skoora":364c0v82 said:
So all the clips I've heard tend to stick with one tone or level of gain. How do the profiles succeed in capturing the gain taper of the amp and also volume rolloff on the guitar. I guess basically I'm wondering how does it profile all the possible knob tweaks on an amp. Like on a Tweed Fender where it gets swampier as you turn the bass up, not just fatter. Or the way the Master being maxed gives you that extra gain in a Hiwatt. Do you have to profile several settings to get one accurate final profile?
Only the AxeFx2 has the actual complete tone stacks of the amps modeled. The Kemper just profiles a snapshot of a particular amp setting.
You can only adjust the gain knobs of the Kemper so far from the profile before it starts sounding a little weird. This is why the Amp Factory that sells Kemper Profiles will have 8-15 of the same amp profile but each done at different amp settings. It seems to work for people though.
With all that said, because the Kemper profiles the amp+cab together as one profile, when the profile is good it is far more plug n play friendly than the Axe Fx.
Cliff fully models the amps in the Axe, but you are left with trying to match amps with cab IRs and it can be a pain to tweak them both together to sound totally organic. The fact that the Kemper essentially eq/matches the amp/cab together for you in a single profile is why so many people get better results much faster with the Kemper. Kinda like a factory Tube Amp+Cab just works together from the get go!
All of the same sounds are in the Axe-II for sure, plus with the actual amp tone stack adjustments. It's just more of a PITA for most users to wrap their heads around