IRs.

As with all of the Celestion Impulse Responses, the new Ruby IRs are downloaded in .WAV format for compatibility with most DAWs, IR plug-ins and amp modelling software.

The Celestion Ruby Impulse Responses join all the other genuine Celestion acclaimed guitar speaker Impulse Responses such as the:  A-Type,  Celestion Blue,  Celestion Cream, Celestion Gold, Classic Lead 80, G10 Greenback, Heritage G12H 55Hz, Heritage G12M, G12 EVH, G12K-100, G12-35XC, G12T-75,  G12-50GL Lynchback,   G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Neo Creamback, V-Type,  Vintage 30 and other models as well as Bass IRs including the BN10-200X,  BN15-300X, PULSE10, PULSE12 and PULSE15.

About Celestion Impulse Responses

Celestion IRs, which capture the essential behavior of the cabinet in the specific space in which it was recorded, including the frequency and phase response of single drivers as well as the interaction of multiple speakers, offer the user significant benefits. In both recording and live production, Celestion IRs enable the desired tone to be precisely and consistently reproduced regardless of the music recording or live sound environment. And IR users can escape the limitations of a single mic and cabinet setup and explore a universe of possibilities to create the perfect tone. Once you find a tone that you love, it can be precisely recreated, in the studio or on the road, time after time. And the IRs allow Celestion customers to audition specific models before purchasing one or more physical speakers.

Celestion IR digital downloads are available in uncompressed, industry standard .WAV format at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates at 24 bit depth, in lengths of 200 and 500 milliseconds Once the files are downloaded and unzipped, users simply load the IRs into a convolution plug-in in their DAW or into other processing hardware. These formats will work in all known hardware capable of loading IRs, and for the most popular hardware Celestion have already grouped together the correct formats. Guitar processor manufacturers supported include (but are not limited to) Atomic Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, Kemper, Line 6, Logidy, Positive Grid, Two Notes, Headrush and Yamaha. The Celestion IR files may be downloaded in the sample rate and length appropriate for the hardware being used or as a complete package of all rates and lengths. Certain third party hardware requires the files to be converted into a proprietary format before use.

Celestion Plus.

About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers
An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.
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Celestion Offers a Sonic Nod to the 70’s with the New G10 Greenback Impulse Responses

Ipswich, UK (July 23, 2019) — Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers whose classic guitar tones have made the company famous as the voice of rock and roll, has added the very popular G10 Greenback guitar speaker to its celebrated family of Impulse Responses.  The new G10 Greenback IR, along with the complete collection of other genuine Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

Developed to recapture the legendary rock sound of Celestion’s 1970s 10-inch guitar speakers, the G10 Greenback offers a complex, enthralling mid-range and smooth, vintage top-end, with a ceramic magnet that provides that instantly familiar classic rock sound. It has always been a 10-inch guitar speaker that thinks it’s a 12. Delivering a warm-bodied character and distinctive throaty growl reminiscent of its 12-inch counterpart, the G10 Greenback adds real class in small cabs and gives rise to a raunchy, full-bodied tone, rich in low-end thump in a 4×10 formation.

Now the Celestion G10 Greenback speaker has been captured as a speaker Impulse Response and is available to download as a perfect digital representation.

The G10 Greenback IR was recorded using three classic, professional microphones – the Sennheiser MD421, the Shure SM57 and the Royer R-121 ribbon mic. Each of these mics were placed in six unique positions around the speaker, titled with the IR files as Thin, Fat, Balanced, Bright, Dark and Dark 2. An additional rear mic position was also used for recording the open back cabinets. These positions are all fully adjustable by the user when using the speaker impulse response files within a DAW, IR plugin or amp modeller. In addition to the three studio mics included with this IR pack, a Neumann TLM107 room mic was also used to offer the user to a huge range of tonal options.

The G10 Greenback speaker IR is available to download individually in five different cabinet configurations, including:

  • 1×12 (open back)
  • 1×12 (closed back)
  • 2×12 (open back)
  • 2×12 (closed back)
  • 4×12 (closed back)

And all the G10 Greenback IRs can be purchased as a collection for a nearly 50% discount.

As with all of the Celestion Impulse Responses, the new G10 Greenback IRs are downloaded in .WAV format for compatibility with most DAWs, IR plug-ins and amp modelling software.

The new G10 Greenback Impulse Responses join all the other genuine Celestion acclaimed guitar speaker Impulse Responses such as the:  A-Type,  Celestion Blue,  Celestion Cream, Celestion Gold, Classic Lead 80, Heritage G12H 55Hz, Heritage G12M, G12 EVH, G12K-100, G12-35XC, G12T-75,  G12-50GL Lynchback,   G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Neo Creamback, V-Type,  Vintage 30 and other models as well as Bass IRs including the BN10-200X,  BN15-300X, PULSE10, PULSE12 and PULSE15.

About Celestion Impulse Responses

Celestion IRs, which capture the essential behavior of the cabinet in the specific space in which it was recorded, including the frequency and phase response of single drivers as well as the interaction of multiple speakers, offer the user significant benefits. In both recording and live production, Celestion IRs enable the desired tone to be precisely and consistently reproduced regardless of the music recording or live sound environment. And IR users can escape the limitations of a single mic and cabinet setup and explore a universe of possibilities to create the perfect tone. Once you find a tone that you love, it can be precisely recreated, in the studio or on the road, time after time. And the IRs allow Celestion customers to audition specific models before purchasing one or more physical speakers.

