Posts by Edmund

Quote from christarento

Edmund What cab is it ? 2x12 slant ?

Yes.

I tried the Kone equipped Zilla cabs at Kemper Showroom and they were amazing. Best Kemper experience so far. Get two:)

Speaker imprints in the public beta:

Has anybody else noticed that the imprints sound weird in the beta? They sound phasey and more drastic/exaggerated, almost as if algorithm applied twice. Anybody else, or is it just me?

Do you by any chance have an old unit, like a toaster with the two part front (not the one-piece folded front)? I also hear a difference between my very old toaster and my Mk2, but no difference between my newer Mk1 rack unit and the Mk2. Maybe some little component changes over the years. Wouldn't be strange considering it's ten years between the units.

Quote from taylorphototexas

Here is one observation after making several profiles. I have made Direct, Studio, and Merged profiles.

What I noticed with version 1 profiles is that the merged ones would sound "cleaned up", and by that I do not mean less dirt, just that they were a little more crisp, snappy, whatever you want to call it but a little more unveiled.

Every one of the merged profiles I made with v2 profiling sounds a little darker, a little muffled. Enough to be noticeable, but also really no other changes, it's just a small but noticeable amount darker. I've uploaded several now to RigEx and I am about to upload a few more now. Look for TBG.

This is not an ad. I do not sell my profiles. Looking for feedback as to why the merged ones are darker because it's puzzling to me.

This is my observation as well. Good to know I'm not alone.

I just made my first 2.0 profiles, of my main rig which is a H&K preamp into the front end of a Carvin head. Tough one, that. I have tried to profile that one many times before but never been even close to satisfied. With 2.0 it sounds really good so far, and most importantly it feels really good to play. Well done, guys!

I bought my first one in 2012, working as a backline tech, so as to not having to find and lug around a bunch of backup amps on tour. The first year and a half people kept asking me what I was doing when I profiled the amps in production rehearsals, then they caught on. And now I have four Kempers in my arsenal. I personally don't like playing through it but it's a good tool and I think it's still ahead of the competition. Yes, there are "better" profilers and better playing feel but the Kemper still wins out on the average score for me, in terms of work flow, switching lag, effects, the different form factors, the ability to work with the hardware only. And the generosity and work ethic of Kemper team!

I'm still on tube amps though

To my taste, Tone Junkie is the best. I found two different Matchless profiles that are all I play now. They even replaced my own profiles of my own trusty old amps. TJ FTW.

I didn't quite understand your problem, since a part of the first post was in German, but if you're just looking to easily copy multiple rigs into your Player here is how to do it:

Open another Rig manager window (from the File menu, or Command+N I think). In one window you select your Player and in the other you select your other Profiler or folder in your Rig manager library. Now you can simple drag your selected rigs between the two windows. As a bonus, if you select a performance on your other Profiler (or in a performance folder on your computer) and drag it onto your Player it transforms into five rig slots on your Player. Works great. Hell-G showed me this in the Recklinghausen Showroom so many thanks to him. It has saved me hours.

It looks to as if you are loading the morphed version of each slot. Is that intentional? I mean, you are sending both a value 1 and a value 0 of the slot loading CC and repeated slot load commands brings on a morph action. If you want to simply load a performance slot in its ground state you need only send one CC for each sound change.

The morph CC is a different beast and there Kemper support tells us to send a value 0 afterwards to "close the transaction". I usually leave some space between those two commands. I see you send them both the very same instant, but if it works for you all is fine.

I use PC for slot change, just because it was a teeny tiny bit faster. A difference in behavior is that when loading slots with PC it loads "clean slate" and doesn't retain any effects you might have turned on or off earlier in the song. If I remember it correctly changing with CC remembers effects changes, just as if you move between slots with the physical buttons on your profiler.

Yes, you are all right above. Depends on the situation. As a backline tech I've gone through every possible combination; mono, stereo, W/DW, multi amp, multi modeler + amps. Use whatever you have a good time with. Remember, if you play for larger audiences, work WITH your F.o.H. tech and decide what you both think serves your vision best. What you personally like may be a nightmare for your tech and nothing of what you hear will reach the audience.

