Got some constructive criticism for the following statement:
And that's why I think most people who profile with the Kemper aren't happy with the results. In my nearly two years of profiling, 99% of the tones I could hear with a mic, the Kemper grabbed. The few times I tried to profile in the same room, I wasn't happy with the results because the sound of the 'real' amp blended or overpowered with what the Kemper was giving me.
What they had an issue with is in bold, but I wanted to leave the paragraph/context it was with above too so it's read all together.
I'm not saying the Kemper is a bad product. I love it and it's probably the best piece of gear I've bought in a long time. But I think that some people, I'll say some instead of most - buy it thinking it's going to be super fun and easy to mike up their amps and go crazy.
And that's why I think most people who profile with the Kemper aren't happy with the results. In my nearly two years of profiling, 99% of the tones I could hear with a mic, the Kemper grabbed. The few times I tried to profile in the same room, I wasn't happy with the results because the sound of the 'real' amp blended or overpowered with what the Kemper was giving me.
What they had an issue with is in bold, but I wanted to leave the paragraph/context it was with above too so it's read all together.
I'm not saying the Kemper is a bad product. I love it and it's probably the best piece of gear I've bought in a long time. But I think that some people, I'll say some instead of most - buy it thinking it's going to be super fun and easy to mike up their amps and go crazy.
I did same room profiling for awhile. It worked. Some of the profiles I got that way sound great and I still use them today. But my percentage of 'good' profiles versus 'crap' was a lot worse doing it in the same room. The Kemper is a tool that will, as I stated above, grab 99% of tones you can hear with a microphone. Great. Now if you're profiling in the same room at the same time - You're NOT hearing what you're feeding the Kemper, and your profile is going to sound different.
Maybe I should have phrased it another way - in my experience, you get a much better success rate on usable profiles if you can hear the 'reference amp' from the Kemper's monitoring clearly and without interference from the amp/cab you are profiling.
Maybe I should have phrased it another way - in my experience, you get a much better success rate on usable profiles if you can hear the 'reference amp' from the Kemper's monitoring clearly and without interference from the amp/cab you are profiling.