Posts by Dynochrome

Quote from DonPetersen

using the internal looper is certainly a good way to go about this, but there is always the issue that the rig has no chance to influence the player.

a guitarist will always adapt the dynamics, phrasing, style etc. to get to know what the PROFILE can do, what it's good at.
simply feeding a DI into the PROFILER will not have this very valuable feedback.

Agreed I know for certain that I attack the strings different for clean sounds, strumming etc. than If I play with some heavy chugging Djent type stuff.

Quote from carloswalter

I have tried to profile amps myself, but to successfully do that you need the proper infrastructure and resources: studio, mics, gear, patience, expertise, etc

it's really not that hard to make pretty decent profiles. I've used I Neve preamp to make some and I've used Xenyx preamp to make some. The differences were small if any so you really don't need Primo gear or a deluxe studio to make great profiles.

In my opinion the biggest difference comes from not using a dynamic mic plugged straight into the Kemper but to come from phantom power source and a condenser mic that gets a broader range of frequencies and sensitivity. I've always felt that this is one of the biggest things that Kemper overlooked is to not have phantom power in the mic input that you profile from. I'm sure other people have had great results but to me it's a lot easier to get the results I'm hearing from the amp with a really good condenser instead of a dynamic mic. I'm guessing that most of the pros that make great profiles use a board not just a 57 going up to a speaker into the Kemper

Once I had a rack effect that had all kinds of detailed tweaking capabilities "bias" of the "tubes" mic placement etc. One could spend hours tweaking and fiddling with it. Sometimes I was wondering if I was making it better or worse. Then I played a gig with a band and the guy had a super simple amp head with like three knobs on it and his tone was every bit as good as what I had if not better.

I'm a techie kind of guy and can buzz through a manual no problem and understand it (If it was written well) and In the past I would think I wanted something with lots of tweaking capabilities because understanding them wouldn't intimidate me.

When I decided to go back to digital from my Engls, Splawns, Marshalls, Black Stars and the like I was going back and forth between Kemper and AX FX and at first I thought I might want to have all of the complex routing and the tweakability of the ax but then I remembered the lesson I was taught by that guy with the simple amp that just simply got a great sound. If you look at great mic preamps they often don't have more than just one knob and the whole thing is just set to sound great twisting it. So I decided to go with the "dumbed down" kemper and I have no regrets at all. Just like that great amp with a couple knobs I can quickly dial up an awesome sound without having to do tons of tweaking and spend more time playing.

Quote from GCNC8068

Why I finally put a Feedbacker in front of my Kemper rack

I have one too, it's called a guitar speaker!!

Quote from DonPetersen

As someone who has been thoroughly convinced by IEM - may I ask why?

It's hard to get real guitar/amp interaction using IEM. When recording direct, I always have a cab going so I can coax the natural feedback out as God intended the electric guitar to have.

Just use a guitar speaker. That's what they're meant for, and if you want your guitar to sound like a guitar through an amp that's how it is done. I see a lot of people using PA/monitor speakers and trying to get them to sound like a guitar/amp and not being happy. Get a clear sounding uncolored 1x12 in a guitar cabinet and it will keep up with the loudest drummer and band.

Quote from Wheresthedug

Thin and ear piercing was my experience too. But cranked they seem to really come alive.

I have and have had several vertical input 800s (early ones) I put the treble on 9:00, mids @ 10:00 Bass almost off and presence @ 9:00. It really cuts down on the volume that way and lets you turn the master up more. You really have to dial those in by your hears not eyes.

I have reported this on the forum that most people are surprised at where the frequency centers are on the controls. I've even talked to some local techs that work on a lot of them that were surprised when I showed them the service manual that states the center frequencies. Treble 10K, Mids 500Hz, Bass 50hz, presence 3K. You can see why turning the bass up can make things flubby. That being said the tone controls are a kind of interactive in the circuit, And the presence control really operates as upper mids and the treble is actually higher. That's why a lot of people will run their 800s with the treble control almost off.

My (former) favorite Cry Baby 95Q just sits ignored in a cabinet. I'd sell it, but in my lifetime I've already bought and sold three wah pedals that I never thought I'd need, then all of a sudden found the need for one again. It's really cool and activates when you step on it and can add a boost but there's nothing that it can do that the Kemper wah cannot except have the battery go dead If you leave it plugged in.

Quote from quemper

Would be so much easier if the note could be inside the preset. Lots of other uses for this as well.

Or just do what I have been asking and have the preset name saved within the rig. Of course if you do any editing to it then it would change and not be the preset anymore. The presets would have to be recognized as something that was stored in the preset section. (like presets being global) I realize that might be something that is not possible in the way the Kemper is designed.

