Is this setup too difficult for the Kemper?

getzzn · July 22, 2014 at 9:13 PM

Hey all!

I decided to use the Kemper live - and it worked well for two years now!
Best results ever.. with the Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro and two pedals for volume and wah... superb setup!

But now I want to use it with my acoustic guitars aswell... I made a few sounds - and it works best!

The signal goes straight to the mixer with mono xlr cable.

But now I will change the band and I need more flexible monitoring on stage...

My ultimate setup will look like this:
main signal goes straight to the mixer and P.A.,
the signals from rigs for the electric guitar (and only electric guitar!!!) should go from the monitor out to a valve amp powered Suhr 1x12 Box,
the signals for acoustic guitar (and only acoustic guitar of course) should go to an active monitor box.
So I don´t know, how to fix this setup...

My problem:
I don´t want to hear acoustic guitar on the valve powered Suhr box
and don´t want to hear the electric guitar on the active monitor (should only be for mic´s, acoustic guitar, Keys, a little bass guitar...)

Any advices?

Best regards from Bavaria, Germany
Mario

Ingolf · July 22, 2014 at 11:22 PM

There's no way to do a routing like this that I can think of because there are not enough different outputs and the output configuration only works globally, not per rig.
I would recommend using a stereo volume pedal with a mixing/blend function (e.g. Morley has something like this) or a Lehle ABY switch after the profiler (monitor out into mixing pedal or ABY switch).

viabcroce · July 23, 2014 at 12:33 AM

What about an A/B box from monitor out? This way you might decide whether or not engage the Suhr together with the "linear" monitor.
Unless I'm missing something... As Ingolf noted, I don't sleep enough during my holidays

Ingolf · July 23, 2014 at 2:18 PM

Quote from viabcroce

What about an A/B box from monitor out? This way you might decide whether or not engage the Suhr together with the "linear" monitor.
Unless I'm missing something... As Ingolf noted, I don't sleep enough during my holidays

Indeed, as this is what I wrote just above your post.

viabcroce · July 23, 2014 at 5:50 PM

Ok, you came first...

getzzn · July 23, 2014 at 5:57 PM

Thank you guys, good idea!
A/B-Box, never thought about this... thank you very much!

viabcroce · July 23, 2014 at 11:11 PM

AKA I/G Box

On a more serious note, it has to allow one input and two output, the latter have to be able to be active at the same time. Not all the stomps allow this. Also check the switching noise, and whether you can do w/o power/batteries

Ingolf · July 24, 2014 at 2:38 PM

In other words: get a Lehle switch.

getzzn · July 24, 2014 at 6:30 PM

A Lehle would really be the best choice, but I will try another one:
a really good acoustic amp... perhaps he can do both sounds?!
I will only need the monitor out - i´ll give it a try!
But the sound will decide it.
Best regards
Mario

Ingolf · July 24, 2014 at 6:52 PM

Yes, an AER might be decent as well. Please post your findings.

viabcroce · July 24, 2014 at 7:44 PM

Well, a linear cab would certainly be the most versatile option... The more linear, the better