Celestion IR digital downloads are available in uncompressed, industry standard .WAV format at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates at 24 bit depth, in lengths of 200 and 500 milliseconds Once the files are downloaded and unzipped, users simply load the IRs into a convolution plug-in in their DAW or into other processing hardware. These formats will work in all known hardware capable of loading IRs, and for the most popular hardware Celestion have already grouped together the correct formats. Guitar processor manufacturers supported include (but are not limited to) Atomic Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, Kemper, Line 6, Logidy, Positive Grid, Two Notes, Headrush and Yamaha. The Celestion IR files may be downloaded in the sample rate and length appropriate for the hardware being used or as a complete package of all rates and lengths. Certain third party hardware requires the files to be converted into a proprietary format before use. Celestion Plus.

About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers
An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.
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Research & Development

Celestion professional loudspeakers and compression drivers have earned an enviable global reputation for innovative design, exceptional performance and superior reliability.

The pursuit of excellence begins with a world-leading team of R&D engineers, led by experienced Head of Engineering Paul Cork at our purpose-built facility in Ipswich, England. The team are supported by state-of-the-art design, development, analysis and testing tools as well as experienced technical drawing and specialist development technicians with the resources on-site to prototype, test and measure the performance of new designs.

In addition to developing our standard range, the R&D team also works with our OEM customers to establish the parameters of a specific project and identify the best way to fulfill the design brief, either by modifying an existing model or developing a new product ‘from the ground up’.

Celestion’s R&D department also calls upon the expertise of the Group Research team, headed by Mark Dodd (inset). Its remit is to discover and develop new technologies, techniques and processes that add value to the fast-expanding portfolio of Celestion professional audio products. Mark is a participating member of the Audio Engineering Society, and one of the foremost contributors of authoritative papers on compression driver and loudspeaker technology.

Design & Engineering

Celestion has access to the latest design software employing the principles and methods of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for efficient loudspeaker development, as well as design tools such as 3-D CAD and printing for technical visualisation and prototyping.

With more than 100 years of combined experience in loudspeaker design and development, the Celestion team has pushed the boundaries of these tools to achieve new levels of flexibility in modelling and accuracy in measurement, and created custom software to perform more in-depth analysis and to enable more revealing presentation of data.

Pioneering users of FEA for the prediction of mechanical and thermal properties, Celestion was the first loudspeaker manufacturer to use FEA for vibro-acoustic modelling and to predict magnetic inductance, subsequently combining these results with magneto-static modelling to provide a complete, voltage-coupled model.

Such innovations empower the Celestion team to take new product concepts and make finite element models of their electrical, mechanical and acoustical properties, combining these to create a ‘Virtual Prototype’. This advanced technique builds greater accuracy, flexibility and creativity into the development process, ensuring each new design is fully FEA-optimised to meet its performance brief.

Analysis & Testing

The development process is dramatically enhanced by the ability to produce prototypes and sample runs on site. The Ipswich, UK design headquarters is equipped with a full production line plus all the machinery required to build short runs for testing, measurement, approval and production engineering.

Celestion engineers make extensive use of industry-standard measurement tools such as the Klippel® Distortion Analyser, measuring actual physical prototypes to verify the results achieved in FEA modelling. The system provides detailed analysis of motor design, voice coil alignment and cone suspension By bringing these processes together in one place, the Celestion team is fully resourced to develop sound reinforcement loudspeaker and compression driver solutions that match and exceed the performance and cost requirements of an impressive list of systems builders.

Test resources include a hemi-anechoic chamber which provides a reflection-free environment for the precision measurement of key physical properties including frequency response and sound pressure level. Additionally a set of plane wave tubes is located in the development laboratory for the further measurement of compression drivers. Alongside scientific testing facilities, Celestion has also created an exceptional analytical listening environment designed by the world-renowned Philip Newell. Here, new loudspeaker designs can be auditioned and compared in an acoustically neutral listening space. Throughout the development process a new product is subject to a rigorous testing regime enabling Celestion to confidently claim that each product is consistently capable of delivering the same high quality and trouble-free performance now and for years to come.

Manufacturing & Logistics

Celestion is part of the Gold Peak group with an annual turnover of more than US $1 Billion. Manufacturing takes place at our own, ISO9000 and ISO14000-accredited, 30,000m2 facility where more than 1400 highly-trained employees share a singular commitment to quality.

Here, modern production lines enable Celestion to achieve exceptional consistency and productivity. In addition, the manufacturing facility replicates the Ipswich HQ test and listening facilities, incorporating its own hemi-anechoic chamber and acoustically neutral listening room, and industry-standard measurement equipment. This ensures the highest degree of accuracy from design inception right through to final manufacture.

With warehousing facilities in Europe, China and on the east and west coasts of the US, Celestion customers enjoy efficient logistics and day-to-day contact with local account managers based in all major territories. Thanks to the streamlined integration of research and development, manufacturing and logistics operations, Celestion delivers an unrivalled combination of product performance, service and value.

Celestion Adds the New BN10-200X to Their Line of Bass Impulse Responses

Ipswich, UK (July 10, 2019) — Celestion, the premier manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers whose classic guitar tones have made the company famous as the voice of rock and roll, is pleased to add the popular BN10-200X bass speaker to their impressive line of Bass Impulse Responses. The new Bass IRs, along with the complete collection of other genuine Celestion guitar speaker tones, is available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.

