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Capturing the Chain: Why Analogue Signal Chains Still Matter

Capturing the Chain: Why Analogue Signal Chains...

Let’s start with a small but important clarification. When you load a Kemper profile, you’re not just loading “an amp.” You’re loading a moment in a signal chain. And that signal chain—whether people...

Capturing the Chain: Why Analogue Signal Chains...

Let’s start with a small but important clarification. When you load a Kemper profile, you’re not just loading “an amp.” You’re loading a moment in a signal chain. And that signal chain—whether people...

Analogue Summing - is it worth the effort?

Analogue Summing - is it worth the effort?

Analogue summing was a huge part of how classic 70s and 80s records got their sound. Back then, everything ran through large studio consoles where signals were physically combined in...

Analogue Summing - is it worth the effort?

Analogue summing was a huge part of how classic 70s and 80s records got their sound. Back then, everything ran through large studio consoles where signals were physically combined in...

The Truth Behind Great Guitar Profiles

The Truth Behind Great Guitar Profiles

Digital technology itself, but the quality of the capture process behind amp profiles. While tools like Kemper and Axe-Fx offer powerful, precise digital workflows, many profiles are created under inconsistent...

The Truth Behind Great Guitar Profiles

Digital technology itself, but the quality of the capture process behind amp profiles. While tools like Kemper and Axe-Fx offer powerful, precise digital workflows, many profiles are created under inconsistent...

Boosting 101: To boost or not to boost

Boosting 101: To boost or not to boost

A boost pedal seems like an almost trivial idea. Make the guitar louder. That is all it does — or at least that is how it began. But like many...

Boosting 101: To boost or not to boost

A boost pedal seems like an almost trivial idea. Make the guitar louder. That is all it does — or at least that is how it began. But like many...

What is the "Brown" sound?

What is the "Brown" sound?

The “Brown Sound” is one of those rare guitar tones that escaped the boundaries of music gear culture and became mythology. Even people who know very little about amplifiers or...

What is the "Brown" sound?

The “Brown Sound” is one of those rare guitar tones that escaped the boundaries of music gear culture and became mythology. Even people who know very little about amplifiers or...

What is Headroom?

What is Headroom?

Headroom is one of the most important — and most misunderstood — concepts in guitar amplification. In simple terms, headroom describes how much signal level an amplifier can handle before...

What is Headroom?

Headroom is one of the most important — and most misunderstood — concepts in guitar amplification. In simple terms, headroom describes how much signal level an amplifier can handle before...