Thanks Max, that is exactly what I was wondering, some specific ideas on how to get there with the Axe. I think the tweakability of the Axe is what would get such a tone possibly better than the Kemper, even with a profile of Galo's amp and settings (due to the kempers imperfections, even if very slight).
I think what makes some people think the kemper tones are superior to the axe is that with the kemper there are many good profiles that one can download instantly for just about any amp, and bam it's there. Instant gratification. Whereas with the Axe being a more complex unit, there is more tweaking involved and not that same instant gratification. That is why I am so surprised that there aren't any 3rd party presets done by someone who really knows the unit (someone like Scott Peterson) where a person can just plug in a usb flash drive or something and have just unbelievable preset after preset....instant gratification. Like the Kemper has the amp factory, and back in the day the Digitech GNX modelers had a SuperModels CD with tweaked amps and numerous artist presets and such. I think this instant gratification and ease of use is really the weakest point of the unit and could be remedied in this one fell swoop.
I think if someone went through each amp and made some presets for that amp that showcase the way that amp has been historically used would be a great idea. All types of advanced settings could be incorporated into these presets. Like on the Axe 2 wiki page for Scott Peterson : tips and tricks he has article titled: Understanding Speaker Resonance in the cab block, amp block, reverb block etc. It would be killer to have these settings for each preset and any other settings an advanced user has found to be optimal. So there could be a few or many presets for each amp that showcase what the amp was intended to do or how the amp was and is most often used , but done in a very professional detailed manner, with all the tips and tricks in the presets, even with the effects block set up with effects in an intelligent way.
The presets could even be in 2 categories: direct and live. Where minor tweaks could be made to make the presets better for higher volumes (like on the Axe wiki page tips and tricks Tyler Grund talks about putting para eq mid boost for live, or adding a little reverb to all live patches, or whatever) One could even go so far as to have the same presets slightly tweaked for a Strat, PRS, or Les Paul and the user just chooses from a menu. There could be artist patches for every major guitarist and maybe on this forum there could be a page where people could suggest certain artist tones and with each update Fractal could add more killer presets. Heck they could even include tone matches of acoustic guitars. I just think of these possibilities and how nice it would be to have something like this. People would have such a good starting point for each amp and probably would have to do very little tweaking. It would be killer if Fractal packaged a USB flash drive with the unit itself with all these killer presets, all in a very friendly organized manner that even a child could understand.
The key would be for Fractal to continuously improve and update these presets with each update....and in one fell swoop, the Axe's weak point is no more.
