Posts by cmbrowns

You mentioned you're using the monitor out. Could you possibly have the Kemper Kone setting turned on? If so, you could have an imprint mixed in there.

Also, maybe try temporarily using the main out. I'd leave the output EQ's flat until you find out what's happening. Does it sound the same as the monitor out? And your headphones would be stereo. Maybe the mono into the QSC is some of the problem.

Last thing I can think of - the headphone outs could have the Space effect on that would probably not be in your monitor out. Maybe a bit of reverb?

I just meant that it sounds like you have the Imprints set up normally for use in the monitor outs.

But maybe I'm missing something on headphones. The imprints are tied to the monitor outs. I can't find any way to have the headphone jack set to use the monitor outs, and after trying it here with just headphones, I can't hear any difference no matter how the Kemper Kone settings are changed.

Are you saying you're somehow connecting the headphones to monitor outs?

Yes, in your setup you would hear the imprint having an effect. But it wouldn't be accurate since the imprints are expecting the frequency response of the Kone. Since your speaker would be different, the imprint may or may not sound good, but it wouldn't be as intended.

And no, you shouldn't hear it through the main output since imprints only affect monitors.

Quote from G String

it would quickly become misleading, because the configuration would no longer match what the name implies.

I don't find anything about models and presets confusing. And no, if I loaded preset Klon 1 and changed the parameters in a way that might happen to match some other preset, I wouldn't be concerned or feel misled in any way. I've just described why I think it might be useful to know what presets might have been used.

Anyway, it's just a feature request.

Quote from DonPetersen

there seems to be a basic misunderstanding here - there is only one model, the 'Kemper Drive'
it is so flexible that it can be set to emulatate many famous drive pedals.

No, there's no misunderstanding. The Kemper drive does a fine job, and the presets are helpful but they're just macros to load defined parameters sets. I'm just trying to demonstrate that it's a bit odd to just drop preset names. And that what I was suggesting as "Drive Models" really aren't all that different from the "Amp Models" on the Amp page. It's not the word Model that is important. Obviously, there's a difference between models and presets.

But if you pick an Amp model, it changes amp parameters. At least it saves and displays the Amp model you picked, even if you change pretty much any parameter on the amp page. And yes, it is nice to be able to see what amp type was selected, even if it's Generic.

I'm not even suggesting something more complicated, like saving just any user saved presets (although that would be nice for all the same reasons). Just having the default emulations Kemper already put in there would be nice. So you might know in a month or two that you had started from Klon1, etc.

To continue beating the dead horse, suppose you had a pedal board with several great drive pedals. All in exactly matching cases, with exactly the same knobs, but just blank with no label at all. They all work fine as long as you don't care which is which.

I have a suggestion for a possible way to implement a feature that has been requested several times. The feature request has been a way to know what preset may have been used when a rig is created, after the changes have been saved. The argument against has always been that any minor changes make the original preset no longer of value. An argument for wanting to know might be like this:

Create a rig with 3 Kemper drives. Each one initially set as one of the already defined Kemper presets (Klon 1, 808 Min, etc.). Save the rig and come back in a week. Which Kemper drives had you selected for each of the 3 slots? Cause I really like that second one. Or maybe you changed some of the parameters, so now it's not the exact original Klon 1. Unless you've memorized all of the various parameter sets so you can identify them by sight, you really don't know which is which or where they started from.

My suggestion would be to add a "Drive Model" control. It could function exactly as the "Amp Model" control on the Amp page. "Kemper Generic" could just be free form parameters. Selecting a pre-defined Kemper Drive type like "Klon 1" could set the controls as Kemper suggests in the User Guide. But now you could fine tune parameters while leaving "Klon 1" as the Drive Type. Now, going back any time later, you'd see each Kemper Drive with whatever "Drive Model" you had started from, and your actual drive parameters could be whatever you decided on. Here's an example of what it might look like. What I describe here is assuming Kemper Drives, but it might just as easily be added for other effects with pre-defined settings in the same way. It doesn't seem like a massive change and there is always the Amp Model code to borrow from. Could make use of the presets a bit friendlier.

To go really over the top, maybe the 2 red labels that currently show "Kemper Drive" could display the selected "Drive Model" (unless it's Kemper Generic").

Do you have the -12 pad enabled on the output settings? It sounds like you are overdriving the inputs you connect to. If possible, you might try the 1/4" connectors to see if you get the same crackling.

Rig Manager isn't a plug in and doesn't really have anything to do with recording.

Is your Kemper Output Source set to Master Mono for the Monitor Output?

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Quote from Wheresthedug

You can't get them to appear in the right click drop down menu as that is only for factory coded presets. However, you can still store them as presets in Rig Manager and access them via the folder structure as discussed above.

