Posts by boblaz

Quote from Dean_R

In this thread there's actually two that I'm aware of that do't own the KPA, but had to sign in this forum for no other reason but to defend the AXE FX by insulting others only and not to participate in any serious discussion. If you happen to own the AXE FX II, then that's great, it might be good tool for you, but it's not intended to be accurate as I pointed out in the above post that you choose to ignore all what was in it and choose to take a personal jab at me by addressing one of my comments.

The subject matter of this thread is how uninformed buyers, who don't realize that they purchased the AXE FX that will never be an accurate modeler, expecting it to be an accurate modeler and celebrating with every firmware update how close it has become.

You gotta admit this is funny that anyone who has bought the AXE FX and is celebrating accuracy with every firmware clearly has bought the wrong product. I'm not a fan of the Kemper or a fan of anything but I read both manuals, the AXE FX's and the Kemper's before I purchased the Kemper because I wanted an accurate modeler and I don't want to spend all that money on a modeler that's "not a modeler in the Strict sense" and that "does not attempt to model any effect exactly." Of course these nut jobs have no legs to stand on or nothing to hang their hats on except personal attacks. Instead of personal attacks, why can't they be civilized and address the actual topic. If anyone wants accuracy, they buy the Kemper and if they choose to be misinformed thinking they're buying accuracy then they can go with the AXE FX.

That is my opinion and I believe I made and provided fair documentation to support it and I haven't seen anywhere or heard from anyone anything that shows the AXE FX to even be considered a contender when it comes to accurate amp modeling except for personal attacks and crying fowl.

When someone buys the wrong product and has to emotionally defend his purchase, it seems that we end up with very angry folks who don't want to admit that they bought the wrong product.With sharing my experience and research, I would be very happy to know that I have saved any number of guitar players who value modeling accuracy from making the wrong decision.

This clearly isn't even debatable, as can clearly be seen and I don't know in how many ways can someone point the obvious except to say: RTFM before you buy the wrong product.let me spell it out to you one last time with some help for the AXE FX manual regarding AXE FX.
"It's not a modeler in the Strict sense" it's how some engineer thought the amps should sound like, and it's not about accuracy. It can be made to sound good after intensive labor and technical knowledge but it's not accurate. You want accuracy, buy Kemper and forget about the editing, leave that to the engineers and you will enjoy much more time playing not editing parameters that the average guitar player can't understand.

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ok...you made your point over and over and over. we get it -you dont like the axe and you think axe owners are flakes. you should go play your kemper and quit worring about the axe forum. im just trying to figure out why you are putting so much negative energy on this. this whole thread was stupid to begin with, making fun of people. yea, it was a hoot. you know, nothings going to change. i have both axe and kemper. i like both tools. i agree that some guys sound silly with their fanboy crap over there but ive seen it here too. and apperantly it sounds accurate to the axe guys. so whatever works.

hey guido. purchased your latest offering the soldano and marshall . got all four packs now and all sound great.
i was just watching the crosswinds video from bobbys backing tracks and was wondering if you used the kemper on that and if so what profile were you using. your tone is killer .

how do you guys use this? ive seen it from 8db and 0 db on presets. not sure ho to use this.

Quote from viabcroce

Well, as I see it, the only real issue for Fractal would be if it was impossible to tweak a better sound for that performance, hence we could say that the band has chosen a crappy device for their sound. Since we know this is not true, I'd dare say that the bad sound is certainly not Axe's fault. All the rest is just a clashing of fanboysms, isn't it?

Just to clarify (and to redact things a bit), this thread was born to just have a good laugh an the n-th claim that the last FW revision from Fractal is the ultimate sound, and 100% real this time!.
You might have heard the expression "120% more realer": it is a result from Fractal's (and relative fans') hyperboles at any new FR release.
For no reason I intend to bash the product, I don't have any clue about how it can sound, and I am so happy with what I've got that feel no need to criticize others.

HTH

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yep, i got that from the get go.some people take things too seriously though.
i like how ingolf sums it up

Quote from Ingolf

TBH I like it when users are pleased that their platform of choice is evolving.
Nothing wrong with that.

so let me get this straight . its ok on the kemper site to dog the axe but its not ok for the fractal guys to do the same. people like the axe tones and people like the kemper tones. who is the judge of whats the best modeler? i was reading a post about someone purchasing guidorist's profile of a soldano and commented that he cant make the profile sound like his audio sample because he doesn't have his fingers. thats most of tone i believe.i just dont get the " mines better than yours" commentary. i have been complimented on my live tone with both kemper and axe. and i like them both. maybe my hearing is shot but i hear good sounds from both.

once again it is whatever floats your boat. i get good sounds out of my kemper, i get good sounds from my axe . i got good sounds from both the elevenrack and dv mark multiamp when i had them. hopefully all modelers keep improving and we can all enjoy our modeler of choice without this competitive noise.

i wouldnt worry about it monkey man. do what you do. its all good.

ive been doing the last 3 or 4 gigs with my axe fx II. i plugged in my kemper today, caught up on a few sounds in rig exchange and bought a few rigs and im digging the sounds im hearing. im going back to giging with the kemper for a while. i still haven't done the latest fw update as i think ive been reading that there are still some issues but thats ok, i am hearing some sweet sounds right now. thats it, just some thoughts.

great summary and glad it worked out for you!

yes. nice sounds.

