Hi all - brand new to this board. I play around 80 shows a year in a cover band - and am considering the kemper to simplify my rig, but give me much more flexibility to cover all of the various tunes we do - old and new country, classic rock, hair band, R&B, alternative, oldies. Right now, I play through a 3rd power amp clean and run a bunch of pedals to try and get a decent sound. It works ok, but stage volume has always been a problem. I figured that a kemper could solve my stage volume issues and also get me where I want to go with specific tones for specific tunes.
so here are my questions that I can't find a clear answer to on these boards after an hour or so of looking around (also note that I am a complete newbie to midi):
1) If I get the uno4kemper midi setup, is there a noticeable lag time between switching rigs? I figure I'd be using about 20 foot midi cables if that matters.
2) I also want to have various clean and dirty rhythm and lead tones and have the ability to switch on various effects with each (mainly different delays, wah, overdrives, comp) -- is it possible to use one row of the midi for different rigs and then the other row to switch on and off various effects. Also, if I switch a rig can I also switch the effects for that rig - i.e. certain effects for certain rigs that I can switch on and off.
3) our sets change often, so I'm wondering how much time it takes to program the footcontroller so that I can change which rig set up is in #1, #2, #3, etc... (and bank #1, #2, #3, etc.)... depending on the various set lists we have.
4) does the wah effect take up one of the foot switches on the foot controller (and also in one of the available effects banks on the kemper) or can it be placed only on one of the foot pedals of the foot controller?
Thanks for any input.