Use the kemper to profile the pod

Im starting this video with absolute dread that i will figure out that my 2k kemper sounds the same as the old pod.

Honestly... the amplifire sounded worse than the pod to my ears.

And the sale of Ampli-Fires ceased almost entirely

4:32 "With more options comes more..." And you can LITERALLY hear Rob starting to say "Resp..." I enjoy these guys so much

A Pod vs Helix comparison would be more adequate, to see how the line 6 progressed over the years.

I was going to get a kemper, but after this video, I'm just going to get 20 pods

I never cared much for the Line 6 amps but the POD was a solid piece of equipment. It has held up for it's age.

Watch the prices for the Pod skyrocket on eBay.

For it's age the POD sounded pretty good. I thought the Atomic Amplifire sounded like ass. Kemper should smoke the others for the money it costs, so no surprise there. Would have been nice to hear a BOSS GT1 in there (hard to beat on value for money) or a newer Line 6 product like the Amplifi fx100.

im ashamed but i liked the pod best

I still use one of the early "script" versions of the POD 2.0 with an original Floor Board. It's stupidly easy to find great tones in it. A point about getting great tone out of the POD is to use the highest Chan Vol possible to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.

Your video are so informative and helped me and so many others to pick their gear

All sound the same on my Nokia brick.

In the 30+ years that I have been playing I have found that no matter what I play through for better or worse I sound like me. So basically the best investment is in your practice routine. That way you can really sound great on a whole lot of different pieces of gear because you are as good as the gear that you are buying. Happy playing to all. Peace!

I'm 2 years late BUT - they all do the Deluxe well, it's when the AC30 comes into play that you can tell how far amp/cab modeling has come. The Kemper sounds way better than the POD and Amplifire for power tube modeling. When the JCM800 round starts and each is played once, you can really hear how far ahead the Kemper is. Something about power tube responses is very difficult to model and Kemper has more refinement in that department from 20 years of audio engineering. By the time you get to the Boogie models, you can hear that the POD soungs massively digital and the Amplifire has its weird midrange issues still but the Kemper's sag and clipping are miles ahead of both. Cool video!

No one is gonna comment on the fart around 7:16? Bahahahahahahaha

I have the impression that Lee preferred the sound of POD more than Atomic but did not want to bury Atomic sales;)

And for 20 years I've never understood why they made it look like a bum.

I still record everything with my pod& bass pod. I don’t care if they sound ‘exactly’ like the models they’re emulating. I lost the manuals years ago, anyway, you just turn them on& they sound great! Thanks for the video!

Rough vid for the Amplifire. Great job, fellas. Would REALLY love to see you bring Amplitube into this.

Alternative title for this video: Amplifire sounds like shit.

Someone should profile a Fender Frontman with a Metal Zone running into it

Just picked up a POD for $30. Needed something for when the kids are in bed. Through a decent set of headphones i was blown away at how amazing it sounds!! And after watching a few of these comparison vids, very glad i didnt go with a newer and WAY more expensive unit.

Oh man this is going to break the gearpage forums again.

The guy editing your videos is sooo good. I had such a laugh when the ball flew in

Is there any reason why you plugged Amplifire through the Phones output? It's stereo, and aside from impedance questions you've got one of the channels cancelled in you connect it with mono cable (or into mono cab)...

Pod wins in my opinion. I was convinced to buy the "dream rig" from another Anderton video years ago. Still love it, so much fun and tons of good sounds. Not surprised at how well the pod has aged. HD 500 rocks!

I think the POD wins for being able to keep up with the Kemper at all. Pod is still great if you just wanna jam with headphones.

Not to critcize Kemper or Atomic, but POD sounds awesome for its price.

I'm sorry, but the Amplifire was by far the worst. I was shopping for a modeller for home recording about a year ago, and I gave the Amplifire every chance I could because I wanted to get a more affordable option, but this is exactly why I passed it up and just went all in with a Fractal instead. That nasty earsplitting high end fizzle. It's just there on the Amplifire and it's awful.

