Kemper Amps Forum

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I will say that in my opinion, this does not happen with the KPA amps. It sounds like what I feed it, period.

Agree with Feck 100%

In my experiences with my KPA...

Garbage in/garbage out.

Great tone in/great tone out.

Great distortion in/ great distortion out.

My observation is that you seem to have a strong dislike of the "distortion engine" (judging by the number of posts and time you spend addressing the subject). I'm not sure what good it does to keep re-packaging such strong viewpoints about the same thing over and over.

Radley

You currently have 10 threads running at the same time all criticizing the KPA.

Quoted from "Guitartone"

Radley

You currently have 10 threads running at the same time all criticizing the KPA.

Please, quit the "this is meant to be helpful" BS, you're now TROLLING.

+1

Maybe you should check the "distortion engine" in the amps you profile.
I actually wouldn't be able to "succeed" in an A/B

I say this is a unnecessary thread.

Bad thread.

Not seeing where this can land...

Seeing how most cannot nor care to distinguish in listening polls, I am pretty sure the Kemper does a good job of recreating distortion. I can only assume you are referring to adding gain after the fact. But perhaps concerning "master distortion tone" or whatever maybe it's possible it's not the Kemper but your ears?

Quoted from "Radley"

this is certainly not a typical consumer item - it is one of the 'Mercedes in the world of Chevy' modelers

*DISTORTION Matching* is the weak link of the KPA (and many other modelers as well)

radley, still: THE KPA IS A PROFILER, NOT A MODELER.

since the basic principle: emulation/simulation of ampsounds is the same there is a difference in the idea behind it. a modeler aims to be a software replica of a real amp. the profiler catches one specific situation. as long as you compare the kpa to other modelers, you have no argument. the kpa stands alone not only as a product but a product class at the moment.

what you - in this case - mean is that you think that the basic amp emulation module has not enough variables to reproduce all the different basic real amp characters in finest detail. if that really is the case will have to be judged by the majority of kpa players (and ck). i - too - think that the kpa does not get 100% of the amp. imo it's more like 80-90%. but if 98 out of 100 persons think, that the actual sound reproduction is good enough, we have to accept that.

that said, i still think the idea behind the kpa is great and i hope that someday it will suit all my needs

Quoted from "richaxes"

There is no such thing as a fundamental amp model or anything.

i think there is a fundamental model. the profiles only carry values for variables. so there will be a "whole" model for the kpa and several "engines" for the modules... one for the distortion, one for modulation, one for delay...