Awesome comparison. Im so glad more and more people are acknowledging the palm mute issue with the Kemper

Excellent! One of the best comparisons I've seen on KZfaq so far. Great job.

The direct comparisons are very interesting. In my humble opinion, I think the Quad Cortex can handle the low mids, especially on palm mutes a little bit better than the Kemper. On the other side, the highs on the Cortex are more ,, smooth'' and ,, polished '' while the Kemper keeps even the really high frequencies which can be good, depending on your mixing situation. But the most important thing, both are great and Cabs or IR's matter the most !

Awesome! Both did a great job. In my opinion the major difference was on the Engl palm mutes, there is some "fuzzy" thing in the real amp that both kemper and QC didn't captured. One of the best comparisons i´ve see! Thanks!

Now that's a real interesting comparison that's not boring

Yes, there have been a few if not many comments in various YT vids that the QC capture gain seems low. The presence to me has been lacking during capture as well. QC should address these concerns and certainly would make a lot of folks happy and to say the least, give Kemper more competition other than the price. Well done Mendel!!!

i was waiting for this , excellent very good job!

I have loaded up the evh capture with cab on my qc and it is the best capture i have played so far. i haven´t stoped playing. 🤩 I cut one frequency around 3,2k 2db and that was all it needed. Seems that my pickups are a bit brighter than yours. Thanks mendel for making these tones available to us. 🔥🔥🔥

Happy birthday Mendel!!!!!! \mm/ Let the power of metal and Bach embrace your soul!

We need more comparisons like this on youtube!!

Bedankt voor de Kemper Profiles Mendel! Super!

Perhaps the QC can manage the harmonic spectrum better, but I truly do prefer the Kemper, cause it sounds kinda more on the low spectrum, though perhaps as you said k, the palm muting or the noise is even augmented . In the end, this seems more natural and real to me.. But it depends on the needs of recording, or what you are searching for, of course!

So Excited for this comparison, Really great job Mendel... The verdict for me is that they have a slightly different tonal character but none is a clear winner...which i was hopping for...

Really interesting. They all sound good, which is to be expected. I think the Quad Cortex has a touch less highs that poke out compared to the Kemper. But that's not necessarily a bad thing on either product. The Quad Cortex has a better defined tight mid range. Like Psycroptic tight. Not as 'fluffy' as the Kemper. Quad Cortex wins in my opinion. Sounds a bit tighter, better harmonics in the distortion & has more clarity overall without harshness.

Free profiles of my two favorite amps? Dude, I freaking love you and now not just cos of our mutual love for thrash

Hmm I don't know why but big open chords sounds always soooo weird on digital. Real amps have nice note separation. It sounds so different. 1. Real amp. 2. QC 3. Kemper

Great video. I love direct profiles. Just use them with some of my fav profiled cabs.

The quad still does that weird ultra compressed low end thing that the Kemper does, big time.

The tonal balance between the QC and the real thing is so spot on, but it almost sounds like the QC had the gain turned up a little more. Like the low mid of the real thing gets a little wooly on the QC. The kemper has that, but the high end felt less rich than both the real and the QC. both not quite there, but in a mix? I would be screwed trying to make out which is which. Amazing technology all of it!

Don't think I would sell my Kemper for difference in tone quality. I think Kemper is good enough. But since the QC is quite compact and also an audio interface, can it also replace a good audio interface? That would be one device less in my setup. :) And if the preamps are good enough, maybe in the future it will also have great models or captures for vocal signals and wil it be the device that can do it all?

I think kemper have the same sound-color in every amp profile (the kemper detail)!

Great job there! It's a lot of work but it's well made! Keep up the great content! Cheers

This is a very well produced and helpful video. Thanks a lot! In the direct capture of the amps the Kemper did the better job and I wouldn‘t use what came out of the QC there because it lacked low end definition and chord clarity. But when capturing a whole signal chain including the cab the QC definitely did the significantly better job. Adding the fact that the Quad Cortex can do so much more in terms of I/O and processing, has such an incredibly well thought-out workflow and is also perfectly compact with a display that even my bad eyes will be able to see it just makes it the better overall device in my opinion. It is still lacking in terms of the number of amps and effects but it already makes up for that by the quality of the sounds not lacking that last bit of high-end and always sounding slightly digital like an Axe FX for example. I will already buy one now but I can‘t even imagine how good it will be in 1-2 years with all the updates that will be coming.

Awesome! That Hatesphere Sickness within sounded sick.

In this video I finally can hear as many details as I want. Great job!

Hi, SinMix here, thx for honest opinion, and after many years ban on kemper group im so happy that's i'm not alone when coming to "kemper palmutes sucks" " characteristic kemper tone" and many more :D Good work in comparison.

Both Kemper and QC have phase issues in my opinion, I own two of each AxeFx, Helix and Quad Cortex, none of them can compare with a real amp. Great comparison by the way! Great job!

both QC and kemper have a weird "tremolo" effect going on

that's really awesome video,love it. Can you do video for fractal FM3 HIGH GAIN DIALING TONE ?

I don't have a Kemper or a Quad Cortex, I'd wished, but really enjoyed your video and your kindness of sharing for free your captures. And only for that, for being kind, you have my like and my subscription. Cheers from Spain man.

The QC has something more which is missing from the Kemper profiles. In my opinion, it is a clear win for the Quad Cortex. Also, you can modify the QC captures to match the sound of the real amp better, if your capture turns out to be a little bit brighter/darker. For me, the Kemper profiles sound like as there is a ‘blanket’ over the cab.

