Of course some will disagree: I'm happy to be well trained with the Kemper generic profile. It's now stuck in my ears and fingers. So, when trying a new amp in a rig, I can set it where I need in seconds, even if I have never used this brand and type amp.
I do understand that someone who has tweaked in the real world, a certain real amp for long, it's fine to use the exact Liquid Profile and get the expected response.
[...]I get all the thump I want (sometimes more) from the subs under the stage.
That's exactly my experience with iem.
So I had to set some sort of filtered low-frequency-only speaker in my rehearsal studio. This one does some sub and some low-mid. Now, going from studio to stage is not perfect, but feeling is ok.
I've been thru intensive experimentations about guitar speakers behavior for long. Specially about native high frequencies properties.
I came to this conclusion: guitar amp speakers' native high-cut are around 30dB/oct. That is to say, trying to mimic a guitar speaker behavior with a FRFR, thru a 24dB/oct high-cut is not enough, but 36dB/oct is too much. And of course, cut-off frequencies vary much according to speaker size and types.
Hope this may help in your investigations.
The parameter Crossover in the legacy Tremolo was very inefficient and had a similar effect as Depth. We consciously decided to get rid of it with the revision of the tremolo effects and have no plans to reintroduce it.
Thanks for posting, Burkhard, but I'm sorry to disagree. I quite often gig without bass player. Consistent bass (no tremolo) achieved thru crossover, and waving medium (tremolo) did help me for a great overall band sound. Since last update, I can't get there anymore thru depth parameter alone.
Sorry to chime in with no great help, but just sayin' I'm very happy with my Lehle expression pedal. Smooth feeling for volume and morphing the Kemper, and for expression with my keyboard synths.
Have you tried a Kemper studio eq fx? According rigs, I get very good resuts with high cut set between 4kHz and 2kHz (fx, after amp and cabinet emulations).
BTW Westone iem rock (mine are discontinued AM prop 30). And perfect for my voice too (BTW, no eq on iem bus).
Sorry to bring no real answer, but AFAIK, Kemper usb output is 24 bit. So digital level should not be a serious concern while tracking.
A digital trim plug should in your daw should bring a *good strong signal*. And signal/noise ratio should stay fine.
Of course, much clever ways may be searched and found.
10.0.12 did bring crossover back in chorus fx, but not in tremolo fx.
Dear Kemper, please, bring it back in tremolo fx too.
In case you prefer, you may bring it back in a brand new fx, with a different name, and get everyone happy.
Wow, good news!
Does this apply to tremolo fx too?
I do miss the tremolo crossover. An important feature in my rigs.
Hi Chariphi. This may not be immediate great help, but, IMOE, both sustain length and sustain harmonic content are very differrent betwen semiholow and solidbody. Maybe that's part of your actual sttrugle.
For those looking for flatwound no-noise and roundwound tone, there used to be the polished half-round Savarez Black Sun strings.
I've been playing those for years, before switching to flatwound strings.
And now something completly different:
Flat wound strings are totally noiseless about fingers sliding. I do love D'Addario Chrome (11/50 on electric, and 12/52 on acoustic). Widely used by jazz and rockabilly players.
Yes, they are somewhat darker than roundwound strings. BTW, they keep their tone much much longer.
Thank for your post Alan.
Of course, I can do as you suggest, but cable length are really long in my usual setup (snake from stage to mixing desk). And stage lights do bring often noise in audio wires.
That's why I wrote this request.
For some reasons (I may explain, if you ask) I only send one Kemper-Stage channel (left xlr) to the mixing desk. That is to say mono output only.
I track the *processed* guitar in a daw. For futur production, I also track the guitar *dry* (from send 1 output into a di-box). This allows for some later *re-amp* processing if required. This is totally fine.
But, I would much like to be able to send the guitar *dry* from the right xlr (which I have no use for, and no di-box required anymore).
That is to say: please, give us an option to send mono guitar *processed* on xlr left, and mono guitar *dry* on xlr right.
BTW, for sure, Kemper rocks!
You are not alone. It was removed from several modulation effects. However, CK has said he will add it back. We just don’t know exactly when this will happen. Presumably the next update though.
Such great news! Hoping and crossing fingers.
Last Profiler Stage update dumped crossover feature in tremolo effect.
For some reasons, I miss much this feature in my rigs (I may explain if you ask).
AFAICR, 2024 *tremolo* was part of Chorus category. Settings: Rate, Depth, Crossover.
2025 tremolo is now called *tube biased tremolo* and is part of Tremolo category. Settings: Rate, Depth, Ducking, Volume.
Please, please, please, bring me back my crossover. Maybe as an option for those who need it, or as a different effect if this makes sense.
[...] 99 times out of 100 we are better learning to use one tool to its full capacity than jumping around only scratching surface of multiple devices.[..]
Well, that's weird. This has been my experience with daw, plugins, stompboxes... and instruments!
BTW, tweaking my Kemper Stage *on the box* is a pain, but with my MacBook, it's a breeze.
I feel your pain, Th4n4th0s. I've been there, too.
But IMOE, within a single rig, different guitars (pickup) and different playing styles (strum/no-strum) may lead to very different levels. And different rig authors have their own ideas about what a *right level* is.
So, IMHO, adjusting output levels is part of the rig review process.
+1 on everything already said here.
And yes, facing around 1500 different factory rigs, is huge. To narrow down your search, keep in mind you can sort them by gain in Rig Manager. Then you can get a quick test with every rig built with same gain (say: clean, middle crunch, heavy, or whatever), in a few minutes. IMOE, a much informative experiment.
In case you intend to connect the Stage monitor output to a mixer XLR input, pay attention to any 48V present on that input. Could be davastating!
The rock-solid solution would be a transformer isolation box (as jaeger 28 suggested).
