Profiling my FAVORITE AMP! | Can it be done?

[@davidsandstrom5781]

Don't know if anyone will say this, but thank you for taking all the time to do something YOU DIDN'T EVEN AGREE WITH! You just listened to your viewers and rolled with it. Thank you for the editing time, the profiling time, and the countless hours you dedicate to your craft. You're a great creator and I really enjoy your stuff. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@nectarkundalini]

I don't even play guitar, and I gladly liked this video for this exact reason (:

[@400_billion_suns]

I agree with the thanks. Paul is great & I love his stuff. At the same time, I think he had an obligation to do this. His original video was being treated as an apples-to-apples comparison and it only takes one glance the first 100 comments to see that. If I were part of the Kemper company, I would've felt like my product just had thousands of negative impressions made about due to Pauls' broad reach, in a comparison that didn't even showcase what it is actually capable of. The Kemper's originally-designed role was as a profiler, first and foremost. Using it as a playback device of someone else's profiles and thinking it can't keep up is no more fair than listening to a poor quality recording burned to a CD and concluding that CDs sound bad.

[@mitchellrocky3847]

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[@zakaikamdyn2172]

@Mitchell Rocky Instablaster ;)

[@mitchellrocky3847]

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[@jimmcdougall9973]

I’m glad to see you still believe in the Kemper. Unfortunately, most folks only “get” the Kemper once they have profiled their own amps.

[@playmoreguitar5393]

I believed in it then I profiled my Swart AST.. now I'm convinced its the best thing since sliced bread.

[@jimmcdougall9973]

PlayMoreGuitar ❤️

[@cornstar1253]

Michael Britts profiles are better than mine. So I mostly use his

[@jeandurand3095]

why would you need 20 diffrents amp?!

[@Ruefus]

Jean Bono ‘Need’ has nothing to do with anything. You don’t need a Matchless. You don’t need a Kemper. You want them. The Kemper is a tool, same as any amp.

[@slash196]

As one of the people asking you to do this comparison in the original video, VERY NICE WORK!!! I appreciate all the effort you put in, and it really drives home the power of the Kemper...it doesn't sound IDENTICAL, but it sounds DAMN CLOSE. Having the same impulse response/cabinet sound on both versions is key for a true apples-to-apples comparison, and doing impulse responses WELL is finicky, maddening work. For everyone out there looking to take your modeler sounds to the next level, I always recommend Ownhammer impulse responses, I put them on every one of my Kemper profiles because they just sound better than 99 percent of the profiles out there. So you get the gain structure and feel of the pre-amp, but mic'd up perfectly. Anyway, great job with this, your hard work paid off!

[@RC32Smiths01]

Really glad to see you acknowledged making a mistake in the comparison, and especially taking the time to have a redo and more accurate one. I think it really says so much about your integrity and heart of the community!

[@StamateTudorGuitar]

You comment on EVERY Guitar video. Is this your job? 😂

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@StamateTudorGuitar Nah, but I most certainly enjoy watching the content of all of these guys to grow as a guitarist!

[@StamateTudorGuitar]

@@RC32Smiths01 Me too. For how much time do you play? Are you a guitarist?

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@StamateTudorGuitar About 5-6 years as a guitarist now. I play about 5 hrs a day, and it really gets the improvement going.

[@InsaneWayne355]

Couldn't tell a difference this time round. First time must have been because your amp was dialed in differently than how the store bought profile was captured. Good stuff.

[@dannyv.6358]

Forget about the amps, your feista Strat & Tele gets me everytime 🎸Thanks for all you do Paul!

[@400_billion_suns]

I was one of the critical people on your last video, since everyone was taking it as a direct comparison even though that wasn't your intent. Thanks for doing this!!! This is a much fairer showing of the 'realistic' capabilities of the Kemper, along with the challenges of making profiles and what can be expected with experience and effort. A perfect re-creation it is not, but it can get pretty darn close, and for many casual players or even traveling musicians, the Kemper can be a much more sensible option.

[@NickC1975]

Waw, the end comparaison blew me away!! First time I hear a digital amp sounding soooo close from an analog one...

