Viabcroce wrote:
With the premise that what sounds good to anyone is good to them, I wonder how anything could sound better than something that sounds like the profiled amp... It can sound different, but the goal of the Profiler is to sound like your amp. The rest is a matter of tastes.
Agreed Gianfranco; It's an invalid argument.
Jzucker, thank you for that more-considered response; I appreciate it mate.
The Kemper team is aware of the fact that some users find the disparity in labelling of parameters between the KPA and real stomps frustrating. I'm sure it's given it much thought; we'll have to see which way it goes. I do get the feeling 'though that consistency of approach / paradigm / labelling is important to it, which explains what we've seen thus far.
Seriously 'though, stepping back from this a little, it's hardly a weighty issue, is it? I mean, and perhaps I'm biased as an audio engineer, but accepting and adapting to / interpreting the interfaces of various devices is part and parcel of using technology to make music. Even if, in this case, pedals aren't reflected verbatim, a standard is nevertheless still apparent, in this case... Kemper's standard, which is more-or-less a universal, logical standard. Hardly worth losing sleep or indeed switching products over, IMHO.
Still, if the quality of the FAS FX poses such a huge drawcard for you, who'm I to question your decision? The only thing I'd say is that when recording, the quality of the amp and cab's combined tone is what counts and nothing more. Anything any guitar-processing box can do can be done in the studio, and almost always more discreetly and with greater control and fidelity. In light of this, I'd say "choose wisely" or "for live use only".
Good luck, mate.
True, but a 'still working on it.....' would do no harm whatsoever in my opinion. Lots of folks would like extra delays, lots would like extra reverbs (including Spring) and lots would like the ability to put these things before or after the amp stack and be able to tweak multiple parameters using an expression pedal. And an editor of course
i completely get when Kemper do not say 'what is coming' when it's something innovative (such as PureCab). I do not get why they will not say that these things are coming 'soon' because none of them is an innovation vs the competition. I have every hope that Kemper will 'do it better' because they always do, but if they officially said 'we're still working on these delays and reverbs and they'll be great' it'd throw everyone a bone and no other manufacturer has anything to steal because they all do a version of these things a long time ago. Win / win in my opinion.
IMHO, there's no point in saying "we're still working on it":
1) We're told they're working on it.
2) If we're told nothing else, surely we can assume they're still working on it.
3) Even once finished, there's still no point in telling us 'cause it'd appear in the next update and the K-Team, IMHO, has the right to try to surprise us by not spilling all (they may spill some here and there) the beans prior to release.
The mentality of expecting periodic reassurances of this nature reminds me of the kid on the back seat of a car's asking, "Daddy, are we there yet?" over and over again. These guys are pros, and IMHO they're treating us as such. I don't feel hard done by 'cause I know that any inside information I might have will have zero influence / effect on the nature and timing of software or hardware updates. You either trust that the K-Team is doing its best or you don't. You either trust that the team takes our concerns onboard or you don't. I for one believe the former in both cases, and humbly accept that my being kept in the loop, so to speak, would be of absolutely no benefit to anyone save for satiating my own eagerness / impatience, which in and of itself is, to me at least, an expression of my own immaturititty, just like that wardrobe malfunction.
Sorry for the rant. S'pose what I'm saying is that I'm happy to accept the Kemper way. If you guys want to try to get them to alter their modus operandi somewhat, I wish you luck and success, but I'm not convinced the efforts will justify the rewards.