Lot’s of clean kemper tones once we get past the first verses. (all my own profiles) and even lead bass through kemper. I hope this will put a smile on your faces.
Do you think it is because it is class D? I have a Fryette Powetstation. Maybe I should try that instead of the Duncan PS170.
Perhaps. Though i have no idea what class that old poweramp is.
I have a mk 1 rack and a mk 2 powerrack. I ran the mk 1 through an opscure old polish poweramp.
I am reverting back to using that power amp. The amp in the powerrack is plenty loud, however it doesn’t have any oomph to it. I can’t explain it better than that.
Add in a delay to the chorused sound. Personally that’s the thing i miss the most. Even my old roland gx-700 had that and delaying the chorused 40ms sounds fantastic.
But alas, been asking for that the last 8-10 years…..
Just a hunch, as i’ve had musicians in the studio who fell into the following trap with EMG pickups:
Change the battery in the guitar.
Can mk 1 profiles (on a mk 2 unit) “extrapolate”/approximate into “fake” mk 2 profiles, to make better use of the improved dynamics?
Today my duo, with long time friend, release our first single.
I could never stand the noiseless from Fender. The old Lace Sensor were great though....
Sensor gold in the neck, sensor silver in the mid, and something hotter in the bridge, and you have yourself a real good set of pickups.
With all the talk of v2 profiling i just had the following experience: I bought the John Mayer Archetype Plugin. The default preset is insanely good, so i thought, what the heck, might as well try to profile it. And it came out great. Really great. No chance i will have to redo that when v2 arrives. The thing is, to get that sound it’s not just the raw amp and the guitar (and the fingers). It’s also good to look behind the scenes and replicate the sping reverb and the slapback that sits before the amp.
Anyway, yet a positive thread.
Try this. (Even if it affects the foh sound as well). High cut at 6500hz.
A question about the new adjustments possible on mk 2 profiles: Will we be able to use things like the eq-curve on mk 1 profiles, or will these adjustments be “greyed out”?
Kemper has clearly stated there is no tonal difference and nobody has provided any clips to demonstrate a difference. I'm sure you can understand why people would be uncertain what to conclude from that.
I don’t mean to be rude, but there is no point in this circular discussion. It’s a carbon copy of the one we had months ago and it makes no difference to me what people believe or do not believe.
If Drjoeljr is right and the difference can't be heard, then it must be a very minor change in the analog components, perhaps due to age. If there was a distinct difference, I would expect to hear many reports of it and Kemper would be announcing there has been an improvement. I've only seen 2 or 3 people here on the forum reporting they've noticed a change.
Ofcourse it can be heard. Otherwise there would be nothing to notice 
Not every nuance and improvement can be observed by recording to a Daw and then compressing it and playing it back. The subtle differences are very noticeable thru speakers in the room. I don't think it will translate entirely to the 100s of different ways people would listen back.
I don't think anyone is saying that the sound and tone is drastically improved, but there is definite clarity and dynamic feel that I didn't have on my Mk1. My guitars sound and react better with MK2. I think all recordings will do is light fire to argumentive discussion and dismissive comments.
Isn't interesting though, how many that have adopted MK2 equipment are relating the same experience? I think that is stronger than an AB through a DAW.
I actually had to get through a few gigs to really get comfy with the greater dynamics and clarity.
I think he's asking for someone to share audio examples that everyone can listen to.
Which is understandable. However my mk1 now lives in my studio and my mk2 lives in my live rig, and since i’ve already posted waveforms from a test with a looper in front of them before they “went their seperate ways”, i will not get around to doing more than that. It is a non-issue to me, so not worth spending time on.
Others have said something similar, including Kim_Olesen in post 289 of this thread:
What you are both saying sounds like a difference in gain staging to me, as if the Mk II has slightly less input gain by default from the DI. Can you get the same sound if you raise the input gain slightly?
Actually that’s what i said already when i first mentioned it. Although to me it sounds like a combination of slightly less hot input, and better AD converters in the output, hence the improved clarity.
And, as i’ve said before many times, it is a non issue to me. Not worth tinkering with.
It would be cool if someone from here who owns both units would make a comp video. (if they are careful to check that the global and output and any other settings are the same so it is an apples to apples comparison.
I already did a comparison. The mk 1 and mk 2 racks sound ever so slightly different. Small enough of a difference for it not to matter, but on breakup-ish sounds the breakup was slightly less on the mk2. The higher the gain, the less of a difference.
Most expression pedals can be tightened a bit, so they move less easy when the stage is very resonant. I have to do that once every third-ish year.
Better to get it right, than to get it out faulty.