[@KB-kc7ou]

I never quite get the whole 'perfect' tone thing. A great tone is, well, great, but in a recording situation, when the guitar track gets to the mixing stage, the mixing engineer will typically scoop out frequencies, compress and use other tricks to make the guitar track sit in the mix properly. There goes any arguable differences between, say, the Matchable and the Kemper... In a live situation a good guitarist should also adjust her tone to work with the rest of the band... Or am I missing something? That said, killer tone, dude!

[@johnbrasher1495]

Just human nature... guys on forums will say "first thing ya gotta do is change the pickups" even though in A/B tests they cannot tell the high-end pickups from the Chinese copies. Same with amps. And nothing is going to change their minds.

[@AndyDion]

I agree, that’s why when I record I do DI now so I can re-amp, add effects or eq as needed for the song. For live I just want a tone that cuts thru bass and drums but sits under vocals.

[@Dartheomus]

Yeah you're dead on. The only time the "perfect tone" matters is when it inspires you to play something you otherwise wouldn't have. I *really* don't get why people fart around with changing pickups in electric guitars unless it's a massive change. (Single to HB) Any "nuance" that was achieved changing from one single coil to another is almost always achievable with an EQ pedal or a super minor adjustment in the signal chain. Now, one thing I will say with Kemper is that it makes it *much* easier to dial your tone to fit the mix whether live or recording. For recording, you can obviously re-amp, but even for live, the "cab" section of the amp is ridiculously dynamic. If you have a tone you like, but it's not cutting through the way you want, you just make a minor adjustment there and you can go from tight and boxy to fat and airy. It's amazing.

[@400_billion_suns]

Yups. There are lots of multi-track studio masters you can find online now from a certain, ummm, popular guitar video game, and when you hear the isolated guitars on those gold and platinum production albums, you realize... wow this has been eq'd and processed seven ways from Sunday. Great tones and all the subtleties matter 100x more to the person playing the guitar by themselves than in any other context. Don't get me wrong, a wonderful vintage tube amp is incomparable, but digital modeling tools are SO good nowadays and fulfill some of the traditional amp roles better than amps themselves.

[@ravenslaves]

A good friend of mine, years ago, was a great session player who also used to play out to cover the bills and to stay active, bought an early Line 6 amp. So I had to ask him, because his amp collection was massive and extremely vintage in the best possible way, "Dude...WTF?". His response was "Why should I lug around an 80 pound amp, just to play to a room full of drunk people?" ...I had nothing. That bit of wisdom is always at the back of my mind to keep some much needed perspective.

[@joshuabenton3785]

I love the subtle hint of sarcasm at the beginning. I knew the original comparison was kinda meh, but I forgot about it. BUT I am glad you came back around to it! But as much as I love Kemper, amps are still king.

[@alseick]

some tips from my observation: - to simulate amp in the room -> direct profile (I use Kemper DI box) - everything matters, every single cable in the setup. I suggest tweaking tone after Kemper is connected of course, as it wont be the same as when guitar is connected directly to the amp - playing long or different things doesnt seem to help during refine. Compare refining with chord on 3rd fret and on 9th fret (this is an example - you can play anything, the point is to understand how it affects refining). You can play anything in between these chords, it usually adjusts to last played thing anyway. You can learn how to tweak the amp in profiling mode. changing cable can give the results which are hard to achieve by manual adjustments or refining. - even when profile is made with mic, cab can be turned off when playing through cab - with some amps you might need to use more gain and bass if it becomes too shrill, once you learn what it does to the sound you can adjust the amp to compensate difference. When I bought Kemper, I had to borrow mic, because I couldn't stand most of the available profiles. Once I did my own, I sold some of the amps :D

[@richgreen9257]

Great Job! This comparison is a much better A/B, and really highlights the amount of work that goes into really dialing in a tone.

[@LittleMissDesmo]

First off I think both sound amazing. I do agree that the Matchless sounds a little better when it comes to the clarity and complete sounds. The Kemper is so close but you can hear the subtle difference when presented back to back. It’s almost muted a little. However unless someone was presented with both sounds it would be difficult to differentiate them. (Not saying that there are folks out who couldn’t tell without it. There are some awesome ears out there but the vast majority most likely are not. Which is ok. I’m probably in that majority 😂) I always learn something new. Thanks for sharing.

