Hi guys.
doing these years I have always felt that sometimes the Profiler needs a little help in order to match 1:1 (well, IMHO it's "only" 98:100
) the profiled amp.
I have noticed this several times on my Steavens Poundcake 100 Mk I, an amp that i really, really love.
The problem is that some of the internal parameters and pre and pst eq are not available during profiling, so I chose to try a different approach.
So at first I made a merged profile, and once again i have noticed the there are some little differences in the low-mids and somewhere in the highs.
Something hard to describe, and I'm pretty sure that you won't be able to ear it in the mix. But you know, i'd love to have everything right there.
So I placed a loop in the A stomp, send to my amp and return from my mic (well, it's an AMT Pangaea with some IRs loaded) and the I have activated the Parallel Path.
For those who don't know how it works, check in out. It's a very powerful tool allowing the KPA to have two different signal pats.
Check the manual for further informations.
With the parallel path active I was able to switch between the profile and the real amp just by turning the parallel path knob, without having to swap cables an without weird sounds due to some user error (the can happen if you activate the loop and the amp path the same time).
In this way I could use the other slots (I have used a pre eq and a post eq) plus all the internal amp parameters in order to match my amp dynamics and sounds almost perfectly.
Here's a zipped folder with the 5 merged profiles i made with this "new" approach, check them out.
These are with a cab coming from the Michael Wagener free pack and they might sound a bit bass heavy, but the profiles have been made with a Celestion G12H30 4x12 IR and they have a very balanced tone.