Freezings from Finland

Well, guess I'll do an intro too, since they seem popular

I'm from the northern parts of Finland, but relocated to southern Finland in the end of 2010. Been playing guitar since 1997 and writing, recording & mixing music since 2000. Mostly metal, all the way to extreme speeds. I've self-released 7 full length albums and 3 EPs and one 7" too, and I've played live some 50 times. I have also participated in FAWM since 2015 Altogether I have written 200+ songs

My string theory has been:

2000 - 2002, Yamaha EG112U 6-stringer
2002 - 2005, Jackson DX7 7-stringer, later upgraded with a Seymour Duncan Invader pickup
2005 - Now, Schecter Blackjack C-7 7-stringer
2008 - Now, Ibanez BTB555-MP 5-string bass
2014 - Now, LTD SC-607B 7-stringer

I still have all of those guitars, except the Yamaha, which I sold back in 2002. I've always enjoyed the extended range of 7-stringers, but haven't really found a reason to go 8 or 9 though

In the amp-side:

2000 - 2001, B2 Bomber (yay!)
2001 - 2004, Peavey Transtube Bandit 112 (yay!), which recorded surprisingly well for a cheap transistor combo!
2004 - Now, Engl Powerball
2008 - 2009, Marshall JCM900 SL-X 50W
2009 - Now, Peavey Windsor
2015 - Now, Marshall Valvestate 8100
2017 - Now, Kemper toaster

Cabs:

2004 - Now, Engl Vintage E212V - still the best sounding cab I've ever used and recorded!
2009 - Now, Mesa Boogie 4x12" Rectifier Standard, which was kind of a disappointment. I can get much better tones out of the Engl. (It's for sale, if you're interested!).

I first heard about Kemper here and there around 2014 but wasn't that interested since it was really expensive and kinda thought it was just another gimmick. But then I saw Fear Factory live for the fourth time in the end of 2015, and they had the best goddamn live sound I'd ever heard, and had seen 200 live shows prior to that. So I checked what Dino used and since then I started to save for a Kemper And finally bought mine in the end of 2017.

My favourite profiles so far have been, in alphabetical order:

CORPSE (Mesa Triple Recto)
Gundy Gilmourish (Vox Night Train, I guess?)
JCM2000 TSL60 ML2
LL - ChugChug (EVH 5150 III)
MESA MARK V CLEAN+

Currently recording guitars for my 8th full length album, using the Kemper obviously

Quote from 808illest

Right on! Where can we hear your stuff? Welcome, officially!

For now, the only Kemper recordings I have are from this year's FAWM. My participation tracks are here:
Youtube FAWM 2018
Eg.

As for my music in general, there's a lot of stuff in my band's channel:
https://www.youtube.com/vortechband

I think this song captures the main essence:

And since I'm currently recording the next album, I have some fresh clips from the recording sessions Raw mix for now. Once all recording is done, it's time to start mixing it!

Quote from szykman

awesome, which profiles did you use? anyway well done i liked a lot!

Quad tracked rhythm with LTD SC-607B tuned to "drop G" in a way - all other strings in standard 7-string (BEADGBE), but the thickest string is dropped 4 steps from B to G.

L100 - "JCM2000 TSL60 ML2"
R100 - "JCM2000 TSL60 ML2"
L85 - "CORPSE" (= Mesa Triple Rec)
R85 - "CORPSE"

The bass is mostly just the direct DI signal from Kemper SPDIF, mixed with a little bit of my own profile, which is also in Rig Exchange: "JU - Boss HM-2/Messy"

The clean part is "MESA MARK V CLEAN+"

All profiles are free in Rig Exchange Although I have already done a fair bit of post-processing on them:

HP @ 100 Hz
A small cut at 800 Hz
A heavy tight Q cut at 4.3 kHz on the JCM2000 tracks (if you're not familiar, these cuts are used to get rid of the "ice pick" sound inherent to almost all guitar amps)
And the same kind of cut at 4.0 kHz on the CORPSE tracks
LP @ 13k or so.

And then some extra master channel effects on the mix in general.