Amazing comparison man. Both unit sounds great I was wondering if you could make a sound differences with Fractal vs Helix in terms of Amp model quality sound, tone feel and dynamic response

Both QC and Kemper sound a bit rolled off. But tbh QC doesn't sound better or worse. Kemper is just a tad bit more nasally. I am amazed how good Kemper is still doing, considering it is 10 years old... QC might be worth buying once there are enough commercial profiles of really good quality. Stuff from Mbritt Tonejunkies and etc. Their modelling is not my cup of tea.

12:32 The instrumental version of that song was on heavy rotation on the Andy Sneap forum back then IIRR (and i know Mendel you were a big part of this forum back then too)

I think that if you grab a Quad Cortex capture and reduce just a little bit of the mids, increase a little bit of the presence and the gain, and you are very close to the real amp

great comparison

Take any of them and with some time you will fine your “perfect” tone. And as someone said, the importance of the cab and mic is huge. For direct use with a real cab the power amp is also key for your final sound. I just bought a new power amp and my KPA has comeback to life, extremely fat tones connected with the same Peavey 4x12

Very impressed by the Kemper keeping it up. It's going to be the quad cortex #hypeisreal

My guess about gain on quad cortex would be .. if you'd add 1-2 dB of boost the capture would saturate more, it will sound more open and, since QC got mids and hights right, it would be almost indistinguishable from the real deal

Agree with your opinion and for more visibility use graphic equaliser for us. Thanks from Russia

thank you my dood. love your vids

The real amps sound more balanced to me than either. More "airy" I suppose. QC is really close. Kemper sounds like it has a low cut with a hump at the cutoff frequency and a high cut built in to the profile.

Slaughter of the soul , nice!

As you pointed out, the QC has an away better resolution and vivid sound. Impressive!

With the 5150 vs. Kemper comparison, the Kemper sounds like it has a bit of a cocked wah thing happening and, it sounds congested in the mids in general.

I dnt know the riff but I want the t-shirt, I am a poet and for these reason I will krill. These is one of your next album riff, here is my bet because I want to win :D

Finally a very good practical video, instead of talking and talking and talking....

Seen this video a year after the release, this is an AMAZING comparison! You've done a great job! So, to me QC sound more "mix ready", maybe due the lack of the "hiss" and the low amount presence (or maybe the less gain in the capture stage). IDK, from an engineer perspective QC Is really cool, probably I'll put less EQ work on a Guitar track made with the Neural DSP hardware. Again, thank you for this amazing comparison. Thumb up and subscription to your Channel done ✔️

You the same Mendel that did The Apocalypse on soundclick back in the day?

I think that if you lower the definition and play a little with the amp section parameters you will make a closer sound to the real amp. Especially the definition that I think that adds these strange mids in Kemper!!Also I think Direct is closer to the real amp..thats what I use all the time, Direct/Merged - also for the Studio profiles except the Definition that adds these bad mids and need to take Definition about to 5-7 ( even better lower Definition before refinement) You should go to Cab section and add high shift from 0.1 to 0.3...never more than 0.4 needed. These will make profiles sound more open. Check them and you gonna see Kemper comes closer than Cortex

The riff is from Machine Head, clenshing the fist ;)

Great video!!!

as in other videos the kemper has a different worse hi end response a cocked wah sound and a small separation between lower mids and bass which is woofy vs the real thing. small differences. the quad cortex is better but lacks hi end and some gain. again dmall differences

Cool!

QC handles palm mutes a little bit better than Kemper, Kemper is a little bit better on open chords, both are fairly close to the real amp. I prefer the Kemper a little bit more than the QC, speaking strictly of capture/profile capacities. I have a lot of plugins from NeuralDSP, while there are some I like and some I don't, they are all implemented very well. Kemper on the other hand is so amazing, it's 11 years old at this point and still goes toe to toe against Axe Fx, Helix and QC.

The cortex definitely has a little more gain than the real amp which is easily fixed but otherwise sound spot on. Mine finally comes Thursday.

2:20 is that At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul?

great video

Has anyone tried to profile or capture amp sims like Amplitube 5?

amazing video!! new subscriber here

I prefer the Kemper sound here. Less harsh and less boomy.

wat voor een riff was dat op 1:23 ? greetings from germany

and with axe fx?

Kuch, 'corona' Hahaha 🤣

actually the kemper sounds better than the real amp. are you getting sponserd or getting the QC for free?

nice video mate!! But if you ask me, if you already have a kemper... fuck the quad cortex... the difference is negligible and in the mix nobody will ever be able to tell the difference! However, if you play live, get the real amp! Nothing feels like a real amp! I have all 3 and can tell you nothing beats the real amp!

Hahahaha “Je had ook gewoon een Mesa kunnen kopen” HEY in my defense, I’m a broke ass bastard that has no money to buy a real Rectifier, that’s why I play my Helix 😂

Nice. A bit Hatesphere there.

But in the mix you hear no difference at all. You only hear the small nuances if you play the guitar tracks separately.

What happens when tone deaf people hear this and marvel at the buzz saw glory ? Lmao

What the hell. They are the same....you put the drums the bass the vocals and nobody cares on that micro diferences.

The Kemper is closer to the real amp. Like real close. The Quad Cortex is a toy. And next time Maybe play some real music instead of palm mutes and noise.

how can i download the kemper profiles of this video? i am already subscribed to the mainlist but i cant download the kemper profiles