I still gig with my pod 2.0, and it works great. It’s mostly about getting to know the device and you will find what you need. The amplifire sounded terrible though

POD sounds quite a bit better than the amplifire.

'Its devoid of any character, a bit like May' I AM DEAD AHAHAHA

I still love my Pod, too. But why not get your lift on and bring the actual amps you're trying to emulate to see what gets close?

...and the winner is POD.

Pod all the way, prices just spiked on eBay ;-)

20 years already? 😧 Suddenly feeling a lot older now

I have both the Kemper and the Amplifire and, while the AF certainly has a tendency to sound quite bright with the stock settings and cabs, it also gives a lot of options to customize the tone by adjusting the amp/cab parameters and loading external IRs. It can sound a lot better than this, it just needs some work to get there.

You could buy a POD for £50 and *still* be able to afford a PRS S2 for less money than a Kemper alone. And that combo sounds just great - as this demo illustrates very clearly. I feel sorry for the Atomic makers - over ten times more than a used POD and sounded really poor in comparison.

the distortion is where you can tell the shit apart from the quality

Kemper profile a roland cube

After watching this video I ordered a pocket pod which is the virtually the same as the pod in the video. The problem I have with the Kemper and Helix is I turn and tweak more than play guitar and create. Way to many choices for me. I love the ease of the pod. I can’t tell the difference in recording either.

I still use my pod for practice through headphones and through my computer sometimes, it's still a great tool

would love to see modelling amps vs the amps they are meant to be modelling

Lee, you're not saying that the Amplifire lost because you still sell it at Anderton's, but the ol' red bean is out of production! Say it! ATOMIC LOST TO THE RED BEAN!

I’ve been gigging with a line 6 pod HD plus and a few added pedals and have never been disappointed with any of the tones I’ve gotten. Yes, my real tube amp gets some breakup tones that are better, but unless I’m recording, my pod gets like 98% of the perfect tone I want so it saves a lot with carrying and setting up. Sound checking in different venues is always a breeze with it and can go straight through the PA so the sound people always love it too. I get compliments on my tone pretty frequently and when I tell them I’m using a pod they just can’t believe it. If you’re thinking about getting one do it, best money I’ve spent!

1. Kemper, 2. POD, 5. Atomic.

This is like a Butane VS Charcoal VS Wood shootout. Just ain't right.

the amplifire had no body to it. sounded like absolute crap.

i loved chappers confession, love it i felt the same about the cab; a real 4x12 would be awesome

If I remember this correctly: the Fenders in the first POD were based on amps owned by country/ blues guitarist Pete Anderson ( who is the name on several Reverend guitars, which Andertons sell) and he still uses the PODs live.

The difderence IMO is what becomes a usuable option outside of the studio. Try hitting each device with a Morning Glory and Timmy and tell me which device creates a usable tone. Roll off the volume, dig in, blend a two pickup tone....the Kemper responds like the real amplifier in these cases, the two other devices just don't.

who heard the fart @7:15 ?? ahahah

I am an old guy from Canada and yes, still a gear head at 60 years old. I have owned the Line6 HD 500 rackmount and the first axe effects unit as well. Used em for a while and sold em cause I keep going back to my old Digitech 2120 rack mount guitar processer which I might add has 2 12ax7's in the pre amp section of the unit. My last purchase a couple years ago was the Roland GR55 with a Godin XTSA Koa Top guitar to run it. Great piece of kit! I have enough sounds to keep me happy for the next 25 years if I make it that far! lol. And my 1984 JCM 800 with a 4x12 cab with jimmy Marshall greenbacks will never leave my person! Been watching your vids for years and have bought stuff you reviewed including the EVH iii 50 watt head. TC

This one got me digging out my old Pod 2.0 , plugged it into my Fender blues deluxe and remembered why l had put it ( the Pod :) in the cupboard. Have recently bought an AER Alpha 40 acoustic Amp and thought nothing ventured so tried it through the front end. Could not believe how good it sounded. Very usable and though l might still end up getting some form of modeller at some point, l won't be rushing that decision as l very quickly found that l only really need 3 maybe 4 good tones which the Pod & Alpha deliver and as the Captain says can be dialled up in jig time.

