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I did enjoy running my kpa in the loop of my II but no way I could justify that type of rig long term. Also a bit pricey as they are still what, $1899 while you can get an Ax8 for $1100 new, and that has foot control etc, and still more effects etc It would require lots of external hardware to give you what the axe can do in the box, and for me that was the the tipping point, one unit vs a kpa and a bunch of strymon or h9’s etc and the pita of midi program changes etc, vs the axe and all the power of scenes, etc.Īgain, kpa is a great sounding unit, but overall a little tougher to use as an only piece of hardware. The kpa effects were okay, but not great. forget the name.Īt the end of the day though the axe effects were just so much better and so much more flexible with routing. I’d fill up a thumb drive with like 2000 profiles and picking out good ones was tricky. I will also say the good profiles were excellent, but 95% were poor. Just different ways of doing things basically Create your dream guitar amplifier down to the component level with BIAS AMP 2 the ultimate virtual amp designer. For monitoring Im running just a Yamaha SM15V wedge either in front or too the side of me. If money is no option, go for the powered becuase of the options it gives you. One the kpa you don’t really have the same ability to go from clean to mean as you’d instead want to use a profile with the amp settings changed. Advanced Guitar & Bass Amp Modeling Software. With the powered you have the option of using the kemper power OR using a line out signal and using a powered speaker if you want. The big difference is the kpa is basically an emulation of the hardware amp at given settings, where the axe is a model of the amp circuit so you have more control over the tone stack etc and it responds in a realistic way. Thats why I decided to started this thread. However, after hours of reading, I am still not sure what is right for me. You can tweak the Axe model to sound every bit as good as the kpa model, but it can take a little work. My first post First, let me say that I am aware of the Kemper Stage vs Fractal FM3 threads here and on other forums. Thing with comparisons though is the kpa is essentially a dialed in setting, while the Axe defaults are just that, defaults. I had a KPA for a while and with the right profile it sounded really good, effects were a bit lacking though.