Posts by ryanfrazier823

Quote from ElectroFuzz

Katzbach knows how to mic an amp.

I downloaded the 5 free profiles and they are all good.

I removed all the effects, EQs and left the amp and cab only.

It's dry yet still very 3D.

In my book this is a sign of a well miced cab.

With a well miced cab I can do anything I want to, add my favorite effect... or not.... and it will sit in any mix no mater what.

The current freebie A/M IR is great too, thank you all for the info!

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I just downloaded those Katzbach profiles as well. The SL-X is fun.

Quote from JimmyK

My favourites so far were Top Jimi's because they have that "character" I like, but there is always something missing. Sometimes they sound thin, if I increase mids to "fatten" them up they get that "wah" sound,

I've noticed Top Jimi's gain profiles (at least the ones I have) have the definition dimed and the clarity at zero. To me, that gives a super tight tone but can get a little bright and nasally in the mids. I like to drop the definition to 7-8 and bring the clarity to 4-5. This fills out the low end a little, removes some honk but leaves the pick attack be.

I have the Brown Sound & JJ-100 packs.

Quote from stratdude

Playing a real guitar amp is far better sounding than any recording coming from your hifi speakers.

I respect your opinion but I’ve sold a whole lot of high end tube amps that I played sitting in the room with me. Now I’m down to a Kemper, AX8, studio monitors and a FRFR cab. I’ve played both with a loud rock band and have never once thought it was a compromise. Some people would consider the amp in the room sound muddy on one end or harsh on the other. I’m one of them.

Quote from Ruefus

What you get from current FRFR solutions is the sound of a mic'd cabinet. IRs always include the response from the microphone along with the speaker. A speaker with a SM57 alone will sound different than one mic'd with a 57 and a ribbon mic, which will sound different if you add a room mic. They're all the same speaker, but you will get *wildly* different results.

The Kone is meant to give you the sound of *just* the speaker in a cabinet. The same as you would with a regular amp and speaker.

To me, the Kone makes direct profiles more valuable. You can remove the cabinet from a merged profile and it'll work great. But having an amp-only profile coupled with the Kone? That should be epic.

I've never really understood the appeal of the "amp in the room" thing if you're into modeling. We spend a lot of time and money finding the correct profiles that provide that perfect mic'd up sound that we're used to hearing on our favorite recordings. Everybody wants Eddie's tone...or Stevie's tone...or Angus' tone...or whoever you like. But those classic tones are mic'd up sounds.

Why the desire to hear something different than what the audience hears?

Thanks for all the tips, guys. It's starting to make sense now. I bought the Brown Sound & JJ-100 packs from Top Jimi this morning and am having lots of fun with them. The JJ in particular...wow.

Quote from Yoda Guitar

Welcome to the forum...

have you ever watched the entire video's?

helps a lot.

• Kemper Basic Tutorial
• Kemper Tutorials
• ToneJunkie TV

Thanks for the links! Not sure if I've seen them but I'll give them a watch soon.

Thanks for the quick reply! That helps a lot to understand what's going on in Rig Manager. I'm still learning my way around the Stage. Overwhelming for sure.

Hello,

New to the forum and Kemper land. I just received my Profiler Stage and couldn't be any more frustrated with it. Tones are fine...no issues there. I come from an AX8 I'm finding the Kemper a thousands times more frustrating to operate. Rig Manager isn't helping as it's divided up into rigs, presets and performances and while I think I understand the concept of them, I'm getting nowhere setting up my Stage. I can't even get a rig that I like attached to button #1. I don't know if I need to do this thru Rig Manager, or if it's even needed at all.

I've saved a dozen or so rigs that I tweaked to the 'Local Library' folder located directly beneath 'My Profiler' but this doesn't seem to do anything and I can't move these profiles anywhere under the 'All Performances' tab which is where I think you're supposed to setup presets.

Do I need Rig Manager at this point at all? Can I do everything I need to do on the Stage itself? I've watched all kinds of videos and scoured the forum but every one seems to assume the user has a good familiarity to begin with. At this point I'd be ecstatic to just get five sounds saved to buttons 1-5.

Any help greatly appreciated!!