The original POD and POD 2.0 were much better than everything Line 6 released after them. Bought a PODxt after using the 2.0 for years and was shocked how fizzy the xt sounded. And every Line 6 product kept having that annoying fizz. Don‘t know why. But the original POD is still a great product.

The good, old POD sounded best. Hilarious.

Whoever edits these videos has a great sense of comedic timing. Makes me laugh every time!

the volleyball, the jungle music, the quirky cam zooms - whoever edits these deserve a gold medal

This video will produce forum gold. It would be worth searching every link to this video just to read the comments on each forum.

holy shit watching these videos with headphones has changed my life

For those who are wondering "oh I like the POD best"......I have Two Plexis - 50 watt amps, a Katana head and a AX8, when I have to go to a small event, I always go with my old POD, older version than this one. Never has let me down, it has an organic sound, no latency, sure it's not the best sound, but it's got something special that makes you play confortable and inspiring. I never use the POD effects they are not very good and can make the sound digital. You can also bypass the cab and use another cabsim that sure will improve the sound if you have a good IRs. I have tried many new stuff as POd HD, Fender Mustang, Tech 21, AMT, and many others, and I always return to my old POD., and Yes!, Kemper should profile the POD. .... LOL

These vids just keep getting better ! And they already are awesome !

I was shocked at how good the POD sounded! The Amplifire sounded like I imagined a POD would sound: harsh and stale. The Kemper sounds like a real amp but I wasn't shocked by that at all

Never trust an edited comment....

So glad I watched this I was about to get Rid of My FBV Longboard and Pod XT

I bring the pod as a backup amp just in case. 20 years and works flawlessly.

Who remembers the behringer V-Amp?

i might get shot for saying this, but the POD sounds the best here...

Awesome! I recorded my first album on a POD like that - so great back in the day :)

After watching this video, I scored a POD 2.0 for $40. I am a 20+ year bedroom rocker and have owned the Headrush, Bias Amp, Axe FX, Mooer GE200 & 300, H&K Blackspirit, Line 6 POD HD, Helix, ect. You get the idea. Honestly, I was surprised how much like the POD. It was a lot of fun. Does it sound better? Not at all. It's 20 years old and NO it does not sound exactly like the amps it's modeling. But, the Cap said it best, EASE OF USE! This is something that all these companies really need to get back to when designing for players. It took me 1 - 2 minutes to find the tone I was looking for and just start playing. Not 10 - 15 minutes of bank diving and clicking per tone. I've only got a limited amount of play time each day. There is something to be said about simplicity. And honestly, for 20 years old, the tones were fun and not that bad. Pretty good variety too. So I got a solid few hours of playing in, instead of lots of tweaking and then limited playing. That's what is should be, making playing more fun and enjoyable. It made me want to keep playing.

The Pod V2 rocks. All the hate for the Pod comes from insecure snobs.

give me a definition of "the sound of the kemper" please :D i mean i made sooo many profiles of my own amps that are completely different, there are often more or less of the "kemperflavour" but other then that the quality of the profiles are soooo different ... i made more then 800 profiles and ther is still no alternative to it imo ... i mean i profiled all amps of the axe fx and the helix too sooo yeah ... i love kemper because they don't rip you off by saying "this is the best sounding device" and two years later they bring out a new one and say " no the old one is shit THIS is the best one" the ultra long product lifespan is just sooo awesome, i simply will never go back to products with fixed built in tones ... i love the Bias amp idea too! btw. ...

I had a POD 2.3. It was an amazing piece of gear. Sounded great. Now I have an Axe FX II, but the POD... I miss the simplicity. It was very easy to get a great tone.

