Kemper to Fractal?

[DanTravis62]

Yeah, I never could get the Fractual to sound how I really wanted. The QC captures to me are much better. It wasn't perfect, the Fractal was plenty fine if you just want something that works.

I think the fractal can sound great - VESMedic has some really good demos with fractal models

That being said, when I had axefx I got caught in a doom loop of endlessly tweaking things over and over and could never get things to sound how I wanted either.

I vastly prefer the format of "profiling" snapshots of specific amps and miced sounds, it just seems more intuitive to me as far as the way I see tones and use them

 

[the rossness]

I'm not knocking you or anything but did I read that right?

"I have over 10k paid profiles on it and tbh, most sound line 1980’s retro-digital to my ears."

Paid over $10K of real money for profiles?

again, just asking for clarification

Over $10k??? No. Over 10k profiles, yes.

Back in the day, I bought a black-box of profiles listed on eBay. It was like like 7k profiles for $100. The rest I bought myself. I have STL, lots of choptonrs, big hairy guitars. All the big/ known profile guys.
I think the last pack I bought was Boutique tones Mezzabarba, which sound great for lead but kinda meh otherwise.

 

[chumbucket]

Something was always off for me, but I couldn’t figure out what it was until the newer machine learning devices came out. That showed me it was all in the aggressiveness of the pick attack and immediate punchy feel.

ToneX and NAM are great. I also just bought some NDSP plugins, and they also have a better feel. It has me wondering if I should look at a QC Mini. I am pretty deep with ToneX though. I have made hundreds of captures of all my tube gear. I use it more as a plugin than the pedals.

The QC Mini looks like a very cool device but they are essentially unobtanium at this point. Unless you score a used one, you could be 3-6 months out on a waiting list.

 

[the rossness]

Part of me is interested in the tweakability if Fractal. For example, I think I could pair an AC30’s preamp section with a Diezel Herbert’s poweramp. Its not actially a tone I’m going for, but just a bizarre way to describe how I hear fractal stuff functions.

Aldo running 2 amps at the same time seems interesting.

 

[Shask]

The QC Mini looks like a very cool device but they are essentially unobtanium at this point. Unless you score a used one, you could be 3-6 months out on a waiting list.

Yeah, I noticed that as I started looking into it. Oh well, I am not in a hurry, lol.

I have actually kind of been going through a personal dilemma. Since I got into ToneX, and more recently, a couple NDSP plugins, I am starting to question the need for a hardware modeler since I dont play out. My computer can do anything a hardware unit can do, but better. If I want to play hardware, I would rather play my tubes in the room. It has me wondering if a hardware modeler is even needed these days if you dont play out. Why have a $1000+ box sitting on your desk to plug it into the computer, when the computer can do the same thing....