Hello all!
I want to quad track my heavy guitars to get a defined heavy sound, however I'm thinking is it better to layer lower gain profiles which when they come together give you the heaviness and clarity.
There's loads of excellent high gain ones out there which awesome in isolation but not if you quad track, and if you start lowering the gain you move away from the original profiles.
Thanks in advance
So... any thing new on the one-profile-only-gun-to-your head discussion 
I whacked it in C randomly without thinking to be honest as I had other pedals in there already! You're right of course normally it goes in at the start
If you got the four stomps I put the Comp Soft on C Stomp, intensity 3, Attack 2.5, Squash 0 (I think this is the default setting), then on D Stomp Noise Gate on 4:1 set to 4.0 (with the main noise gate on 7) so both working together.
Gain on distortions I generally have 6.5. I've found this has given me a more even distortion and tightened up single notes. I've used this on a few different profiles and it's worked for me, just be advised I'm also a fan of Pure Cabinet set to 4.0 with 2.5 Space.
That's what I've always heard - don't compress distorted sounds, but on the Kemper it makes them smoother IMO
Makes quite a big difference on higher gain sounds, just tightens it up - whack the Comp Soft in with a noise gate at 4:1 at the end and you can improve and tighten metal/ heavy rock tones I find.
I actually sold my Kemper and re-bought it simply because there was this heavy grind I was looking to get that I couldn't with profiles. I realised after selling it that it's the best thing out there, 90% but not perfect. Still obviously an amazing bit of kit.
I'm about to take delivery of a Strymon Deco tape saturation plugin, that they told me will add lower harmonics to a higher gain sound?? Not sure if anyone has experimented with that or if it's relevant to what is being discussed here.
I think the Kemper is bound to impact amp sales (as is Line 6's gear and the Axe FX). Let's face it if these things didn't exist I'd have an amp right now. I'd probably have an expensive one at that Mesa or Diezel or something.
It's a shame ultimately we're all part of the same 'family' without wishing to sound too cheesy, I'd rather amp manufacturers continue with their success but as profiling and sim technology proliferates and becomes perfect as it most definitely will (imagine what we will see in 5-10 years time) I can see the sad demise of both the amp AND pedal industries one day....
Damn this is something I've definitely felt with the Kemper! Thought it was just in the mind
Hey can someone explain what this means to the average layperson in terms of the effect on the sound?
That's an interesting way to look at it - phase cancellation
Don't seem to be a lot of pedal users here - I was thinking of getting a Strymon Timeline personally...
What are the best commercial profiles out there for rock/ metal - I'm happy to pay for them except I'd like to know who has the best ones before forking out the cash! Thanks
I'm slowly getting rid of my main pedals as they seem pretty pointless with the Kemper and my DAW's FX, (standard ones like delays, phasers, flangers etc) - are there any interesting ones that people keep and use with the Kemper? Are OD pedals any use bearing in mind there's no tube section to drive?
Thanks!
Woah Pure Cabinet WTF!!! What a change sounds even better - I was messing about the with the ouput section and came across this box unchecked and then checked it, it's like things opened up...
I've now read up on it, it's amazing to think Kemper took the feedback and offered up the solution, how smart are these guys
Honestly speaking I think it's an obvious feature for a Kemper 2, have a couple of lovely clean amps with differing FX going L + R, or a fuzz and an OD.
It would be great!
I was thinking about the same thing - would love to record two separate profiles simultaneously
Basically a violent guitar tech obsessed goon is going to off you unless you tell him your favourite profile - what do you say? 
Luckily the answer lay in 'Similar threads' - you have to go to System to restore factory content...
Thanks for the reply - yeah it's set to all rigs view