I love the Soldano model on the Pod 2.3. Very usable for headphone playing.

Yeah, so that video really made me want to hit up ebay for an original POD

welcome to andertons this is anderton can i take your anderton?

Love these low-end vs high-end vids. I always end up feeling the same, which is that the high-end always sounds better. However, I am still always impressed with how good the low-end stuff sounds. I like that, because it means I can sound good on a budget, but it still will be worth it to get higher end gear too.

I can't believe you mentioned the Digitech RP-1. Over the last year, I put all my multi-fx gear in the same room, ran them all through a mixer, a power amp and cabs to compare them. For a good lead distortion tone, my old RP-1 beat the rest of them hands down. (Yeah, I was shocked too) Maybe there's something to be said about offering an effect called "distortion" instead of trying to model every amp in your favorite rockstar's basement. The RP-1 had a distortion effect that was simply "on" or "off" had a gain control (called "balls") and came in four flavors - I think they were "overdrive" "distorted tube" "Heavy sustain" and ... " " I can't remember the last one. That with a compressor and a 7 band EQ gave me a lot of possibilities and allowed me to get all the sounds I needed for my cover band gig. The other multi fxs in the room? Digitech GSP 2101, Roland GP-100, BOSS SE-70, Line6 PodHD500, BOSS GT-8 Rocktron PROGAP Ultra, Rocktron Chameleon, D V Mark Multiamp

The thing I realized with the models is not to even pay attention to what they are calling the patch. Listen to each while you're playing, when you find that one that makes you pee a little in your shorts, then you know you have your sound. Then read it to know which one it is so you can get back to it. Because if you just go by the patch name, your affirmation bias will always screw you.

Thank you for this comparison, I am in shock, it was eyes opener for me. It showed how little we moved in 20 years in amp modeling. POD sounded better to me on clean and crunch sounds, it lost to Kemper only on high gain sounds. Also POD's reverb was pretty poor sounding so I wonder how much better it would be if I ran something like Strymon Blue Sky after it. Atomic Amplifier came out really pale in this comparison. I owned it and I sold it, it sounded same for ma as in this video, I was not able to dial any sound that I would really like. I even purchased Mike Britt IRs and although it was little better, still not what I wanted to hear, I prefer the sound of my Yamaha THR10. Mike Britt also fooled me because in his video with Amplifier he had it hooked to Atomic CLR sets the standard for Full Range Flat Response monitor and had a microphone in the room and it added dimension and impression that it sounded really good. When I hooked it to my mixer it did not sound that good on my PA system. Right now for practicing at home I am using Yamaha THR10 which I still like very much (check how it can sound just form the headphones out kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rL2aiLmCx66wnoE.html). For my gig playing when I cannot use amp I purchased Zoom G3Xn which I didn't like at first, but then one video on youtube somehow showed me how to program it and it was a game changer for me, I was able to program 4 basic sounds that I need: clean, ambient, crunch, and lead and for now I am happy camper. But I am going to save money and buy Fractal AX8, I believe it is still the best modeler on the market. People say it sounds and feels like a real amp. So for all gigs with in-ear monitors it will be the best solution. In January at the NAMM 2018 I played Kemper which was OK but for some reason I did not connect with. Also at the NAMM 2018 I played new Boss GT-1000 and I cannot give honest opinion because I tried it with headphones and all the factory patches were full of effects that I would not use, so I will watch demos on youtube, they just started shipping it so we should see more demos very soon. One thing that I liked was the new AIRD (Augmented Impulse Response Dynamics) technology, it allowed with guitar volume play like with real tube amp from clean to crunch to almost lead. But POD 2.0 for $40 is a worthy grab so I will keep my eyes open...

Ampli fire sounds very thin. POD still holds it own after 19 yrs. I still use Line 6 gearbox modelling for guitar and bass when recording at times. Kemper sounded better with high gain.

