The Kemper thread

kennedydream1980

FarleyUK said:

I still have yet to find any profiles that better the TopJimi Caswell ones, personally.

I've also been spending a fair amount of time with Helix Native - and it just makes me wish Kemper had a VST version that could be used. Helix is good, but Kemper is another level IMO.

Will be interesting if the Neural Quad Cortex can de-throne it later this year....

I have some TopJimi profiles which came with my second hand stage. I’ll definitely take a look. Have you used any of those profiles live @FarleyUK, how do they translate cranked up loud through a PA?

FarleyUK

kennedydream1980 said:

FarleyUK said:

I still have yet to find any profiles that better the TopJimi Caswell ones, personally.

I've also been spending a fair amount of time with Helix Native - and it just makes me wish Kemper had a VST version that could be used. Helix is good, but Kemper is another level IMO.

Will be interesting if the Neural Quad Cortex can de-throne it later this year....

I have some TopJimi profiles which came with my second hand stage. I’ll definitely take a look. Have you used any of those profiles live @FarleyUK, how do they translate cranked up loud through a PA?

Yep, I use his Caswell AFD as my main profile (HIGH and HIGH 2, depending on if I want v30s or Greenbacks). Sound fantastic - I highly recommend them!

paul_xt

I’m not sure if I’ve (or someone else) has mentioned it before, but I’d also recommend the Bert Meulendijk profiles too. I use them pretty much exclusively but I’m gonna grab the new Michael Britt ones too and give them a test run

kennedydream1980

paul_xt said:

I’m not sure if I’ve (or someone else) has mentioned it before, but I’d also recommend the Bert Meulendijk profiles too. I use them pretty much exclusively but I’m gonna grab the new Michael Britt ones too and give them a test run

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the Bert Meulendijk profiles are more geared towards recording. I may be wrong so if I am I apologise. But in my experience once you get those kind of profiles up to gig volume blasting through a PA they can be very bright and harsh in the top end. The M Britt profiles seem more controlled in that respect.

crunchman

kennedydream1980 said:

paul_xt said:

I’m not sure if I’ve (or someone else) has mentioned it before, but I’d also recommend the Bert Meulendijk profiles too. I use them pretty much exclusively but I’m gonna grab the new Michael Britt ones too and give them a test run

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the Bert Meulendijk profiles are more geared towards recording. I may be wrong so if I am I apologise. But in my experience once you get those kind of profiles up to gig volume blasting through a PA they can be very bright and harsh in the top end. The M Britt profiles seem more controlled in that respect.

I've been doing some recording recently and finding all the profiles I play through most of the time do sound a bit dark.  I'm realising that you do need a good amount of top end to cut through a mix.

FarleyUK

I purchased the 2020 pack from M Britt yesterday..... and then realised I'd already purchased it back in April.

FFS!

kennedydream1980

FarleyUK said:

I purchased the 2020 pack from M Britt yesterday..... and then realised I'd already purchased it back in April.

FFS!

Whoops. 

Here is a question. Has anyone on the forum ever profiled any presets from another modeller?

I’ve noticed some of the vendors that sell profiles offer Fractal profiles.

I think it would be interesting to profile my old Helix preset.

Does anyone on the Forum have both a Helix and a Kemper and would be up for doing this for me? I could pay for the service. 

I could email through my Helix preset and the IR I used to use.

paul_xt

kennedydream1980 said:

paul_xt said:

I’m not sure if I’ve (or someone else) has mentioned it before, but I’d also recommend the Bert Meulendijk profiles too. I use them pretty much exclusively but I’m gonna grab the new Michael Britt ones too and give them a test run

I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that the Bert Meulendijk profiles are more geared towards recording. I may be wrong so if I am I apologise. But in my experience once you get those kind of profiles up to gig volume blasting through a PA they can be very bright and harsh in the top end. The M Britt profiles seem more controlled in that respect.

I’ve only ever had positive comments when I’ve played live using them, and never found them to be harsh. I guess it’s like everything else, a matter of opinion. I’d definitely give them a try though - he’s an awesome guy too.

JohnCordy

Tone Junkie's new Mesa California Tweed pack is kinda cool (think there might be some free rigs available?) - definitely has the vibe of the Cali Tweed you see sitting next to me looking on jealous...

FarleyUK

There's something about Tone Junkie that just irritates me. Maybe because he always seems so smug - maybe it's the stupid man-child baseball cap.

Great vids on YouTube though (and still nowhere near as self-righteous as Chad Boston with his Helix and Fractal stuff).

