Hello all,
I would like to ask your opinion about what I have found regarding Kemper sound and factory rigs.
I am a long-time Eleven Rack user, that has a Kemper sitting in the studio for evaluation if I should move to Kemper instead of Eleven Rack. I have also the Uno4Kemper chip in the pedal, and I absolutely love the two-way communication and integration of the UnO software with Kemper.
I also like how the Kemper did sound with 4 x 12" Marshall. When I started looking for the sounds I like in the box, I ended up with 10 banks of 5 sounds each, they all sounded good! That is with Kemper plugged into 4 x 12" Marshall and me standing in front of it.
But then, when I came into control room to start to listen to these sounds I picked out thru the XLR outputs and with my studio monitors (high end, Dynaudio M3P's) I had what I would call a rather big disappointment. To me it sounds like if the Cab/Mic settings of the Rig's that are included with the Kemper mess the sound up in a very bad way. What I mean, is that they sound either thin, boxy, hollow, scooped, you name it, but always wrong! They all seem to have a comb-filter kind of low quality to them, phasing issues
So please help me here to understand, if this is something you agree on with me or not? For you to better understand what I look for, then I really like how the band Slipknot sounds like. I like the raw, flat, in-your-face guitar distortion sounds. While Eleven Rack has only a few amps, for me there is like 2 Amp models that sound the way I like, I can get pretty close to that Slipknot kind of sound with the 11R.
But I would like to swap to Kemper, cause I like the idea, the features and the two-sided connection to the Behringer pedal with Uno4Kemper chip inside.
So please, anyone sharing my feelings about this, can you tell me if there are paid Profiles out there that sound "better" in the "my way"? If so, what Profiles, what company makes them, please point me to the right direction. I'm ready to invest in Kemper, I have the money, I have it already sitting here, but as is, I have hard time preferring it to the 11R, at least sound-wise (when we talk XLR-out sound that is).
While writing this I realized I should just try to Profile Eleven Rack sound that I have, so I did. And it got more confusing... The Profile ended up being not that close to the 11R sound than I would have liked, the distortion was thinner and frequency response was not the same as Reference Amp. I did the refining procedure for couple of times too, still not the same. Funny thing is, still the Profile I ended up with, sounded better than the ones that were in the box
If you are not that familiar with the sound of Slipknot, then they have a site up promoting the upcoming album, where you can check the tone that I love: http://www.5thegraychapter.com/sarcastrophe