Hi everyone - I ended up in the Hollywood guitar center with
too much cash and a head full of kemper forum posts! After an hour of noodling
and fending off salivating salespeople (actually the guys were very cool in
there), and with the assurance of the 30 day return policy I plunked the dough
down...
I spend all day yesterday dialing in a couple tones to replace my "modded
marshall" type set up - after years of GAS I have a couple amps that
really delivery an aggressive, hi gain tone that works. Opting for a "one
button" solution for live performance, I use a rjm mastermind midi
controller, via a rjm mini amp gizmo, to switch on the 2nd master AND the
Strymon Timeline in the FX loop. Then I jump up and down on my wah pedal while
frantically thrashing my whammy bar... we're playing in Burbank this Sat if
anyone's interested
When they tell me to stop I hit another button to go back to
dry master volume 1 (so I guess it's really a "two button" solution.)
I hope to implement the Kemper (I got rack with power amp,
running thru either my 2x12 cab or 4x12) this week at rehearsals and rock the show
with it if it sounds OK…. Which I think it might based on the tones I got
yesterday!
Huge question – I can’t seem to replicate the simplicity of
my current rig – if I do a midi program change to the same stack with a
different volume and active delay I get a unacceptable lag between the presets –
bummer! I reviewed forum and maybe this is software problem with new OS? Other
good solution I saw and copied was to use midi CC’s to turn on/off a post stack
boost (used a flat EQ in X slot)and another button in same program to turn
on/off the delay – but that’s two buttons I gotta hit! Not counting the two
more when they tell me to stop… I tried stomping on both buttons at the same
time but I guess the rjm will only send one.
Any suggestions? Can the FCB-1010 send two CCs from one
button? Is that a midi limitation? Is there a way to send a midi PC that doesn’t
tell the kemper to change presets, just send a couple CCs…. I won’t have much
time to experiment this week before the stage lights blind me.
Thanks in advance! All ya all seem pretty helpful!