Quote from paults

I'm not surprised it wasn't mentioned here - it really only matters to people who own the product, or are interested in getting one of them.

Unfortunately, If someone owns both a KPA and an Axe, they would be even less likely to mention it online, because of the way too many other people behave.

i will agree with these statements paul made. i dont know why this thread was even started. i own both kemper and fractal and both have good points and bad for my use. theres the fanboy crap on both forums and its just silly. they are both excellent tools . as someone posted earlier...its more in your playing and touch that makes the sound. ive heard a pod sound great. use the tools and enjoy making music. ive got some killer tube amps sitting idle just because im enjoying this the technology of the modelers and seeing what each one can offer up with tones. its pretty amazing i think in all camps. fun stuff for sure.

Quote from oozish

Where are the dolls? ;-0

Nice demo!

there are no dolls ..we're guitar nerds.

some nice playing and good tones! i have that pack also but i haven't dug into it yet. love those pinched notes and your outro is killin.

Quote from viabcroce

+1

OT
Curious, I was just checking new posts on FB and was once again surprised by how we seem to feel excited by using the Net, this new and powerful tool of democracy and freedom. We are free to say or state anything, and indeed it seems to us that if we give up saying whatever crosses our mind, or criticizing others, we kind of get dispossessed of our rights, or better of our nature of human beings.
this is a song I love by an Italian singer-songwriter I love. Not sure why it has come to my mind. Sorry for the poor translation, hope it makes sense.

Freedom [La libertà, by Giorgio Gaber]

I'd want to be free, free as a man.
I'd want to be free, free as a man.

As a just-born man who has to face just the Nature
and walks in the woods with the joy of chasing an adventure.
Always free and alive, he makes love like an animal,
unconscious as a man pleased with his own freedom.

But freedom is not living on a tree,
It's not even the flight of a fly,
freedom is not a free space,
Freedom is participation.

I'd want to be free, free as a man.
I'd want to be free, free as a man.
As a man who needs to wander
and that seems able to find this room in democracy only,
who has the right to vote, and spends his life in delegating
and has found his new freedom in being controlled.

But freedom is not living on a tree,
not even having an opinion,
freedom is not a free space,
Freedom is participation.

Freedom is not living on a tree,
not even the flight of a fly,
freedom is not a free space,
Freedom is participation.

I'd want to be free, free as a man.
I'd want to be free, free as a man.
As the most evoluted man, who flies high thanks to his intelligence
and that challenges the nature through the uncontested power of science,
that feels inside the excitement of extending himself through the Universe with no limits
and that's convinced that the power of thought is the only freedom.

But freedom is not living on a tree,
is not even a gesture or an invention,
freedom is not a free space,
Freedom is participation.

/OT

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well im sorry if i hurt your feelings viabcroce. not intended to . i was posting on a forum. it was not meant to be mean spirited, just wondering why even zoom modelers have a editor. it was commentary from me and curious if it is a dead horse or do others still want an editor or dont even care. apparently some of the people who have been around here for a while are tired of reading posts like this. sorry for that. seems like it is a beaten dead horse.
nice words but im not sure what message you are trying to send to me with this poem.

Quote from viabcroce

I have nothing against this thread or people's requests, so your sarchasm sounds a bit off to me, to be fair.
What I think is that every new member feels deeply inside themselves that if they don't point out how an editor would be useful (or critically necessary), it won't happen. So my tongue-in-cheek post was aimed at talking about this state of mind.
I've been on this forum long enough to have seen about 10 threads like this, on the same subject. I just doubt that the 11Th will push the editor further up on Kemper's todo list. I don't belong to the company, and I am expressing my thoughts as any user here. It might be worth mentioning that I would love an editor, and I have subscribed and +1ed several of such threads.
As for being aware of the forum's history... I'd consider an act of telemathic reponsibility to check a certain topic before posting a new thread. In the times when people were more accustomed to meet in person, this kind of redundancy used to be welcomed with a "RTFM", "RTFF" or other appropriate answers

BTW, are you from the States?

wow. if you read the title of the thread you should just pass it by if you dont like it. your commentary is uncalled for.
i dont think we should have to check in with you for the green light on what to post. we all know this among other topics have been posted times before but i dont think its harming anyone. sorry i posted something i would like to see happen. so just relax and dont be so critical of us newbees.

well put doug.

well done sir. great job on the music and sentiment on these serious issues of our times.

bought both packs a few days ago. great profiles guidorist!

Quote from Raoul23

Naming can be done in rig manager and you can also connect a keyboard to the KPA now to rename rigs

is that in rig manager 1.5 that renaming can be done or earlier versions? is that a beta version ? and not trying to be difficult here but wouldnt it be easier to just have your usb cable hooked up to send and recieve data instead of hooking up another cable also for your keyboard?

that very well may be a nice surprise to have an editor in the works but as i had stated earlier that fractal already has a kick a$$ editor so nothing for cliff to "copy". im not taking sides or a fanboy of either tool, they are both great in my opinion. i just would like to see a good editor for kemper. thats all i am saying.