Hi Everyone
I just got my Kemper today and have a few questions. I did do a few searches and looked on Youtube, but couldn't exactly find an answer.
1. I have downloaded Rig Manager and need to connect the Kemper to my laptop (it is a windows based machine). But there are were no cables in the Kemper box other than the power cord. Does that seem right? I would have thought they would put in the cable?? Next question is how do I actually connect. The back of the Kemper has the USB spot with a flat connection (that would fit a normal memory stick) and a larger, squarer slot. Which USB slot should I use? My laptop only has the normal memory stick connections (not the squarer ones). And I take it that whatever cable I need I just go to a computer store?
2. The above is for just using Rig Manager etc, but the way I want to set up to play is to use backing tracks on my laptop to play along to. I have a UR22 that I currently use to do this. I plug guitar into UR22 and UR22 goes into laptop and I use Reaper to record as well. Is it best to use this same setup nd run the guitar into the kemper, then the kemper into the UR22? If so, which exact spot in the kemper do i need to plug something into? I will be playing with headphones as well, so with this setup, do I run the headphones into the UR22 or into the kemper itself?
3. I will be almost exclusively using headphones. I have been reading up a lot about this and was about to get ready to buy a good set. But I have a pair of Beats and I plugged this into the Kemper headphones straight out of the box, and I have to say I am really happy with the sound. It is brilliant. Would a set of Audio Technica 50 or Beyerdynamics 770/880 or Sennheiser 650s really sound that much better? Is there potentially some kind of headphone snobbery that could cloud people's judgements here, as I know everyone loves to bash Beats. But hey, i already have them so if I can avoid spending another $400, it would be good.
That's a lot of questions, so appreciate any helpful hints anyone might have.
On a positive note, I am really happy that I have gone this route. I have been looking for a solution to silent playing for some time now and this is just so much better than any of the amp sims out there (it would want to be given the price!). I just always had an empty feeling with anything out there even Bias, SGear, whatever. I was using an actual tube amp through a load box/attenuator, but as soon as I plugged into the kemper, within a couple of minutes I could hear that this is a quality sound. I have a couple of pedals (OCD and EP Boost) and so I found a 69 clean from TAF loaded onto the Kemper, plugged in the pedals and had a great tone - better than my tube amp through the load box, better than anything I have tried. So I will be selling a bit of gear now and concentrating on buying some profiles and my quest is hopefully over.
Rock on!