[@GTManiK]

Big thanks for doing this. I think there are differences between the amp and the Kemper, but it's pretty pretty darn close in this video. Maybe more noticeable in 'amp in the room' setting, but definitely less so on a recording. Also I would say that while buying a Kemper and using third-party profiles is a great option nowadays (and it works very well this way), the original Kemper's 'selling point' was another one, for another audience: if you own a recording studio, or if you gig professionally, etc. etc. and you already have a definitive collection of tones from a number of real amps you use, Kemper just allows you to reduce a 'footprint' of your gear you record and/or hit the road with. So you do not need to move around your numerous heads and cabs anymore, miking 'em in cycles to find a proper combination etc. You just get almost the same sound by switching profiles you made from your own gear. This makes it possible to capture a unique sound of your studio and your unique recording skills, and it will be YOUR signature sound (and this is the only what matters here in fact, as other people in other studios will make somewhat different sound with the identical heads/cabs/mics). Other than that, there's no 'real' need in Kemper at all - you have your favorite amp - just play it. Kemper is just a luxury to discover some gear you do not have if you want, but you can easily use other means for just that. Though I agree - it is one of the most convenient ways to discover other gear.

[@cmdrsocks]

Modern digital gear is really amazing, very close to the original. Certainly close enough that most people wouldn't know which was which or even care. I have long since ceased caring about the type of technology used to generate sounds and now use the simple rule "If it sounds good, it is good". Tone snobs and gear purists should probably consider just how many A/D, D/A, EQ, compression and buffer stages their "perfect pure tone" goes through on the way to the listeners ears if they record something and put it up on KZbin - it might blow their mind just how many cheap op-amps and "value" digital components touch their tone after it leaves the output transformer of their boutique amp.

[@OffbeatSynch]

Well done, Paul....this is the best HC-30 profile I’ve ever heard....glad you took the painstaking effort to get it sounding fantastic....thanks

[@MarcCoteMusic]

Hi Paul, I'm one of the guys who "gave you a hard time", though mine was more of a suggestion than an accusation. I'm impressed with the profile you created and in my opinion, no one in a gig setting would be able to tell which was which, so mission accomplished! The Kemper is an incredible piece of technology but it takes a great source and I suspect a lot of work to get it to perform at its best. You certainly have that great source in the Matchless and you took the time to get it just right in the digital realm. I doff my hat to you, sir, for doing this.

[@samz9121]

Now THIS is what I was waiting for. The fact that you were transparent with the whole process makes it more personal and informative on that front. Even so, I say you did a darn good job with what you put out. The profile sounds really, REALLY close.

[@flatbill2]

That amp sound with the Tele melted my brain for a second.

[@tastedcutlet]

Wow, tht's realy close now! Considering time it took someone with developed ear and a lot of expirience to dial it in and not even talking about the real amp availability, buying patches makes a lot of sense.Thansk for your efforts to show that!

[@TheKingsofFrogIsland]

Much closer this time, apologies if i missed it but if you profiled the amp, cab and microphones then i'd suggest doing a DI profile of just the head, then run both through the same cab with the same microphones to do the test. I think that's where you are losing the weight. Obviously nice to have a studio profile though as you can play at headphone volume, but a DI profile when using a cab is ideal.

[@chrisjs6123]

Damn close on an iPhone. Proper monitors not so much. I’m still in love with my kemper but there’s something about a great tube amp it’ll never fully replace. What I do love is the predictability, convenience and versatility. It’s nice to have both but I could absolutely live with a kemper for the rest of my life no problems.

[@hkguitar1984]

As with any amplifier, you need to spend some quality time with it to get the most out of it. That goes for Modeling or Analog. Great content Mr. Davids, thank you so much for your attention to detail and checking all the boxes for the important items to compare.

[@blueskirya]

Both sounds amazing! Great video, Paul)

[@carltone]

Of course everyone’s home computer/ phone Bluetooth setup is going to sound different. Your final M/K comparisons with the tele were awesome. Just prior to the Covid debacle I heard a good Blues rock band playing at a great venue. The guitarist was playing through a Kemper, the FOH mix was great, dancing with my wife, the stage wash was awesome. The guitar players tone was awesome. Kind of saddened me in a way. Technology has definitely caught up. Yes you can A/B but the cork sniffing is very subtle these days. That band , that mix . Didn’t matter cause the guitarist had tone to die for coming out of that box. Thank-you for this great comparison review and effort to make it as accurate as possible.

