Hey Hey - Kemper on the way! :)

    Hey all,


    Great to be here!


    My Kemper is ordered and I am so looking forward to it's arrival! I reckon it will dramatically improve the recording process in our Protools-based system.
    By getting an awesome sound, without latency as you get with software like Guitar Rig, I hope to get a better, more responsive recording experience.
    I always think that if you feel like you are playing through a real amp, you will play better; a more natural feeling to get the best performance from a guitarist.


    Re-amping will also be a breeze - can't wait!! \m/


    Oh, I am getting a little excited here. It can't be that good - can it? :S

    Well, yes, it can be that good. Welcome aboard, and say goodbye to your free time - you'll be too busy playing your guitar 8o

    Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. - Wayne Dyer


    It is that good. I'm a gear head, I have been for a really long time. I've got a room full of equipment of all kinds and this is the only specific gear forum I end up posting to all the time. Why? I can't seem to resist singing its praises when I'm not playing it. I really think it blows away any other product out there including the Axe-FX.

    Quote from zerocrossing

    It is that good. I'm a gear head, I have been for a really long time. I've got a room full of equipment of all kinds and this is the only specific gear forum I end up posting to all the time. Why? I can't seem to resist singing its praises when I'm not playing it. I really think it blows away any other product out there including the Axe-FX.


    I feel the same way. I've had it one month and its the best gear I've ever had. I 'HAD' an AxeFxII. I was going to keep it but after playing the Kemper and then trying to play the Axe, the Axe just didnt sound as good as the Kemper. No matter how hard I tried to get a preset on the Axe to rival a kemper profile I couldnt do it! It got very frustrating. I plugged back into the Kemper and it was tone heavan again and I was relieved and smiled again. :) 100% Kemper now all the way.

    You did not lie!!!


    It really IS that good!


    I have just done what I'm sure everyone else did when they first got the KPA:- Played it for a while, running through the supplied profiles.


    Thank you Mr Kemper! :D


    I just plugged the Left main out (it does say in the manual that they are 'symmetrical' so I assumed using just one should give a decent mono signal unless there are stereo effects in the profiles used :?: ) into my M-Audio ProjectMix I/O, into a ProTools track, fired up the monitors and played.


    The coolest thing was that it sounded like I was really trying out different amp and mic combinations. There were plenty that I didn't like and plenty that I loved. Also, the reason I liked or disliked various profiles were NOT for poor modelling, like you get on stuff like Line6 (lots are good but some just sound harsh and artificial) BUT for the characteristics of the amps, cabs and mics. As it should be! I had a massive grin on my face the whole time. 8o


    My hands are sore, like I have just done a 2 hour gig. There are updates and more reading to do, but I am really fecking happy with this beast! :thumbup:
    I will get the other guys in the band to hear this for themselves, but this is a game-changer for me - I have a lot of re-amping to do on our recordings!

    Quote from Guitartone

    Here are the best of the Profiles from the exchange

    Nice selection :thumbup: , Lance, no discussion on any of them, but I still miss the free stuff from Andy, Marshall Golub, the Engl Steve Morse, Egnater Tourmaster, Engl Gig15, Brute&Phatt..


    Your selection is outstanding, but to the OP it could be still worth to scroll through the RE

    "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" Serghei Rachmaninoff


    Quote from guitarnet70

    Nice selection :thumbup: , Lance, no discussion on any of them, but I still miss the free stuff from Andy, Marshall Golub, the Engl Steve Morse, Egnater Tourmaster, Engl Gig15, Brute&Phatt..


    Your selection is outstanding, but to the OP it could be still worth to scroll through the RE

    :D


    Actually, I named the file wrong, I shouldn't have called it "Best of"...it was just a quick selection I did a few weeks ago to get someone up and running...I didn't want to select 1600. :)
    It's only one of my files, my "LW" Profiles have all the Profiles you mention.
    I agree with you, the ones you mention are some of the best.

    I've forgot the 3monkey Orangutan! Sorry Feck!....and a lot other, lol. So many good ones! Time to update my DP collection!

    "Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" Serghei Rachmaninoff


    Heavypick, what type music do you play? Also, don't forget to update your profile settings to allow PMs . And welcome to the forum! :thumbup:

    Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. - Wayne Dyer

    Hey all,


    Thanks for being so welcoming and helpful with suggestions for downloads etc.


    Zappledan, I play in a Rock band called Dream Overkill. We're a bunch of old fat bastards from the days of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) way back in the late 70s to 80s. We were called Overkill, but the band from America that took the name in 1984 then went on to be very successful, so we decided to become Dream Overkill when we met up again 30 years later and decided we still had 'the dream' to get our music out there.


    We are currently recording all our old songs and preparing some new ones to go out and gig again (before we die 8| ) The KPA will be invaluable to us. I may even use it live one day!


    At the moment, live I use a 1980 100W Marshall 2203 (The old model before the 800 style came in) with a couple of Tone Bone valves in (to get it to distort at lower volumes) into a 1960A cab - I will definitely profile this amp eventually! I also use a Line6 XT Live but only for the effects and the convenience of the volume and wah pedal.


    The other guitarist uses a Blackstar Series One 100W into a Marshall 1960A cab. He gets a massive sound through that, so I will get him to profile it too!


    Wow - I have given a lot of info there. Sorry if I have gone on too much! If you want to check out what we have done so far, please look at http://www.dreamoverkill.com


    there are a couple of our new recordings to check out and some pics from when we were young and beautiful all the way up to old and fecked :D - but we still love to ROCK! I hope you like it and look forward to adding more 'Kemperised' tracks as we do them!
    :thumbup:

    Congrats Heavypick! I knew you would love it!


    I'd love to get some profiles of that Blackstar series one! I am about to purchase some profiles of it but the more the merrier!


    Guitartone - I have a mac. Do I need to drop all those cab files in a separate folder or can i bundle them alongside all the regular profiles?


    Have fun Heavypick!