Kemper Producer Talk - Michael Wagener

Michael Wagener is a legend as a producer, he has sold over 96 Million records and runs his studio out of Nashville Tennessee. Michael Elsner met him and discussed all things guitar recording, production and Kemper Profiler.
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[@IamtheActionman]

What a treat that was. Thank you

[@EL34XYZ]

There are a bunch of Kemper videos on youtube but this one is the one that sold me. Very impressive and thanks to Michale Wagener

[@SeanSilas_IronWrath_GTR]

same here!

[@banjominer9682]

now youve lost all that money how do you feel this many years later??

[@EL34XYZ]

@@banjominer9682 I have no idea what your comment is about?

[@vedder10]

@@EL34XYZ Do you still use your Kemper and which one did you get, Kemper stage, toaster, rack?

[@EL34XYZ]

@@vedder10 Yep, that's all I use. I have not turned on one of my tube amps in a long time. I have the rack Kemper

[@onkel44lekno]

21:19, awesome that he still holds of place for the old ada mp-1. i sold mine a long time ago but i loved every minute played with it.

[@pointyguitarz]

Amazing tone master! Love his work and production talents! Thank you for posting this gem!

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

Michael Wagener says it's the best thing to come into his studio in 15 years?!?!? I AM SOLD. GAME ON. Selling guitars to get it. Then Profiling my amps then selling them. Period

[@johngreenwood7]

Do it. I've had a KPA for 15 months. Best thing I've bought in my many decades of musical involvement. Constant inspiration.

[@bessiebraveheart]

hi from england. late as usual but i'm on it. i've just sent for one.

[@larrytate1657]

What happened to it? Did you sell it?

[@thep2pband]

I have a Kemper rack & pedal and the harder you play the louder it doesn’t get. It does not do the ”Amp in the room thing” either. But recording and the House sound is great. Notice all the real amps in the background? Yea, not goin anywhere.

[@kotekutalia]

How that one went?

[@RolfEgilBolle]

That was an awesome interview.I have to buy a Kemper now.

[@studentsmusic]

wow..habs mir vollständig angehört. Absolut kompetenter und netter Weltklassetyp...unglaublich viele Statements und Details - fast Rockproduktionsgeschichte im Zeitraffer. Respekt und schön, dass der Interviewer einfach mal zuhört! Danke fürs Posting.

[@willm7926]

my god this guys patches are a fucking gold mine. 16:38 i would buy this just for those profiles

[@benallmark9671]

Can ya buy his profiles now ?

[@scottglasson1957]

regardless of the product.. what a studio setup and overall knowledge..great inteview!!

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[@sonnydaniel9934]

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[@sonnydaniel9934]

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[@CarstenGoeke]

Really nice interview. Thanks for sharing ✌🏼

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Wow...Best Studio I’ve set my eyes on...To hear Michael say he has used this Kemper 95% -100% over the last 15 yrs...That says it all, Totally. I’m having one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🍻🍻 Great Interview.

[@bigkid757]

Great interview and commentary on the Kemper!

[@billroe4243]

The idea of creating profiles from multiple mic'd amps/cabs/effects is intriqing.

[@jamesprice6381]

For me the romance is this, ive been tweaking a dumble circuit for many years, finally arrive at one thats just killer (80's) and a 70's too.. w/live band, now to get a kemper profile all these great sounds, and wen i tour the amp goes with me! voila! Thanks Kemper!

[@eggman1978]

Great insight to this amazing machine. With thanks

[@Eventual420]

My eyes gravitate to the ADA MP1, the Eventide Harmonizer, and the Crane Songs. Nice boat load of Chandler gear too. Yeah, that sound on Accepts Balls To The Wall, still captures the exact feel I get near a speaker cab. Brutal. Maybe one day. Time to play some guitar.

[@sl.is.google]

Great insight guys, thanks for sharing that :)

[@steveforwarduk]

if they can go native, like the helix will, and same for the fractal, then I will be more interested. great video, Wagner is a legend!

[@neddistanz]

i had to find out what mixer that was that he said was his favorite mixer because i thought it would be cool to get one - i found what i think is the same thing at $8000!

[@Jay-sy5yf]

great interview with a legend. thank you!

[@stefan.bar88]

I just bought one and it sounds amazing... I am still keeping a tube amp just for the romance of it but.... the kemper is the real deal.

[@stephendre2902]

Stefan Barbu Use your tube amp with it. I push my kemper through my tube amp just for the true tube tone. Best of both worlds.

[@equaleyez]

8:20 Wagener describing the accuracy of the Kemper.

[@johnbuell8035]

Great discussion, very informative. Well done, guys.

