Posts by DanielRigler

A few weeks ago, I uploaded a free profile to the Rig Exchange called "Bassman 50 2.0". The response has been great, so I created a full pack built around that same amp and speaker combination. The amp is a 1972 Fender Bassman head paired with a custom DIY 1x12 cabinet loaded with a Celestion speaker, mic'd with a capless SM58.

The pack includes 16 profiles ranging from sparkling clean tones to rich overdriven sounds, with both bright and warmer voicings. If you'd like to demo the pack, you can try the free "Bassman 50 2.0" profile on the Rig Exchange first. In the full pack there are both cleaner and more dirty profiles.

No storefront yet, keeping things simple for now (mostly because I'm lazy 🙂). If you'd like to get the pack, send 10 USD to [email protected] (PayPal) and drop me a message. I’ll send the pack manually ASAP.

The level of the v2 profiling signal is much higher compared to v1. Not really a problem with tube amps, but take care of the levels when trying to profile digital gear.

I think Rig Manager should automatically do this if you drag and drop an IR file onto the CAB block. You can also try this utility: https://www.kemper-amps.com/downloads/11/Utilities

Would it be possible to modify the global space effect to affect also the main outputs of the Kemper Player? It could be an option just like on the head/rack/stage units. Currently this is the main thing preventing my rigs sounding the same when switching between head and player.

Quote from G String

Using greyscale graphics on the display isn't influencing how non-grey areas of the display look.

Yeah, but the artifacts are mostly visible on the grey areas. While dithering was used, the artifacts were not so much visible. Anyway, luckily the sound is not affected by this, so I'm happy either way

Quote from Burkhard

I'm not sure, what you mean!? The displays have not changed and we have always used grey. Grey usually indicates that a parameter is currently not relevant, because it is overruled by another setting. Example, If you don't activate Kone Mode plus Speaker Imprint Mode, the Imprint Selection stays grey. This has been the principle of grey since day 1 at all PROFILER displays - all models and series. And PCs and Macs use the same.

These black and grey boxes at page LCD / HW Setup in System Settings might be accidental. If these are present, it's just a help to find the best Contrast sweet spot between too dark and too light. This sweet spot varies by individual display. Dialing Contrast to the extremes has never been usefull. Each LCD display looks awful in those cases.

My memory might be wrong, but I remember that grey was imitated by dithering on older firmwares while I used my mk1 unit. Maybe still is? Check bottom part of the image for an example:



So basically either full contrast pixels or nothing. Now my mk2 clearly shows multiple intensities (top part of the image) and I think this is the reason why people are complaining. Showing shades of grey on a low qua low contrast LCD display can cause artifacts. In my opinion the old version was better, was more readable. But this is purely subjective.

Mk2 firmware is able to display greys on the screen. I think this is related to why the displays look so much worse. I would turn this feature off if it was selectable.

Yeah they likely have much more important things right now finishing up the new profiling. But after that I think this need some attention. As I said multiple times already, there are some circumstances where the LEDs are basically invisible even at max brightness. Kinda confusing. Try a yellow EQ in position X with a blue chorus in the MOD slot next to it for example.

Yeah I have the same experience. Interesting finding about the LED test feature. So it might be fixable after all. Initially I also thought they were faulty LEDs. A yellow EQ at the X slot next to a blue chorus for example is pretty much invisible currently. I cross my fingers for a fix.

I would also love this.

+1

GPU accelerated processing will likely have increased latency.

I just tried to upload a nice Roland Jazz Chorus-120 profile to the exchange, but it does not work. Will try later.

I'm a long time Kemper user and have a similar opinion. I think I have auditioned all free and a large section of the paid profiles ever created. However... nowadays I rarely find new profiles which I consider totally new sounding. I rarely say 'wow these new profiles have a really unique and good sound'. I have my old time favourites and tend to stick with those. When I use other products (N*M for example). I often say 'wow this really sounds different' and good. But even if they sound good, I somehow still prefer playing my Kemper. So basically I'm not complaining at all and I also understand that tube amps have a relatively similar sound, but I still feel that accuracy / mimicry can be definitely improved in some cases. What I hope from the new era of profiling is that the palette of possible sounds somehow broaden, so I'll get more of these nice surprises when auditioning profiles made by others.

The profiler can already do this and more. Check the very smart 'DLY+REV Routing' parameter in the Rig section. This is one of the best features of the KPA in my opinion. Worth experimenting with.

I would love a soft shaper in the post section.

Quote from Steve5478

Besides, one of the things that surprises me the most is that even if some other devices seams to be more accurate, some players still prefer the Kemper's sound and feel when they compare and play with them....

I am one of these people. I'm constantly amazed by the accuracy of NAM, but I like playing the Kemper Profiler more.

+1 for no touch screens.

I always felt that the space parameter is similar to a subtle reverb with inverse ducking.

Yeah, please share some examples. Glad it's working for you.

A powerful NAM player with Kemper-quality hardware and effects would be awesome.