Hi everyone!
First I must say I love the Kemper and I have only had it for a few days! To really appreciate the power of this unit you really need to profile your own rig! I have mine to the point after a little tweaking that I can not hear the difference between my "Kemper Amp" & My "Referenced Amp" This is my very first profiling and I hope you enjoy. It should be hitting the rig exchange soon but for now here they are attached.
I have made two profiles: One for a studio setup and 2nd one for everyone who has a powerhead version going into their cab. The difference between the two is I disabled the "Cab" and made a few changes to make it exactly sound the way it does through my real setup.
This a raw sound, with no effects added besides a noise gate if you want to call that an effect. I am also sharing with you information such as my guitar used, setup and even the settings on my ENGL amp. Here we go! Enjoy guys and feel free to tweak it to your liking!
Referenced AMP Dialing:
ENGL Powerball II
Channel 4 (Lead)
Noisegate on Engl set to full
Gain: 7.5
Bottom pushbutton for CH 4: Enabled (gives the amp a more full sound)
Bass: 6.0
Middle Boosted: 8.0
Treble: 5.9
Lead Volume: 3.0
Middle Boosted Switch: Enabled
Master: 2.0
Guitar Cabinet:
EVH5150III 4x12
Microphone:
SM-57 pointed to "On Axis" Approx. 8 inches from cone (top right speaker of the 4x12)
Guitar:
ESP-FR-7
Tuning: AEADGBE
Pickups: Seymour Duncan AHB-3 Mick Thomson EMTY Blackouts 7 String Active Phase II
Selector: Set to bridge
Strings: Guitar Boomers custom light 9-11-16-26-32-44-62
Battery: Brand new 9.6v
EMG Afterburner: Disabled
Kemper Profiles Created:
1st Profile:
ENGL-PBALL II LEAD STUDIO
This profile I created for a lead studio sound that I personally like. This has the virtual cab, real cab etc. enabled
2nd Profile:
ENGL-PBALL II PHEADTOBCAB
This profile I created with the cab function disabled but I made a few tweaks to make it sound exactly as I hear it through my own cab. I created this specially for the PowerHead version where you are plugging the Kemper directly to a CAB.