Pod Pod Pod!!! I just got a Floor Pod - don't have enough room or budget for all the pedals and mainly use the amps clean / boost channels - but for some quirky sounds, the Pod delivers every time. Love Line 6 products. Don't know why they are suddenly 'dissed' by Andertons.....the Geordie Paul used to be on now'n again.......

So the Pod kills the Amplifire (at least on the Deluxe setting), what the shit

The guy at 7:16 thought: "Ok, emulate this fart then if they are really good!" Lol

Nice work :) The easiest practical test to compare this digital units is turning down a volume knob a bit/half a way when you're on highgain/distorted sound and feel the difference.Kemper is the closest "tube sound" unit but it's not a tube amp,you can feel it live playing.I think the audience can not :)

I have a pod...somewhere...it's ok. I ordered a Kemper rack. Very excited for it to arrive and to try it. It'll be for recording,initially... maybe I will gig with it at some point.

There's loads of Pods on eBay and on the basis of this they might well be the bargain of the century.

As expected, the Kemper takes the day for the truest "amp in the room" sound. The sound reproduction was NOT very good in this demo, but we have to take it as it is. The POD held its ground quite well in most instances. In fairness, the AmpliFire CAN sound pretty good (i have one) ..... it's the most finicky regarding presets though ... i.e., it can necessarily take more effort to arrive at a sound one may want to use. Also, i personally think the AmpliFire was designed to be at its best in a DI setup ..... in an open-air environment, this unit i feel is more dependent on one's backline ..... i.e., what brand of power amp/cab, or FRFR.

I bought a Line 6 POD 2.0 when it first came out, and that's what I still use. There's a bit of personal preference here between the POD and Kemper. If you really don't want it to sound any different from the amp you're modeling, go with Kemper. But I personally love how the POD sounds. Though I only use it for a clean amp sound and use 9 effect pedals, so, I don't need a lot from my amp.

Hi. I haven't seen one of your videos in a while. No reason, I've just been unplugged for a bit. Anyway, I really like the video editing, and Chapper's playing is more assertive. I really dug this video, and I'm glad it was the first one I watched when I, um, plugged back in. Thanks guys!

IMO would be better to get the sound from these direct. I know it's diaphragm,l but you effectively miced the "amps" (models) twice. Not to mention volume differences.

is it just me or does anyone else think that they all don't sound that great through that cab? I've watched plenty of andertons videos with kemper and amplifire and they have sounded quite good

I can't stop using my pod line6 lol..For the money its awesome.

The advantage of being 55 with questionable hearing is that I'm fucked if I can hear much of a difference. Thanks for saving me £1500 lads. Plan backfired!

Yamaha THR10 has all of those amp models and arguably sounds better than anything modelling in the price range below a thousand.

Small nitpic. Kemper is not a modelling amp, its a profiling amp. It basically means that each preset is a copy of one particular sound on an amp. It doesn't try to model the controls of said amp, just a sound you dialed at the time of profiling. So if you mess with the gain and eq too much, then of course it will deviate from the initial sound you profiled and probably start to sound less and less like the amp you're comparing it to. So this means that a) Something like an Axe Fx would be better suited to take the place of the Kemper in this video and b) The AC30 tone was probably messed up as soon as you started to fiddle with the gain knob. That being said great video! I'm an engineer and I wanted a solution for tracking bands live in the studio without having to use amplifiers (guitars and bass would be DI'ed and then reamped latter) and I was looking for something cheap just to feed the players through the monitors. Hearing Brad Wood actually uses the Bass POD in a lot of his mixes and now this video showing that the guitar one also doesn't sound too bad kinda sealed the deal. I'm getting two POD's and a Bass POD! Of to Ebay!

POD will always be best for me as someone who grew up with Total Guitar using them for their song lesson demos.

BTW, can I just remind everyone about the Tom Scholz Rockman. I had one of these magnificent bastards in 1982, and it was as fine as fuck. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockman_(amplifier)#Rockman