Yeah, I'm absolutely aware that there are multiple factors altering the sound significantly, I'm just confused as to why the core essence of every sound I try to compare myself with, just sounds so vastly different.
And strings and pup height matters too.
Thanks for your effort! I think that he isn't mic'ing the sound of the Kemper in that video, it sounds as if he also just pushes his signal via Interface directly into his DAW. I could be wrong though.
Did you try out my own profile from my first post by chance? I used a high pass filter to get rid of all the rumbly low end frequencies to tighten the sound. The 6505 is sounded pretty compressed with a tube screamer in front by default, so I wasn't playing around with a compressor in the signal chain too much. I'm also trying to get the native sound of my Kemper as good as possible, to cover any scenarios where I'm not playing into my DAW post EQ's - for live purposes etc.
There is also a huge difference when using my Mayones 6-string vs my PRS 7-string guitar (tuned to Drop F#). Playing low tunings with relatively thin string gauges is a huge pain for me to correctly dialing in. It's very hard to get the right gain level in terms of needed saturation vs tightness. Also the mid range is incredibly difficult for me to properly equalize, without having a too scooped sound.
The other thing to remember is Ola is playing live. So his sound is being picked up by a mic and is probably running thru a compressor both for the Kemper directly and thru the mic.
So his:
- Guitar is different.
- Playing is different.
- Kemper tone is colored by the amp and speakers he is using being picked up by mics.
- Compressors.
- Slight reverb from room.
- Your pristine WAV file vs garbage YouTube compressed file.
High gain like this has very little low end because the low end can be twice as loud when you chug. He is picking up some low end thru his speakers and it is being compressed. This can add bass, fullness, and dynamics. He is also getting some bite/sizzle from the speakers.
Whenever I work high gain like this, the guitar is 90% of the sound. I would nail down his exact pickups.
I went down this rabbit hole with my Kemper also. Spent a year trying different things and finally gave up. Listened to V8Guitar and now I just play the thing. Dont worry about how close it sounds to some fairy tale sound
And I agree with Don, your sound is much better because it is missing all of the muddying things Olas recording has. And they still sound very similar to my (bad) ears.SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC
I started working on a VST myself. I have a THUMP parameter that adds a 150 Hz distorted EQ to add the fullness in Olas recordings. Playing live it sounds pretty good. The idea is to add that live bass and compression of a speaker and cab at volume.
Like you ,I felt my Kemper didnt sound like any recordings I heard so I came up with this as a possible fix. And to just make my VST sound more like an amp in the room.
As I said, live it sounds great. As BayouTexan will tell you, it probably sounds bad in a mix because you will have to lower your volume so much due to the giant bass peaks in the waveform. And I bet your sound is great in a mix, where Olas muddy compressed recording would sound bad.
EDIT:
I ran your WAVE thru my VST for giggles. I added THUMP (150Hz) and compression AFTER the THUMP. A touch of EQ to offset the THUMP. Sounds bigger.
So adding some low end to your sound and then running it thru some compression should get you closer to Olas video sound. IMHO.
NOTE: I am not trying to sell my VST garbage. It is not even ready for download yet. But getting closer everyday. The code and VST will be free on GitHub most likely.
