
stratotone
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thegame":2tvbl8ho said:Interesting, thanks. The way I see it, presence/treble/mid/bass are for adjusting to personal preference, and equally importantly, adjusting to room acoustics. Any amp needs to be EQ'd to the room, let alone profiling it by itself, and then having that profile live with competing instruments. Those aforementioned settings on the profiled amp may need to be substantially tweaked when the Kemper is brought to a different environment, and if the Kemper cannot change those variables the same way, then you're going to get further and further from the original amp sound.
Here's a scenario for you:
I'm using a real tube amp. I'm in the studio. I just recorded a killer track, and during the mix the guitar just isn't bright enough.
Are they going to add eq at the board/mixer, or are they going to make me recut the track and add a little presence on the amp?

Same concept at a gig. I could give an ant fart on a windy day whether or not adding presence acts just like the amp that I modeled, as long as it adds presence to the tone and helps me get the sound I want.