Ok so i've had the Kemper a little while now and for someone who loves real tube amps I think this is the tits! Great sound, very useful for many different things blah blah kemper is awesome
Anyway i've just had my second attempt at trying to profile one of my heads and i got the same result as the first time i tried.... it sounds like arse! No really it sounds like the gain has been maxed out and it was recorded with the neck pickups and the tone pot on when it wasn't. I've followed the instruction manual, i've watched numerous tutorials online and i've tried some of my own ideas but still rubbish.
So here is what I did and there are audio clips below for your scrutiny:
- Set up my Peavey XXX into my Orange 2x12 and got the tone.
- Then mic'ed it up with an SM57 and an e906 and got the mic sounds and preamp levels in Pro Tools sounds wicked.
- Then I hooked up the Kemper as per the very simple instructions and completed the profiling process.
- When comparing to the reference amp my tones sound like arse.
- I did this with the following two signal chains but got the same results:
1) Guitar into Kemper Input > Kemper DI Out into XXX > XXX into Cab > SM57 into Audient ASP008 > ASP008 output into Kemper Return > Kemper Main Out into PT via ASP008
2) Guitar into Kemper Input > Kemper DI Out into XXX > XXX into Cab > SM57 into Kemper Return > Kemper Main Out into PT via ASP008
Here are the results:
Guitar directly into XXX > SM57 > ASP008 > PT
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vzlkebmjn8yd6gy/XXX Amp SM57.mp3?dl=0
Guitar into Kemper > Kemper profile of amp into Mesa 2x12 > SM57 > ASP008 > PT
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vebc6n2aw9pa9q/XXX Kemper Miced cab SM57.mp3?dl=0
Guitar into Kemper > Kemper profile of amp > Kemper Main Out > PT
https://www.dropbox.com/s/si2vcqx4y0l36ex/XXX Kemper Profile.mp3?dl=0
I've tried this both at High Amp volumes and low amp volumes and get the same results, but all other profiles that i've downloaded sound wicked so i'm confused as to where i'm going wrong.
Any advice or ideas welcome, hopefully i've just missed something simple. Cheers!