first serious profile,

I'm no profiling guru but I'm sure someone will chime in

Btw... which amp did you score, or is it a surprise?

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hello .
I've been a kemper player for 4 years now, but I picked up my dream amp and want to do some high quality profiles, any tips, ideas, mic suggestions etc?,, going to try this this weekend at the studio,,
Thank all..

Congratulations! I'd start with an SM57, that is pretty much the universal guitar micing amp.

When trying to find the sweet spot on your amp, put your head to the cab and move around, you should be able to find where on the cone it sounds best. Position the mic there. Then experiment with angle and proximity.

You have many fun hours ahead of you!

Put the Mic through a Neve board!

How's about a HiWatt. Something Who-like!

That's a sweet amp, congrats on getting your other dream amp

Profiling = speaker mic'ing

if you know how to properly mic an amp you're good to go.

select a similar sounding Profile as starting point so you can reference your mic'ed tone to a Profile you like.
the Profile selected has absolutely no impact on the resulting Profile.

hth

@unclemar
just be aware that the AC20 Profile has been modified post-Profiling a bit (EQ as treble booster in front, Amp Compression, Pick etc.)

it might be a good idea to dial it back to the original raw amp sound, save it as a new Rig and use that as a reference.

How about getting a loadbox and profiling that? Then you can use impulse responses to get whatever cab you want. Two Notes Wall of Sound is pretty cool! Or you can use the cabs already in your Kemper

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How about getting a loadbox and profiling that? Then you can use impulse responses to get whatever cab you want. Two Notes Wall of Sound is pretty cool! Or you can use the cabs already in your Kemper

Loadboxes are terrible for profiling. For a test, run the alien spaceship noises through a regular cab while monitoring the levels of the channel in your interface. Then do it with a load box. You'll notice a particular difference in the middle profiling stage where it's hissing noises.

Sure, it'll have *something* come out. But it's not like the real amp or even the sound of the amp through the load box itself.