Posts by lespauled

  • How much better are 2.0 Profiles than v1?

    As one who has been considering "upgrading" to the MKII, I have over 1000 profiles of my amps from the MKI. One thing I keep fighting with is "what am I really gaining, going to an MKII?" Is there a difference in the MKI profile to the original amp? Yes, there is a slight mid bump in some MKI profiles. This can be basically dialed out with an EQ in the mixer when profiling. Dial in the amp to your sound with the EQ off. Record your amp onto one track, then record the profile of the same amp, settings, etc. Do a tone match EQ in your DAW of the Kemper track into the direct track. Take that EQ, and add it to the EQ for the mixer. It's not a perfect solution, but it minimizes the mid bump.

    Another question I fight with is "Can I justify the price for the difference, especially since I have more profiles that I will ever use." I would say with high confidence that there is no way anyone would notice a difference "in the mix."

    That's my quandary at the time. If nobody, but maybe me, would notice, what's the point?

  • Disappointed with the new update

    I am also in IT, and I don't fly off the handle when an update has issues. I usually just post my findings, trying to be as descriptive as possible to help the developer isolate the issue in the code.

    Overall, bugs happen. There are things you can do to minimize bugs, but there is no magic wand that you can wave and the software will be bug free.

    With that said, I have reverted back to OS13 because of the issues with the beta. I might be in the minority, but I felt that there was a change in classic profiles. Being that I have well over 1000 classic profiles, I won't be updating until I read that classic profiles sound like they always have.

  • OS14 / Things we've moved to keep the main thread clean

    Quote from Eddiebaby

    Check out his follow up video where he explains that this is how the real Marshall sounds and how to dial it in.
    The problem with Liquid Profiling is that if you don’t save a tweaked version then everything is set up with its as captured. It is usually recommended to have gain on full and all tone controls at 12.

    Not many real amps sound great like that, the `purple `plexi certainly doesn’t, but profiling it like that lets you get closer to the full range of sounds that amp can get.


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    For the life of me, I don't understand how he dials in amps. I've had 2 Plexis over the years, and they didn't sound anything like he dials them in. If you listen to recordings, they don't sound anything like he dials them in.

  • Pure Booster in the X slot?

    Quote from BayouTexan

    On the last few tracks I've recorded, I place the Pure Booster after the stack and have it set at +1.6. My tones seem to be really jumping out in the mix, and I am now doing this on every profile. I like it! Does doing this over raising the rig volume allow more clean character to come through?

    Been doing this for years. For some reason the profile just comes to life.

  • Why did you get your first Kemper Profiler?

    For many years, I have been going from modeler to modeler and then doing my best to make it sound like my monster rig that was getting too cumbersome to bring to gigs. I starting looking for other options, and have been leaning towards the Kemper. What made me jump on the Kemper train was this video from Andertons. I immediately sold a few pieces of gear and bought the Kemper, and have never looked back.

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  • Re amping help please

    I run my Kemper via XLR and SPDIF to the Focusrite 18i20. The XLR out is for the full Kemper sound, and the SPDIF is for the DI signal.

    In my DAW, I record 2 channels, a DI and the full sound, each has its own input. In the DAW, I create a ReAmp Bus, who's output is set to the Focusrite USB out, which goes back to the Kemper.

    For each DI channel, the output of that channel is to the ReAmp bus, and each channel is muted, including the ReAmp bus.

    When I want to reamp, I unmute the DI I want as well as the reamp bus. I set the input on the Kemper to Reamp SPDIF. At that point, I get the reamped signal from the Kemper, which I can record into another channel.

  • Profiling 1 is awesome, can't imagine how great 2.0 will be

    Although I will be getting the MKII soon, I'm not overwhelmed by the new profiling. What will be really gain? Maybe 5% better closer than MKI? Will we ever hear it in the mix? No. Will we hear it as tone chasers? Probably. Will an audience ever care? Absolutely not.

    I'm more getting it for future abilities, more so than profiling. Although the current profiling seems to add more mids on higher gain sounds, they are easily dialed out.

  • Liquid Profiling in Rig Manager

    If you're talking about making a non-liquid profile and add a tone stack after, you would leave the settings at noon for your profile. The reason being that the settings are burned into the profile at the time of the profile creation. Once you add the tone stack/Amp model, the knobs will work relative to the stored settings. If you change the settings, you are changing the sound of the original profile, since they were stored as the default values.

  • Cannot make studio profiles

    I had this exact problem a few years ago, and Customer Service was extremely helpful in diagnosing that I had some kind of noise that was making the profiler think it was a DI profile. Open a ticket, and they will get back to you. You will end up sending them a profile, and they will analyze it, and come back with a reason, along with some tips on what to look for in your signal chain.

  • Transpose has bleed

    This is a common complaint with any transpose pedal. The most common solution is to play louder to drown out the acoustic sound of your guitar. As far as headphones picking up the acoustic sound, make sure the cable is not hitting the guitar, that usually helps that issue.

  • Best way to pitch shift?

    For many years I used a Digitech Drop pedal. It was on my board for many years. Just within the last 2 weeks, I bought a Boss XS-1 and I did an A/B comparison using a JHS Switchback pedal to switch between, and the Boss XS-1 won hands down. It replaced the Digitech Drop immediately after doing 2 tests, just to make sure my ears heard what I thought they heard the day before.

  • Harley Benton Thunder 99: what's Your opinon?

    I don't own one, but I wonder if my fairly long journey with power amps might shed some light.

    Originally, I started with a 44 Caliber pedal, and immediately noticed that as I turned the pedal up, it introduced more gain to the signal. Definitely not a clean power amp. I went through several different ones, and all had the same issue. I must have gone through about 6 or 7 different ones back then. The game changer was when I got the Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170. I vividly remember testing it on my back deck with a friend, and it was clean all the way through ear splitting sounds. I then plugged in a Friedman BE overdrive pedal in front of the SD, and it was amazing. I cranked the 170 at 4ohms all the way up, and my friend walked down the block. When he got to the next corner, he called me, and said it sounded like he was standing next to the cabinet. He walked 2 blocks down, and called me saying that it sounded like a festival was playing on the block.


    I guess the takeaway is that if it's clean power, grab it. If it adds gain to your signal, I would pass.