If you put presets in the My Profiler section, they do show up on the drop-down menus.

First - do you understand the terminology? Presets are the various parts of a complete Rig. An AMP preset is just the amp, a CAB preset is just the CAB, any effect preset is only that effect and so on. Anything beneath the All Presets section are these component parts.

Your screen shots all show a Player, not a Stage. For other profiles, it would normally say My Profiler where your screenshots show Player.

So, if you wanted to save just the AMP part of your rigs so they show up on that dropdown menu, open the rig you want in Rig Manager. Drag the AMP (the Amplifier icon in Rig Manager to the Player section that is beneath All Presets. Same thing applies if you wanted to save CABS, Drives, Delays, Reverbs, etc. If you drag them under Local Library, you would be storing the preset to use later.

Also note that under the Local Library sections, you can make your own folders and sub-folders to organize as you'd like. You can't make folders under other sections.

Player (or My Profiler) is your hardware device. Local Library is for storing things on your computer but not currently loaded on your Player. Anything under the All Rigs section are full rigs. Under Player means on your device. Under Local Library is stored and available to put onto your Player.

All Rigs are full rigs. All Presets are the various parts of rigs.

Hope that helps.

If the Pure Boost is in the X or MOD slots, after the amp, it can't affect gain or tone. After the amp it's only a volume boost. If you try it compared to just raising the volume by the same amount, you'd see they are identical.

If you don't want to use a boost, probably setting up a morph (with zero rise and fall time) and assigning it to a pedal would be another way.

Maybe your Rig Manager version isn't matching your OS version? They need to be in sync.

And from the screen shot, you don't seem to have the current release versions.

Quote from nwmusic32

I have not! I will definitely give this a go. I do seem to always adjust the Tube Shape from the 3.3 default up to 5.0/5.5 for more of a power amp output, less compressed. But this sounds really promising - thanks!

You might also try bringing up Power Sag. I set it to between 3 and 5 for exactly what you had described.

This from the User Guide:

“Power Sagging” can make sparkling clean notes sound louder than distorted ones, so you can use it to expand the dynamic range of the original sound. With “Power Sagging” set to 0%, the original dynamic range of the PROFILE is maintained.

Quote from TheGoodRebel

Have you tried the morphed channel with both overdrives on? It's most noticable there.

Just tried it. Not very bright, but I don't get any shifts from playing higher or lower on the neck. Tone a bit higher on the D Kemper Drive brightens it up quite a bit. I'm trying this on a stock Casino and a Fender with Seymour Duncans.

Since this seems to be the only one giving you this problem, maybe better just to find another that's similar. Doesn't sound like any problem with the rig. Just not a great match to your equipment.

Hello,

I've tried your rig with P90 guitars and I'm still not getting anything like what you describe. I was looking through all of the settings and the only thing that stood out to me was all the volumes being pushed up. (Rig Volume +6.8, Amp Volume +4.5, Comp volume +1, Kemper Drive Volume +4). But even with all on I don't hear anything dampened.

Do you get the same problem if you try the original unedited version of the rig in the Kemper Factory Content 12.1 folder?

Maybe something in what you're using to monitor? I'm using some studio monitors.

As I'd mentioned, I get no unusual behavior with 2 different P90 guitars and that profile. Since you had mentioned using a Kemper drive, I tried it with the Kemper Drive added and still didn't notice anything. If you'd like to post your Kemper drive settings, I can try that to see if that makes a difference.

But I don't use a Kemper Cab or any real guitar cabinet. I'm monitoring through studio monitors. If you have that option, you might try bypassing the Kemper cab to see if something there causes what you're hearing.

For the Morphing, you could try clearing all morphs from the dropdown menu in the lower right of Rig Manager. Then you could try setting up only what you'd really want to morph. This might help if you have something set that maybe you're not seeing.

Quote from TheGoodRebel

By "Merged" I mean the profile that gets activated when you press the footswitch again and the second, upper LED lights up. I use that to add a bit more gain.

Sorry, but still not too clear. What is the "second upper LED" that comes on when you click some footswitch? Maybe some kind of morph happening? Does the morph indicator in Rig Manager change when you click the footswitch?

A few things...

Are you talking about the "UWE - Twins 335" In the Kemper Factory Content 12.1 folder? There doesn't seem to be any rig with the name "UWE Twins". I find nothing unusual with that 335 rig on two P90 guitars.

And what is it you mean by Merged Channel? I'm not aware of that and find no references.

Have you tried using Init Globals under the System menu to rule out any unexpected settings on your Kemper? If you're not familiar, it's described on page 312 of the current Kemper Main Manual.

Can you post the rig on the Rig Exchange?