[@declinox]

I for one didn't hear that much difference between the Matchless and the final profile on the Kemper. When I looked away and I listened, I had a hard time telling when you transitioned from one to the other. So kudos, your profile to my ears is a pretty close match and they both sound awesome! I'm sure somebody will chime in and tell me I'm deaf, but whatever.

[@tr6jr]

I know the feeling. I purchased a Helix and for months I was tremendously frustrated. Hours of watching instructional videos, tweaking at home, then listening to our band practice recordings only to hear tones that were way too bright , bass that was flubby, and distortions that were fizzy and shrill. It takes time to get the hang of it. It gets better. I'm liking more each day.

[@driesvanoosten4417]

For me the difference was getting a nice IR...

[@butcher_0392]

@@driesvanoosten4417 Exactly If people just took the time to learn something basic about production and blending, everything would be different and those companies wouldn't steal at those ridiculous prices. The cab is 90% of the tone, and most ignore that detail. When you understand that, you know you can get a professional tone only with free plugins, and sound 100 times better than hundreds of inexperienced guitarists with Kemper or Ax FX lll, without dumping 2500 USD in the process.

[@TimMallick]

Kudos for doing this, the sound is much closer than the original video. slight diff, and if you did a blindfold A B most wouldn't be able to pick which was which. Everyone saying the matchless sounds beeter etc, if they were blindfolded, or in a mix couldn't tell the diff especially if you worked on the profile a little more, you can do some more refinement on the profile then you did, but like you said, who wants to spend all that time for a video like this. Some people are whizzes at profiling, its basically an art. I have heard some that you literally cannot tell the diff at all. Personally I feel you could get yours to that level. But again its alot of work. thanks for taking the time to make it a much better comparison

[@paulstubbs4487]

Great video. Nice to hear some real experience of profiling with the Kemper rather than the usual "sponsored" stuff. In a band setting no-one would really know or care though. Both sounded great because of your playing. Now when can someone profile Paul Davids.

[@devildeeee]

thx, paul.. just because of your contribution i instantaneously bought the c30 matchless profiles from tone junkie and now i can't stop playing them ;-) btw imho better then the britt ones which i usually prefer...but i changed the cab ir to v30 mesa. now i am perfectly happy. thank you once more, great job!!!!

[@BobJones-bh9qz]

This time around the Kemper was spot on, your profile is infinitely better than the previous one you bought

[@treehouse722]

I came to much the same conclusion as with the first vid: the Matchless is slightly more full-bodied and musical. Suggests, among other things, that your profiling was ultimately pretty good.

[@tiswanie]

Compared to the first video this is a much more realistic representation of what the Kemper is capable of. This video also shows us once more that it’s not an easy task to make high quality profiles of an amp. Thank you for your time and effort Paul.

[@sanathtuli9818]

These tones doesn't come any closer to each other. ✨🔥 Brilliant!

[@druwk]

You’re a great player, so you sound good through either. The real thing and the profile both have the same vibe, and I had a hard time telling them apart when I closed my eyes (KZbin, headphones)? I always take the opportunity to play through a real amp, if I can. Digital can be an amazing approximation, but at the end of the day it’s not an amp? “The Ultimate Tone” is a unicorn.

[@dan5danPT]

I felt like the core tone of each was comparable, but there was something that seemed like “room sound” with the Matchless that was more pleasing to the ear. The Kemper was super dry sounding. It was like listening to direct vs mic’d sound. If that is how it was recorded, then it may be possible to equal the two sounds out with something like the room sound from the OX. But then that introduces another piece of gear to the mix which isn’t part of the comparison. I think with some of the onboard effects dialed in (verb or super short single repeat delay) it would be get the Kemper even closer. Kudos to you for putting in the effort to make it a fair comparison!

[@captainjackspandexcaptainj1680]

Maybe he isn’t bad at profiling, maybe that amp is just… matchless…

[@TempoDrift1480]

I see what you did there.

[@alexandertucciarone7149]

i don't know whether to laugh or cry to that

[@alexaudiovisuals]

And then there are the people listening to this on their phone speaker :'D

[@marcp.418]

Thanks Paul, great video. I have had really good results in profiling my amps with the UA OX instead of mics. Works beautifully and I like my own profiles of Fuchs ODS and Ceriatone HRM even slightly better than the ones I bought from MBritt. Awesome pedal platform, even though the Kemper responds slightly different to pedals in front than the tube amps, but one can live with that.

