Posts by Bommel

Quote from Grooguit

I was curious and Chat GPT'd if there was software that let people blend IRs. Could be something fun to try out. You wouldn't do this on the KPA itself, but I suppose could bring these blended cabs into the KPA and see if you like any of the combos. I pasted the supposedly free one below.

NadIR by Ignite Amps (Free)

• Free IR loader with dual IR blending
• Offers mix control, phase, high-pass and low-pass filters
• Supports stereo and mono IRs
• Used within a DAW as a VST/AU plugin

Thanks! I already have software to mix IRs, though. I only hope to make this process faster, either inside the kemper or with the help of the Rig Manager. For example a very typical micing for opan back cabs is one mic in the front, one in the back then phasereverse the one in tha back and mix it and imo this sounds amazing. after it is mixes i do not mind if it is summed to one IR. Or digital Dualmicing and using a phase mismatch to filter fizz out with the resulting comb filter etc. Some software already does all of this, i just think it would be cool to have it inside the kemper

I love mixing IRs, right now i have to use 3rd party stuff which takes forever and i always need my daw, and if it is too processing heavy for the kemper it would be an awesome addition for the Rig manager, so that i can play an review the amp with a mix of multiple cabs and then convert it into to a single cab for use on the kemper. That would speed up at least that process a lot!

Quote from DonPetersen

the Stereo Widener in the EQ section already does something like that with just one CABINET

Stereo Widener

Not an equalizer in the traditional sense, but it does use equalization to work its magic. By emphasizing certain frequencies on one stereo channel, while attenuating them on the other, it creates a subtle stereo effect. This is done symmetrically, so that when the signal is summed to mono, the effect is completely canceled out with no coloration to the sound. The Stereo Widener works well with either mono or stereo source signals. Use “Intensity” to control the impact to the sound. At higher values of “Intensity” you can actually drive the sound out of phase; this is not a problem, however, as the sound still stays mono compatible. With “Tune”, you can tweak the effect to your taste by shifting the focus towards lower or higher frequencies.

I think that is cool but there are some options and chances where i think two cabs could be an amazing addition.

Quote from RosboneMako

I am not against any ideas, I was just saying what most of the pros here will tell you.

For example, most people would say you should never run stereo live because no listener will be in a good position to hear stereo. In small clubs most people are right next to a set of speakers on one side or the other. They may never hear the other speakers.

As for mixing two IRs in a mono method, that should be possible. The Kemper could mix the IRs before actual processing. That would not increase CPU usage at all. It would also let you do things other processors do such as selecting different mics. You could have one IR be the speaker and one be the mic used.

The issue with mixing IRs is one of phase. But that is above my pay grade. But in my mind it is better to give people enough rope to hang themselves, so why not add this feature.

IT is okay, i am here to discuss this idea... On the other hand most "pros" i heard so far made horrible sounding live mixes, i think in my lifetime i was at maybe two concerts where i thought the mix was okay, not even great, just okay The stereo problem live is why i do not like wideners but prefer to simply have two irs instead of a stereo widener, it just makes more space without having negatives, and some Guitarists play anyway with multiple amps and mics so this absolutely happens anyway live, just like bands with two or three guitarists. Phase Issues with IRs are also a thing that depends on the ir player, most guitar based IR loaders remove the predelay automatically and most IRs have the predelay corrected anyway and idk, so may ir players have it, it sounds always better why shouldn't the Kemper have it, if it is possible. Personally i basically never have a hard time to get the IRs sound good on the PC or on the Torpedo Studio, but on the Kemper it is more of a fight and a long process to get the mixed file on the kemper

Quote from BadBadger

I didn’t really understand what you were asking, but then it doesn’t take much for me to be confused 🤣

No problem that is why i am asking Right now after the amp block of the kemper is the cabinet block right ? There you can choose one cabinet and i personally would love the option to have two cabinets in there at the same time to either have different cabs on the right and left channel or to mix two cabs together.

Quote from RosboneMako

It sounds like something that could be done, if the hardware can do it. IR calculations are very CPU intensive. It may be a hardware limit. Especially since the PLAYER may have less CPU/DSP power. And Kemper wants all units to have the same abilities.

The Kemper runs at 44.1 kHz and uses 2048 sample IRs. That means for every sample of sound (44,100 of them per second) the Kemper is doing 2048 multiplies, buffer index shifts, etc. That is about 90+ million floating point calcs per second minimum.

One trick the Helix does is limit your IR sizes. If you are running mono you can use a 2048 sample IR. If you are running stereo it may limit you to 1024 sample IRs. I wrote a VST that also lets you dial back the IR sample count with a knob so YOU have control of the amount of calcs.

