MBritt's Kemper Profiling "Secrets"

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In this video I detail my current Kemper Profiling process and talk about my thoughts and preferences about making Kemper profiles and explain the gear I use. I also compare the profile to the real amp and you can draw your own conclusions.
Here are some chapter markers to help you navigate if you're short on time:
Intro/Overview 0:05
Setup/Mics/Speakers 0:53
Mixers/Iso Room 3:10
Dynamount 4:38
Preparing to Profile 5:32
Power conditioning 6:37
Pedalboard (although not used for this demo) 7:17
Mic preamps 7:41
Profiling Signal Flow 8:26
Getting Levels 8:53
Kemper Return Level 10:30
Actual Profiling (alien noises) of clean Matchless 11:04
Refining the Profile and Storing 12:02
Recording Clean Test Track 13:00
Comparison of Kemper vs real Matchless amp 14:57
Recording Overdrive Test Track 17:30
Comparison of Kemper vs real Marshall amp 18:53
Conclusions 20:23
Gear used in this video:
Kemper Profiling Amp powered head: www.kemper-amp...
Dynamount mic moving system: dynamount.com/
Whisper Room iso booth: whisperroom.co...
Soundcraft UI12 mixer: www.soundcraft...
Ultimate Ears UE7 in ear monitors: custom.ultimat...
Furman Power Factor Pro (no longer made I've learned)
Royer 101 ribbon mic: royerlabs.com/...
Vintage Shure Unidyne 545 (sm57 type) microphone
Matchless Phoenix 35 212 combo
72 Marshall Lead 50
3P Switchback 212 cab
Celestion Classic Lead 80 speaker
iMac running ProTools for recording
All live video shot on iPhone
Screen captures recording on OBS
Microsoft Surface Pro for controlling Soundcraft mixer
Apollo 8 duo interface
Tom Anderson Hollow T Contour
Planet Waves guitar cables
D'Addario NYXL strings 10-46

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@deans.4705 3 года назад

if your are going to buy from one vendor for your Kemper profiles - this is your guy. The 2020 pack is still my fav. thanks Michael for everything that you do.

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Thanks!

@TheAlfahDj 3 года назад

I am also a huge fan of the 2020 pack, bars none the best diversity and quality pack in the world, you cant match the Eric Johnson plexi on that pack, It sounds perfect as is, with a 2x12 greenback cab, with the kabinet, on studio monitors. Its that good.

@IgnacioGiri 3 года назад

Ah, that's the 72 Marshall, it's my go-to amp profile of yours.

@xxxgabaxxx 20 дней назад

Yeah, the 72 sounds so good. My favorite too

@markcarman9042 Год назад

Great video, I love your 72 Marshall. I use it 95% of the time I play live.

@baugerecht Год назад

Having the Kemper for around 7 or more years, I never tried to profile my amps. In the beginning most home or studio made profiles , even by known artists were strange. A couple of guys realy got it right, among those my beloved MBritts. Usually I go for the packs that are on sale. Since approach is authentic, simple and honest with prime results, I'll let go of that go get it cheap behaviour. You earned it! The video is up to the point, reminds of Einstein, who said, make it as easy as possible, but not easier 😁 Now, besides getting your profiles, I'll try it myself. Keep up the good work! Greetings from Cologne

@BritishAudio 3 года назад

Great video Mike, we really appreciate you taking the time to share with us. The new studio looks great too!

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Thanks so much! Hope someone finds it useful.

@dorianhurodry 3 года назад

I always look forward to your videos and profiles Mike, greetings from NYC.. from a happy MBritt loaded Kemper profiler owner 🎸🍺 featuring your tones since day one

@alexkurz5828 2 года назад

Amazing profiles from this man. I can absolutely recommend the work of Mr.Britt. My Strats love him too :)

@whatWhoNow 3 года назад

Just got a Kemper and got a few of your packs. Even the included ones are just amazing. The tones are so good, just inspiring, they bring the best out of my guitars. I've had the same strat for 16 years and I've never heard it sound. Thank you!

@apeeg86 3 года назад

Great video, Mike. Thanks for sharing. I would love to see some Quad Cortex captures coming from you in the near future. I have mine on order and keen to see how it stacks up against the Kemper

@DanLeggatt 3 года назад

Really interesting to see your process mate! Great video 👍 Love the little microphone robot! Super cool.

@Sutch66 3 года назад

Awesome video Sir Britt 👍

@MrFreddBoy 3 года назад

Awesome video!! I agree with your comments on the gain comparison. For the clean, I heard slightly less low end on the Kemper profile but I’ve heard that helps cut through the mix live. 🤷‍♂️

@lonegtr 3 года назад

I heard slight differences in low end when switching but I think it was just a product of where I switched. There were just some notes I played that had bigger bottom so it was more of performance difference or even a slight volume difference. I don’t hear a low end difference through the whole track overall though.