Knowing that not every player wants a super-clean, high-fidelity bass sound, Celestion used their unrivalled knowledge of neodymium motor structures to design and build the 10-inch BN10-200X bass speaker to be characterised by extended low-end tone and extreme amounts of linear excursion. Light in weight but not in performance, the BN10-200X delivers a rich bass tone with a powerful low-end punch, and is ideal for high-powered rock performances that require a full-bodied warm, defined bass tone. Now the popular BN10-200X has been accurately replicated as a digital impulse response. Using the same meticulous recording techniques used for Celestion’s entire huge range of guitar speaker impulse responses, the company’s expert sound engineers have made the Celestion BN10-200X bass impulse response available in a 2×10 (closed) and 4×10 (closed) cabinet configurations or as a BN10-200X Bass Bundle. The BN10-200X Bass Bundle, includes both the 2×10 and 4×10 cabinet configurations and the addition of ‘Playing Style’ mixes – enhanced for a variety of different playing techniques, including Finger basic, Finger warmth detail, Plectrum (Pick) basic, Plectrum (Pick) aggressive and Slap.

The BN10-200X single cabinets can also be included in a Pick & Mix selection. The Pick & Mix option allows customers to select combinations of either 3 or 5 cabinets from the company’s full range of original IRs, offering flexibility in building a personal IR library at a significant savings compared to purchasing individual IRs.

Each of the new bass speaker impulse responses are downloaded in .WAV format for compatibility with most DAWs, IR plug-ins and amp modelling software.

The new  BN10-200X Impulse Responses join other Bass IRs including the BN15-300X, PULSE10, PULSE12 and PULSE15, as well as all the other genuine Celestion acclaimed guitar speaker Impulse Responses such as the:  A-Type,  Celestion Blue,  Celestion Cream, Celestion Gold, Classic Lead 80, Heritage G12H 55Hz, Heritage G12M, G12 EVH, G12K-100, G12-35XC, G12T-75,  G12-50GL Lynchback,  G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Neo Creamback, V-Type,  Vintage 30 and other models.

About Celestion Impulse Responses

Celestion IRs, which capture the essential behavior of the cabinet in the specific space in which it was recorded, including the frequency and phase response of single drivers as well as the interaction of multiple speakers, offer the user significant benefits. In both recording and live production, Celestion IRs enable the desired tone to be precisely and consistently reproduced regardless of the music recording or live sound environment. And IR users can escape the limitations of a single mic and cabinet setup and explore a universe of possibilities to create the perfect tone. Once you find a tone that you love, it can be precisely recreated, in the studio or on the road, time after time. And the IRs allow Celestion customers to audition specific models before purchasing one or more physical speakers.

Celestion IR digital downloads are available in uncompressed, industry standard .WAV format at 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz and 96 kHz sample rates at 24 bit depth, in lengths of 200 and 500 milliseconds Once the files are downloaded and unzipped, users simply load the IRs into a convolution plug-in in their DAW or into other processing hardware. These formats will work in all known hardware capable of loading IRs, and for the most popular hardware Celestion have already grouped together the correct formats. Guitar processor manufacturers supported include (but are not limited to) Atomic Amps, Fractal Audio Systems, Kemper, Line 6, Logidy, Positive Grid, Two Notes, Headrush and Yamaha. The Celestion IR files may be downloaded in the sample rate and length appropriate for the hardware being used or as a complete package of all rates and lengths. Certain third party hardware requires the files to be converted into a proprietary format before use. Celestion Plus.

About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers
An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.
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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (“Policy“) governs the collection, use, holding and processing of personal data in connection with your use of the CELESTION website at Celestion.com, (“Website“) and the CELESTION Speakers Mobile Application (“App“), both of which are operated by GP Acoustics UK Limited, as well as the collection of your personal data at CELESTION’s Physical Locations (defined below) by GP Acoustics UK Limited, its subsidiaries and affiliated companies as listed under Section 14 of this Policy (collectively referred to below as “CELESTION“, “we“, “us” or “our“). Please also refer to Section 14 for our contact details.

We have certain legal obligations under the laws and regulations of the countries in which we collect, use, hold and/or processes your personal data. This Policy is designed to provide you with information on how and why we gather your personal data, the type of personal data we collect, what we use them for, when we might disclose them and how you can manage your personal data. If you are accessing and using the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations outside the European Economic Area (“EEA“), by accessing and/or using the Website, downloading and/or using the App, as well as providing your personal information to us at CELESTION’s Physical Locations and via email correspondences outside the EEA, you are accepting our Policy below. If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, please stop accessing or using the Website, or downloading or using the App, and do not provide your personal information to us whether through the Website, the App, at CELESTION’s Physical Locations, email correspondences or otherwise. If you are accessing and using our Website and/or App from within the EEA (i.e. including an EU Member State), or if you visit CELESTION’s Physical Locations and/or send email correspondences to us within the EEA, please refer to Section 13 of this Policy which applies in conjunction with the remaining Sections of the Policy.

If you are less than the age of majority in the country where you live, and:

  • if you are accessing and using the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations outside the EEA, you must have a legal representative such as a parent or guardian accept this Policy on your behalf.
  • if you are accessing and using the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations within the EEA, please refer to Section 13.1 of this Policy which applies in conjunction with the remaining Sections of the Policy.

We reserve the right to change the provisions of this Policy at any time and you should review the terms of this Policy from time to time. We will alert you that changes have been made by indicating on this Policy the date it was last updated and by publishing a notice regarding such changes on the Website and/or the App and/or by sending notifications to you via the App. Your continued use of the Website, App and/or CELESTION’s services following the posting or notification of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. If you have any questions about this Policy, you should contact us at data@Celestion.com.

1. What and how personal data is collected from you

We generally collect two types of data from you: “Personal Data” and “Non-Personal Data”.

