Kemper through Mixing Console troubles

I am a total noob so I hope to find someone with the patience to hold my hand here and provide me with a detailed description to hopefully correct my problem.

I have been running my Kemper powered rack mount through a Kemper Kabinet. Have all my sound set up and quite happy with what I'm getting.

Our band is now using a mixing board and headphones to rehears. I'm coming out of the Left Main Output XLR of the Kemper into a channel on the Allen and Heath SQ5. I have the Main Output on the Kemper set to Master Mono (see pic).

Everything is working fine as far as getting signal but it sounds nothing like the sounds I had running through the Kemper Kabinet. I fully expect this but I have no idea what I should do to get a better tone. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Rehearsal in 5 hours!!! Yikes.

No problems clipping Tom. I have the pad on the SQ5 for the channel that the Kemper is going into on.

How do you have yours set up?

Quote from JEverly

It sounds like you don't have a cabinet on the main out. I don't know how you had the Kabinet connected to the Kemper. You don't need a cabinet for the signal running to the Kabinet but you do for a direct out to the mixer.

I was wondering about this. How do I turn the cabinet on? Can I make adjustments to the cabinet once I have it on and how would I do this? Sorry, total noob in a tight spot right now. Appreciate your help.

Quote from TomR

No pad active and input @ 9 db. Kemper output level???

So what exactly is the issue with your sound?

Are you saying Kemper at 9db output or you have the gain on the SQ5 input at 9db?

Quote from JEverly

Did you have the Kabinet connected to the main out or the monitor out originally?

Is the cabinet button light up on the front of your Kemper? If not press it and turn it on. You can hold it to see what cabinet is there and scroll to one you want to use. If it is on, I would hold it and check to see what is there.

EDIT:

I see you have the power rack. That tells me that you had it connected to the out for a speaker. The cabinet for the main out may be an issue then.

I had the Cabinet connected to the monitor out. I'll check the cabinet light now. What issues would the cabinet for the main out be for a Powered Kemper and can I correct this?

Quote from Jetspeed747

I had the Cabinet connected to the monitor out. I'll check the cabinet light now. What issues would the cabinet for the main out be for a Powered Kemper and can I correct this?

Cabinet was off. With the Cabinet on I get WAY BETTER tone. It was lifeless and brittle before.

Quote from TomR

These are the settings of the sq-5. Kemper is -12 dB ticked and something about -18 dB level (as far as I remember). The output of the Kemper is quite hot..

So you are using 9db of pre amp gain on the SQ5 for the Kemper?

Quote from TomR

Yes. correct.

Excellent. Got her sounding sweet now.

Quote from TomR

Seems like now you can start your rehersal...

A HUGE thanks to you guys.

Can't lay enough praise and thank you to all of you.

Got me out of a tight jam.

I appreciate you guys.