[@panhandlegeardemos6837]

Much better comparison, thanks for revisiting it! Matchless sounds amazing but I’ll settle for the kemper version 😉

[@GazMoz78]

Kemper sounds great! Matchless sounds "better". This is an A-B comparison. So it's easy to make that judgement. I think the Kemper is perfectly fine, great even! Is it a Matchless? No...

[@RichiAtlanticWind]

The thing is... you want a Matchless, get a Matchless. But it only does THAT. The Kemper can sound 95% like the the Matchless and also 95% of any other amp that has been correctly profiled. That is it´strength. Oh yes, and it only weights about 6 kg or 12 lbs...

[@cornstar1253]

I can't hear the difference.

[@markinthemix6055]

Good video. Both are important. Kemper and the actual amp have their place and we need them both.

[@alleriagr]

Almost the same. Not a big difference and the refinement definitely did great. Now all you have to do is grab your Kemper and copy every single amp you like from guitar stores and BOOM. Toans for ever.

[@horse_dog]

I’d prefer to play a tube amp, but currently it just makes more sense to play a modeler, especially for live shows

[@shorerocks]

On my Genelec 1030s with eyes closed I could not hear the switch between both. And yeah, I am kinda sensitive about amp tone. To me the question is not whether the profile is 100% 'exact'. It is, whether this is a great sounding representation of the original, mic'd amp. I'd say yes. Put that into a production and noone would hear a difference. As a player, though, having the amp there does make a difference when plaing. Just... because. :-) I love that shit. Thx for that recap, Paul.

[@Oraxor]

You can hear it in the low mids and how it reacts to dynamics. The Kemper has slightly more bloated low mids, but the more telling thing for me is how it “blooms” across dynamics. It is less dynamic, but achieves the distorted tone in a way that feels like it would be a number up on gain, but has lower input. So, the cleans are less clean and more compressed, but then the high dynamics don’t have quite as much bite. For someone who needs a super specific tone, modeling never quite gets it, but in the context of a mix, you can rarely hear a difference or think, “Oh, if only it was 1% more like the real thing, it would have been exact.” If you’re not a cork sniffer, any modeler can sound good as its own thing when you’re not forcing it to be EXACTLY like something else.

[@joewilliams5396]

Watch this video if you want to see a perfectionist slightly stressed. You certainly worked hard for your integrity Paul in this video. I'm a believer in you. :)

[@Xyrium]

Ok, you got me, I'm in. Nice work sir.

[@Russell_Optics]

Thank you again ! I learn something from every one of your video's. You have a great presence & attitude that keeps me wanting to learn more. I have to admit the profile came very close, and in a blind test I probably couldn't tell you which was which. But, maybe just the placebo effect, but I still prefer tubes/valves and believe they just sound better. I can get very respectable clean or gritty sounds from my $300 tube driven super champ x2 that does model other amps as well. The Kemper is absolutely awesome, but also quite a bit more pricey.

[@douro20]

The cost of the Kemper doesn't even compare to that Matchless. It's $3500 and it's only built upon request. It even has custom made capacitors and the transformers are wound in house.

[@kgmessier]

Looks like Matchless is going to have to change their name to Matchable.

[@TheGuitarBling]

HAHAHAH

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Not any time soon it seems.

[@chrisdempsey2379]

You're gonna get a lot of likes for this, maybe even a pin. Haha, nice one.

[@joonasarmpalu7805]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXnLo42dpM-MZ7M

[@drbobbybones]

I see what you did there

[@nazmoking3171]

I actually love the Matchless profile on my Zoom pedal and Spark amp. They must be pretty cool amps!

[@Reliz]

those profils sound so much better then your old matchless profile!!

[@AlmostGrewMyHair]

Kemper sounds a bit one dimensional compared to the Matchless. Think the difference would be even more noticeable in the room while playing.

[@Crowbar11115]

@Ambivalent 100% there will be a difference. Watch some videos of people playing a real amp then a Kemper profile back to back. The differences are very obvious.

[@MrSlimfinger]

@@Crowbar11115 he is playing the real amp back to back with the Kemper, what do you mean?

