Posts by goldensheaf

Quote from Ibot39

First: I love my Kemper Profiler!
Video 1: I can clearly hear a difference between profile and reference amp. I know that playing position and other things can make a big difference. But it still seems that the profiling here was not spot on. Results seem not closer to real amp than what Mk1 has done in the past. That is the impression I got with the video. With volume pot on guitar reduced or with softer picking it sounds even less dynamic and good for me. I wish I could hear it different.

Video 2: It's not dialing in one of the amplifier's sweet-spot as you write, when using Bright cab value! It is maybe the profile's sweet spot.
I have no problem when Gain and EQ is changed in the Liquid Profile here - it should be like turning knobs on the amp. But problem is, that it does not work very good! Profile now sounds and reacts different and not as good than the amp would do (see video 1). It seems that has not changed with 2.0. A second profile with lower gain would give better results I guess. But when you have to manually adjust Bright Cab value to compensate to get the "sweet spot", that is tweaking around and not showing superior profiling or improved dynamic imo.

Poor kemper gets bashed if dont an bashed when do. I agree but I was never happy till I did my own. So I think we need to just wait till we get it in our hands an see online reviews etc. Ive never been impressed by kempers own tone in videos

I can tell without playing it yet that the dynamics are better for sure. An I have never liked other profiles anyway so if im impressed at first go I would be looking forward to getting my hands on it and profiling my own amps anyway. If its just 5 percent, but the 5 percent I was missing id be happy

Quote from steely glen

Might be. I just listened through my Sennheiser HD600s and the differences are as plain as day. That hissy artifact thing is right there under the n

I was impressed def sounds better tham the old profiling an I thought what are these two on about? Just tried with headphones an yea I hear. But Im not going to slam that, it def sounds better. V strange I cant hear it on my monitors yet can headphones

Quote from musehead

People who are content with the current state are overlooking the core issue. The frustration comes from selling an incomplete product and failing to deliver on promised features.

For those of us who have used Kemper for over a decade and chose to repurchase their hardware over newer competitors, this feels like a breach of trust. The only real edge Kemper has over budget Chinese units is its premium positioning. Those other brands communicate constantly and don’t treat their customers with such dismissiveness.

It feels like being on a sinking ship. All my favorite artists have moved to Neural DSP, and Fractal provides significant updates multiple times a year. Most Kemper users are willing to overlook technical gaps, but in return, we expect transparent communication. That is where they are failing us."

Thankyou that was my point. Its crummy and not professional an they are loosing future respect from people. Once you get a bad taste in your mouth its hard to get that respect back. An who cares about us little guys what about the pros an the pushers of units. All it took was some fluffy videos from kemper saying hey hows ya mum heres a update but instead we get admin acting like school teachers erasing posts and telling us off like naughty kids. Oh how dare you talk about the competition! Not here to throw punches i just find it a bit dishonest the carrot dangling for so long to people who bought a mark 2.

Quote from Pitaorj

I'm still pissed about the delay and I'm really considering buying a QC.

Absolute trainwreck of a release of any product I seen. Its beyond oh, kemper will release when they release im so happy with my 100 year old tech bla bla talk it be worth it . Even if they laughing in the background knowing they may have the best profiling out there an the product will make us all shutup in the end, with the lack of updated info and communication its been a bit arrogant and disloyal of them to the mark2 purchasers and long time users.

Quote from Tony G

I agree to disagree with your comment. There are many amazing sounds for every musician on the unit itself and many many more for download.

I downloaded all 3 profiles from you and checked out the Facebook video. The profiles are good but not my style. That doesn't mean others wont love them. The sound on Facebook video is the same to me. Not my style.

When I replace the speakers with ex. Senzo v30 mix cabinet imprint all of a sudden it becomes my style. A much nicer full body sound to my ears. So its tweakable.

Hang in there man. Its easy to get frustrated in these forums. I hardly say anything on here anymore.

Cheers. My orig post was asking about the cables I used an I was going to still profile a bunch an put them up. Mid tones are more bold an clean is fuller so it wasnt all about just these two profiles. Im going to try normal profiles instead of doing a di ir mix. Thanks for the input

Thanks for the reply. My comment got trashed by admin. They are getting like bossy school teachers here its just unreal. Im not going to participate anymore there too much overzealous behaviour going on. Well I like real amps and yes to be honest most profiles fall short. Even tone junkie said the morgan profile is just ok. Its nothing great. Disable the eq tab, there nothing special there. The eq he added helps a lot and you could do the same to many profiles to make sound great. I think people have forgotten how real amps feel here because there are many who like tone junkie etc yet I find them all dead sounding. When I said I have profiles that are better than the morgan I did not mean the profile I dropped on rig manager that was at full overdrive. The original amp is very trebly and splatty in real life but I kind of love it I had a old gibson amp once and it was like that. If I paly my matchless after it makes it sound slightly woofy an that says a lot but, Its a great little amp. So the profile is the same but in context to other yes it sounds brash but compared to the real thing its 99 percent there. I just had a play an I got to say its just like the real amp, go to settings and turn the definition to 5 to mellow out a bit.. The touch sensitivity is better than many profiles I have tried and I got to tell ya its how the amp sounds. I use top quality cables, kemper DI BOX, and rode microphones for this profile there not much room for error other than the mic placement. Feel free to stick your own IR on its as this is a DI profile with my IR stuck on after. When you play a marshall and are sitting infront of it they always sound brash thats the way valves are an my point is this profile sounds like the amp? If you want to add processing after like your in the studio go for it but this profile is the closest in 5 years I have come to it being like the real thing. Your right maybe my listening setup is off but when i have di profiled this and played it along side with a real cab then there not question about what speakers is coming out my computer of headphones. I just got told off an erased from the rig manager post like I was trying to make money off my profiles or something? So if someone else recomends my profioles great or if I said it not allowed? Im just trying to share my profile. Some right bullying going on here. I had gstring erase a post of mine an tell me cables do not make a difference! How does that advice work that like saying 2 speaker sound the same. TT ANIVERS 1 was with a cornish speaker cable and TT2 was with the HOSA an you can clearly see on the definition and hear one is mellower than the other. I put a 3rd one up more bass the two wer just to get advice on cables. Anyway whatever I was only trying to share with others what I thought was a winner but clearly not. All good peace

