At this point, I am getting accustomed to soundmen appreciating the convenience of tapping the KPA's direct out feature. But most of them still have to be told 
. Almost every show, they automatically stick a mic on the DXR10. Once I tell them I can go direct, they sort of snap out of it, and are happy to get a clean signal without any bleed from anything else. But last night's show was even better.
The sound guy was really good. It's been a long time since someone set our levels so quickly and professionally. He did 2 guitars, bass, all drums, and 3 vocal mics in less than one minute.
After the gig, when he came on stage to move mics for the next band, he was VERY complimentary of the Kemper's great tones. He commented specifically on other guitarists' direct tones in the past, and how he used to cringe when he had to go direct with these guys. He knew he was going to have to spend a lot of time dialing out their harsh direct tones. But he set the mixer channel EQs for my guitar at noon, and didn't need to move them at all. First time ever, according to him.
He was also very excited about the Yamaha DXR10, including its compact size and the wedge FRFR concept. But he was most excited that he got zero stage volume from me screwing up the FOH mix. It was a total joy for him to mix.
It makes me wonder why anyone using a FRFR speaker (and going direct FOH) would ever want to put it on a backline and throw that sound into the crowd. My DXR10 is on the far right corner of the front of the stage, and aimed at a 45 degree angle so both I and the drummer can hear it. It's the best stage setup I can imagine.
