Mongillo19
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As in not using LP at all or just adding LP to old profiles?And so far I’m just using older profiles not new ones made with liquid profiling.
As in not using LP at all or just adding LP to old profiles?And so far I’m just using older profiles not new ones made with liquid profiling.
As in not using LP at all or just adding LP to old profiles?
Michael Wagener is nodding somewhere. (If memory serves, he was a fan of using the device on recordings.)For anyone with a minute to spare to get a tone, Kemper has been gigworthy for shows and mission critical recordings since over ten years. Each significant update has elevated its convenience and broadened its appeal among nitpickers, while touring and recording artists were too busy using the device to make money playing music to complain about hypothetical feature sets. Hey, if you have a great studio setup with nice mics and iconic amps, yes that’s even easier than digital. But not a panacea, since it always boils down to a point of view, attitude and maybe chops. Anyway the update is cool. More the merrier. But there was never a “harsh eq”, and many will continue to use the legacy controls which often improve on what the source amps are able to achieve with their own tone stacks. LP is a neat concept, and it’ll have its applications. So, good on Kemper. It’s a great company. Or use the many alternatives. But this box has always sounded good.
Can confirm it’s more useful turning down the gain especially with amps that have bright caps. It’s not modeling gain but it seems to be modeling how the bright cap works and maybe interacts with the tone stack?
Before it was more like a generic clean, now it sounds more like a good cleaner version of the amp.
Regardless I’m spending way less time fussing with the amps than before. And so far I’m just using older profiles not new ones made with liquid profiling.
Adding it to old profiles. Mostly MBritt. At this point it’s find something that has a good overall tone with max gain you’d use and then convert and tweak the gain/eq a bit.
Yesterday I was ready to trade/sell my Kemper
This morning I snagged a used Remote really cheap off the GC website
If that tells you anything
On the other hand most amps, especially older non-MV ones, with the max gain sound pretty different from what they sound at more "normal" settings, so I have my doubts how well it will scale back and represent the sound of the amp.^^ This ^^ .. had a thought and I think the give-away is in the "how to best do a ground up L.P" instructions .... ie: by setting the Gain on 10/max ... the Kemper will "see" and "know" and "profile" the full real gain of the Amp ... given reducing the Gain on a Profile has never been an issue .... the traditional Gain "authenticity" problem is solved ... along with also solving the EQ "authenticity" of the current 40 or so Amp Channels ... such a simple and elegant solution ... the guy is a freakin' genius :)
I think the videos Ben has been sharing do this? If I understand what you are looking forI've yet to see a comparison of "profile with gain on 4-6" vs "liquid profile made with gain on 10 and rolled back to 4-6
On the other hand most amps, especially older non-MV ones, with the max gain sound pretty different from what they sound at more "normal" settings, so I have my doubts how well it will scale back and represent the sound of the amp.
I've yet to see a comparison of "profile with gain on 4-6" vs "liquid profile made with gain on 10 and rolled back to 4-6".
I think the videos Ben has been sharing do this? If I understand what you are looking for
There are few good videos yet on liquid profiling which is surprising. Clearly Kemper doesn't have any kind of guerilla advertising budget...
I'm going to see if I can figure out how to record my screen to do a quick demo and recording.
Wait, are you Felicia?I lost interest in this about 5 minutes after I created the thread
Okay, first YouTube video in over a decade. Caveat that I have no idea how to make videos and really don't have any equipment. Maybe I can make that a goal for 2024.
Basically just trying to show the differences between the old generic profiles and liquid profiles and how easy it is to work with.
Okay, first YouTube video in over a decade. Caveat that I have no idea how to make videos and really don't have any equipment. Maybe I can make that a goal for 2024.
Basically just trying to show the differences between the old generic profiles and liquid profiles and how easy it is to work with.
Whether it’s 100% accurate or not, it does seem that Kemper succeeded in creating a device that just sounds good to many people.
I think once their current hardware becomes obsolete, it’ll still be used because some people love the character of how it sounds, like any other good amp.
I think of Kemper more as a capture device that is “heavily inspired” by what you capture, but still flavored with its own sonic fingerprint. If that fingerprint sucked, it’d be a problem, but the underlying core models are pleasing to many users.
Yeah it's kinda funny how a device, that technically fails at what it is meant to do, becomes its own thing where people just like how it sounds and feels.Whether it’s 100% accurate or not, it does seem that Kemper succeeded in creating a device that just sounds good to many people.
I think once their current hardware becomes obsolete, it’ll still be used because some people love the character of how it sounds, like any other good amp.
I think of Kemper more as a capture device that is “heavily inspired” by what you capture, but still flavored with its own sonic fingerprint. If that fingerprint sucked, it’d be a problem, but the underlying core models are pleasing to many users.
They say "comparison is the thief of joy"