“Personal Data” is any information that can identify a person individually and includes name, e-mail and/or postal address, telephone number, user name, password, date of birth, gender, credit card number, billing and/or other contact information, company, job title, education, marital status and interests and purchase activity. If you are accessing and using the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations within the EEA, the following information may also amount to Personal Data to the extent that they can be used to identify you individually: IP address, geo-location information, browsing preferences, device information, unique device identifiers and information about your use of the App and/or Website (as described in more detail, below, in the section “Collection of Non-Personal Data”). Personal Data may be supplied to us at various instances including when you register for a membership account or purchase products as a guest on the Website, register and/or use the App, when you purchase goods or use our services at the CELESTION Physical Locations, as well as through other means such as those listed in section 1.1 below.

“Non-Personal Data” includes “aggregate” and/or automatic information, which is data collected about the use of the Website or App or about a group or category of users from which individual identities or other individually identifiable information has been removed. This Policy does not restrict or limit our collection, use and provision of Non-Personal Data, unless required by local law.

1.1 Collection of Personal Data

The following are the most common situations when we may collect and store your Personal Data, and by using the Website and/or App and/or visiting CELESTION Physical Locations, you agree to us collecting your Personal Data through the following means, although these means are not exhaustive:

  • registration to use the App and/or Website;
  • browsing, using, purchasing products, signing-up for CELESTION’s newsletters through the App and/or Website and/or otherwise using CELESTION’s services through the App and/or Website
  • visiting CELESTION’s point of sale locations and marketing campaigns (“CELESTION Physical Locations“);
  • visiting CELESTION’s social media platforms, including but not limited to CELESTION’s Website, Facebook or Instagram page) and creating user-generated contents on those platforms (such as comments, discussions, likes, private messages, etc.);
  • submission of surveys and/or event questionnaires (e.g. via webforms on the Website) and entry into sales promotions;
  • registration for product warranties and maintenance services;
  • request for customer service or other assistance on the App and/or Website.
  • contacting us by email, post, fax or any other means of communication

We may also collect your Personal Data from social media sites: when you log in to use the App or Website or accesses CELESTION’s social media platforms (such as CELESTION’s Facebook or Instagram pages) using your Facebook or other social media accounts, we may collect the Personal Data that is made available to us on that page or account including your account ID / username, profile, mobile number and other information and activities about you on Facebook and/or other social media accounts. However, we will endeavour to comply with the privacy policies of the corresponding social media platform and will only collect and store such Personal Data that we are permitted to collect by these social media platforms.

In order for you to register for an account on our Website, you must provide us with your name, email address and password, or else you may not be able to sign up for such account. If you wish to purchase products on our Website, you must also provide us with your postal address, telephone number and payment verification information. Otherwise, we will not be able to process the order for you.

If any Personal Data provided by you do not belong or relate to you but to a third party, you hereby agree and confirm that you have provided a copy of this Policy to the third party to whom the personal data belongs or relates, who has read and agreed to all terms in this Policy, and that you have authority from such third party to provide the relevant personal data from us.

1.2 Collection of Non-Personal Data

When you use the App and/or Website, we and/or our data processors (which process non-personally identifiable data on our behalf) may keep an activity log that does not identify you individually and cannot be used to identify the identity of any particular visitor of the App and/or Website. Generally, we collect and store the following categories of data, which shall be considered Non-Personal Data to the extent that they do not fall within the definition of “Personal Data” under any laws applicable to our collection, holding, processing and/or use of your personal data: to the extent that the laws of certain jurisdictions treat this “Non-Personal Data” as Personal Data (for example under EEA Member State laws), CELESTION will comply with those laws, as described elsewhere in this Policy.

  • device information about your mobile or other device that you use to access the App and/or Website. This information may include the device name, IP address of your device, your device’s operating system and version, your router name SSID (service set identifier), the type of mobile Internet browser you use, the browser’s type and configuration, the geo-location information and other unique device identifiers of the device accessing the App and/or Website, browsing preferences such as region, language settings, etc., as well as the App version accessed by you;
  • device information about the speaker linked to the App and/or Website and/or linked to the device that you use to access the App and/or Website. This information may include the MAC (media access control) address, SSID and firmware of such speaker, as well as the speaker sound and volume settings;
  • information about your use of the App and/or Website including without limitation the specific actions you take on the App and/or Website, the number of new or returning visits, statistics on the pages visited and referred, a reading history of the pages you have viewed, search terms used and search results, error and crash statistics, traffic data (such as time and date of access),
  • information about the music played through the App, such as the names of music tracks and type of media files that have been played, name of media server, music source, playback time, etc.

We may collect, use and share to third parties (including those specified under section 4 below) these Non-Personal Data, including for customizing, enhancing, optimizing, maintaining and/or improving the quality of the App and/or Website, such as for determining the optimal screen resolution, language and font settings. To the extent that the above Non-Personal Data do not amount to personal data under any law applicable to our collection, holding, processing and/or use of your Personal Data, this Policy in no way restricts or limits our collection, use, handling and provision of such Non-Personal Data.

We use web analytics services including Google Firebase Analytics, Google Analytics and Google Adwords to obtain various types of non-personally identifiable demographics information from our App and/or Website users including, but are not limited to, gender, age, location and interests our App and Website users. These information are obtained for us to operate, maintain and/or improve the App and/or Website.

