Hello guys, I need some help, please...
I've been trying to profile my amp for a few days, in a professional studio, and I'm very happy with the overall sound and dynamics, but I would like it a bit louder.
Here's my chain: I use an old Revox M3500 mic (dynamic) and a ribbon Shure ksm 313. Closed mic'd slightly off axis. The first goes into a Neve 1073 preamp and the second goes into an Api 512c. Both into an Apogee Symphony and ProTools. The Apogee out goes into the Kemper return and the Kemper send into my Dangelo amp input (Italian boutique amp). The KPA balanced out into the DAW for monitoring.
The amplifier is set on the sweet spot and the mic preamps are set nice and hot, on protools I have the master fader at 0db (clip at 0db). When I profile I use a reference amp that I like, maybe similar to the amp's tone I'm going to profile, and I try to match the Return level for similar volumes, turning it up a bit, with attention to the input light: always green! This way, though, it happens that the KPA gives error, it says the amp is too loud, so I keep the Return level as suggested naturally by the Kemper (usually -25/-30), the sound matches with the reference amp anyway, maybe a bit softer, but not too much... I go ahead profiling, but at the end, after store it and name it, the new profile's volume is lower than the reference amp! I tried also to experiment bringing the return level way higher, but the KPA gives always error!
I've been experimenting only doing clean and break-up tones...
Guys, can you help me understanding why I can't make a nice and "loud" profile, comparable to our favs TAF, MBritt, etc? What's your experience with profiling?
I'm very happy with the sounds I'm making and I know can do much better practicing and trying loads of new profiles, but for the volume I really don't understand why I can't increase it! It's not the most important thing, I know, but it bothers me, a lot!
Thank you very much!
BTW here's one of the profile I made, which I love!!