Jonathanthomas83

FarleyUK said:

There's something about Tone Junkie that just irritates me. Maybe because he always seems so smug - maybe it's the stupid man-child baseball cap.

Great vids on YouTube though (and still nowhere near as self-righteous as Chad Boston with his Helix and Fractal stuff).

Spot on. The "hello, my name is HW" triggers me...as if those initials roll off the toungue moreso than just saying his name!

Darren

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Still loving the Kemper after all these years, especially as they’ve just about sorted the rig manager issues and the OS seems stable. I have a DI box on the way this week so looking forward to making some DI profiles of my Carol-Ann. 

@Fiftyshadesofjay could you let me know how that goes with your DI box? I'm thinking of picking one up also to DI profile my JMP 2203 as well as some borrowed amps. 

Cheers,
Darren 

Musicwolf

I bought the Michael Britt 2020 pack last night (on offer c £21).  Only had a quick try but very promising.

chrishill901

Jonathanthomas83 said:

FarleyUK said:

There's something about Tone Junkie that just irritates me. Maybe because he always seems so smug - maybe it's the stupid man-child baseball cap.

Great vids on YouTube though (and still nowhere near as self-righteous as Chad Boston with his Helix and Fractal stuff).

Spot on. The "hello, my name is HW" triggers me...as if those initials roll off the toungue moreso than just saying his name!

You’re spot on haha. Youtube is an annoying place.

Going back to the profiles, as @FarleyUK says the Top Jimi stuff is next level. I think for me I enjoyed them as they perhaps felt the most ‘amp in the room’? I don’t know what mics he uses but all of his profiles for me felt great to play and sounded good through a Laney LFR-112. I’ve since ditched the Kemper but I’ll miss the Caswell AFD pack and the AFD100 #34 High profiles. His Friedman BE-100 profile was hard to beat too... gunna miss those profiles!

Freebird

Jonathanthomas83 said:

FarleyUK said:

There's something about Tone Junkie that just irritates me. Maybe because he always seems so smug - maybe it's the stupid man-child baseball cap.

Great vids on YouTube though (and still nowhere near as self-righteous as Chad Boston with his Helix and Fractal stuff).

Spot on. The "hello, my name is HW" triggers me...as if those initials roll off the toungue moreso than just saying his name!

Well said JT 

Fiftyshadesofjay

Darren said:

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

Still loving the Kemper after all these years, especially as they’ve just about sorted the rig manager issues and the OS seems stable. I have a DI box on the way this week so looking forward to making some DI profiles of my Carol-Ann. 

@Fiftyshadesofjay could you let me know how that goes with your DI box? I'm thinking of picking one up also to DI profile my JMP 2203 as well as some borrowed amps. 

Cheers,
Darren 

@Darren just had a little test earlier and it’s very impressive. I reckon most people wouldn’t notice which one was the real amp if you AB’d. I’m going to do some proper DI profiles tomorrow.

I did try it with a cheap Behringer DI and this is much better.

I still think £80 for a passive DI box is a bit rich but there’s no denying it works as it should and gives you easy accurate results and you can’t ask more than that.

Lestratcaster

Pleased to be joining the digital family after getting my brand new unit on Thursday. The first one I got was ex-demo from a certain retailer and it was faulty! 3 weeks of sorting out returns/refund then I went to a different retailer and my new unit was delivered 2 days ago. Not spent too much time on it but the profiles sure as hell sound just like a real amp!

Mainly been playing the high gain ones 5150/Mesa Dual Rec etc but found some great clean amps today, one is based off a Fender Deluxe I think and I have a nice crunch amp (Matchbox I think). Have even used the performance mode to create some "banks" or performances with 3-4 different rigs. So cool being able to switch amp sound on the fly.

Still a lot to explore and figure out in terms of monitors and direct outputs (using it with a 1x12 cabinet) but I'm loving it so far. I don't think I'm going to ever play a tube amp again!

Now to find a good hardcase to transport it around...

Jonathanthomas83

Lestratcaster said:

I don't think I'm going to ever play a tube amp again!

There's those famous last words we've all used! :-)

Lestratcaster

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Lestratcaster said:

I don't think I'm going to ever play a tube amp again!

There's those famous last words we've all used! :-)

Haha I still have my Marshall DSL5 combo but it just doesn't compare to the JCM800 profile that's on there, one A5 power chord ring out is enough for me to choose.

ragingben

Jonathanthomas83 said:

Lestratcaster said:

I don't think I'm going to ever play a tube amp again!

There's those famous last words we've all used! :-)

So true! Happy Kemper day, they are amazing bits of kit. Killed GAS for me for years, but when it came back it came back hard!