Quote from DutchGuitarDude1

So I don't have to lug the stage around.

I kind of thought it was funny hearing "lug the stage around". Back in my day we used to nightly "lug" around 60 par cans, 4 heavy dimmer packs, two racks of bgw power amps that weighed about 300lbs.each, A big light board, a P.A console and rack,a case for drum hardware and mic stands, 4 Huge subs, mid cabs and horns. And then there were the instruments, the cables,heavy 100' snake etc. etc.

Quote from Delinquent

This is not the first time this has been discussed.

The bottom line is once a preset is tweaked it is no longer that preset.

If you like the tweaks save as a new preset.

If you want a reference to the preset you tweaked just use it when you name it.

808 mid with tweaks becomes 808 mid #2 or what ever format works for you.

It’s not rocket science.

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You're missing the issue. If you read through my initial statement you'll see that I'm talking about taking a preset that has a name and putting it into a rig, once you do that and save it and come back to the rig later that preset name will no longer be in the effects slot so you don't really know what you have in there. The effect will be but you won't know if that is the preset you put in there or not unless you went through all the parameters. Or do what I do and just reload the preset again which is kind of a redundant action.

Quote from quemper

Do those notes stay in the rigHow about using a notes field in the preset that the user can record any notes they want about the present?

Do those notes stay in the rig when saving and returning later? I never saw any note field I guess I'll have to look

Quote from BayouTexan

I know how good of a guitarist you are without even listening to you just by the guitarist you reference.

Or at very least know that I have attempted to replicate his ADA flanger.... But once I stick it in a rig the name is forever lost. Then I have to look through all of the parameters to see if it IS the Pat Travers flange. Or just reload my saved Pat Travers Flange every time which of course is the reason for this thread on wanting to saving edited user preset names in rigs.

Quote from tsachou

Maybe they need to have properly working editor before even think of a kemper 2 lol . Yes i say that !

I'm going to agree with you there. I have a very modern and powerful computer that has no problem running USB devices etc. Although I can always get done what I need to do, I find the interface a bit glitchy and freezes up quite a bit when I use it with multiple windows which is where I will see most of the problems. When I build performances, I always have one window on the performance and another window on another screen open with profiles that I can add to it. This isn't really a deal breaker more of just an irritant, what matters to me most is how great it sounds which it always has fulfilled it's duty. Editing on the unit itself while not quite as easy has never had any problems with saving or anything that I have found.

Quote from pippopluto

One of the main reasons why I love the Profiler is exactly its "analog" feel and touch.

And most important to me is the way it has a "feel" like a good tube amp does. harmonics touch sensitivity etc.

Quote from b_ryan

I wonder what two profiles in series is good for

Not much really. Just another way of stacking distortion sounds and at the end no matter what you do with 2 distorted amps it's only going to be just a bit different than using one unless you're mixing very clean sounds with distorted tones.

Quote from hendrix1406

i own the kemper for 7 years,i don't need a kemper 2 and would most definitely buy one when it will comes out.

Then in 15 years after Kemper 1 becomes discontinued everybody will be talking about how much better the original Kempers sounded and they would double in price on the vintage market Just like ADA MP1s, Rockmans and JCM800s did.

I was really speaking here of custom presets of my own. (See the Pat Travers reference in the OP) When I come back to them, I have no Idea if that's what's in there or "The breeze" or a "stock" Kemper preset. My wish was to have the preset name remain no matter what unless it is edited Then of course wouldn't be that preset name any more. But if I loaded my custom flange preset named "Pat Travers" I'd want to come back to that slot at any time and see that that's exactly what was in there. Repeating myself of course I could write down all the parameters, but that's more work than what I think should be needed to be done.

Thanks! That must be it. I never checked the tabs over the list.

Quote from eglaost

Yes, it doesn't happen with my midi controller too. I suppose it's because using midi is a different process of switching between performances. The method you described (scrolling up and down) doesn't work for me. One thing I have observed is that when it doesn't skip a performance, the switch speed between 2 performances in much slower for some performances (I cannot observe a specific pattern). I don't know if this is a standard thing for all devices or it is related with the issue.

Last night I had mine plugged into USB but rigged manager was not on and it was skipping performances both up and down. I haven't 100% verified this but it seems like it always skips performance 2 going up and performance three going the other way... Performance is higher up I haven't really witnessed the skipping. I tried the scrolling up and down through them before I did this and this time it didn't help any like you've experienced. This Is just more of an inconvenience than anything and as I was told there is a way around it by using the type button but it is slower because you have to scroll through and then press enter.