[@felipebenavides1]

Crowbar1115 it seems u did not get the video

[@Crowbar11115]

@@felipebenavides1 It seems you did not get my comment. I said watch videos (with an S) meaning plural videos and people (meaning more than one person). There is a difference. Here's an example of what I'm talking about solo'd and in a Mix. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3uQpatqbJZlfas If you can't hear the difference please get your hearing checked. The profiled top-end rolls off, the high-mids get oddly fluffy and mushy, the low palm muted parts sound thin compared to the real amp. The real amp and the profile don't sound the same.

[@klausfaerevaag]

I think you can get even sweeter tones out of that strat if you lower the bass side of the pickups slightly on the neck and middle pickup ;) tightens up the bass response, it's awesome

[@sandersonstunes]

The only difference I can pick up is the decay. The kemper sounds dryer or has less room reverb than the matchless. I don’t know if you had a mic’d cab to record the tube amp and a direct input from the kemper. Other than that they sound identical.

[@gregbrown9508]

I couldn't agree more. The "presence" and "bottom end" he mentioned seemed to have more to do with the fact that the Kemper had no room to breathe (it sounded like it was being recorded in a completely dead and quiet room), while the Matchless had some reflections & decay in the room. Just a teensy bit of the right kind of room reverb might have made them identical to my ears.

[@klfaregonnarocku]

@@gregbrown9508 I think you nail it. Take the Tone Junkie profiles, those guys spend a lot of time on speakers, cones, rooms, mic types and distances to make their profiles. They have got better over time as they have learned more and more, better even than Britt imho, their latest ones of the TrainWrecks and Purple Plexi amps are a joy. Kemper profiles are like slices of pizza though. You just have to stuff them in as is once baked, can't mess with them without spoiling them.

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

Sorry Paul, that seemed like you didn't have as much fun as normal. We can't all have good days of course, but I think you really deserve them for all the positive energy you put out. I think you did a great job and just hit a learning curve myself, and no doubt you'll figure it out if it interests you personally. Regardless I enjoyed the video anyway. It's a good thing to see the trials people go through. That's what playing the blues is all about. Not the stuff that always goes down easy, you know?

[@PaulDavids]

I've had more fun, true.

[@TheBeardedGuitarist]

Brillant work. Thanks Paul!

[@GuitarGearGyan]

Sounds absolutely fantastic.

[@threepe0]

This is one of the many reasons I love Paul Davids. Keep being you man, I appreciate the hell out of you. I was one of the (probably annoying) folks saying that the comparison wasn't apples to apples. And I do hear you regarding your original video being a more realistic test; I mean, what are you actually going to do in the real world, buy an amp or just the profiles... But with that in mind, you're not comparing apples to apples, so people concluding that a particular profile sounds better or worse than a particular amp is kind of pointless, and is a conclusion based on not enough information. As you said, it's difficult to get a good profile, and with Kemper in particular, it's a snapshot of settings, whereas Fractal for example gives you much more flexibility. I do think these sound closer than the other video, and if I'm reading you right, I think you came to the same conclusion, but your point really was that what you're doing here isn't a good real-world test, as nobody will do this. But armed with this information, I think people can make better decisions and come to more informed decisions. Again, thank you so much for taking the feedback and providing us with this excellent follow-up. You've taught me a lot regarding theory, inspired me to play more, and you've helped me think about music differently. Thanks for being a great communicator and creator.

[@ohkee]

He man, klinkt goed. Voor het eerst dat ik weinig verschil hoor tussen een buizenbak en een kemper profile variant. De Matchless blijft mn voorkeur hebben wb dynamiek en semitones.

[@davedavem]

Congrats on the HC-30 again, it sounds awesome!

[@robertstapleton3598]

Very well done. Entertaining and educational. The Matchless had a little bit more lows and something around 4K but those differences can be easily adjusted with eq. I thought your best profile was the one around 4:08 - it was the second one played after adding chords. Sounds like the mics were moved back a bit from the cabinet and that captured a bit of the room sound. Magic! Maybe the goal should be to make the best possible profile, but not necessarily make it sound exactly like the original. It's OK to make it even better. :)

[@BruttCustomWorkshop]

nice sound from the 2 amps, thats for shure

[@fertirado3236]

In my experience, any modeling amp would never sound better than the original real amp *But for their price they are REALLY DAMN GOOD*

[@fertirado3236]

Btw I would appreciate advise on my rock videos on this channel, I’m really working hard on making great content ;) thanks in advance

[@ezer0923]

There have been instances where the profiler rectified some of the amp's problems

[@Dartheomus]

I feel like you matched them close enough to dead on that you would certainly never hear the difference in a mix. Nothing beats a kemper.

