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I agree, just exaggerating for effect

They should call the Digital/Modeling section on TGP the Peterson/Zentman section.

Quoted from "ampjunkie"

The one great thing I have recently seen is that David Torn is using the KPA, and he's pretty enthusiastic about it. His KPA clips are awesome. The TGP moderators (many who are FAS fanboys) don't dare try to question him on his opinions as he's a *true* professional musician with plenty of experience and awareness of great tone.

I think I'll end the bashing on this thread as was mentioned earlier and focus on the product.

BTW, with the new firmware and lots of profiles loaded, how long does it take to boot?

I timed it yesterday with both factory rig packs, the latest firmware and the entire Amp Factory bundle installed: 44 seconds. While that might seem long to some, by the time I get situated in my studio, computer booted and my analog synths up to temperature, the KPA's been booted for minutes. Of course, I won't keep all the factory, or Amp Factory rigs on my machine... but they've been so fun and great sounding I'm having trouble figuring which ones I want to keep. Eventually though I'm sure I'll weed out the ones I won't use or that sound too similar. At any rate, boot up time hasn't been an issue.

As for Torn's sound... people might hit me, but while I love his music... I generally find his guitar sound to be horrible. It seems like he dials out all the middle juice and your left with low and some grating fizzy highs. Don't get me wrong, I really love his music and I have most of it on CD, but every time I listen to it I wish I could go back and re-engineer it to give the guitar sound more body. To each their own I guess.

His oud stuff sonds phenomenal though.

DT's use of the KPA is creative. With that said, his present guitar sound choices are not my favorite. Too much farty bass and fuzz with no smoothness anywhere.

I think the best sound he had was on his CD "Cloud About Mercury" many years ago. I think he was using a Klein Electric and a Pearce SS amp. That combo is awesome ...

Quoted from "ampjunkie"

DT's use of the KPA is creative. With that said, his present guitar sound choices are not my favorite. Too much farty bass and fuzz with no smoothness anywhere.

I think the best sound he had was on his CD "Cloud About Mercury" many years ago. I think he was using a Klein Electric and a Pearce SS amp. That combo is awesome ...

Yeah, I have Cloud About Mercury... and a guy I used to do gigs with had the same Pearce, though he played a Steinberger into it... that was all the rage in the early 90s... I still love my Steinberger and I was down for that SS amp craze, but ended up with an Ampeg SC140, but even on Cloud About Mercury I didn't like his tone that much. Too shrill. Just my personal taste.

I wish someone would profile a Pearce. The friend I was talking about works at Sweetwater where I got my Kemper. I asked him to profile his for me but he politely declined. I can't seem to find anyone who's got that Ampeg either. God I love the sound of those amps.

Oh, btw, this is another friend of mine who had the Pearce/Steinberger combo. I took lessons from him in the 90s. Good times.

http://soundcloud.com/crowsong/08-underground

Don't leave out and44, audioholic, and Dada, In the first five pages there are 27 Kemper threads and 28 Axe threads. Scott doesn't shut down Kemper threads he shuts down threads where people start arguing and slinging mud.
I personally think the Kemper is an exceptional product and have done nothing but post praises about it since I first heard about it May 2011. I want one but a rack would really work for me.
I post about the Axe because I have one. If I had a Pod HD or a Kemper I would probably post about those too.
I really didn't think posting the aliasing test thing was a good idea at all. I don't hear anything but great clips from the Kemper. If it has some weird aliasing thing I don't think anybody cares because it just sounds so damn good.
Heck I even made a thread comparing my clip with Valtiel's Dr Z and stating his had a magic I couldn't get.

Quoted from "hoth"

They should call the Digital/Modeling section on TGP the Peterson/Zentman section.

Very fair, Zentman. Thanks for that!

Quoted from "zentman"

Don't leave out and44, audioholic, and Dada, In the first five pages there are 27 Kemper threads and 28 Axe threads. Scott doesn't shut down Kemper threads he shuts down threads where people start arguing and slinging mud.
I personally think the Kemper is an exceptional product and have done nothing but post praises about it since I first heard about it May 2011. I want one but a rack would really work for me.
I post about the Axe because I have one. If I had a Pod HD or a Kemper I would probably post about those too.
I really didn't think posting the aliasing test thing was a good idea at all. I don't hear anything but great clips from the Kemper. If it has some weird aliasing thing I don't think anybody cares because it just sounds so damn good.
Heck I even made a thread comparing my clip with Valtiel's Dr Z and stating his had a magic I couldn't get.

Quoted from "hoth"

They should call the Digital/Modeling section on TGP the Peterson/Zentman section.

I read almost every word at TGP's "Digital and Modeling Gear" section, and can verify, what Zentman says is true.
He is always praising the KPA, and puts much effort into being as fair, and objective as possible.
I enjoy his posts, and have learned a lot from him.

Quoted from "zentman"

Don't leave out and44, audioholic, and Dada, In the first five pages there are 27 Kemper threads and 28 Axe threads. Scott doesn't shut down Kemper threads he shuts down threads where people start arguing and slinging mud.
I personally think the Kemper is an exceptional product and have done nothing but post praises about it since I first heard about it May 2011. I want one but a rack would really work for me.
I post about the Axe because I have one. If I had a Pod HD or a Kemper I would probably post about those too.
I really didn't think posting the aliasing test thing was a good idea at all. I don't hear anything but great clips from the Kemper. If it has some weird aliasing thing I don't think anybody cares because it just sounds so damn good.
Heck I even made a thread comparing my clip with Valtiel's Dr Z and stating his had a magic I couldn't get.

Quoted from "hoth"

They should call the Digital/Modeling section on TGP the Peterson/Zentman section.

Yeah, a rack would work better for me also.....but, I'm sure glad I didn't wait until next year to get one. The darned *lunchbox* is SUPERB!