So I'm loving these profiles by Michael, but I'm having a hard to getting everything setup for live use. Being so comfortable with an amp + pedal setup... I feel overwhelmed. I have all these profiles that I want to use, but it almost seems easier to only use a few. Then I begin to question having a Kemper, haha. If I'm going to only use a few of them, why have this? Although no matter what, it makes the perfect practice setup at home.
Do you guys have any tips on using this live and how to set it up? Do the profiled amps react the same if I ran my normal pedal setup out front?
@lonestargtr what is an example of how you setup a performance on the kemper? Ive thought about using 1 amp per performance.. and just have the different gain stages on each of the 5 rigs. Because I am playing 4 hours of covers, it is really hard to setup profiles for each song. Where as, if I was playing an hour gig (with original music), it becomes much easier to set it up that way. I really feel like thats where the Kemper becomes a huge advantage. You can fine tune the performance for each song, and can really nail down the tone.
I'd suggest finding a set of profiles of an amp that you like, then building one main performance from that, adding FX where appropriate. You can cover a lot of ground with 5 slots and shrewd use of the FX. Then, once you've got to where you're comfortable that the slots cover the majority of your set, you can start looking at those songs that require more special attention and set up a performance or several to get those covered. Too many performances, slots and FX to switch, and you start counteracting the advantages of having a solution that can pretty much do it all.