[@dentoncrimescene]

I didn't look and could not tell when they swapped.

[@depechex]

That's Kemper's magic. I have one and man, it's so useful in both studio environments and live situations...

[@ItsMrMcFly]

Me too man! I couldn’t hear the difference at all.

[@JackFou]

I think they sounded pretty darn similar this time round. But I still feel like the Kemper sounds a bit drier, possibly because it is not recorded via a microphone in the room but rather directly into the DAW?

[@dan5danPT]

I literately just made the same comment. There needs to be a room sound option on the Kemper like on the OX. If for no other reason than playing through headphones!

[@jtn191]

@@dan5danPT there is

[@JohnnyTheNiceGuy]

As usual, amazing video quality! Thank you Paul!

[@AAscension]

The wall behind you the first half of the video has a beautiful color.

[@ignacioc.ayerza3711]

Eeeaasy man! Don't get dissapointed. You have done a lot of great videos despite this final part was not as you expected.

[@Rich-NH]

Ah, you nailed it!

[@musicinsession]

A good tone is a good tone. The difference is that with the Kemper you pay £2K and get to play hundreds of £2k amps and share them with your friends. Do they sound the same? In the mix, yes, very hard to distinguish if not impossible (especially in metal). In a performance? HELL NO! Not close and not the same feel at all. When you play a tube amp you listen not just to tone but you literally feel it also. the air moving, the valves generating the power, it's just a completely different experience! I have both a Kemper and a Mark V and can guarantee it's not the same thing AT ALL when playing live. But in the mix? Indistinguishable!

[@netzarim1277]

I can agree with you as long as you don't monitor yourself with IEM. If IEM are used all the amp in the room, air moving, etc are pretty much lost.

[@TeddyMusique]

Nice comparison of the modeling amp vs tube amp match. The amp tube still sounds a little better to my ears but with minimal difference

[@threestrings5333]

Hi Paul, this is not a commercial message but a friend of mine (ook een Nederlander) makes some amazing profiles. The key to it from what I understand is microphone placement plus also using the best microphones and preamps available while keeping it as simple as possible. If you like have look at www.fdprofiles.com especially his Vox AC-10, Valco, old Fender and Marshall profiles are killer! Not the regular stuff you see everywhere. Thanks for the superb content you keep on creating. Groetjes Tristan

[@psycofdo]

Hi Paul. You actually rose to the challenge! Great!. So... you really had a hard time with profiling!. Being part of the group of people that insisted on you profiling the matchless, and after seeing what it takes to get a decent profile, I understand your point. But... the profile you got after all the pain is pretty amazing! Definitely a whole lot better than the one you had and used for the first demo. A couple of tweaks here and there and you hardly could tell the difference. And mostly, TUNED to the way YOU use the amp, offering a fair chance for the kemper to shine on what's designed to do. The lack of A B comparison before you got the amp may have forced you to settle with the old profile, and surely you made it work. But it has to be said: A B comparing with the real thing or with the resulting profile you got, that old profile sounds bad to my ears. Thanks for all the trouble. Now you can leave that gorgeous amp at home for recording and bring it chocolates and flowers, and take the kemper for a beer after the gig!.

[@MadKryl]

Kemper good is a back'up amp. Matchless - better, but in mix... Your profile is pretty good. Matchless for studio, Kemper for live session. all sound is good.

[@SafelandingRecords]

There is a SLIGHT treble frequency piercing through on the Kemper. Other than that, its a great fight.

[@robertmakins5070]

The Tele through the amp was the perfect crunch tone IMO.

[@bajakl]

i thought the kemper was a lot warmer in song.but for a telecaster sound the macthless sounded great

[@Bucketlee]

This man has such an amazing ear and philosophy for music it's truly amazing. Thank you Paul Davids for really showing us what music can be.

[@hkguitar1984]

Thank You for that comment Bucket Lee, you've articulated my feelings/thoughts perfectly.

[@CynHicks]

The Kemper seems to have less "sustain" or "compensation" on the lower end. Seems to be more "clean" on the highs also. I personally prefer that.

