This was fun

[Krabbe]

Thanks for the link

Usually I do live sound, and I love Kempers. They're practical in every kind of way. However, I am aware that even with the profiling option, it's never gonna be the same, as an original amp, but I consider the differences to be marginal, and in a live context no one, or nearly no one - there will always be the odd one out - will hear the difference. On record it's diffenrent, because you have the time and oportunity to listen closely and make A/B comparisons. Obviouosly, you will hear every single difference, because it is your sound. Jack, Bud and Marion, on the other hand, who might own all Darkride mech and records and bought tickets to your past eleven shows won't have a clue. Listening to the riff, I do hear a small difference, but it's so tiny that it's almost not worth mentioning.

Again, thanks, I really appreciate it. I will keep a look out in case you should happen to be touring in my area

Hey,

"I absolutely agree with you 'bout the "chugging" on metal guitars. I've been listening to the raw guitar tracks of "Piece of me", and it seems to me that the guitars could've had more natural "chug" if that makes any sense."

I struggled a lot to record a good guitar tone back when we recorded those songs, mostly because I wasn't sure "if it is good." And after a couple of months of going nowhere, I took my kemper and made a matchmaking profile of the guitar sound from "My Curse" and used that profile for most of the rhythm guitars on the first album. It was an almost exact copy from the guitar tone of My Curse, and if you want, you can listen to a comparison between the original sound and my profile in the attachment. The riff runs four times and is changing between the original riff (1st & 3rd run) and me playing the same riff on my old Kemper Amp (2nd & 4th).

I was delighted with the result back then, mainly because I didn't have a lot of confidence in my mixing skills because of a lack of experience. The good thing about copying Killswitch's guitar sound was that it taught me how much of the fat guitar sound on the Killswitch albums came from the bass and not from the guitar. Nowadays, I just grab a good amp sim like Archetype: Nolly or the Nameless Suite and dial in a tone that I like.

"Couldn't find the track on Spotify, so I took a quick peek at a useless Youtube version, so I didn't find much help there."
If you search for Darkride on Spotify, the album should show up. Or you can use this Soundcloud-Link, but the quality is a bit meh: https://soundcloud.com/darkridemetal/09-...-1/s-Qfgfo

Keep up the good work and stay healthy, Krabbe