me too
Fair enough - it appears we do have a difference of opinion then.
Indeed we do, and I'm very cool with that. And I'm sure we will both be very happy with the choices we make in our pursuit of playing good music on good sounding gear.
Cheers,
Mats N
Did you play the Theta Pro DSP or are you basing your difference of opinion on the youtube clips?
I have played almost every product Buck Waller has designed both at Rocktron and at ISP. They are great products in many ways. I have also played the KPA for almost 5 years and have extensive experience of the Axe-Fx. Yes, there are differences in sound and I like some products better for some fx and another product for another kind of fx. But still, it's my taste that dictates what I like better, not a quantitative method of measuring quality.
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Mats N
A totally different league from the KPA! It's like heavyweight vs lightweight!
I beg to differ. I agree that they are very different in character but that does only point to a difference in taste. Not that one is better than the other.
I think I will take into account your signature. 
Cheers,
Mats N
Great sounds and tones, Mats . . it reminded me a bit of SRV's last song on his "In Step" album, "Riviera Paradise" I think is the name of it. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks, Stratattack!
I'm not too familiar with SRV's catalog nor have I listened a lot to him so I'm surprised to see you hear him in my playing. I'll have a listen to the track you mending. It will be interesting to see if I also hear it. Thanks for pointing it out!
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Mats N
Sometimes small changes make big differences.
I appreciate the hint with the pur booster in front.
Have modified some of my Rigs with distortion. All are sounding better now. for me
YES! Most definitely and especially with the Kemper. For example with the Definition parameter, 0.1 can make all the difference. 0.2 may be too much.
Glad you found it useful.
Cheers,
Mats N
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Awesome!
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Frank
Great comment!
Thanks!
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Mats N
Excellent work, Larry - ähm - Mats!
A modern sleepwalk vibe, the variations using all the pickups sound super cool!
Thanks Mr Big! I didn't know that my LC influences were that obvious in this tune.
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Mats N
Good news Mats, thanks for this info!
You're welcome!
Very nice indeed!
Thanks amiller!
Beautiful!!
Nice work.
Thanks you rone!
Thank you Mats for the tweaking information. Its really helpfull
Hey Sharry,
Sharing is caring!
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Mats N
Hey Mats, now this is poetry, very beautifulll Fenderrish sounds, great
Hi Bobiz,
Thanks for the kind words. I actually wrote this after a discussion with my wife. She has a way with poetic wordflow and I don't so I told her my way of expressing the same feeling was through my music. She then described in words how she felt when she thought of how she loved me and asked me to make a musical respond. This tune is that response. So in a way you are spot on. It's my way of poetry. Thanks again!
Which profile did you use specifically? I'm interested in buying it.
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Thanks guys! I understand why you would want this profile named 3P Spanky 1 1
At first Michael was going to include this one in his Box of Chocolate Pack but held off as he got together with Jamie at 3rd Power Amps and started thinking of doing a full 3rd Power Pack (which I think would be amazing).
So at this time, the Spanky profiles are not available.
The only reason I have it is that I help Michael beta test his profiles and I got these as part of the beta process.
Cheers,
Mats N
Sounds absolutely great!
Thanks Ingolf! The Spanky is definitely my favorite clean sound in the KPA. The more I learn how to tweak it, the better it gets.
Cheers,
Mats N
Mats - absolutely wonderful
Thanks Paul! With this one, it was very easy to find the right things to play.
another fine one mats ! the tones are outstanding
Thanks Waraba! Michael's profiles are very easy to tweak to my needs.
Sounds good Mats nice and spanky.
How do you have the screamer set? If you don't mind sharing.
I had some trouble setting this up to sound and respond the way I wanted. I finally cracked the secret about it here's what I found. The Green Scream didn't work on it's own. If I set the gain to get the OD I wanted, the effect got muddy and indistinct. So what I did was to experiment with putting a boost in a stomp slop before the slot with the Green Scream. Lead boost didn't work and I had a slight problem choosing between the Pure Boost and Treble Boost but decided on the Pure Boost.
Here are the settings that worked best for me.
Pure Boost
Gain: +1.7
Green Scream
Drive: 3.1
Tone 6.2
Mix: 100%
Volume: +3
Hope this gives you some ideas!
Cheers,
Mats N
Hi,
I wrote a tune where I needed a clean sound that was both delicate and powerful depending on touch. I also wanted it to work in all Strat positions. Finally I wanted it to work with the Grean Screamer OD in the Kemper.
I used a Spanky profile from Michael Britt as a starting point and after a while I got what I wanted. This is very dynamic and very enjoyable to play. I hope you can hear both in this tune.
Guitar is a James Tyler Studio Elite.
Hope you'll like it!
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Mats N
Very cool with great energy.
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Mats N
Very well done!
There are quite a few old Steely Dan tracks I feel would benefit greatly from some more modern playing and modern mixing.
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Mats N
At last! You knew I was keen, Mats, so... thank you so much!
Only hassle is I'm on FW 3.1.4 (from memory) and in no hurry to update. This could be a reason to 'though.
Thank you again. I hope everyone appreciates this; it's not like you churn out profiles every day...
Hi MM,
Yes, I knew and I really wanted to get them out faster, but I have learned quite a bit about tweaking since my last serious session that I wanted to make sure these would be as good as I think they need to be. I hope you find use for them.
And no, I don't churn out profiles every day. I wish I had more time to profile. I am thinking of doing a Fenderish clean session one day with the aim of getting a really dynamic and snappy clean sound. I haven't heard that from anyone yet, so I don't even know if it's possible. Time will tell!
Cheers,
Mats N
the 2 others as well but they sound already mixed after recording IMO, like if I'd be playing a CD. I took off delay and reverb and added defintion and power sagging and was more pleasant to me. I mean rawer, personnal taste
they were great for loop recording, great rythm sound
This is a very interesting comment! And one I find very illuminating regarding my own recording process. I was once taught by a great engineer/mixing guy that I should always get it right at the source. If you do that, mixing will be very easy. So when I record I almost never record a dry signal for later reamping. I always get the sound I want up front as I want to play the sound as part of my musical expression.
So now it seems I've taken this philosophy one step further and do that when I profile as well. When I made these three profiles I had a very clear view of what I wanted them to feel like and how to sound like in a mix. So I profiled the sounds and tweaked them accordingly. I hadn't thought of that until now.
You say they are great for "loop recording". What is that?
Cheers,
Mats N
I missed this thread!
Great playing and tones!
Bravo!
Thanks Rothko!
If you want to snag the profiles, the details are here:
Black Goop Session #3 Dumble style profiles now posted
Cheers,
Mats N
would it be possible to put them on Rig Exchange ? Maybe that would solve the problem.
No, that would not make a difference.
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Mats N