[@davimelo9181]

The matchless felt somehow more "alive", but the kemper still sounded outstanding

[@jimlansa7098]

great guy,great channel

[@MarioTorre]

Must be fun to match a matchless!

[@misternevercot8706]

Maybe they sound diffrent in your room. But on youtube i couldn't tell the difference. Well done.

[@seppebremmers5725]

Can you maybe do a video with cheap pedals?

[@arielavinoam7264]

Both are fantastic really.

[@ZachYoung626]

I'm interested to see more of the capabilities of the Kemper. That thing is really cool

[@mistersq01]

Kemper is too expensive!

[@400_billion_suns]

It's been available for about 10 years. You can find *tons* of sound samples, clips, comparisons etc. all over youtube and the web. :)

[@thijs199]

Het punt voor de matchless is gewoon dat recording gear altijd inferior is ten opzichte van het menselijk gehoor, allicht. Menselijk gehoor staat gelijk met het brein, heeft daarmee de snelste gegevensverwerking, het evenwichtsorgaan speelt waarschijnlijk een grote rol met de perceptie van het geluid in de ruimte, dus akoestiek speelt een veel grotere rol etc etc. laag en hoog opname geen mids verkleuring, gaat maar door. Dus de kemper blijft voor mij een handigheids dingetje. Maar als ik iets digitaals zou kopen dan zou ik waarschijnlijk zoiets kopen.

[@DanielOutdoors]

Paul it sound great man, thanks for inspiring me to get Kemper this time. I used to have Fender Supersonic, then saddly sold it. Today i have a Fender Mustang V wich profiles Supersonic okey, but problaby get the Kemper soon

[@jbonillaguitar]

the amp sounds like it's in the room with you while the kemper sounds like an amp in an iso booth.

[@TraneFrancks]

Right. The next part of the equation is to use the Matchless cab to create a new IR for the Kemper.

[@Cuardaitheoirfirinne]

Still the Matchless. Great playing.

[@elguitarTom]

Your video and sound quality is next level. It's like everything pops out of my screen! Your video looks more clear than my desktop background! What kind of recording gear (hardware and software) are you using? And microphones to record your voice? It would also be fun to see you create genres you not usually do: Metal? Hard Rock?

[@DominicHalpin]

Great video, Im looking to buy a possible lunchbox style amp to record with at home, more for a clean sound ?, do you have any recomendations, was looking at Possible REVV D20, not sure its more of metal style amp. I have had in the past fendder and peavey valve amps and like the clean sound with slight break up. Always like your take on amps and sounds in general and would love to hear your thought/advice.

[@ravenslaves]

There's a place for everything, and everything will provide some advantage. When I was recording I had to be there in the room with the amp so that I could play off the amp and respond to how the amp was responding in turn. I had one producer try to get me to just play it directly so he could re-amp it later, and it was just shit. _I_ couldn't do it. But that was only partially about the tone. The other, and just as important, part was getting the best performance out of me. If someone can do that with a Line 6 Spider, or a Pignose, then more power to them! Whatever works is the only steadfast rule there is. How you get there doesn't matter.

[@guibollini6141]

HAHAHA, you were obviously kidding right ?! They might sound a little different ( < 1% for sure) but, they both are great sounding! And we will never know if this difference came from different cabs/mics/positions/pres, post processing etc

[@Firepower6Dfour]

Good video bro

[@KutWrite]

That was fun. I'd say they were awful close. Maybe the Kemper is a slight bit more muffled, but I doubt I'd know if you didn't put the subtitles there. Your dreamy background music is cool. Did you play that? What's the semi-hollow guitar hanging behind you? It has a sort of Bigsby vibrato.

[@bedaskun5312]

Now I get what Chapman meant when he said that the Kemper overcompensates on the bottom end. It's not that it's bad, but definitely noticeable.

[@richardcrompton6009]

I have a decent amp and it sounds so different in different band situations. A great sound on its own often sounds rubbish when we are all playing together...

[@BrunoPeixotoVieira]

Even though the Kemper profile sounded close to the Matchless, to me the real amp sounds more "airy" and maybe with a hair of room, which that results in a more rounded and beefy sound. The Kemper is more direct, more in your face, more clean too.

[@christiangerbermann3913]

l fully agree. The Matchless Sounds more airy, which seem to give it a better stereo Image. Like it much more