Read the manual

Doesn't quite have the same impact without the F in RTFM 😂😂

You only read the manual 4 times? Call me back when you get to 50 times like me.

If you are looking for something in particular in the manual, remember the PDF can be searched

There are no shortcuts to greatness, but mediocrity is easy to wing. 😀

Well done mate!

You see this a lot in the workplace with IT as well. The stars just dig in and learn stuff, while many sit there in the slow lane complaining "I haven't had training".

I think that most of us tend to play first and then (maybe) ask questions later.

My first run through the KPA presets in 2013 was .... uninspiring for the most part. I found 2 or 3 of each type of sound I was looking for that sounded "good" to me, and I went from there.

Then there was the rig manager and the thousands of rigs all of you have made. No person can possibly audition them all, but with some hints from threads here, and picking up a commercial pack or two, I got a bit better.

I suspect it took me a full 2 years to get around to reading much in the manual (although I did see several youtube vids when new features were released). Even then, I admit, I have mostly tried to address any issues I have found in a specific tone I was looking to achieve. Example, U2 Streets Have No Name delay setup and new delays by Kemper.

Sometimes I read a post that is particularly interesting on a feature that has been in the KPA for some time and I will play around with it. Sometimes it makes it into my gigging patches, sometimes not.

I absolutely agree that it would have been best to RTFM right out of the gate. I think I have read or watched vid on most everything the KPA can do now (9 years now, so it isn't like I was a quick learner). Now I give training to others on the KPA setup based on what they are complaining about in their Kemper tone. I also have converted several tube amp purists over to Kemper and helped them get started.

The truth of the KPA is that (for most people) if you take the time ..... really take the time to learn the gear, you can have a gig rig that is absolutely top tear in the industry and is right down super easy to deploy in a live setting.

Given where I live the shipping takes a long time, so I read the manual a couple of times before it arrived. One "benefit" of living at the end of the earth I guess. 😀

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You see this a lot in the workplace with IT as well. The stars just dig in and learn stuff, while many sit there in the slow lane complaining "I haven't had training".

Not only with IT...

I've had this mug on my desk for well over a decade. The people who understand, laugh, and tell me it's a great mug. For the people who stop by and ask what it means, I tell them "Right Through Friday Mid-day". They tell me that's a great mug.

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I would also recommend watching all of the videos on the Kemper website as well as going through all of the Tone Junkie videos on YouTube. Those were really helpful for me when I first got my Kemper. I now just search the PDF of the manual for things I am looking for information on.

Having had my Kemper for 8 years now ( blimey!), I've never read the manual.

So Im not recommending that approach because I think you are right, but I've found it so intuitive that I've only dipped in for what I need.

I love its layout is based in a similar way to a regular amp.

So fair play for doing that...btw can you tell me how to adjust morph settings in RM...JOKE

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Having had my Kemper for 8 years now ( blimey!), I've never read the manual.

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Downright Blasphemous!

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Downright Blasphemous!

Nah, I just ask you....

Keyword searching that PDF is your friend...