Guys,
I've now spent a ludicrous amount of time experimenting and still cannot achieve the following type of classic 80's tone with the KPA for direct recording. Listen carefully to gain, the complex midrange and snarl.
This is a JCM800 with a LesPaul and a small boost on the front end, and the usual post studio mixing carving, there is nothing else out of the ordinary. I can essentially reproduce this using a real rig no problem (for decades now).
PLEASE enlighten me as to any KPA settings, a profile, or something, that can reach this tone because as it stands right now I am concluding the KPA is entirely incapable of achieving this sound. My inclination is that, besides some possible logic shortfalls, it is likely due to the KPA's acknowledged limitation of not being able to profile/replicate both preamp and power stage distortion. Most everything I have tried thus far sounds fake having a strange gain structure compared to this clip's type of tone. Similar to gain elements I've heard out of digital modelers of the past.
Advice welcome,, clips welcome. However this thread is not for a debate. If you disagree on what I said above then prove it by providing clips. As of this moment I am sadly and reluctantly convinced the KPA simply cannot get there.
Respectfully,
Sonic