Most players here dont think the Kemper needs dual IRs. Stereo is not a thing for live performances. And if you are in the studio, you can always double track or use one of the wideners in the Kemper. Dual IRs could almost be done using an EQ widener.

personally i really do not like stereo widener for live use, with my two notes sutdio i always blend two cabs and i am way faster at a tone i like and famous micing techniques are only possible with two mics/cabs, like micing an open back in front and back and fredman technique or using delay to filter fizz out etc. right now it is simply a long process for me to get this sound onto the kemper and that would just help to streamline it. And what i do live to get rid of the stereo wideners is either the torpedo studio for left/right or two mics and pan them left right, the phase is better it makes room in center for vocals and bass i just like it way more.So... it is a thing for live use for me, because it simply sounds better, if the other lazy people out there do not want to go that route well that is on them

BadBadger anything unclear?

Just two cabinets (two IRs in the Cabinet Section), Stereo L/R and Mono Mixable, that is it The Cab is so important and that would level up the kemper so much.

There are Workarounds but it is kind of janky, by using Cab loaders on the pc, recording the kemper without cab then add the cab mix them export then reimport to the kemper

and as you see it just takes very long

Hey! I just added my Kemper Profiles of the PRS HDRX 20 the Hendrix inpired amp Check it out on rig exchange!

Hey! Ever heard about the Carlsbro Evo? Me neither i tried it, it was crazy aaand i profiled it! It will be in Rig Exchange jsut look for "Bommel"

The crazy thing is the lead is SUPER Chuggy thight, the Overdrive is spanky and the clean super brilliant and also very spanky. the EQ is a bit strange but the response was super surprising. i mainly tried it with my strat

I don't know if i miss an option, but right now it is only the option that the parallel path goes to main out, right? That is cool and important,and an awesome and this is what i need too, but the FOH guy always asks for a the clean d.i. and the amp tone separate, so maybe if the option right nowcould stay split on main out left and right or dorect out, something like that is what i mean... then i could give him these two "channels" that are both already with EQ and Comp so they mix well, do you know what i mean?

For Bass tones i send out the main outs with my amp sim and the D.i. out. In the studio i do not mind but for live i woul love to have the d.i. sound with a EQ or EQ + Compressor...

I imagine it like this:

One page on the Effects simply would have a switch called "Send to Direct Out" removing that effect from the rest of the signal path and is only affecting the d.i. signal and sending it to direct out ...

and "send to main out" for mixing it yourself with the amp tone and "normal" to keep it in the regular signal chain.

that would be super helpful for bassists to besster control and mix the clean and amp tone and that would open up the kemper to mix direct tones better with the amp tones

I made man di profiles at noon and neutral settings Check them out if you want! They are all in Rig exchange

I use the harley beton gpa 100 it is also tiny, 100 watts and a little bit of eq it is okay!

Quote from deadman42

As always thanks so much Thomas for your work and for sharing it with the community here!

Thanks a lot for the comment I hope some people find a tone they like

I just uploaded these amps! They are soon in rig exchange and here:

Here it tried to recreate the tones of the Vintage Cat Achilles TWO an unique Bulgarian Boutique Amp , which is soooo fuzzy it was difficult to recreate some tones of it but these are the ones that worked out

Fuzz Lord

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Here it tried to recreate the tones of the Gallien Krueger ml250, which is super tight and spanky i love it

GK Iron

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Oooh i xan not wait to profile these, one for fuzz fans and on for iron maiden fans

Quote from Mannemer

Hi Bommel, would you please send me a link to your tutorial of how to make a "perfect acoustic sound with the Kemper"?

btw. i made some tonedexter profiles, they are in rig exchange i think so they might not fit perfectly to your instrument you can try them

Quote from Mannemer

Hi Bommel, would you please send me a link to your tutorial of how to make a "perfect acoustic sound with the Kemper"?

IT is rather easy, but you need a few things

1. The Tonedexter Pedal or a Match EQ plugin

2. A recording of a Guitartone you like OR a few mics you really like on your guitar

With acoustic guitar

With the Tone Dexter

Just make some tonedexter wavemaps until you are happy with the tone and profile that with the "no cab" option on

With the Match EQ plugin

Record both the Piezo out and a miced signal you like match eq it and the profile that

With the Plugin and source tone

record the piezo tone amd match eq it to a recording of a guitar tone you like. This option does not work perfectly but it gets you

somewhere close.

With Electric guitar it only works well with singlecoils or very broadband pickups as well as piezos

here you just have to make it with a target acoustic track.

Alternatively you can make IRs of that and put them on the kemper or your device of choice but idk i had mixed results doing that.

In the end you should have the, imho, best option right now to get a great acoustic guitar tone on stage.

overall the tonedexter is imo the best option for a great tone at the moment but since the kemper profiles work perfectly you can benefit from the kemper effects

Quote from Sollazzon

wow! TOP!

I used Wall Of Sound a lot.

Great Job, all the best to You.

Thanks so much man!