Kemper - Favorite Commercial Profiles

[duaneflowers]

For our Kemper aficionados, do you have any commercial profiles that you recommend? I've really been enjoying the sample pack from Kemper Profiles | M Britt Profiles | Home and find them way better than most of the stock profiles. The demos of the soundside.de profiles sound really great as well. Any others that you guys recommend?

 

[frankv]

For our Kemper aficionados, do you have any commercial profiles that you recommend? I've really been enjoying the sample pack from Kemper Profiles | M Britt Profiles | Home and find them way better than most of the stock profiles. The demos of the soundside.de profiles sound really great as well. Any others that you guys recommend?

Can you post a clip brother?

 

[duaneflowers]

Can you post a clip brother?

Haven't located the 'post a clip' switch yet... I'm sure I'll find it one of these days...

 

[caljoe]

For our Kemper aficionados, do you have any commercial profiles that you recommend? I've really been enjoying the sample pack from Kemper Profiles | M Britt Profiles | Home and find them way better than most of the stock profiles. The demos of the soundside.de profiles sound really great as well. Any others that you guys recommend?

I'm thinking Lolly might be able to help you out, he has some killer tonez and has been messing with the Kemper for a while now.

 

[Steinmetzify]

Give this guy a shot:

V/Rad Studios | Profiles for the Kemper Profiling Amp

And this, even though this is more for ERGs and lower tunings; more metal stuff, but good:

Kemper Profiles - Extended Range Guitar Nerds


Clips for both on both pages...

 

[Lolly]

Hi there!

I really like commercial profiles but I suggest You to not underestimate the free profiles on Rig Exchange: some are really bad but some others are awesome IMHO. This just to say that commercial profiles aren't a must for the Kemper to sound great.

Ok, I'll stop blabbing

For cleans and mid gain tones I'd suggest You to check out:

Welcome to TheAmpFactory | The Amp Factory...Sounds of the past, present and future

Bert Meulendijk Kemper Profiles - Studio & Live Profiles

Kemper Profiles by Top Jimi

Kemper Amp Profiles |

You've already discovered MBritt profiles which are killer (Michael uses them live with his band) and the Soundside ones.


For hi gain:

SinMix I Reamping I Mixing I Mastering I Kemper Profiles

TONEHAMMER — Home

Home / The Black Stymphalian

http://shop.choptones.net/kemper-profiles



I guess all the sellers have audio samples on their sites and some of them also have free profiles to try out.

I hope this helps and sorry for my bad english

 

[duaneflowers]

Excellent suggestions!!!

 

[cybermgk]

I've really been enjoying the sample pack from Kemper Profiles | M Britt Profiles | Home

Buy the M Britt D-Pack for some great Dumble profiles. YOu have some of them from his 800 pack, but get the whole pack (JCM 800). I like his Vintage pack (Vox AC, a whole slew of classic fenders). If you like Marshall tones add his 69 Marsh pack as well. If you go for the Modern tones, hit his Modern Pack.i

 

[matthew bear]

I'm really beginning to think that MBritt is the top dog, tone wise... that said, top jimi and TAF have been good to me

 

[lowmach]

Old thread, but great topic. So many great quality 3rd party options out there. We’re so lucky!

Don’t forget the ToneJunkie releases as they sound very good as well and are the only ones I don’t prefer an IR in place of the cab section.

I don’t even keep a guitar cabinet at my home any longer. A year later and I’m still in awe over the Kemper sound and feel.

Cheers

 

[NotScott]

I have been enjoying free profiles that do everything I need with minimal tweaking, primarily because they sound good and secondarily because I'm a lazy bastard.

Although I disagree with his overuse of reverbs and compressors, the basic amp tone and feel of Michael Britt's profiles are spot on to my ears, particularly for live use. I know his profile "style" gets slagged as being "too dull" and "doesn't cut through a mix" (FWIW I HATE that !@#$%^& cliche! You FIT in a mix, not scream your way through it). But those criticisms say more about the critic than Mr. Britt's talents. I would say the majority of those who dislike the Britt profiles for those reasons are either metal heads, bedroom wankers or a combination of the two.

I am also liking what I hear from the Amp Factory and Bert Meulendijk and have started to experiment with some of theirs. They know what vintage amps can do.

Until I profile my amp collection (again, that lazy thing) here are the main profiles that I have been using live and at home:

MB - Car Slant 6V - I like this for the clean tones. It sounds like a Vox meets Fender Tweed to me.

2011 More Gain AC20 - This sounds like a compressed version of my 64 AC30. It is one of the more convincing vintage Vox profiles I have found.

MB -70 Mars SL 3 - This is my primary rock rhythm profile. I spice it up a bit by using an expression pedal to morph the gain. This particular profile works best with my PRS that is now my primary guitar. I have found better ones for my LPs and Strats that I am currently experimenting with. One thing I would like to add here that I have been meaning to make a thread about, profiles are VERY sensitive to what guitars you plug into them. A dog through your tube amp may turn into a star with the right profile.

