heres a German report from Kemper Namm 2019
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1) Using an image or picture.
I do understand what you mean but your examples aren't based on what a "preset" is.
In this first example you refer to "content" instead of something I would call a "preset". Also I would highly recommend that you don't place the exact same content (image) in your InDesign document for print and on your website. You might want to use high-res CMYK for print and lower-res, compressed RGB for your website.
Apart from this, even when we think about something as simple as a font choice or text color ... keep in mind that this would only be helpful in this specific current project. Two years later you work on a totally unrelated project for a different client and you happen to change the "global preset" we just imagine we have. Congratulations, you've just blown up your old project that's still linked to the same "global preset". I'm sure you don't want that to happen.
2) Code reuse.
Code reuse as mentioned by you (in context of programming) refers to functions, not the default data passed to the function. In the Kemper world, a specific reverb type would be the function and the preset would be the default data passed to that function's parameters.
Again, I do understand what you mean but your logic misses some important things. Same (and more simple) example would be a CSS file for a website. Of course it's nice that you can change many different places and aspects in just one location. But as soon as you start building a different website for a different client and a different purpose, you will have to create a new CSS file that lives its own life, unlinked to the other project's CSS. It would be a nightmare if a small change to website A would alter website B as well.
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heres a German report from Kemper Namm 2019
Try this for us non German speakers...
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=a…binet-1x12.html
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Thanks Dee for that.
QuoteCurrently the box is still designed passively, but it is also working on an active variant.
This sounds interesting!
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I'm so-disappointed to have to say it, but the spec's, in the form they're provided, are a joke!
In the genreal-specification section, instead of a proper frequency-response description (eg. 20Hz-> 20kHz, +/- 1.5dB), we're given a "Frequency-range" one. This tells us practically-nothing. Even your crappiest home-stereo speaker's gonna produce 60Hz ->20kHz, the range quoted. Sure, it may be down x amount at 20kHz or60Hz, but there's still a measurable response, which again, is all this specification format tells us.
Then there's the graph. This is passed off as a frequency-response chart, which it technically is, but instead of providing us with a reference to the input level, which is usually represented by a "zero" line in the centre, they've shown only a level "curve" that reveals a 30dB variation across the spectrum. 30dB! Are you kidding?
No wonder they opted to avoid the standard +/- dB above-and-below-the-zero-line format. It would have meant that the response shown would have had to deviate 15dB in both directions (+ and -) at a minimum, but more-likely be lop-sided, possibly reaching into the 20s in one of them. That would've looked pathetic and raised alarm bells for any audio person who looked at it.
Anyone who knows anything about FR charts knows that this would look ridiculous and not-even-good for a set of satellite computer speakers. In fact, it's the most-terrible response deviation I've ever seen for any piece of equipment claiming to be flat-response. Remember, it's the FR (full-range) FR (flat-response) market that they're going to be competing in with these things. A 30dB deviation is so far from a flat response I'm at a loss for an appropriate descriptive term.
OK, so the spec's are suspicious to say the least, but what about the advertising blurb? Surely that would provide some insight; maybe I'm reading the spec section incorrectly? Put your seatbelt on and hang onto your hat:
1) "... truly full range driver..." - It's not full-range, let alone truly-full-range, but it's appropriate for guitar-cab simulation.
2) "... that delivers a frequency response from 60Hz all the way up to 20kHz..." - Wow! Really? See expose above.
3) "... enables the F12-X200 to reproduce the full spectrum of audible frequencies..." - Really? So nobody can hear below 60Hz? Further to that, the spectrum means nothing if the levels (response) ain't there. See expose above.
4) "... for the most accurate output possible..." - P-lease. 30dB of response variation can't be described in any universe as being "accurate", let alone as-accurate-as-possible.
5) "... response is remarkably neutral.." - Uugghh... and I fly remarkably like Superman.
6) "... with Celestion technology built in to ensure there are no unwanted colourations... " - Words fail me.
If you tweak your Rigs to sound good through this, God help you if you sent that signal to FOH. Sure, the engineer will shape it as-necessary, but it's not going to sound anything like the KPA's post-cab-sim output. You'll be having your pants flapped in blissful ignorance of what's really going on out there off-stage.
If that's a problem, imagine recording those Rigs. You would never want to make tweaks based on what you hear from this thing and then expect to hear anything like what you think you have post-recording unless you mic'd the FRFR cab, which would defeat the purpose of the KPA for recording anyway.
Lastly, there's one aspect of the blurb I can't argue with, and feel, based on the spec's I've seen, that it ought rightly to be the main selling point of the cab, and that's the claimed authentic physical feedback one would expect from a guitar cabinet. I see no reason to doubt this claim. The cynic in me, unfortunately, sees a salesperson standing next to a rig saying, "Check out our latest FRFR cab for modellers; It's FR... without the second FR, but hey, it feels like a friggin' cab, mate.".
So, based on the advertising blurb, I'd definitely hold onto my money and let it prove itself in-the-wild long before parting with my hard-earned if I were you, guys.
Totally agree.
I bought CLRs, which is nowhere near as nice to play through as a cabinet (thump etc - all the cool stuff), but I would rather sacrifice my 'pleasure', to be sure that a signal I send to FOH is bang on.
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Amazing!
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Looking Good. Funny to see a mic on the cab.
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Oh man those Kemper Cone imprints sound incredible!!! I may have to sell my XiTone for one of these new Kemper Kabinets.
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It at least sounds like the Cabs are only a few months out
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While it probably gets less attention due to the editor and cabs, I really liked what I saw in the hardware UI on the new preset selection. It's the one area of the current model that seems like a lot of work to navigate. Very straightforward well designed.
I'm also enthusiastic about the fact that they'll be selling the speaker itself, without a cab. I already have a couple of one 12 cabs with V30s in them that are pretty much that exact same dimension, so I can just drop one in there. It's black, not green, but I think I can live with that.
Third quarter for the cab, summer-ish for the editor, and I suspect the current reverb beta will move to production in a month or two. So, looks like new toys every few months this year.
Since most of the aforementioned is free, I'm looking forward to spending money on a speaker. Gotta keep the people you like in business.
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Should be a cool year !
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Pretty impressive. Christmas in July?
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At last! Well done Andertons!
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Oh man those Kemper Cone imprints sound incredible!!! I may have to sell my XiTone for one of these new Kemper Kabinets.
With the speaker being sold separately, you and I both should be able to drop one in our XiTones
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I wonder how many watt it has an if it has a neo magnet ...
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Well....I guess I’ll start saving my pennies now.
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I wonder how many watt it has an if it has a neo magnet ...
Based on Lee Anderton's reactions from lifting the Kabinet, I would hazard a very strong guess that it does not feature a Neodymium-based magnet.
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