@MrFreddBoy 3 года назад

@@lonegtr agree. I’m listening through my iPhone so 🤣. Excellent profiles. I love them. I’m a new Kemper owner and very excited for my friend who has a professional set up to profile my Egnater Mica TOL 100 Watt Head wired by Bruce himself or his team. Not Rocktron version. I’ll run it through a Marshall 4x12 with Celestion Vintage 30’s.

@seraines 3 года назад

Michael, this is great info. I have so many amps in storage I need to sell, but I want to profile them first. Thanks for this!

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Do it!

@seraines 3 года назад

@@lonegtr Michael, what are your thoughts on the DI box? I got one when I got my Kemper a few years back, but have not used it. Wondering about it’s practical application.

@yoavhanuka2772 3 года назад

Great video Britt, thank you!

@TonyEmeryGuitar 3 года назад

Great video Mike! My current favourites in the Kemper are from your 3rd Power pack. Great amp! And that mic placement device is genius and essential tool pretty much for any studio!

@GlennDeLauneOfficial 3 года назад

Great video Mike, very informative. Love the look of your studio.

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Thanks! Just moved in January. Still a work in progress

@jimmcdougall9973 3 года назад

Thank you for the great video and tips! I always look forward to your next video, so informative and helpful.

@timthompson847 3 года назад

Great Video, Love these type Tech video's. Love the studio, and the remote mike automator.

@media5491 3 года назад

I'm a fan of your profiles, thanks for this demonstration! It is much work. I don't have the know-how, the time or the amps for that. So I'm grateful that you sell these sounds. Thank you and I'm very excited to see what's next.

@jameslugo 3 года назад

Awesome video Michael.

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Thanks!

@michaelaugust9021 3 года назад

Great job Michael! Keep these videos coming!

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Thanks! Will do!

@bartlettpsj 3 года назад

Great to hear that you didn't need to tweak even the definition. I thought the Matchless vs Kemper sounded closer, but the Marshall vs Kemper, there was ever so slightly less low frequencies in the Kemper - unless it was that mid-range thing (i'm listening on a good set of HS8 monitors). They both were awesome.

@SRV4me 3 года назад

Great job, dude! More videos please😉

@waynecarlson9168 3 года назад

Absolutely outstanding Michael. Love this stuff❤️👍🙏

@JamieWoodfinJr 3 года назад

Awesome to see a walk through of your process, thank you for taking the time to do this. \m/

@lelcecc4793 3 года назад

Thanks Michael, really cool video :-)

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Glad you liked it!

@markinthemix6055 3 года назад

Immediate thumbs up.

@DoctorMcFarlandStudios Месяц назад

So the -10 setting for the Return level doesn't need to be in relation to the Kemper Amp you are comparing for volume? I have found sometimes I have it set to 0 but other times the Kemper automatically sets the level very low. I can strive for -10 if that is whats going to be the most consistent.

@geoffreymerrifield5666 3 года назад

How about an exclusive Hiwatt Profile Pack. David Gilmour + M Britt = awesomeness.

@Millstudios-Ally 3 года назад

great Video ..will we be seeing the profiles available :) ?

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Not sure. I may put them up on my site blog soon.

@mookytc 3 года назад

Killer studio! This will be useful for sure!

@mookytc 3 года назад

Any tips for DI captures? Curious your thoughts on non studio profiles.

@christopher.k.guitar 2 года назад

May I ask what IEM‘s you are using? Looking for my first pair and love the balance of your profiles - so I figure those in ears would suit my taste well

@lonegtr 2 года назад

I use Ultimate Ears UE7’s

@christopher.k.guitar 2 года назад

@@lonegtr thanks a lot man, I really appreciate it 🙏

@Wozniaxos 3 года назад

Hi, great video, tons of useful information, thanks! Do you think that loudness of an amp has a lot of matter during profiling - I mean only loudness, not the fact that in general amp sounds better when it's loud cause I wish to drive amp a lot but use Universal Audio OX to the low volume of an amp and I am wondering if such procedure will affect profiles. Also, do you think that it can be done in the room without silencing sponges, etc? The problem for the room I had cause of the volume but UA OX seems to solve this problem that is why I am wondering if it can be done in a regular room. Thanks again for the video!

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Mr. Kemper says the actual loudness of the amp isn't very important. Amps with good master volume circuits can be profiled well at low volumes in my experience. However, some amps have a "bloom" that only happens when they get louder and the power tube saturation is contributing more to the tone. I used to profile in my living room with a lot of couch cushions to deaden the sound and to keep neighbors from hating me. Not sure how well that last part worked. The Kemper space noises can be loud.