1.3 Collection of Your Source IP Address/Location Information

When you access the App, we may use GPS or other technologies to determine and collect information about the current location of your device, if you choose to enable location tracking on your device. This geo-location data is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you. Advertisements and certain content may be directed to your device as a result of this geo-location data. This data shall be considered Non-Personal Data to the extent that they do not fall within the definition of “Personal Data” under any laws applicable to our collection, holding, processing and/or use of your personal data: to the extent that the laws of certain jurisdictions treat this “Non-Personal Data” as Personal Data (for example under EEA Member State laws), CELESTION will comply with those laws, as described elsewhere in this Privacy Policy. We use geo-location data for customizing, providing and improving our services and your browsing experience on the App and/or Website. If you enable this feature, the current location of your device will be stored locally on your mobile device which will be used by the App and/or Website to serve you certain contents tied to the relevant location. If you elect to have your location-based searches saved to your history, we will store such information on our servers. You can choose to turn off location tracking at any time by changing the settings on your browser and/or device. This will not affect your ability to access or use the CELESTION Website or App, but it may mean that we will serve you advertisements or other contents that are less relevant to your location.

We may share the geo-location data of your device with our data processors for customizing, providing and improving our services and your browsing experience on the App and/or Website. When this type of data is shared with our data processors for the above purposes, the data do not individually identify you, and the other parties do not have access to your personally identifiable information.

1.4 Use of cookies

You should be aware that when you use our App and/or Website, we may collect information by using cookies, web beacons or unique device identifiers to identify your device that is accessing the App and/or Website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your mobile device when you access the App or Website, and they record your preferences and actions when accessing the same. We use cookies to track the use of and the browsing behavior on the App and/or Website, as well as to monitor traffic, to maintain and improve the App, and to customize, enhance and optimize your browsing experience on the App and/or Website to make it easier and/or more convenient for your use. Cookies do not recognize you personally and are not harmful to your device. None of the cookies that we use contain information such as your real name or address, so you cannot be identified personally by them.

Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can manage and adjust your cookies settings at any time by changing the browser setting (e.g. Google Chrome setting) for your device to disable cookies or clear all cookies and web browsing histories. However, if you choose to decline or disable cookies on your device, certain features and functionality of the App and/or Website will not work properly, e.g. the items added to your shopping cart may be deleted once you exit the App and/or Website.

We use the following types of cookies when you access our App and/or Website:

  • Essential cookies: These cookies enable you to use our Website and/or App; they are essential to enable you to browse our Website and/or App and use certain features. Disabling them may prevent you from using certain parts of the Website and/or App. These cookies also help keep our Website and App safe and secure.
  • Preference cookies: These cookies store information such as your location data and language selection, login data and website preferences. Without these cookies, our Website and/or App may not be able to remember certain choices you have previously made or personalize your browsing experience by providing you with relevant information. These cookies can also be used to recognize your device so that you do not have to provide the same information more than once.
  • Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our Website and/or App, such as which pages you visit regularly. These cookies are used to provide you with a high-quality experience by doing things such as tracking page load, site response times, and error messages. They are also used to gather feedback on customer satisfaction through surveys.
  • Content / advertising cookies: These cookies gather information about your use of our Website and/or App so we may improve your experience and provide you with more relevant content and advertising. They remember that you’ve visited our Website and/or App and help us understand how you use them. Some of these cookies are from third parties that collect information about users of our Website and App in order to provide advertising based on users’ online activities. The third parties involved in this type of advertising collect internet browsing information (e.g., websites visited, time of visit) across different websites and over time, and they may use the information they collect on our Website to provide you ads (from us and other companies) across the internet.

2. How we use your data

We may use your Personal Data and Non-Personal Data in the following ways:

  • register, verify and manage your account on the App and/or Website;
  • facilitate your log-in access to the App and/or Website including through the use of cookies, as described above, e.g. establish and maintain your logged-on identity so that you can conveniently browse, access and use the App and/or Website without being requested to log-on repeatedly;
  • processing your purchase orders (whether on the Website, at CELESTION’s Physical Locations or otherwise) and contacting you regarding your purchase orders if necessary, as well as arranging delivery of the purchased goods;
  • copying, distributing, publishing, sharing or otherwise exploiting your user-generated contents on the App, Website or other CELESTION social media platforms, in whole or in part, through CELESTION’s Website, App, other social media accounts (such as CELESTION’s Facebook and/or Instagram Page) or any other marketing campaigns of CELESTION
  • providing product warranty and maintenance services and customer and/or technical support to you;
  • communicating with you about your account and sending you information about our products and services, as well as features of the App and/or Website;
  • operating, monitoring, customizing, enhancing, maintaining, optimizing and/or improving the App, the Website and/or the CELESTION Physical Locations as well as our goods and/or services offered and customizing, providing and improving our services and your browsing experience on the App and/or Website;
  • obtaining various types of demographics information from our App and/or Website, which we use to operate, maintain and/or improve the App and/or Website;
  • reviewing and customizing the advertising and content of the App and/or Website, as well as promotional materials at CELESTION’s Physical Locations;
  • reviewing, improving and strengthening our marketing strategies, including without limitation to formulating and/or conducting market analysis and research, such as interviews and focus groups;
  • administering contests, competitions and promotions including informing you of a prize you have won;
  • managing and responding to your comments and inquiries submitted to us;
  • communicating with you about changes to our policies or terms and conditions;
  • detecting, investigating and preventing activities that may violate our terms and conditions, policies or may be illegal;
  • compile, process and generate statistics and crash reports for the App and/or Website, and performing statistical, demographic, and marketing analyses of our customers as well as users of the App and/or Website;
  • compile, maintain and update our database of account holders and users on the App and/or Website as well as visitors at the CELESTION Physical Locations;
  • our customer relationship management (such as conducting consumer satisfaction surveys) as well as other internal management or administrative purposes in relation to the App, Website and/or CELESTION’s Physical Locations.

