FullThrottle64
Inspired
Sorry - I wasn't being clear.Build an IR from the kemper rig you were using? I guess it’s kind of hard for you to answer which one you think sounds better since you’re really just going after one specific sound? With the Kemper, what were the bad experiences in performance use?
My main rig for the past decade or so has been a Bogner XTC, run either into a 4x12 1960A or a Torpedo Live that I have tuned to sound very much like my cabinet.
When I tried the Kemper about a year ago, I profiled the Bogner rig for stage use, along with some other purchased profiles specifically for the run of shows where I used the KPA. It sounded great, but the delay in switching between Performance pages caused me a lot of trouble.
What I did with the Axe-FX was to create an IR of the Torpedo Live. It's a bit hokey, but it worked remarkably well.
So far, I would say that I really like them both from a standpoint of overall sound quality. Fractal has the clear edge in terms of FX quality and flexibility - Kemper is not even close. Axe-FX III also has more I/O capacity, which matters if you want to use other instruments (acoustic/12-string, for example).
Kemper makes it really easy to duplicate an existing sound, though; if that's your goal and you will never need more than 5 presets at a time, it can do a great job.
If cost and size were no object, I'd put one of each into a rack and wire the KPA into one of the AFX loops. The Kemper would sound great with Fractal FX, and when you want to create a sound that can't be profiled, the Axe-FX will do it.
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