I was wondering about the EQ of profiles. I have a lot of paid for profiles that I have bought from people. When they profile their amps are they profiling their EQ setting as well or when someone profiles their amp is everything just on 5? I am asking being I am wondering if I should dial in my own EQ or should I just basically leave the EQ and just do smaller adjustments as need and really on the EQ of the profiler?
EQ Settings
- 4m4d3u5
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Hi 4m4d3u5.
Check out shows 3 and 4 in this series That Kemper Show
MBritt and HW (ToneJunkie) show how they go about profiling an amp, got different results, and then fine-tune their efforts. They both produce commercial rigs so it's interesting to see how they bring something of themselves to the outcome.
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They are definitely settithe amps oen tone controls to where they think tjeysound good then making the profile. If you leave the KPA tone controls alone you will get the sound the profiler crested. However, if you want to yweak these to your own taste go for it that's what they are there for.
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Some vendors will give youo a pdf list with the settings on the profiles. But most don't. But if you like how it sounds, just leave it as it is. If not, EQ a little and see if works. Needs too much EQ? Use another profile.
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For me, EQ is a situation-specific thing.
For a core sound - If I have to EQ the profile (Bass, Mid, Treble, Presence) much or even at all, I find something else. I'll mess with the Definition control quite a bit, but if it ain't close I move on. There are too many profiles available to spend time tweaking (or adding) EQ.
If I need to find a 'slot' in a mix when FOH either isn't there or ineffective (needing single line needs to poke out, minimize a certain part of the mid-range overlap). If a certain sound simply *IS* the core sound EQ'd, then I'll start fiddling.
That said - I've *never* used a lot of EQ. Partly due to not feeling overly confident at times and partly because I come from an early-electric Blues mentality of 'guitar->cord->amp'. Y'know, the Keith Richards' concept of the right guitar in the right amp. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