3. Use of Personal Data in Direct Marketing

We also intend to use your Personal Data in direct marketing, but we will not do so without obtaining your prior consent. We and/or our data processors acting for and on our behalf may collect and use your name, gender, birthday, email and postal address, telephone number, company, job title, education, marital status, interests and purchase activity to provide you with information regarding our audio and electronic goods and services, if you choose to allow us to do so.

Our direct marketing activities may include communication by post, telephone, email, SMS, App notifications and/or other mobile communication applications (such as WhatsApp, WeChat and/or Line) about our App, Website, CELESTION Physical Locations as well as our products, services, newsletters, events, contests, competitions, surveys, offers and promotions connected with the audio and/or electronic goods and services provided by us.

When you first register for an account on the Website and/or the App or when you first provide your personal information to us at the CELESTION Physical Locations or through other means of communication such as email, if you do not want your Personal Data to be used for direct marketing purposes, please do not tick the checkbox which allows you to opt into our newsletters and/or direct marketing activities.

You may also change your mind and request that we stop sending you direct marking materials/communications or to cease using or providing your Personal Data for any direct marketing purposes at any time by following the opt-out / unsubscribe facility provided in our marketing materials or by emailing us at data@Celestion.com. We will, at no cost to you, act on your request within 7 working days in order to ensure that you are not included in future direct marketing promotions.

We do not share, sell, transfer, provide, rent or trade Personal Data to or with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes unless we have obtained your consent in accordance with the requirements under the applicable law.

4. Who do we provide your data to?

We take measures to keep your Personal Data secure and confidential. We may share your Personal Data with the following third parties, and will only seek your consent to do so if this is required by your local law.:-

  • third party logistics company in order to arrange delivery of the goods you have purchased from our App, Website and/or CELESTION Physical Locations;
  • agents, contractors or other third-party service providers providing administrative, telecommunications, computer, payment, fraud prevention, insurance, data processing or other services to us in connection with the operation of our business (such as professional advisors, telemarketing companies, call center service providers, or data entry companies)
  • our affiliates or subsidiaries in the audio and electronics industry for the purposes mentioned in section 2 above; and
  • e-commerce platform providers on which CELESTION sells and/or offers its products for sale for the purpose of processing your purchase orders, sales delivery, conducting CELESTION’s marketing campaigns as well as any other purposes as specified under section 2 above for and on CELESTION’s behalf.

The above parties will only process your Personal Data for and on our behalf as set out in this Policy and will not process your Personal Data for their own purposes. They owe a duty of confidentiality to us and we require them to contractually agree to hold, process and use your Personal Data in compliance with this Policy and in accordance with our instructions.

We may also share your Personal Data with third party businesses in the event that all or substantially all of our assets are sold or transferred to another party, or another transaction occurs in which your personal information is one of the business assets transferred.

In addition, we may also share your Personal Data to third party websites, mobile apps or social media platforms (“Third Party Services“) if you choose to link or otherwise connect your CELESTION membership account or App with such Third Party Services. If you choose to connect your CELESTION membership account or App with any Third Party Services such as Facebook, you will be sharing your Personal Data with these Third Party Services. We are not responsible for, have no control over and shall not be liable for how the Third Party Services will use, process or share your Personal Data. You should make sure you read and agree to their respective privacy policies before connecting with any Third Party Services and only connect your CELESTION membership account or App with Third Party Services that you trust.

We may also disclose your Personal Data to law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, or other people or entities if such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request including but not limited to those under the applicable law; (ii) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud or security issues; or (iii) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of us, our subsidiaries, affiliates or the public as required or permitted by law.

We may share Non-Personal Data such as demographics and usage statistics and the geo-location data of your device with our advertisers, sponsors or other organizations. When this type of Non-Personal Data is shared, those data do not individually identify you and also cannot be used to identify the identity of any particular visitor of the App, and the other parties do not have access to your personally identifiable information;

5. Children’s privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children aged under 13 or individuals under the age of majority in the country that they live. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us at data@Celestion.com so that we can promptly obtain parental consent or remove the information.

6. Data Security

Physical records of your Personal Data will be stored in a secure location with restricted access. Electronic copies of your Personal Data will be stored on servers maintained by us and/or our third party service providers, which are situated in secure locations and protected by adequate data security measures (for example, sensitive data is encrypted before being transmitted over the Internet). The App, the Website and the computers and servers that supply data to the App and/or Website incorporate reasonable safeguards to protect the security, integrity, completeness, accuracy and privacy of the Personal Data that we may collect and we have put into place reasonable precautions to protect such information from loss, destruction, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration.

We take reasonable administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to safeguard and protect your information from unauthorized access or disclosure. This includes utilizing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts the Personal Data and information you input (such as Website log-in details), and storing your information in an encrypted form behind a firewall designed to block access from outside our network.

However, while we try our best to safeguard your Personal Data once we receive it, no security or encryption method can be guaranteed to protect information from hackers or human error, and no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

7. Storage or processing of data

The information that we collect may be stored or processed on computers or servers located in Hong Kong, Shanghai, United Kingdom, United States, as well as any country where we do business. If you are accessing the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations outside the EEA, by providing us with your Personal Data or by accessing and using the App and/or Website, you consent to the transfer of your Personal Data to our facilities outside of the country in which you have provided your Personal Data to us. The personal data protection laws of those countries where your Personal Data are stored might not be as stringent or comprehensive as those in your country, but we will take all reasonable steps to ensure the protection of your privacy and will only collect and use your Personal Data for the purposes which are set out in this Policy.