[@StrandedOnAPlanet]

Great product and great video guys!

[@davidhusser5588]

Michael's profiles will be available for the 15 sept !!

[@benallmark9671]

Are they out there now , can we get them ? If so where ?

[@PerezBroz-p5o]

Great interview, super informative thank you

[@johnerodz7]

Hi Great Video. Can you please make a video on how to make a profile with the Kemper Stage Step by step including mic, cables etc. Thank you

[@SkatingDog]

hiya, ok ... i‘ll try. maybe this helps as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4PVgaR6rNlqldE

[@HaNguyen-kn2tg]

I am dreaming about the day Michael Wagener sells his Kemper Profile Collection... I will be the FIRST person who buy it >.

[@benallmark9671]

Has it happened yet ?

[@pkilly126]

this guy has THE most impressive collection of gear i have ever seen, i'm blown away. what a great video on the kemper profiler too, of course i "need" one now.

[@byronh77]

found this video randomly.....very informative and cool.

[@vinisage]

just bought a power rack today! now I see this video...CHEERS!

[@keysersoze3977]

Awesome interview..

[@JohnBarrylizard]

Great interview with a brilliant guy. I linked this to my Kemper facebook group. :)

[@knutnskar6796]

Ty Tabor 👍

[@pwedza]

great video!!

[@voltaspeeder17]

Awesome video, thank you for uploading this! :)

[@DavidMorley]

Not many people I trust in opinion about gear, but MW? Yes! Sold!

[@CarstenNeugebauer]

i sure would love to get a hand on this guy's profiles....

[@technologicalsingularity1788]

The master's approval..

[@TheDanGore]

Great insight @ 8:19

[@nuttavut2528]

💚

[@SomebodyPickaName]

Really like his "Eggneta EG Five" profile.

[@OzziePete1]

21:00 Isn't reamping available on the Kemper using various Outputs from it?

[@VortechBand]

Yes. But the various DI boxes have a slightly different tone, that could fit better than the Kemper DI on those cases, so then with the method MW describes, you can use the other DI box for the DI signal.

[@jacksonblo7772]

Soon there will be profiles out there of famous guitarists' rigs, like for example James hetfield, or Eric Johnson. when this starts happening, it will open the door to the Wonka factory of guitar tones. Imagine getting a profile of the Marshall plexi owned by Jimi Hendrixi, or Brian May's Vox AC30! For me the Kemper was worth every penny.

[@test-ks7ux]

Jackson blo Yeah I can see some future news report that Brian May's amp lockup was broken into but nothing seems to be missing...weird.

[@michaelgoodlife4143]

Hahaha - good one, bro!

[@JRP3music]

Guitar tone is very subjective. I am interested in these KEMPER and AXE FX gear. I can see the advantages. I have all I need now. If I had the KEMPER, I would profile my rig with my ADA preamp and profile all the different tones. I have rack setups, a pedal board based on my ADA MP-1 preamp. I also, have a PODXT PRO that took me along time to get realistic tones out of it. I use that only for quiet jamming. I would probably dig the KEMPER Rackmount. I have great rack fx already.

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Michael Wagener, producer of albums with great sounding guitar "Kemper is really good, I can't hear the difference." Random guys in youtube comment section "Kemper sounds thin, no meat, no soul (like wtf)" Bonus : Metallica has been using AXE Fx for live shows, no tube amp. Random guys in youtube comment section "No wonder their live tone suck now"

[@MasaM-c2c]

Good job with testament, he done!

[@mrpagliero]

Nice!

[@JohannesLabusch]

It's rare to find a German dude without much of an accent. The one thing I noticed is that he says "emps" ...

[@cindynjerrymorgan8368]

why Metallica didn't use this guy on every album is beyond me. He gets great tones.

[@larrytate1657]

It was only out the last two years.

[@tomjulian7226]

He/she said "guy" not "amp"... I wondered the same thing about Sabbath and Martin Birch. Listen to the production of "Never Say Die" and then listen to "Heaven and Hell"...and then Born Again which is when they stopped using Birch.

[@Penisdoll]

He just mixed Master of puppets. It was produced by Flemming rasmussen in Denmark wich also did Ride and Justice so the guitar tone was probably pretty good when the tapes arrived at Michaels studio.

[@ryankey9938]

make the Wagener rig pack happen!...take my monies

[@stormyandcold]

It's actually coming. Check forums for release because it's not released yet.

[@realtruenorth]

You can download them free on rig manager

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Why did I just buy a Mark IV? I'm so behind the curve....

[@MICKEYISLOWD]

Robert Frias Because it kicks ass hard. Kemper don't do it.

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

I suppose...

