EDIT: Since I can't post in the 'link your music' subforum, despite having registered my unit (just now) I'm assuming it's a moderator thing rather than automated. No matter as it's not my music anyways
So I've had the kemper for a week now and have been debating on whether to return the unit to get my money back. After reamping several old projects I was finding everything to more or less sound overly dark and muffled, and the kemper'ed tracks haven't exactly 'dropped into the mix' for me. Even after efforts in remixing the entire song, it was beginning to prove aggravating for me. More aggravation than I needed tbh.
So I decided to start out a fresh project earlier today (one not of my own songs, as I'd be far too critical on it) and basically record and mix everything from the ground up. I quickly discovered that I needed to revisit the way I go about editing every element. Also how I probably need to go back and rewrite a few things in my own work too
I had to exercise RESTRAINT! In the past I would mangle and tear apart otherwise good sounding instruments, in order to mold their sound around my guitars that were previously running simulations (amp sims). I'm finding myself making more critical mix decisions, in addition to refraining from editing an item's sound too much. All-in-all I'm beginning to have an image in my head that's much more coherent in the grand scheme of things now that I'm not too caught up in fighting with the guitars' overall sound and tone.
Still not quite happy with the mix (and I need to go about balancing a few things (No doubt I'll mix it down even further)), but I'm getting there - perhaps I'm just fatigued so I'm gonna take a break for now. Let me know what you think of it Certainly not as dark as the original from the album, but overall I think it's coming together well enough.
Even so, hearing this playback - I'm kinda itching to record its vocals too xD
Having registered the unit, I guess it's safe to say that it's here to stay Especially in light of the new approach, the guitars have at most, only a few dbs of eq in some of the more troublesome frequencies TOTAL. It was more a matter of mixing the drums and bass to sit deeper into their own domain.
Anyone else who once found themselves in a similar predicament at first?