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Armin

Professional

Posts: 1,242

Thursday, January 5th 2012, 7:51pm

Refine a profile

As we all know the last step in the profiling process (after the automatic stuff) is by playing some guitar chords.
At least do some videos and the manual ask us to play some simple chords - and that is not working for me.

I found during the creation of AxeFx II profiles that in some cases I prefer the AxeFx sound over the profile - even after a lot of 'refining'.

And even worse - in case I like the profile when I play chords - some profiles sound thin when I play higher single notes.

For whatever reason does the following procedure help to fix this problem.

1) profile
2) press 'refine'
3) Play for about 15 seconds some lead lines in about the 12 fret
4) Play some basic chords for about 15 seconds
5) Play some muted power chords (I use D-Bb-C-G)
6) While the last power chord rings - press 'Finish'

This procedure was the only way to get the sound 'right' for both chords and high lead lines

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Dimebug

Trainee

Posts: 72

Thursday, January 5th 2012, 8:41pm

Seriously interesting,
i also noticed that for soloing, the gain seriously goes down, not that the sound turns thin, but the way the amp react isn't like a real amp, there's less compression and the gain seems to be reduced. the sound seems "sucked" when "all the availiable power sould be concentrated" on the single note. It's even more noticable on fast playing.
maybe, whenrefining, there should be a chord step, then a "play some single notes" step. This could help users.

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luntho

Professional

Posts: 750

Location: Sweden

Thursday, January 5th 2012, 9:04pm

Great tip, thanx!

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mDan

Intermediate

Posts: 405

Location: Germany - Frankfurt

Thursday, January 5th 2012, 11:17pm

Great advice ... I'm doing my refining in a similar way

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rockinmunky

Beginner

Posts: 36

Thursday, January 5th 2012, 11:42pm

Tomorrow im going to make my first Profile.
This will help alot. Thank you, for this advice.

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sheguitarplayer

Intermediate

Posts: 436

Location: Berwick upon Tweed, UK

Friday, January 6th 2012, 8:46am

Nice one Armin

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schneidas

Master

Posts: 1,834

Location: Athens, Greece

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 3:50pm

RE: Refine a profile

Quoted from "Armin"

5) Play some muted power chords (I use D-Bb-C-G)
6) While the last power chord rings - press 'Finish'

I'm a little confused by the last bit in your "recipee".

What exactly do you mean by this?
Do you mean to palm-mute (by placing your right hand at the bridge) those power chords (consisting of 2 notes)?

And then, while the last muted power chord rings (how can it ring if you palm-mute it?) to press the finish button?

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guitarnet70

Sage

Posts: 6,314

Location: Denzlingen, Germany

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 3:59pm

RE: RE: Refine a profile

Quoted from "schneidas"

Quoted from "Armin"

5) Play some muted power chords (I use D-Bb-C-G)
6) While the last power chord rings - press 'Finish'

I'm a little confused by the last bit in your "recipee".

What exactly do you mean by this?
Do you mean to palm-mute (by placing your right hand at the bridge) those power chords (consisting of 2 notes)?

And then, while the last muted power chord rings (how can it ring if you palm-mute it?) to press the finish button?

....and if it is palm muted with what should you press finish? The headstock? ...or are we supposed to play naked?

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Guitartone

Master

Posts: 1,964

Location: South Africa

Tuesday, January 10th 2012, 4:10pm

Play the muted power chords, don't mute the last power chord, whilst it's still sustaining press "Finish".

Seems logical to me that you should play lead lines all over the neck so the Kemper can pick up all the frequencies it needs for accuracy.

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Guitartone" (Jan 10th 2012, 4:23pm)