@blittle1222 3 года назад

Great video Michael! Do you EQ mics when profiling, HP/LP, or do you leave it fuller frequency so that it can be done when tracking?

@lonegtr 3 года назад

I don’t eq the mics. In a very rare instance if the amp is just being unruly and not playing nice I may roll off some lows or highs. I always do as little eq’ing as possible when profiling and then if I need it to sit in a track I’ll do it then

@blittle1222 3 года назад

@@lonegtr Awesome, thanks!

@wingee 3 года назад

I would love to see DI profiles made. I haven't been very successful with mine.

@lonegtr 3 года назад

Me neither. Ha. Just speaker out of amp into di, then xlr from di back to kemper, make sure you connect the 1/4” out to a speaker so you don’t blow the amp. The kemper DI is the best I’ve found for this purpose.

@pipposwelt 3 года назад

Dear Mike, I‘m a Kemper user for the most part of the last decade and I‘m also heavily relying on your profiles for years now. But... the Quad Cortex seems like a really inferesting piece of gear as I want to reduce the footprint of the tech needed to make music as much as possible (audio interface included, etc.). Long story short... do you have plans on supporting the QC with captures like you do with your profile packages for the Kemper? cheers from Germany

@lonegtr 3 года назад

I do hope to make sounds and captures for the QC. It also looks like a cool piece of gear.

@pipposwelt 3 года назад

@@lonegtr Glad to hear that as your "Captures" would be a reason to buy the unit!

@joachimprue-volcker6746 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing your workflow. But why don’t you use the A B comparison at the last step of the profiling to tweak and really match the Kemper to the amp ? This is the way I do it. And the first thing I do before tweaking in the case I hear a difference is to repeat the refine. This often improves the profile.

@lonegtr 3 года назад

That’s not a bad way but I did it this way for a couple of reasons. 1. I wanted to record the real amp without going thru the kemper at all. 2. I wanted to be able to record both tracks at once and solo each of them up. 3. I can’t simultaneously play and hit the reference amp button. Not saying your way isn’t a good thing to do but I just wanted to compare the kemper profile to a recorded real amp.

@joachimprue-volcker6746 3 года назад

@@lonegtr That’s a good point. I did never compare the signal direkt to the amp with the signal thru the Kemper. I think Kemper works as a buffer like a boss pedal. To avoid going thru the kemper a split signal to Kemper and direkt to amp should work also. For A B Testing a switch (and a splitter) would than do it. It is possible to record this session, no need to change the plugging. The microphone mixer can go to DAW and Kemper and Kemper can go to DAW with spdif (I prefer this) or monitor out within the same session. Only for the alien noise the connection from Kemper to amp is necessary. At the point comparing A B, I use the Kemper looper. Then I can „play“ and hit the button :) Or I play and hit the foot switch on the remote to change from amp to Kemper. I am mainly interested in direct profiling, to capture the pure amp. For this purpose I use a stereo box, one side Kemper, the other side the amp. This is also a way for me comparing the results A and B. A special kind of „direct monitoring“. For miced amps I use Main out from Kemper into Neumann studio monitors.

@Big_Nasty 3 года назад

What kind of studio monitors do you use when profiling?

@lonegtr 3 года назад

I have a set of M Audio monitors on my desk but they aren't utilized at all during profiling because I'm not running through my interface during profiling. I monitor my Kemper using Ultimate Ears UE7 in ear molds.

@robgroden Год назад

Will you be creating any Tonex profiles?

@Stevie010253 3 года назад

Hi Mike. Well done! I notice you are using the Kemper powered head. Is there any significance to the rig sound quality in your DAW or in my case in Reaper using powered vs non powered head? Since I don't play out anymore, I didn't purchase the powered head and I have always wondered if I actually need the amp even though I am basically in headphones most of the time. Thanks for your input.

@lonegtr 3 года назад

My power amp is turned off so it shouldn’t have any impact on sound quality. One thing that could affect it is if your power amp is on and you have the power amp boost turned up. That will affect the overall output I believe.

@Stevie010253 3 года назад

@@lonegtr Thanks for quick reply Mike.

@dmj09 3 года назад

Have you tried the kemper DI to do merged profiles? Great vid Mr Britt 👍🏻

@lonegtr 3 года назад

I have done some, yes. I’ve had mixed results. It could be completely in my head but o prefer the sound of studio profiles for recording and thru foh.

@dmj09 3 года назад

@@lonegtr thanks for the response...there’s no better acid test than doing it live and to big venues..it’s great to have your experience..