Kemper Profiling Amp

[Audioholic]

there are new profiles going up everyday, probalby like 10 a day. the cool thing is that they are not like "tweaked" versions of patches, they are fresh new takes on an amp and recording chain, I dig it. .yeah I seriously want to punch a few axe crazy peeps in the face, it actually makes posting about the kemper on TGP less desirable to me, which is why I have pretty much just stayed here and shared my thoughts and clips, not really trying to sell it, but just to show what it can do and of course say I am happy so far! on the kemper forum, there is talk about the axe FX, but it seems much more fair, and without being so crazed about one piece of gear and creator. really great sharing community so far with patches. I hope it stays that way.

I could not even come close to justify the price of jumping the line on the Axe, 2600 or 2700 hundred bucks? no way. even with coupon its more then what I want to spend. The kemper was at the top of my price range and I had to sell stuff to get it, but since I am not relying on fx or stuff to get or polish a patch, just looking for pure raw sound, so far it is a keeper. Great that cliff is going all gungho, the patch he posted of the kemper diezel didn't sound like what I got, so not sure if he eq'd it or what but it sounded flatter and processed. Cool for those who have the Axe II already though, much less reason to jump ship, and cliff is a competitive sucker. I would hate to play against him in sports cause he would probably whine like a little girl if he lost. haha just kidding.

I can't imagine why'd he'd tone match an awful tone. Both the clips sounds like a modeler. A bad one at that. Way better clips of the Kemper, and even the AxeFX than that. I'm kind of surprised no one has said anything about it.

Is that the same profile that you have? How can it be that bad and that good in two recordings? I don't get it.

You can't even get to the Fractal site anymore.

Kudos to Cliff for tone matching a shit tone. It's a victory...I guess.

yes I guess it is the exact patch I posted of the Diezel in the high gain examples thread. they don't sound the same to me. Cliff's sounds more processed, strange.. I did nothing to the patch but plug my guitar in and hit record, not sure why ours sounds so different. Maybe he eq'd it to make his matching work better? who knows

 

[War Admiral]

I still can't get my head wrapped around how this thing works...it profiles an amps characteristiques I understand but once profiled how can it respond to your playing like the real amp does?? With your attack etc. manipulating tonal subtleties with your picking and fretting...like you can do with the real amp...I don't get it. Just banging out chords to give the Kemper an idea how an amp sounds is one thing but then being able to "know" how a real tube amp will react is another

 

[Rogue]

yes I guess it is the exact patch I posted of the Diezel in the high gain examples thread. they don't sound the same to me. Cliff's sounds more processed, strange.. I did nothing to the patch but plug my guitar in and hit record, not sure why ours sounds so different. Maybe he eq'd it to make his matching work better? who knows

There is another clean tone matching clip posted. I assume from the Kemper. Worst tone I've ever heard from it, or perhaps anything. it sounds like a straight guitar signal.

I guess you have to start matching crap tones and work your way up.

 

[Rogue]

I still can't get my head wrapped around how this thing works...it profiles an amps characteristiques I understand but once profiled how can it respond to your playing like the real amp does?? With your attack etc. manipulating tonal subtleties with your picking and fretting...like you can do with the real amp...I don't get it. Just banging out chords to give the Kemper an idea how an amp sounds is one thing but then being able to "know" how a real tube amp will react is another

People are claiming that it does, or is close. I have no idea how that's possible. I suspect after some time has been spent on the unit and comparisons it will become clearer the differences.

For the short term, it sounds pretty good.