Posts by Ibot39

    He Mick, I know you have experience in mixing bands that play some eeeevil music - even if your avatar is so cute and cuddly :D


    I have thousands of rigs, but still I am searching for the perfect profiles that fit black metal and doom genre! Think of newer Enslaved album tones. Somehow they managed to combine clarity and modern punch with a reminiscence of older days grim black metal tone! This then works equal good with fast eruption as with doomy passages.


    So I still search complementary rigs for doubletracking to get in that direction. Which packs should I buy from your selection - probably best chance in your Peavey 6505 pack? Or another pack recommended? Maybe you have used specific rig combinations from the packs that worked for that kind of tone and can give me a hint?

    Regarding the EVH cab, we're talking 'bout "Greenbacks", right?


    You did make darker profiles intentionally. But considering the lower volume and the tendencial boomy, soft (porn) bottom end - I think I am not the biggest fan of the last cab update. Even when volume is matched it sounds a bit dull - but have to do more testing (different guitars).

    You forgot one thing (point 3!).


    In ten years (EDIT: o.k. 3 years) the band and you will be really famous (if you want it or not), with a lot of followers - so there will be a remixed and remastered ultimate version financed by the label anyway :D


    And all fans will then defend the much better original mix from the past, when everything was true and not money based :thumbup:

    Just have to post my first and early impression of the profiles: What you get here is KILLER! I will do further testing, but that statement is carved in stone!


    Not only close to the original tone as advertised, but soooo many usable rigs! I definetly will use some as a starting point for my own stuff.


    Thanks to @ashtweth to bring that up here :thumbup:
    And to @violetman for the great work and joining the conversation


    EDIT: @ashtweth I almost DROPPED my guitar cause of a laughing fit, after I noticed, that I tested the rigs wit Seymour butts JB in the bridge 8o:D:thumbup:

    o.k. after EXCESSVE testing I decided to go from "global pure cab on" to the same method as @patrick2099 (thanks for bringing that topic to discussion again): Turning global pure cab off and adjusting only a few rigs!


    I still like the nice full sound I can get with several rigs and without much tweaking, but I also have admit some points you guys have brought to the table in this and in other threads.


    Still a very cool feature from Kemper, but I now agree with @Mike K (discussion in another thread) in that point: Pure cab should not be enabled by default.

    @Azarm33 site is updated.


    I have bought the Mk II of the Total Bundle now.


    Price is up - but that's cause we get MORE packs, of course. This time I counted exactly (after 1 beer meanwhile) - hurray - 22 packs :thumbup: !

    @violetman


    It seems I could not count?


    I only can see 21 packs for the Total Bundle. And if I choose the pack, only 17 are mentioned in the description? But this is the pack I get 22 packs, right?
    Maybe you can list here again all the packs in the Total Bundle ... and I will count again. I swear, I did not have any beer today :D

    It's a bit problematic to express some liking for pure cab. Many who dislike the option seem totally convinced, that it makes profiles sound "worse" (and those profiles, it does something good with are bad miced from the beginning and should have avoided anyway). And it is not usable in a mix - what a mess! Well that is true for some, but it is not so much for me :thumbup:


    Alone the wish for some kind of amp in the room tone (for recording) will make some guys look :/


    But "worse" really is just subjective. Smoothing out higher mid peaks and some harsh frequencies - some will hate, some see it simple as tonal option, they waited for. Same with tight vs. looser sound, clear vs. muddy, original character vs. new-amp-in-the-room-character - very subjective categories.


    As far as I know, seller Rockprofiles does offer optimized rigs for both camps. Have not checked out, only the freebies.


    All I can say is, I like the option and use pure cab at 3 very often. Best thing: It is very easy to compare - only one button :thumbup: Also very easy to try if it works in your mix. Record - compare - decide.


    But thank you Kemper team for adding that functionality - I love to have it! But it's just me (a guy who once owned a bad tape copy from an even more rugged tape copy of Darkthrones Transilvanian Hunger and then was seriously disappointed from the improper GOOD sound of the cd release... the TAPE: still my benchmark for great smudged guitar tone - aaargh just kidding!!!).

    I believe you, that it sounds great (but I don't believe "Fame" is related to Thomann - own brand of Musicstore. But both are equal dangerous online shops for "close-at-cash-musicians" :thumbup: )

    Here is a very quick test with EMG 85 in the bridge. I did not know which profile Jimi used, so it just took one from the pack. (Very old strings on that particular guitar, tried to capture Jimi's riff, but sorry for sloppy playing - I have little time).


    EDIT: And I have pure cab on 3 (forgot to turn it off, but as you know, I like it :) )


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    I've heard that the magnets in active pickups are weaker to start - but I don't know if that could be a factor.

    If not exposed to massive physical shock (with damaging the material) or a strong magnetic field, there won't be any noticable "aging". Especially with the EMG 81, that uses modern, permanent ceramic magnets - they won't loose any magnetism after a few years, don't worry!


    EDIT: Added link:
    http://www.billlawrence.com/Pages/Pickupology/magnets.htm


    What I did on a comparable guitar / setup: Swap the EMG 85 to the bridge (and EMG 81 to neck position). I also did the quite popular 18V mod. Using rechargeable batteries I am a bit lower, but still benefit from a less compressed tone.


    EMG 85 is warmer sounding in that position than the 81 and less " thin, narrow, one-dimensional". In both positions I get a more balanced tone for my liking.


    Sounds good!! I can see you gently headbanging in the right shot - or is it beard-banging? :D

    I really considered not to answer, but your post is very mean and twisting the truth, if you have closer look.


    I have not read anything from you before. I don't know why and I don't care if you think you have to explain yourself "all the time". But no big problem for me, this is called conversation. Maybe its just a language barrier, but you seem to be easily pissed, with no reason. And then you get vicious.


    With "dubious statement" I refer to this: "...that's why kemper team created this feature, to make the transition smoother". Pure cabinet is a unique key feature from the Kemper, that I simple love. Has nothing to do, if one is used to cabs and need some kind of "transition" to miced cab sound or something.


    Quote from Kemper: "Kemper collected a lot of feedback from professional guitar players from around the globe regarding their take on the Pure Cabinet sound. They all love it and would not switch it off anymore." So it seems, that at least a few other people are still hanging in transition mode :thumbup: EDIT: It's of course nonesense to say Kemper developed the feature only because the (stupid) user needs some kind of transition. But for sure you can tell us, where you have your information from. Could it be, they created that unique feature, cause it enables the user to get closer to pure cab tone on recordings...


    And no, I am not the lawyer of Kemper team. That's really childish way of talking to each other.


    So you are saying I have not read the manual and have to accept that I am wrong? Am I wrong, really? Let's find out, boy!


    The sentence from me, that you declare as wrong simple is not. You are trying very hard to misconstrue, aren't you? What I said in the context is, that you can get the same benefits from pure cab on high gain sounds (like many use on lower gain settings) if you be careful and use LOWER settings. So as I have written: "...pure cab will do the trick with high gain profiles too." Of course you get less microphone character and less "phaseyness" with higher settings, but compared to pure cab off, lower settings still do, what I have written (the word "too" at the end of the sentence is helpful here for understanding). Very easy to understand, hope you get it now.


    Anyway you should try to calm down, your way of writing is a bit belligerent. But I think I will stop here, good luck with your attitude in real life...