MB - Dumb ODS FB3 - This is one profile that I don't think Britt really captured the essence of the amp. The real amp is looser, particularly in the low mids. Listen to Robben Ford and you will immediately hear what I am talking about. That being said, the tightness of this profile makes for an excellent lead tone, which is exactly what I use it for.

MB - Fux FH50 OD 2 Bst - I use this for those over the top leads and the random Santana tunes that we may do. It is a bit hissy and very compressed but, it works well with the Bare Knuckle Abraxis pups in my PRS. I may have found a replacement for this profile with the next one.

There is a poster on the Kemper Forum who made some profiles of his Boogie Mark III Blue Stripe. I have the same amp so I was curious to hear how he did, so I tried them. They do capture the tone and feel of the amp but they sound a bit bright to me. After tweaking though, I may start using his TMS2MK3 MGB DRV2 a bit more in place of the Fux above.

TAF - High Watt JTCran - I tweaked this a touch and added a treble booster. Plug in your P90 equipped Gibby and tell me who it sounds like. You will know.

Finally, the latest profile that gives me a tingle up my leg is a profile Michael Britt put up on the Kemper Forum for someone wanting to cop a Lynyrd Skynyrd Ed King tone. Sweet baby jesus of the cathode ray tube if that profile does not produce one of the finest Strat tones I have ever heard! A couple of my vintage gear collector buddies heard it and swore it was a tube amp from my collection. They just could not believe that some silicone chips were laying it down like that. And it kills with P90s and Teles and with a Les Paul and a bit of tweaking, your in Bloomfield territory.

Kabong and I have discussed pickups before and he tends to hear them the same way I do, so perhaps he will like these profiles. But again, these profiles fit my ear and my needs and how I run my powered Kemper into my conventional guitar cabinets. Your circumstances may vary and you may think my choices are crap, but the great thing about Kemper, much like South Beach on a Saturday night, there's always another one to turn you on.

 

[duaneflowers]

Wow... have I had the Kemper for 2 years already??? Time flies...

I have purchased so many profiles I wouldn't know where to start. After buying them I have to spend some time going through them to find the 2 or 3 from each pack that I like best. I do tend to keep going back to Britt, TAF, TJ and RA Zone time and again when something new comes along. Soundside, Pete Turley and Tonehawk also have some nice stuff.

Organizing it all is another story...

 

[StingyCH]

STL Tones are awesome too..among the best loaded on my KPA

STL Tones Kemper Profiles

I have the Sky Dreams Platinum and the EVH 5150 III

 

[cybermgk]

Finally, the latest profile that gives me a tingle up my leg is a profile Michael Britt put up on the Kemper Forum for someone wanting to cop a Lynyrd Skynyrd Ed King tone. Sweet baby jesus of the cathode ray tube if that profile does not produce one of the finest Strat tones I have ever heard! A couple of my vintage gear collector buddies heard it and swore it was a tube amp from my collection. They just could not believe that some silicone chips were laying it down like that. And it kills with P90s and Teles and with a Les Paul and a bit of tweaking, your in Bloomfield territory.

Can you send me the details on that profile?

 

[Brewdude]

Heres the thread, its post #2364:

https://www.kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php/Thread/16259-M-Britt-Kemper-Profiles/?pageNo=119

@NotScott if you're comfortable doing it, would you be willing to send me the profile? I've tried to download it from the Kemper forum since I hear good things about it but I keep getting an error message

Edit: I guess I should add more to the actual thread topic, I too am a big believer of the MBritt profiles and fully agree he is a little too heavy on some effects, I like the reverbs usually but the compressors and delays getting annoying at times. Luckily its just a click of a button away!

I still struggle to find vintage Marshall mild-medium distortion sounds that nail the sound I'm looking for, far too often they go into modded-Plexi territory. I have found that a treble boost pedal is a nice fix as it can take many profiles right into the sweet spot for me. Though agree with someone's previous thought that they can be a bit much if you run them into the input of the Kemper.

 

[cybermgk]

I too am a big believer of the MBritt profiles and fully agree he is a little too heavy on some effects, I like the reverbs usually but the compressors and delays getting annoying at times. Luckily its just a click of a button away!

Yep, that's what I do, I turn em off then resave the rig.

 

[lowmach]

Yep, that's what I do, I turn em off then resave the rig.

Ditto, I turn off the entire stomps section, EQ in stack, and the effects section, then I'm good to go. I use my own reverb or delays post kemper. Maybe a fuzz in front, but have to be careful with levels as the kemper does't like to be pushed in my experience.

People asking for software to edit the kemper, but I find I can only successfully edit a couple parameters. So no need for a software editor imho. The profile sounds good or it doesn't.... I have over a 1000 to choose from.

Life is good with a Kemper!

 

[NotScott]

Sorry for the delay. Been traveling and unfortunately the pop-ups render the site useless on my iPhone.

The Britt profile I mentioned above can be found here:

https://www.kemper-amps.com/forum/i...itt-Kemper-Profiles/?postID=413524#post413524

It is in the 4th post on Page 119 by Britt. He setup a compressor and an overdrive for the rig. You should try the rig with those in and out. There are some killer tones in that rig.

If anybody has problems getting the profile, message me and I can send to you.