Darkglass Vintage Deluxe

SteveFromBerlin · June 18, 2015 at 6:13 PM

Hi Guys,

I'm new to the world of Kemper and a proud owner of a Rack since yesterday. Wuhu!

I wanted to share my first profile with you guys... I own a Microbass Vintage Deluxe by Darkglass Electronics. It's Serial Number 100 but unfortunately starts humming like a real amplifier after a few minutes of playing. So I thought this would be a great opportunity to do my first profile.

You can see the settings I choose in the attached picture. I think the profile sounds 95% the same, a little less bottom end (which I compensated by adding EQ (2db at 50Hz) and a very little less Overdrive. Anyway, have fun with it and please let me know if you like it!

Ingolf · June 18, 2015 at 9:50 PM

Welcome and thanks for sharing!
Why not upload the profile to the RigExchange?

Raoul23 · June 18, 2015 at 10:18 PM

Thank you and welcome. Yeah like Ingolf said load it in to the Rig Exchange

Monkey_Man · June 18, 2015 at 10:50 PM

Thank you, welcome, and +1 on the upload thing!

It's nitpicking, but personally I'd not have boosted the bass; this is an area (50-100Hz) that I at least would have much preferred (as an engineer) to be able to make a decision on whilst mixing. The thinking is that if you boost something and then have to cut it later, it's a double-whammy against clarity and faithfulness to the original signal.

Sorry for that. Keen to get my mitts on bass profiles, so I'm truly grateful for your effort. Well done!

SteveFromBerlin · June 19, 2015 at 10:21 AM

Thanks for your comments guys,

I will definitely upload it as soon as I get my head around the Rig Manager. As for the 2db increase: You can just switch off the Studio EQ in the FX Slot and have the Original profile. I understand your point from a studio perspective. All I wanted to do is to have the profile as spot on as possible and that did it for me. I play a passive Jazz Bass that sounds great with a little more low end.

Gonna check out the Rig Manager know,

See ya!

Monkey_Man · June 20, 2015 at 6:00 PM

Aah... gotcha. Awesome, mate.

Interesting: I play Stingray 5 fretted and fretless, so I definitely won't be needing the extra bottom end!

Good luck uploading them, Steve. Fingers crossed...

paults · June 22, 2015 at 12:54 AM

Thanks!

Stemast · June 23, 2015 at 8:52 PM

Welcome and thank you for sharing the Darkstar profile!

lownotes28 · June 24, 2015 at 9:19 PM

Thanks for the darkstar profile. Sounds great!!