NPAD - Kemper

Track 1- Better clarity.
Track 2- Warmer...less high end...

If I were to hazard a guess, and it would only be a guess, track one sounds like an amp mic’d with a condenser, and track 2 sounds like an amp mic’d with a dynamic(like an Audix I5).
I’d love to know what was the mic used to make the profile?...
...and what mic was used to record the amp?
Either way...this sounds good enough to convince me that profiling has come a long way Since I goofed around with early IR loaders.
 
I don't like 2 at all, no dynamic range, muffled and dull.

1 is better than before (so I'd keep that compressor off), but while the notes are nicely there perhaps the movement between them isn't quite there, yet?
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Track 1- Better clarity.
Track 2- Warmer...less high end...

If I were to hazard a guess, and it would only be a guess, track one sounds like an amp mic’d with a condenser, and track 2 sounds like an amp mic’d with a dynamic(like an Audix I5).
I’d love to know what was the mic used to make the profile?...
...and what mic was used to record the amp?
Either way...this sounds good enough to convince me that profiling has come a long way Since I goofed around with early IR loaders.
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To be clear, this is the same profile, recorded direct. The only difference is that one set of tracks is: Kemper>>Soundcraft>>Reaper; and the other set is: Kemper>>Ceriatone>>Soundcraft>>Reaper
 
Mr Grumpy said:
I don't like 2 at all, no dynamic range, muffled and dull.

1 is better than before (so I'd keep that compressor off), but while the notes are nicely there perhaps the movement between them isn't quite there, yet?
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There is also a different pickup selection, so just focus on the difference between the members of a set
 
Come on, Ray, next lot, I'm waiting here to be blown away... The last 1 was good. I suspect once you find out all the nuances of the Kemper there's a lot more in there.
 
I actually liked #2 better this time. #1 was a little too sharp, not just crisp and clear, but sharp and unpleasant to my ears.

#2 was not as muffled and I heard nuances that were missing in the first #2...

Note...#2 of #2 and not #2 of #3...confused yet?
 
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62 Fender Princeton model. No effects. Kemper direct vs the Phaez Harem power section.

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Duser-903662928%252F62-fender-kemper-v-phaez-harem-1c%252Fs-IlTfVpLYcFv%3Bsecret_token%3Ds-IlTfVpLYcFv%3Btrack_id%3D804233695

https://soundcloud.com/id%3Duser-903662928%252F62-fender-kemper-v-phaez-harem-2c%252Fs-F1OpmYn9IvR%3Bsecret_token%3Ds-F1OpmYn9IvR%3Btrack_id%3D804233878
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I like both of these, for different reasons.
1C is the Phaez power section...sounds fluffy.
2C is the Kemper direct...clear and crisp.
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Thatbastarddon said:
Track 1- Better clarity.
Track 2- Warmer...less high end...

If I were to hazard a guess, and it would only be a guess, track one sounds like an amp mic’d with a condenser, and track 2 sounds like an amp mic’d with a dynamic(like an Audix I5).
I’d love to know what was the mic used to make the profile?...
...and what mic was used to record the amp?
Either way...this sounds good enough to convince me that profiling has come a long way Since I goofed around with early IR loaders.
Click to expand...

Many of the profiles have notes that tell you exactly how they were miked and what mic's were used. Some even include
pictures of the amps and the settings. It depends on who made the profiles. Most of the ones that are sold have great detail!

The free ones and some that are traded or just made by the casual user don't have a lot of info...
 
Thatbastarddon said:
Track 1- Better clarity.
Track 2- Warmer...less high end...

If I were to hazard a guess, and it would only be a guess, track one sounds like an amp mic’d with a condenser, and track 2 sounds like an amp mic’d with a dynamic(like an Audix I5).
I’d love to know what was the mic used to make the profile?...
...and what mic was used to record the amp?
Either way...this sounds good enough to convince me that profiling has come a long way Since I goofed around with early IR loaders.
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Interesting questions, Don
 
You can see just how versatile and how many sounds you can get out of the Kemper! You can go direct, through a powered speaker,
through a power amp, through a guitar amp...and on and on...until you find the sound you want!
 
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