[@harveylopezt]

Robert Frias Dude! You have a great peace of gear!

[@NitroModelsAndComics]

Josh It is a great amp. But this thing literally does it all. I can always get one of these in the future.

[@harveylopezt]

Robert Frias Well not "literally" I think, but for my personal taste and lot's of professional musicians and producers it does a lot and does enough (In the context of a mix and a band). I hope you can get one! wish me the same luck! =)

[@gabrielthornmusic]

Who's that top guitar player he's talking about at 6:00 ?

[@bernhardhuber4799]

Ty Tabor of King's X

[@augenbutter]

Would love to download Michael Wagener and other's knowledge. Elon get on it.

[@rubenperez4726]

who would like to produce amps in a mass scale now? people are buying amps online, profiling it and then returning back the amp.

[@demesisx]

ruben Perez profiling is an art, though. It’s not as simple as just profiling it and getting rid of the amp.

[@bobgilles1]

Is it possible to buy some of Michael's profiles for my KPA?

[@DebutanteMassacre]

That would be awesome!

[@EL34XYZ]

This was mentioned in the video

[@idanshahar]

This video is great. However- the camera man shouldn't have forgotten the damn camera stand- keep it steady! Moving the camera around is not cool!

[@TheRustedShackleford]

I love my Kemper but, I still feel like the right hand is under represented. You get used to it but, it really is my only complaint.

[@andiirejino1210]

I have two questions and I hope you can get back to me on this. one can you profiles affects in the kemper, and two do you have to have a power amp to run it?

[@Feeleeppo87]

1. Kemper has built 237 effects now. (really high quality) 2. There's unpowered version and powered version (with power amp).

[@MatrixRZ5]

Is this the end of tube amps?

[@MatrixRZ5]

I must buy a Kemper pre amp.

[@aryinc]

+Metalgears1968 offcourse not, it's still digital. tried one. yeah it was fun but i'm still more impressed by a tube amp. it's not just about getting the tone, it's also about pushing the amount of air and such, even on a low volume a tube amp impresses me more then this thing on low volume. tried it yesterday in a store with the stock settings. to each their own and i'm sure that this is not bad. but with a tube amp you can't denie it's sound.

[@guidocapiotto1937]

+arjan snijder Holy words man...

[@ettiennegroenewald2901]

in time yes, when they get affordable. if kemper says they will start making a budget model or if they are to cut the price by 50-60% the tube amp market will plummet in no time! its just a no brainer, do you want one tube amp or do you want this huge pallet of amps that sound and feel like a tube amp? most will go for the 2nd option.

[@aryinc]

nope it just won't. don't know but you still can hear the diffrence between a kemper and a big tube head. the air pushing, the dynamics. i've hear these kempers an awfull lot of times and never was impressed by them. they sound plastic to me, saw exodus playing with engl amps and later with kemper and tought... where did they're sound go.

[@GuitarGodsUnite]

General consensus is this is superior to the Axe Fx but I think the Kemper sounds staler and more digital than an Axe Fx

[@jacksonblo7772]

GuitarGodsUnite quite the opposite, kemper is more organic sounding for your base dry tones. Micheal Wagner? his opinion's gotta be worth something.

[@r.llynch4124]

tried one...meh for 3k you can get ax8 or helix and 2 friedman asm-12 FRFR cabinets. at least now you have awesome cabs,fx,amp sims, cab sims, exp pedal,wah wah. kemper is 3k no fx no exp, no wah wah.

[@JEAG]

If you just play guitar and produce your own tracks, this thing is completely overkill... especially if you already have a good tube amp...

[@JohannesLabusch]

I don't know about that. I'm thinking about getting one, and I can only think of 3 amps I've always wanted. Getting those would set me back a cool 7-8000 bucks and send my wife packing. Nobody will ever use everything this thing has to offer, that's the nature of the beast.

[@orangerecords_studio]

you say U use this Kemper for 95% of the records. But What records do you produce at the moment ? any link to sound. I dont rally believe that you use this Ampsimultors in a real record, coz non of them sound good .

[@cliffordjames333]

Yeah, but have you profiled a pignose?

[@nobrakes3765]

THIS IS A PAID AD. "I have a lot of modellers in the studio and I don't want to name names...(except kemper)."

[@eddkapa6507]

sure you can profile anything you want but that wont make you jimi hendrix or james hetfield

[@richardrdenisii]

astute observation dumbass

[@EL34XYZ]

LOL, you mentioned Hendrix and James Hetfield in the same sentence? Steak and spam would be a closer comparison :)

[@slashmaster2]

Amp modeling is GAY! Why would you buy an amp more expensive than the real thing which only comes real close to sounding as good as the real thing?