I left a comment on that video (@diddlers). I think there are a couple of good points in there. At least, those are my standpoints right now. Things tend to change in this business

When you are logged in on kemper-amps.com and try to use the "My Orders" function in the upper right hand corner you get a Login splash where you have fill in your login credentials again and then you get logged out. Thus, no way to follow your order through the web page.

Also, I find that the "Remember me" tick box in the login window does not work. Anybody else?

I am on a Mac. Have tried Safari, Chrome and Opera.

Burkhard, in point 2., that assumes that Morph option "Momentary" is selected, right? If "Momentary" is not selected you would trigger return to base sound by sending a CC#80 non-zero value again. That is how I do it, anyway.

I have always felt the wording in the Main manual regarding the morph midi CC is unclear. It says:

"Morph Button (value 1-127 triggers ramp from Base Sound to Morph Sound according to selected Rise Time; value 0 closes transaction; next value 1-127 triggers ramp from Morph Sound to Base Sound according to selected Fall Time; if option “Momentary” is selected, value 0 triggers immediate return to Base Sound)"

From this I read it as I would have to send first a non-zero value and then value 0, as if stepping on a switch and then removing your foot, so that is how I have programmed our shows, and it works. Maybe that last 0 is unnecessary, but it didn't hurt either:) Maybe a clarification could be done in the manual in the future?

Hello and welcome, kturumtay!

This is very easy in the Kemper. To duplicate the setup in your Fractal picture there you simply use the "DLY+REV Routing” parameter found under Rig parameters (Rig button). When it is set to "0%" you have a normal serial routing, but when set to "-100%" you get a fully parallel routing like the one in your picture. Have fun!

I used to regularly fly with a toaster in a bag as overhead cabin luggage. Always worked. Now I'm a KPP convert, though. Hint hint. Well, keep both actually:)

I would like to be able to route where a Parallell path ends up. One reason could be so that you can use a reverb for both your parallell path end the main path. My main reason for this wish, and the reason the parallell path causes me a headache right now, is a different one however;

I sometimes use the Parallell path to add an Acoustic simulator in parallell with distorted rig, and that usually works ok. Now we have started using a W/D/W setup to be able to control the reverb and delay depending on the venue. The dry part is taken at the main out as "Mod stereo" and the wet part is taken as "DLY/REV Wet". The parallell path, however, only appears at output source "Master xxx". Thus, when using a W/D/W setup the parallell path is defeated.

I propose having the possibility to route the parallell path end to either effect slots "DELAY", "REVERB" or maybe directly to an output source such as "DLY/REV Wet" or "MOD Stereo" if that is easier.

...And by the way, the Acoustic simulator could use an input trim as it easily runs in to ugly digital distortion.

Hello, SkyBlynde, and welcome to Kemper society!

No, it is not a defective unit. Switching between rigs in Browse mode does have an annoying lag so you should instead be using Perform mode, which I guess is the intended mode for live use. Then you will be down to around 50 ms switching time instead of almost 200 ms when in Browse mode. 50 ms is manageable and better than many comparable products. Other systems have to wrestle with Scenes or Snapshots which is somewhat different but not easier in my opinion. Good luck and happy tweaking!

It would be so convenient to be able to edit preset/rigs/performances offline and then just download to your profiler later on.

On a regular work day on the road I have maybe 15 spare minutes that I can work in Rig Manager connected to a profiler. On the other hand I often have many hours in busses, airports and planes. I would love to have the opportunity to work in RM there and load to profiler when I am by the rack and can connect again. Please, please...

Hi Torbiz,

I see there is a treble booster involved. I'm not familiar with the HBE in particular but treble boosters tend to be picky with what you but between them and your guitar pickup, I know mine certainly are. Put the Kemper aside for a minute and try putting a buffer, och something with a buffer circuit in it (like Boss pedal or a Peterson tuner or something like that), between your guitar and treble booster and see what that sounds like. My guess is it will sound similar to what you describe in your problem description. If so you either give up or go down the rabbit hole of "unbuffers":)

I would love to be able to assign, for instance, REV and DLY to FX1 and FX2 buttons on the Player globally. Unless I am missing something I now have to edit every rig to do this. And if I edit my performances on my toaster and then import the to my Player I would have to assign those buttons on every rig again. A possibility for global assignment of the FX buttons/dials would be great.

Thank you!

/Klas