Hi gents. Here's my first profile that I have done with my new KPA. I used my Peavey 6505 into a Marshall 1960AV cabinet loaded in an X pattern with V30 and T75 speakers. For what its worth, the V30s are standard, not the custom Marshall V30s that come with the 1960AV cab. I miced the bottom left V30 speaker with a single Sm57 1 inch from the grill where the cap meets the cone. I've made a few dozen profiles with other mic placements and the other speakers, but its so hard to tell what sounds good and what doesn't after a full day of profiling.
At any rate, here's the one profile that I think sounds good, at least in my mixes. I tried a lot of other profiles that sound great solo'd and are a blast to play on, but fitting them into a mix has proved to be a challenge for me. Anyway, I hope some of you guys get some use out of this. I'd love to hear some results if anybody does anything productive with it.
Here's a test mix. All guitar tracks are the Kemper and the bass is my trusty PODx3. I can't get a better bass tone from anything else yet, including the Kemper. Guitars are an ESP with a Dimarzio DActivator in the bridge, and the other is an EMG 81/85 loaded Ibanez S.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/071413M.mp3
And here's the profile
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/Splat88 6505 B8 - 2013-07-12 16-50-43.kipr
EDIT:
Here's more of the song with the 6505 10.4.7.10.5 orofile that's also posted just below. I just changed the pre EQ bass boost in the profile to 100HZ instead of 50 or whatever its originally at.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/Kemper test2.mp3
Here's 3 additional profiles with a slightly different mic setup, slightly closer to the center and less bass heavy. The profile name is the EQ setting used on the 6505. For example, the patch "6505 10-4-7-10-5" means Bass 10, Mid 4, Treble 7, Resonance 10, Presence 5. The gain is always set to 5 on all my profiles and the master volume is at 2. Enjoy!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/6505 10-4-7-10-5 - 2013-07-13 18-01-56.kipr
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/6505 7-3-5-7-8 - 2013-07-13 18-02-21.kipr
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/6505 9-3-5-10-9 - 2013-07-13 18-02-59.kipr
At any rate, here's the one profile that I think sounds good, at least in my mixes. I tried a lot of other profiles that sound great solo'd and are a blast to play on, but fitting them into a mix has proved to be a challenge for me. Anyway, I hope some of you guys get some use out of this. I'd love to hear some results if anybody does anything productive with it.
Here's a test mix. All guitar tracks are the Kemper and the bass is my trusty PODx3. I can't get a better bass tone from anything else yet, including the Kemper. Guitars are an ESP with a Dimarzio DActivator in the bridge, and the other is an EMG 81/85 loaded Ibanez S.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/071413M.mp3
And here's the profile
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/Splat88 6505 B8 - 2013-07-12 16-50-43.kipr
EDIT:
Here's more of the song with the 6505 10.4.7.10.5 orofile that's also posted just below. I just changed the pre EQ bass boost in the profile to 100HZ instead of 50 or whatever its originally at.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/Kemper test2.mp3
Here's 3 additional profiles with a slightly different mic setup, slightly closer to the center and less bass heavy. The profile name is the EQ setting used on the 6505. For example, the patch "6505 10-4-7-10-5" means Bass 10, Mid 4, Treble 7, Resonance 10, Presence 5. The gain is always set to 5 on all my profiles and the master volume is at 2. Enjoy!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/6505 10-4-7-10-5 - 2013-07-13 18-01-56.kipr
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/6505 7-3-5-7-8 - 2013-07-13 18-02-21.kipr
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/868701/6505 9-3-5-10-9 - 2013-07-13 18-02-59.kipr