If you are accessing the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations inside the EEA (i.e. including an EU Member State), please see Section 13, below, for information about our international data transfer practices.

8. Your obligation to keep your access rights secure

If you register an account on our Website and/or App, you are entirely responsible for ensuring and protecting the security and confidentiality of your password and account. You are also entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account and we shall not be held liable for any claims, loss or damage resulting from a breach of the foregoing or any unauthorized use of your account.

9. Data retention

We will not keep your Personal Data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes and any directly-related purposes for which such Personal Data is collected. We will take into account any legal obligations that require us to retain the Personal Data for a certain period of time as well as the duration of your use of our Website and App. If you wish to de-register from our Website and/or App, amend or update your Personal Data, or request that we no longer use your Personal Data to provide you with the information or services you have requested, please contact us at data@Celestion.com.

10. Links to third party websites

Our Website and/or App may contain links to third party websites. These links are provided solely as a convenience. CELESTION does not endorse any third party websites. Access to any other website through any links provided on our Website and/or App is at your own risk. CELESTION is not responsible for the content of any such websites or the accuracy or reliability of any information, data or other contents of those websites. We encourage you to consult the privacy policies of any third party websites that you visit.

11. Access to, update and withdrawal use of Personal Data

If you are accessing the Website and/or the App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations outside of the EEA, please note that you may exercise your right to know whether we hold your Personal Data, what type of Personal Data is held and request access to, correction of, or deletion of your Personal Data held by us. If you wish to:

  • have access to your Personal Data, for which we may charge a reasonable fee for complying with your request;
  • correct any Personal Data relating to you which is inaccurate; or
  • withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Data by us (however, withdrawing consent may affect your access and use of our App and/or Website),

you may send such requests or inquiries to our Data Manager at data@Celestion.com.

If you are accessing the Website and./or the App from inside the EEA (i.e. including an EU Member State), please see Section 13, below, for information about your rights as a data subject.

12. Controlling your Personal Data

You can stop our collection of information by the App by opting-out using the functions in the App. You may also stop our collection of information by the App and/or Website by uninstalling the App and by cease using the Website. To uninstall the App, you may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network.

You may always opt-out of receiving communications from us. We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications at the point where we request information about you and/or provide communications to you, or you can contact us via data@Celestion.com.

13. Users from the European Union

This section of the Policy only applies if you are accessing and using our Website and/or App from and/or visiting CELESTION’s Physical Locations in the EEA (including an EU Member State). It supplements the information in the rest of the Policy, above.

GP Acoustics UK Limited is the data controller in respect of the processing of users’ Personal Data collected through the Website, the App and/or at CELESTION’s Physical Locations.

13.1 Legal basis for processing of Personal Data

We describe in Section 1 what types of Personal Data we collect from you. In Section 2, we describe the purposes for which we use and process that Personal Data. In this section we set out the legal bases on which we rely for processing the Personal Data.

We rely on the following legal bases for processing Personal Data about you when you visit our Website, App from and/or the CELESTION Physical Locations in the EEA (including an EU Member State):

  • It is in CELESTION’s legitimate interests to:
    • Process your contact information, user name and password for the purposes of registering you to our Website and/or App, verifying and managing your account, including sending you information about your account.
    • Process your name and contact details as described in this Policy in order to provide you with information that you seek from CELESTION about our products and services, including contacting you with information regarding purchases you have made with us and arranging delivery of products, as well as customer service support information and information about changes to our policies or terms and conditions.
    • Process your information such as gender, date of birth, location, company, job title, education, marital status and interests, when you choose to provide some or all of this information to us, in order to understand the demographics of users of our App and/or Website and to verify your account.
    • Process information that you choose to publish on our App, Website or our social media platforms in order to contribute to our marketing campaigns.
    • Process your financial information (including account information and purchase activity) in order to fulfil your orders and in order to prevent fraud and other illegal activities on our Website and/or App.
    • Using information about your visits to and usage of our Website and/or App (including your IP address, browsing preferences, device information, unique device identifiers, geolocation information and other information about your use of the Website and/or App), visits to the CELESTION Physical Locations and information you provide us in surveys, marketing research questionnaires and/or focus groups in which you choose to participate in order to customize, enhance and optimize your experience on the Website and/or App and to help us to provide, maintain, optimize and improve the Website and/or App and improve your experience at the CELESTION Physical Locations.
    • Monitor compliance with our terms and conditions of use on our Website and/or App and monitor any illegal activity on our Website and/or App.
  • Performing a contract that we have entered into with you to provide you with the information, products or services that you have requested or purchased from us (or won, in the case of contests, competitions or promotions that you have chosen to enter), including fulfilling our maintenance services and customer and/or technical support services obligations to you.
  • Complying with applicable laws and regulations and CELESTION’s legal obligations such as accounting and tax requirements.
  • Where necessary, we will procure your consent for processing certain Personal Data (for example, with respect to electronic marketing communications, as described in Section 3, above, and with respect to the use of geolocation data, if you choose to enable location tracking on your device, as described in Section 1.3, above). If we process your Personal Data on the basis of your consent, you may subsequently withdraw that consent at any time by the means indicated at the time consent is procured and/or by emailing us at data@Celestion.com. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing that occurred on the basis of your earlier consent, before its withdrawal.

