Have you tried what I told you? Apparently is a once off
The previous 2 hangups seemded to fix themselves. Last night, I tried all the alternate boot strategies and none worked until I booted from usb. I created a new backup at that point (as I didn't back up the last couple nights and worked on some patches) and then shut down and everything went fine. I rebooted hoping the problem was gone, and it hung again. I rebooted a second time from USB and then the unit red screened so I pulled the power. So technically last night was the 4th time with the final 2 being consecutive. If it red screens again, I will certainly try your advice.
Display MoreI understand, Will, what you mean: the last thing you want to think about, prior to play, is to worry about the electronics. and I mean I understand because I tour with a show which has some very nasty guitar part which needs my complete attention. nevertheless, the red screen thing isn't in NO WAY compromising the turning on of the kemper. take my word for granted since I'm a direct witness to this: a sort of beta tester, so to say.
at present time, as far as I know, and the others can say something about, there is nothing which can prevent the kemper from turning on.
or at least, as I said in another thread, the kemper, at present time is reliable or isn't reliable as the other electronic device, like Fractal, Bogner, Marshall and so on, you name it.
at home I use the kemper to a Mesa Boogie 290 power amp. prior to an important gig, I did some rehearsal at the studio and I raise the Mesa standby switch to on. result? dead, no sound. checked the tubes: they were all off.
Found out a plastic connector inside the Mesa literally carbonized and left me with no sound. If I had the previous rig, triaxis and 290, I would have been left completly out of business. would you say that my previous rig was not reliable? it has been used by people like John Petrucci and several others. but it did left me miserable.
don't know if I made a point here.
guess the only safe thing, when touring, is to have the spare of the main things used. but can we afford it? hope I will soon
I'm not touring, you have much more faith than me. My primary concern is not the red screen, but the fact the unit has issues booting. I always travel with some type of backup for everything. But I've been playing multi-fx since Digitech released the RP-1 (early 90's) and I've never had a unit which wouldn't boot. This is a very different issue than hardware failure, all hardware will fail under duress with time. I expect the software running to be rock solid from a stability point. Its a confidence breaker for me. Would I buy a cell phone which wouldn't turn on sometimes? What about a car, I expect that car to start every time I turn the ignition. If I had failure to start within the first 6 months of ownership of nearly anything, it's a major cause of concern to whether it will continue to malfunction in the long term. We have "lemon laws" for that very reason. Fortunately CK and team seem quick to respond to such problems and hopefully have read these threads and are already working on a solution.
