Hi, some questions before I buy.

evh0u812 · October 10, 2016 at 1:48 PM

Hi im thinking of buying a kemper but had some questions I couldnt find the answers to.

Firstly is it possible to globally disable the cabinet emulation? Ill be using the kemper purely as a preamp into a valve power amp and dont want to have to turn off the cab every time I select a profile.

Secondly how do you call up presets/profiles with midi?
Is it just regular old bank and pc messages?
Im sure ill have more questions the deeper I dig.

Thanks in advance.
Gary.

paults · October 10, 2016 at 2:16 PM

Yes, you can globally turn off the cabinets in the Output Settings.

Kulle_Wumpenteich · October 10, 2016 at 2:32 PM

Like it @paults say. But is it useful to use a tube-amp with a Kemper?
You loose many of your advantages in this way. Your decision but a little hint.

SpinnerDeluxe · October 10, 2016 at 2:55 PM

Yes, MIDI PC is possible. The Kemper also uses MIDI Control Change #48/#49 and MIDI Control Change #50-#54 to be able to adress more than just 128 "programs" and do kindof browsing / iteration. Check the reference manual for further detail.

whippinpost91850 · October 10, 2016 at 9:21 PM

Welcome to the Family Hope your questians have been answered

Monkey_Man · October 10, 2016 at 10:56 PM

Welcome, EVH!

Ingolf · October 11, 2016 at 2:58 PM

Welcome.
Cabs can be turned off globally no problem.
But this doesn't make the profiler a preamp.
A profile will still contain the whole signal chain minus the cab.
The only exception will be profiles where strictly only a preamp has been profiled.
These are very rare though.
Generally it's recommended to use a poweramp as neutral als possible to amplify the profiler.
Tube power amps don't belong to the 'neutral' category.