You are not required to provide CELESTION with Personal Data when you visit or use our Website and/or App or when you visit the CELESTION Physical Locations, but if you do not do so in the circumstances described above, we will not be able to provide you with certain information you request or with all of our products and services, and you will not be able to use all the features of our Website and/or App.

13.2 International data transfers

Please note that your Personal Data may be transferred to CELESTION affiliates or subsidiaries operating in countries outside the EEA, including but not limited to the United States; Hong Kong; China; Taiwan, Province of China; Singapore; Japan and Dubai. In addition, the service providers and other third parties with whom CELESTION may share information (as described in Section 4) may be based outside the EEA. Data protection laws may or may not apply in jurisdictions outside the EEA or may not be as stringent as those in the EEA. In any case, CELESTION will implement appropriate contractual measures (such as standard data protection clauses, a copy of which you can obtain by contacting data@celestion.com) to ensure that the relevant CELESTION entities and third parties outside the EEA provide an adequate level of protection to your Personal Data as set out in this Policy and as required by applicable local law.

13.3 Your rights as a data subject

You are entitled to request access to, rectification or erasure of Personal Data relating to you or restriction of processing or to object to processing of such Personal Data and other rights in accordance with applicable law. You may also ask for your Personal Data to be ported to third parties in accordance with applicable law. If you wish to enforce your rights, please contact us at data@Celestion.com. We will provide you with a response in accordance with applicable data protection law. CELESTION may refuse to provide such information in limited circumstances under applicable local law.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint before your local data privacy authority should we violate applicable data privacy laws(s) in our processing of your personal information.

14. Enquiries / Contact Us

This Policy applies to the collection, use, holding and processing of your personal data by us, which includes the following entities:
– GP Acoustics UK Limited

If you have any questions or complaints, or if you wish to access or correct your Personal Data or withdraw your consent to the use of your Personal Data held by us, or exercise any of your other rights, please contact our Data Manager at data@Celestion.com.

If you are a data subject in the EEA (including an EU Member State), you may also contact us by post via any one of the following addresses closest to you:-

GP Acoustics (UK) Limited
Park House
Crawley Business Quarter
Manor Royal
Crawley
West Sussex
RH10 9AD United Kingdom

Celestion Introduces Orange Cabinet Impulse Responses in Two Notes Wall of Sound File Format

Ipswich, UK (June 3, 2019) — Celestion, the celebrated manufacturer of guitar and bass loudspeakers and professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement applications, is pleased to announce that they have collaborated with Orange Amps to capture the tones of their world famous cabinet collection, and announce the debut of Orange Cabinet Impulse Responses, available exclusively in Two notes’ Wall of Sound file format. These new Celestion IRs allow users to replicate authentic Orange cab tone in the Wall of Sound format at home, in the studio, and playing live. The Orange Cab IRs, as well as Celestion’s extensive classic IR collection, available for audition and download at CelestionPlus.com.

The new Celestion collection of Orange cabinet impulse responses in Two notes Wall of Sound format includes seven iconic cabinets. Using meticulous recording techniques, Celestion’s expert sound engineers have faithfully captured the distinctive tones of six high-quality Orange cabinets, including the:

 

  • Orange PPC112 1×12 (closed back) with Celestion Vintage 30
  • Orange PPC212OB 2×12 (open back)  with Celestion Vintage 30
  • Orange PPC212 2×12 (closed back) with Celestion Vintage 30
  • Orange PP212V 2×12 (vertical open back) with Celestion Neo Creamback
  • Orange PPC412 4×12 (classic) with Celestion Vintage 30
  • Orange PPC412AD 4×12 (angled) Vintage 30
  • Orange PPC412HP8 4×12 (high-powered) G12K-100

The new Orange Cabinet Collection of Impulse Responses join the extensive family of genuine Celestion acclaimed guitar and bass speaker Impulse Responses such as the: A-Type,  BN15-300X, Celestion Blue,  Celestion Cream, Celestion Gold, Classic Lead 80, Heritage G12H 55Hz, Heritage G12M, G12 EVH, G12K-100, G12-35XC, G12T-75,  G12-50GL Lynchback, G12-H150 Redback, G12M Greenback, G12M-65 Creamback, G12M-75 Creamback, G12H Anniversary, G12-65, Neo Creamback, PULSE10, PULSE12 and PULSE 15, Suhr Cabinet, V-Type,  Vintage 30 and other models.

Orange Cabinet Impulse Responses from Celestion are available for purchase individually or as a collection for a significant discount.

About Celestion Impulse Responses
Celestion IRs, which capture the essential behavior of the cabinet in the specific space in which it was recorded, including the frequency and phase response of single drivers as well as the interaction of multiple speakers, offer the user significant benefits. In both recording and live production, Celestion IRs enable the desired tone to be precisely and consistently reproduced regardless of the music recording or live sound environment. And IR users can escape the limitations of a single mic and cabinet setup and explore a universe of possibilities to create the perfect tone. Once you find a tone that you love, it can be precisely recreated, in the studio or on the road, time after time. And the IRs allow Celestion customers to audition specific models before purchasing one or more physical speakers.
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About Celestion and Celestion Guitar Speakers
An important element to essential British guitar tone since the birth of Rock & Roll, Celestion Guitar Speakers are famous for their lively and vocal midrange character with plenty of sparkle and chime. With worldwide headquarters in Ipswich, England, Celestion design, develop and manufacture premium guitar and bass loudspeakers, and high-quality professional audio drivers for sound reinforcement. These world-renowned speakers are used onstage and in clubs, theatres and other venues the world over. Contact Celestion at: info@celestion.com and visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/celestion.
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