914 IR Pack

The Sound of a Guitar Heard on Hundreds of Recordings and Billions of Streams

Some guitars have a story. This one has hundreds of songs behind it.

The 914 IR Pack captures the unmistakable voice of Anthony Catacoli's beloved 2005 Taylor 914ce, a guitar that has been featured on hundreds of recordings, worship projects, and productions over the years. The sound of this instrument has been streamed billions of times around the world, making it not only a truly exceptional guitar, but a proven sound that has earned its place on countless tracks.

Widely regarded as one of the standout eras of Taylor's craftsmanship, this 914ce delivers the rich balance, depth, articulation, and sparkle that made the series legendary.

But this isn't just another acoustic IR library.

Unlike traditional impulse response packs, Anthony developed a completely custom capture process and proprietary software designed specifically to reproduce the guitar's acoustic character with extraordinary precision. Rather than relying on conventional methods, he custom-built both the workflow and software behind these captures to achieve a level of realism and accuracy rarely heard in acoustic guitar IRs.

The result is an impulse response collection that preserves the nuance, dynamics, depth, and character of the original instrument in a way that feels remarkably natural and inspiring to play.

Using seven carefully selected microphones and world-class studio preamps, every capture was designed to deliver the sound of a professionally miked acoustic guitar directly to your pickup-equipped instrument.

Why the 914 IR Pack?

• Captured from Anthony Catacoli's legendary 2005 Taylor 914ce
• A guitar featured on hundreds of recordings and heard in billions of streams worldwide
• Proprietary software-driven capture process developed specifically for this instrument
• Seven premium microphones and world-class studio preamps
• Individual microphone captures and expertly crafted blends
• Signature seven-microphone blend for ultimate realism
• Optimized for LR Baggs Element pickups
• Exported in multiple sample rates and IR lengths for maximum compatibility
• Designed for stage, studio, live streaming, and post-production workflows

Featured Microphones

• Neumann U87
• AKG C414
• Neumann KM184
• sE Electronics RN17
• Telefunken ELA M 251
• sE Electronics V7X
• Royer R-121 Ribbon Microphone

Premium Preamps Used

• API 512
• Rupert Neve Designs Portico
• Avalon VT-737

Multiple Mic Blends Included

In addition to individual microphone captures, the 914 IR Pack includes a variety of professionally crafted mic blends, allowing you to choose the perfect balance of warmth, body, air, clarity, and detail for virtually any application.

Want the ultimate studio sound?

Anthony has also included a signature blend that combines all seven microphones into a single IR, delivering exceptional realism, depth, dimension, and definition. It's the closest experience to hearing this legendary guitar through a world-class studio signal chain.

Designed for Real-World Acoustic Players

The 914 IR Pack works beautifully with virtually any acoustic pickup system, helping transform direct signals into rich, natural, professionally miked acoustic tones.

While the pack performs exceptionally well with most under-saddle and onboard pickup systems, it has been specifically optimized for the LR Baggs Element, making it an ideal companion for players searching for a polished, album-quality acoustic sound.

Universal Compatibility

The 914 IR Pack was designed to work wherever you make music.

Every impulse response has been exported in multiple sample rates and multiple IR lengths, ensuring maximum compatibility with virtually every modern IR loader, modeler, acoustic processor, plugin, and hardware platform available today.

Whether you're using dedicated acoustic processing hardware, a pedalboard IR loader, a floor modeler, recording plugin, or live mixing workflow, you'll find versions optimized for your setup.

No complicated conversions. No extra software. Just load your preferred files and start playing.

Compatible With Popular Platforms Including:

• Line 6 Helix Family
• Fractal Audio Axe-Fx & FM Series
• Neural DSP Quad Cortex
• Headrush Prime & Core
• Kemper Profiler (via IR import)
• Boss IR-2
• Boss GX-10
• Boss GX-100
• Boss GT-1000
• Universal Audio Dream / Ruby / Lion Series
• Two Notes Opus
• Two Notes CAB Series
• NUX Optima Air
• NUX Solid Studio
• ToneX
• HX Stomp
• HX Effects
• MainStage
• Logic Pro
• Pro Tools
• Ableton Live
• Cubase
• Reaper
• Studio One
• Virtually any WAV-compatible IR loader or plugin

Who Is This For?

Guitar Players

Whether you're playing live, recording at home, or running direct through an amp modeler, the 914 IR Pack transforms the sound of your pickup into the rich, natural tone of a professionally miked acoustic guitar. Experience the warmth, detail, and character of a world-class Taylor 914ce without the complexity of setting up microphones.

Worship Leaders

If you lead worship from an acoustic guitar, your instrument often serves as the foundation of the mix. The 914 IR Pack helps your guitar sit naturally in both the room and the stream, delivering the polished acoustic tone worship teams strive for every week.

Front-of-House Engineers

Getting an acoustic guitar to sound natural in a live environment can be challenging. These IRs provide a fast and reliable way to add realism, body, clarity, and consistency to under-saddle pickup systems, helping acoustic guitars sit in the mix with less EQ and less corrective processing.

Producers & Mix Engineers

Need to rescue an overly direct-sounding acoustic track? Looking to enhance the DI feed from a live recording or church streaming mix? The 914 IR Pack gives producers access to the sound of a guitar that has already been heard on hundreds of recordings and streamed billions of times worldwide.

Add depth, air, realism, and authentic microphone character to almost any acoustic DI source, whether you're mixing a studio production, a live album, or a weekend church service recording.

What's Included

• Individual IR captures from all seven microphones
• Multiple professionally crafted microphone blends
• Signature seven-microphone blend IR
• Custom captures of Anthony's 2005 Taylor 914ce
• Studio-grade preamp signal paths
• Optimized for LR Baggs Element pickups
• Multiple sample rates for maximum compatibility
• Multiple IR lengths for a wide range of hardware and software platforms
• Ready-to-use WAV files
• Compatible with virtually all modern IR loaders, modelers, plugins, and acoustic processing systems

Bring a Proven Studio Sound to Any Acoustic Rig

The 914 IR Pack captures the sound of a guitar that has already shaped hundreds of recordings and been heard billions of times around the world.

Whether you're a guitarist looking for a better direct tone, a worship leader leading from acoustic guitar, a front-of-house engineer refining a live mix, or a producer enhancing a recording, these captures deliver the sound of a professionally miked acoustic guitar with remarkable realism, detail, and musicality.

Combined with universal compatibility across modern hardware and software platforms, the 914 IR Pack makes it easier than ever to bring a proven studio acoustic sound to your stage, studio, and stream.

This isn't simply the sound of a great acoustic guitar. It's the sound of a proven instrument, captured through a custom-built process and made available for your entire workflow.

Take a listen to the demo audios below. The first audio is a DI performance, first played finger-style and then with a pick. The following are the actual IRs put over that DI signal.