Here a fb post with one its not me playing but you can hear the architecture of the amp https://http://www.facebook.com/10000326513216…399519910700827

Look up TT ANIVERSARRY

Quote from V8guitar

Whilst I think vavles are perhaps unnecessary, I certainly ain't gonna bash ya because:

1) If you get the tone you want, more power to you

2) Id buy it on looks alone! Looks fab!

Sounds close enough to me. I have a amp switcher same cab. You can hear me hit the footswitch an boink between the two check the link

Quote from JAC

I think he wanted to reinforce that the old Kemper already sounds great, hence like a display with 4K resolution. The new Mk. 2 profiles must be noticeably better, but they can't backtrack on all the good things that have been said about existing Kemper profiles for the last decade+.

Also, specifying 5K instead of the more obvious 8K, perhaps because the new profiles aren't "twice as good", just better.

just double 5 to make 10 so lets say 100 percent. So 4k represents 80 percent. So the profilings 20 percents better? Thats enough to get excited about.

Quote from mauritzSA

Awesome! JP worked on my Profiler too. I always enjoy his work.

Pm you

Quote from musicmad

Is that image for real? :). What tube amp are you using?

Yea man ive posted here a few times but usually get bashed. Valves are no good bla bla. I got a comparison vid of a matchless and my kemp and its almost same. My phone wont let me post it i try on my desktop later. Had a guy make it up for me. Cost more than my kemper but i had to do it. I have a spare faceplate so if the mark 2 profiling is a step up, esp the di profiling like they said i will be sticking it in a mark 2.

Quote from Sollazzon

That's... Something! A Franken-kemper?

How do You call it?

Would You explain please!

It's .. come on!! Brave!!

Yep thats frank. Just enuf room for a small linear tube amp. 25 watts.

Quote from nwmusic32

I appreciate your insight and experience. Perhaps I can share a bit of mine?

I had an HX Stomp a few years ago as my first "direct solution" - could never bond with it. Always had a....fake? sound to it. Just sounded flat and unresponsive. A bandmate recommended I try out Kemper, so I bought a Stage. The Stage sounded so much better than the HX Stomp. Miles ahead of it on literally everything (amps, effects, response). Felt like moving from a Scarlett interface to a Neve preamp. That much of a difference.

The down fall? The learning curve was huge. I had no clue what Tube Shape, Definition, etc. were and how they affected the profile. I was a guitar player who was used to an amp - bass/mid/treble/presence. I remember watching hours of videos on YouTube trying to piece together what was happening and how to control things. Yes - there's a manual. A 414-page manual that can be overwhelming to so many of us. My wish (in addition to better responsiveness and dynamics of the profile) is for Kemper to address the UI both on the units and in Rig Manager. Follow Apple's lead - my kiddo took less than a minute to figure out how to use an iPad. I don't expect quite that from Kemper - but it me less than 10 minutes to build a preset on the HX Stomp the first time I used it.

I can appreciate your choice was partly based on the UI and the ease of using the device. I will say at the end of the day, you have to pick the tool that best fits your workflow and needs. I need good tone, reliability, and consistency. Kemper is still the best at this in my opinion.

I will say with option paralysis, I sometimes fantasize about going back to my amp and pedalboard, and just pairing it with a Captor X or OX Box. But then I remember, I hate hauling things. Everything is a compromise - got to just pick the best setup for you.

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Option paralysis is genuine condition and i have it😆. I love my kemper because when i can play my real amps its like ive been freed or something. If the new profiling more acurate i will have less reason to touch any knobs. Including my own

Mr kemper heres a goody i have thought for a while seing i experimented with many cables. Cables are underated in the quest as they make huge difference. Even the signal send cabe. In my quest to get as accurate as possible you realise eq is the enemy. Silver cables you get all the clarity but no body and then the polar oposite. I said in the past you should bring out your own profiling cable thats as nuetral as can be for the market but the other idea, a form of calibration. If you could plug a cable in and out of the kemp to do a sort of calibration to eq the curve out a cable and store it an use it for profiling. Maybe even be able to save it in a slot if need be. Im sure it be easily acheivable.

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Quote from b_ryan

Fint stick your head out, if you cannot take a shot. Especially when there is stuff to criticize in the expressed ideas. And your idea is not very well thought out in my opinion. So I gave you and the other one some contra points. That’s it

Thanks dad

Quote from Gary_W

There can be no argument that their website is out of date; it is a fact. It is doing no-one any good for *their own website which they control* to say ‘expected Summer’ when it is already Autumn.

Please do not tell me that ‘I forget’ how they do things. If you read my post again you might notice I’m painfully aware of how they do things. I’ve benefited from 12 years of updates on my mk1 which is one of the reasons why I wish these guys the best. I am pointing out that this is different. At no point did I mention a money grab.

No product ‘sells itself’ in a crowded market. If it sold itself there would be no need to go to a trade show - these things cost money. And there would be no need for a website.

It great being pinpointed an told what your thinking in your own head. He did it to me in same reply. 1)