Did you compare other profiles?
How old are the guitar strings? Is the tone control turned down? Is this a direct recording, or a mic?
Also - all these examples have the same low midrange hump (around 300hz) that drops frequency at the end of each clip. It is like a vowel wah - as the sound changes, like a filter closing, I'm hearing an "ow" sound. Is that what this guitar sounds like? Or, so you have a touch sensitive EQ or Wah (or similar) locked on?
How old are the guitar strings? Is the tone control turned down? Is this a direct recording, or a mic?
Also - all these examples have the same low midrange hump (around 300hz) that drops frequency at the end of each clip. It is like a vowel wah - as the sound changes, like a filter closing, I'm hearing an "ow" sound. Is that what this guitar sounds like? Or, so you have a touch sensitive EQ or Wah (or similar) locked on?
Strings brand new, no tone control on guitar, recorded direct with spdif. No EQ or wah other than what is included with TAF patchs, they are just the default settings with the reverb turned off.
Everyone profiles amps differently (Different amp settings, different mics, different mic placement, different cabs, etc.). These differences can drastically change the sound of the resulting profile.
Chances are that the way TAF profiled these amps just didn't give you the results that you prefer. It's not a Kemper issue. Most likely, these profiles sound exactly the way TAF had them dialed in and miced.
Basically, you either need to do some tweaking to these (EQ adjustments) or find some other profiles of the same amps that suit your needs better. Personally, as good as TAF's profiles are, I'm not fond of most of the high-gain offerings (without tweaking). The new ENGL pack is an exception (it's really good). I think that has a lot to do with Andy not being a high gain type of player and therefore didn't dial these in with the typical preferences of high-gain players in mind.
When I use the Kemper's "green scream" I usually have to turn down the tone control quite a bit, otherwise it adds too much harshness.
If you have a specific knob setting on a Tube Screamer that you like, profiles made by other people may not be likely to use the same settings. Try adding an EQ before and or after the Green Scream to tweak it to your liking. Or, you could put a Tube Screamer on the same pedalboard as your MIDI controller, if you want that sound.
When I use the Kemper's "green scream" I usually have to turn down the tone control quite a bit, otherwise it adds too much harshness.
True.
The original was never designed to support a modern distorted amp.
It was made to add distortion to a clean amp without master volume.
Same result with the green scream.
True.
The original was never designed to support a modern distorted amp.
It was made to add distortion to a clean amp without master volume.
Same result with the green scream.
This is cool, but every metal band in the world uses a tubescreamer in front of their amp, almost always set with the gain on 0, tone in the middle and level on full. Thus far i haven't found a way with the KPA to reproduce this effect, though i certainly don't deny its possible, very possibly it just needs the right combination of EQ and maybe slight compression.
I think for these results, best to profile with a greenscreamer in front of your amp of choice. I don't see this as a shortcoming, analog and digital FX are bound to be different, though if you look at the tone side of things, the Kemper has really bridged the divide quite well.
"This is cool, but every metal band in the world uses a tubescreamer in front of their amp, almost always set with the gain on 0, tone in the middle and level on full. Thus far i haven't found a way with the KPA to reproduce this effect, though i certainly don't deny its possible, very possibly it just needs the right combination of EQ and maybe slight compression. "
In my experience, the controls on the Kemper "green screamer" simply don't work like a real tube screamer pedal. You just have to play with the controls and use your ears to get it sounding similar. Get the controls set right, and I assure you that it functions very closely to a real boost (TS-type) pedal.
Real TS: gain at o, tone at 5, and level on 10 is more like gain at 0, tone at -1.5, and level at 2 on the KPA model (at least to my ears based on my experiences with real boost-type pedals that I've owned).
This is cool, but every metal band in the world uses a tubescreamer in front of their amp, almost always set with the gain on 0, tone in the middle and level on full. Thus far i haven't found a way with the KPA to reproduce this effect, though i certainly don't deny its possible, very possibly it just needs the right combination of EQ and maybe slight compression.
Do you have a tube screamer for comparison?
You'll get a perfect match.
Try turning the Tone down to zero e.g.
