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"What's up, legends?! Uh...I mean, wife!"I hope you are walking around the house permanently speaking in an Australian accent.
"What's up, legends?! Uh...I mean, wife!"I hope you are walking around the house permanently speaking in an Australian accent.
They could also use DI right? Or are you saying with merged one output can be to a "FRFR" and the other with cab disabled to your power amp?For the most accurate results you would want what they call a Merged Profile,
So as I understand it, a DI profile is made from the FX loop of an amp, so it only includes the preamp, not the power amp. A DA (Direct Amp) profile includes the preamp and power amp as the signal is taken between the amp and speaker cabinet. A Merged profile is made by combining a DA profile and a studio profile (the studio profile includes the mic'd cab). Whenever you merge a DA profile and a Studio profile the Kemper does the math and gives you the ability to send a DA signal to your guitar cab on stage and at the same time a Studio profile to the mains that includes the cab and mic(s).They could also use DI right? Or are you saying with merged one output can be to a "FRFR" and the other with cab disabled to your power amp?
Please, don't take this as a commentary upon the fractal line of products, because it's not. You can have trouble dialing in any type of component modeler.
Some people have it in them where they can dial in and tweak out great sounds very quickly and very easily. Others don't. For the ones that don't have that ability, finding profiles or captures is truly much easier.
In the mornings he wakes up and rolls over to his wife and says “Good morning Legend!”I hope you are walking around the house permanently speaking in an Australian accent.
I swear I replied with my comment before I saw yours. Too funny."What's up, legends?! Uh...I mean, wife!"
Here is a link to one of the most incredible tones I’ve ever heard, from the Axe FXII.
(I have watched this countless times, and if the Kemper could do it, I’d be in heaven!)
Awesome I'm sure you will enjoy your Kemper, and es we all go with what is best for our needs and wantsThank you EVERYONE for your contributions. I truly appreciate it!
I spent a ton of time researching Fractal and Kemper.
I have decided to go with the Kemper, for a few reasons:
1. I don’t ENJOY tweaking. I’m almost 50 years old, and spent my formative years playing through rack gear, combo amps, pedalboards, etc. I’m a “fiddle with the knobs until it sounds good” type of guy, and never ENJOYED any modeler I’ve ever had— various Boss GT units, Pods, Helix (x2), Vox Tonelab, V-Amps, J-Station, etc, etc. Too much time tweaking to get it to sound 90% close to “the real deal” just didn’t satisfy me. It may simply be that I am not skilled enough to know how to duplicate the sounds of my pedalboards and amps with modelers. That’s my fault, not the modeler’s.
I have NO DOUBT, NONE, that Fractal sounds as good or better than anything. However, I came across many videos featuring Kemper Profiles of amps like Fender Blackface and Silverface, 5150, Vintage Marshalls, where it sounded EXACTLY like the real amp!
I have yet to find a Fractal Video where the amp tone is IDENTICAL to what I have been used to playing. Not saying it isn’t POSSIBLE to create identical amp tones, I just couldn’t find those videos. I found many that showcased ambient sounds and delays/verbs which absolutely blew me away. However, I’m most interested in raw amp tones, with effects being secondary.
2. The Kemper is cheaper, and there is no wait to get one.
3. My favorite amp I have ever owned was a Gibson Lab Series L5. (Had two of them.) As a HUGE Ty Tabor fan, the fact that I can get profiles of this exact amp is amazing to me!
4. No lag when switching presets, and no NEED to create dual amp paths or use any programming hacks to make it happen; just instant channel switching.
Part of my style is sort of like Eric Johnson, where I like to switch back and forth between clean chording and high gain leads— like the intro to his first REH video.
So instant switching (EASY instant switching,) is a HUGE plus for me.
So, there’s my reasoning.
I think that I’ll be more pleased with the Kemper than any modeler I’ve ever owned. And if I can’t get the sound I want out of it, then there’s no point in trying anything else— I might just be an old fart with no technical aptitude!
I should get my Kemper by Friday, so with any luck, I’ll post back again next Saturday to share my thoughts.
Thanks again everyone, and I hope this new gear does it for me!
:)
The wife is also fed up of hearing me talk about the FM9 and watching every video about the FM9
My ex dealt with it for almost 15 years; I’d write “AxeFX” on every grocery list, it’d be the answer to every Jeopardy question, birthday gift idea lists, Christmas lists, I tried putting one on the wedding registry, I remember when I finally ordered it, “Does this mean you’re finally going to shut up about it, or is this going to make it worse?”
Awww... you mentioned the LAB. Easily my all-time favorite solid-state amps.Thank you EVERYONE for your contributions. I truly appreciate it!
I spent a ton of time researching Fractal and Kemper.
I have decided to go with the Kemper, for a few reasons:
1. I don’t ENJOY tweaking. I’m almost 50 years old, and spent my formative years playing through rack gear, combo amps, pedalboards, etc. I’m a “fiddle with the knobs until it sounds good” type of guy, and never ENJOYED any modeler I’ve ever had— various Boss GT units, Pods, Helix (x2), Vox Tonelab, V-Amps, J-Station, etc, etc. Too much time tweaking to get it to sound 90% close to “the real deal” just didn’t satisfy me. It may simply be that I am not skilled enough to know how to duplicate the sounds of my pedalboards and amps with modelers. That’s my fault, not the modeler’s.
I have NO DOUBT, NONE, that Fractal sounds as good or better than anything. However, I came across many videos featuring Kemper Profiles of amps like Fender Blackface and Silverface, 5150, Vintage Marshalls, where it sounded EXACTLY like the real amp!
I have yet to find a Fractal Video where the amp tone is IDENTICAL to what I have been used to playing. Not saying it isn’t POSSIBLE to create identical amp tones, I just couldn’t find those videos. I found many that showcased ambient sounds and delays/verbs which absolutely blew me away. However, I’m most interested in raw amp tones, with effects being secondary.
2. The Kemper is cheaper, and there is no wait to get one.
3. My favorite amp I have ever owned was a Gibson Lab Series L5. (Had two of them.) As a HUGE Ty Tabor fan, the fact that I can get profiles of this exact amp is amazing to me!
4. No lag when switching presets, and no NEED to create dual amp paths or use any programming hacks to make it happen; just instant channel switching.
Part of my style is sort of like Eric Johnson, where I like to switch back and forth between clean chording and high gain leads— like the intro to his first REH video.
So instant switching (EASY instant switching,) is a HUGE plus for me.
So, there’s my reasoning.
I think that I’ll be more pleased with the Kemper than any modeler I’ve ever owned. And if I can’t get the sound I want out of it, then there’s no point in trying anything else— I might just be an old fart with no technical aptitude!
I should get my Kemper by Friday, so with any luck, I’ll post back again next Saturday to share my thoughts.
Thanks again everyone, and I hope this new gear does it for me!
:)
Genuinely, back in the day I would keep myself awake with constant racing thoughts about the Axe FX II. That's just how my brain works.My ex dealt with it for almost 15 years; I’d write “AxeFX” on every grocery list, it’d be the answer to every Jeopardy question, birthday gift idea lists, Christmas lists, I tried putting one on the wedding registry, I remember when I finally ordered it, “Does this mean you’re finally going to shut up about it, or is this going to make it worse?”
Here is a link to one of the most incredible tones I’ve ever heard, from the Axe FXII.