Based on the name, I would have thought that increased (clockwise) setting of the Kone directivity setting narrowed the dispersion pattern. But, in working with it on stage last evening I had the distinct impression that increased setting broadened the pattern. Can someone from Kemper comment on which rotational sense (CW or CCW) results in more high-end when off-axis with the speaker?
Kone 'directivity' question
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vtgearhead -
August 28, 2021 at 4:50 PM -
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From the manual:
Quote Directivity
The KEMPER Kone features a larger high-frequency dispersion than many traditional guitar speakers. This means that a real guitar speaker will sound duller than the KEMPER Kone when you position your ears away from the middle axis of the speaker. To compensate for this, you might like to adjust the color of the KEMPER Kone towards a “creamier” sound by lowering the Directivity parameter. A nice side-effect is that the on-axis sound will also lose some of the harshness associated with traditional guitar speakers. At Directivity set to maximum, the on-axis sound is identical to the original.
✓The Speaker Imprint and Directivity parameters are only available in Speaker Imprint mode, when Monitor Cab Off is active. Sweetening is only available in full-range mode and shares a soft knob with Directivity.
So CW = more high end and CCW = less.
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here are many things that are either lost in the translation or at odds with English speaking logic in the Kemper universe. I think it comes from the logical syntax of German as a language but I’m not well versed in German myself.
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Nah, its the same contradiction in the German manual.
"The KEMPER Kone features a larger high-frequency dispersion than many traditional guitar speakers. This means that a real guitar speaker will sound duller than the KEMPER Kone when you position your ears away from the middle axis of the speaker." so to compensate this you have to lower directivity. "At Directivity set to maximum, the on-axis sound is identical to the original"
Hmmmm.... except that the Kone features a larger high dispersion.....
I have a headache now.
(there are several parts in the manual that f*ck with my brain in the same way)
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Well, I'm a bit relieved to know that it's not just me who found that confusing.
it's a bit like turning ON "Monitor Cab Off". Gets me every time. My logic just says turn OFF monitor cab ?
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There's no translation issue here, as directivity and "Richtwirkung" work in the same way. So yeah, I'm equally confused if increasing that parameter broadens the dispersion.
Regarding the "Monitor Cab Off".... It makes perfect sense to me, as there's a little checkmark next to it. So it is: "Yes, turn it off".
Though working in the IT bubble, I might be way too used to logic that no sane, normal being would ever consider intuitive. ;D -
as there's a little checkmark next to it. So it is: "Yes, turn it off".
but it says "yes,turn it on". "It" being Monitor Cab Off. Crazy backward double negative nonsense ?
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it's a bit like turning ON "Monitor Cab Off". Gets me every time. My logic just says turn OFF monitor cab ?
This!
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This!
Me too! Not sure if there is easier nomenclature ( big word eh?) but still gets me...explaining it more than actually doing it. The check box is easy to understand.