Mix and match paid profile cabinets...

    So I am on day four... I must say I was struggling a bit.. had paid for a few profiles figureD it may cut down the learning curve... still felt ..it is ok...

    Today I thought I will buy some Top jimi profiles... and I am feeling like ok...there is what people were saying...

    Well I locked one of TJ’s cabs... went to another profiler ... and the profile sounded completely different and very useable!


    I was wondering if that is part of the magic find the cab or tone and build around that.. these were all Marshall or plexi, Friedman and SLO profiles so all in the same area...

    I think that is a factor going direct. If you just play through a live cab, It is mostly taken out of the equation. I have not yet started with this (because I'm just having too much fun playing it) But eventually I want to make this a direct rig into the P.A. and have it sound exactly as I want it to there.

    Here has been my approach to this and why:

    I have realized that since different profiles I like have different cabs that really affect the sound, I wanted to take cabs out of the equation and find rigs that I like. Kinda like when you are fixing a car first you have to figure out if it is fuel or electrical and start there. So I went direct through a live cab (I realize even with monitor cab off, there is some cab "baked in" to an unmerged profile and that's OK) and found amps that I like. I will then attempt to find a cab that makes it sound like my lynchback cab does in the room through the FOH & done.. Normally I play through the same speaker all night and with many sounds and it has never been an issue. I now realize (for live use) I should pick a cab and go with it save for the odd 8" champ speaker sound or something. I'm guessing people that use a kemper on the pro level aren't using 6 different cabs. Now that I am "getting it" I can see what problems that could create unless you are really meaning to shift things in a way that may confuse ears. Right now I am just sampling some cabs and seeing what they do in a studio setting so I know when I start dialing them into a P.A. I know (or hope to know) what to reach for to make it sound like my live cab in the studio. This just makes the most sense to me to approach it this way to build a live rig. I'd love to pick MBritts brain on this exact subject. (Using cabs live)

    Among other settings you can make, the cab with the included miking actually has a big impact to the profile.

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    The profiler is very much like a really amp in that the speaker and cabinet male up AT LEAST half the tone. Ehen you get to recorded tones or mic'd live tones the speaker and mic(s) probably maktup at least w/3rds of the tone. It is not surprising therefore that changimg cabs in the kemper has a dramatic effect on the overall tone.

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    So I am on day four... I must say I was struggling a bit.. had paid for a few profiles figureD it may cut down the learning curve... still felt ..it is ok...

    Today I thought I will buy some Top jimi profiles... and I am feeling like ok...there is what people were saying...

    Well I locked one of TJ’s cabs... went to another profiler ... and the profile sounded completely different and very useable!


    I was wondering if that is part of the magic find the cab or tone and build around that.. these were all Marshall or plexi, Friedman and SLO profiles so all in the same area...

    What kind of sounds are you going for? Metal, hard or classic rock? And what is your playing situation? Are you playing loud through an FRFR, or in a studio situation with studio monitors?


    Asking because I've found that different profiles sound better in different situations. For me, M. Britt's high gain amp profiles are too dark and muddy for studio use, but sound pretty good when cranked in a live situation. His clean amp profiles sound great in any situation, though. I personally think Top Jimi is kinda overrated, and have not found any of his stuff that I'm crazy about.


    I personally play a mix of heavy, high gain profiles, and some clean and edge-of-breakup profiles. For the high gain stuff, I've found a mix of free profiles by Lars Luettge, Jevo, and Petr82 that sound amazing. For paid stuff, I've bought a few packs from ReampZone that also sound great. I have a preset list of my favorite cabs from those profiles, and they all work pretty interchangeably with each other.

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    I think that is a factor going direct. If you just play through a live cab, It is mostly taken out of the equation. I have not yet started with this (because I'm just having too much fun playing it) But eventually I want to make this a direct rig into the P.A. and have it sound exactly as I want it to there.

    Here has been my approach to this and why:

    I have realized that since different profiles I like have different cabs that really affect the sound, I wanted to take cabs out of the equation and find rigs that I like. Kinda like when you are fixing a car first you have to figure out if it is fuel or electrical and start there. So I went direct through a live cab (I realize even with monitor cab off, there is some cab "baked in" to an unmerged profile and that's OK) and found amps that I like. I will then attempt to find a cab that makes it sound like my lynchback cab does in the room through the FOH & done.. Normally I play through the same speaker all night and with many sounds and it has never been an issue. I now realize (for live use) I should pick a cab and go with it save for the odd 8" champ speaker sound or something. I'm guessing people that use a kemper on the pro level aren't using 6 different cabs. Now that I am "getting it" I can see what problems that could create unless you are really meaning to shift things in a way that may confuse ears. Right now I am just sampling some cabs and seeing what they do in a studio setting so I know when I start dialing them into a P.A. I know (or hope to know) what to reach for to make it sound like my live cab in the studio. This just makes the most sense to me to approach it this way to build a live rig. I'd love to pick MBritts brain on this exact subject. (Using cabs live)


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    What kind of sounds are you going for? Metal, hard or classic rock? And what is your playing situation? Are you playing loud through an FRFR, or in a studio situation with studio monitors?


    Asking because I've found that different profiles sound better in different situations. For me, M. Britt's high gain amp profiles are too dark and muddy for studio use, but sound pretty good when cranked in a live situation. His clean amp profiles sound great in any situation, though. I personally think Top Jimi is kinda overrated, and have not found any of his stuff that I'm crazy about.


    I personally play a mix of heavy, high gain profiles, and some clean and edge-of-breakup profiles. For the high gain stuff, I've found a mix of free profiles by Lars Luettge, Jevo, and Petr82 that sound amazing. For paid stuff, I've bought a few packs from ReampZone that also sound great. I have a preset list of my favorite cabs from those profiles, and they all work pretty interchangeably with each other.

    I have a few projects... the main two are a social distortion tribute... using two marshall profiles and a solo profile...The cover band is 70’s thru 2000...metal, rock and alternative ... yes fairly loud through the FRFR...

    the Mbritt stuff I’d good and I understand his idea on the darker live for less ear fatigue... but he had a divided 13 profile that I like without touching...


    The top jimi for me is working for me.... but I am tweaking it a bit... more because I use Les Pauls and I see his profiles did also...I think that helps ...


    One of my favorite profile was the mistake I mentioned where I locked the TJ cab, locked my basic delay and reverb and went to BPH Soldano file and was like ....there it is...

    It was the BPH cab wasn’t working for the FRFR but the other cab did...who knew



    I did notice many profilers LOVE reverb way more than I do ...lol


    I will check out the file you mentioned...