What, with a hack?
I saw a bit of them working on something a while back but wasnt to interested it being so limited, even with the Remote.
Haven`t kept up on how far they got.
@Inthrutheout, no hack, just normal MIDI messages. The looper was initially supposed to be only for Remote owners, but since then Kemper made it available to everyone through MIDI. That is actually very honorable of the team, kudos for that 
(but still, give us a volume)
That won't work, the output clipping is pre-output section.
I am helping a friend out (bass player) with setting up its new KPA, and we found out that if we bypass everything (stack/stomps/effects) as well as setting clean sense to 0, we don't get any clipping in the input but the output clips like crazy.
We can't understand why that happens...any idea?
And no, lowering the rig's volume doesn't affect its tone.
Yes, I meant the volume pot on the guitar! 
I don't use the looper live, I use it at home as a compositional tool.
Rolling the volume down is going - of course - to affect the overall gain of the tone, which makes no sense if I am trying to stack 4 metal tracks and it ends up sounding like a country song
I mean, sure there are convoluted solutions, like bringing down the amp's volume before recording so that once you stack all tracks up you get a normal volume with no clipping and no neighbours pounding at your door, but really, doesn't it seem more sensible - given the generality of the requirement and the ease of implementation - that the Kemper team provides this? I bet this takes a few hours work included testing 
I have this tendency of sticking to one amp for ages, then one day try something different and being blown away. Today was the turn of a Laney Ironheart, so freaking tight 
but anyway, yeah, it's very refreshing to change sounds every now and then
I mean, just turn the rig volume up to the point the output led shows red, and then the master volume all the way down. Does the output led still show red? There is your answer 
Were you clipping the output? Is your looper by any chance set pre-amp?
No, no, post amp. And yes, the output clipped; the ugly pop of when you've gone too far
So, I come again to this.
Please, please, please, add some controls like Loop Volume and Mix to the looper 
I mean, today I recorded 3 tracks and it was clipping already...and I don't just mean the output led going red, I mean really digital clipping...
Agreed. I was responding to
Don't think that there's room for recording different, independent loops.
Ahah, sorry, I had missed that! Yeah, sure, recording two independent loops (that is, tracks) is most likely not an option (it'd be cool though )
It doesn't work here.
While the loop is running (with a clean rig, e.g.) I get out of looper mode, I select a different rig (hi gain rig now), and the first loop (the one which is already running) starts playing with the hi gain tone!
This is not how a looper should work.
The first look should maintain the previous tone!Or is there a bug in my Remote/KPA?
No, I see what's happening: you have the loop in "pre" mode, so it comes at the very beginning of the signal chain; if you change anything (amp, effect, whole rig) the whole recorded bit will be affected. This is convenient if you wanna have a loop while you want to tweak your tone and - you know - have your hands free to tweak.
However, you clearly want to set it in "post" mode, where it is places at the very end of the signal chain, so as you change sounds the previous recordings don't change.
I honestly don't remember exactly where you select pre or post, but rummage a bit in the system menu and you should find it.
I really doubt memory plays a role here. I mean, after you're keeping in RAM up to a minute of recording, an integer variable to keep track of the loop volume is nothing.
So, no followup on this? Adjustable volume is really a no-brainer...
I spent some time with a Helix and was not impressed at all. The amp models all sound the same and the overdrive is very brittle. I did like the effects but that was it. There were few too many amp models and overall it still seems no better than a POD HD500X. For the price they are asking, it just does not deliver.
If you are seeking effects, get a GForce, G-system or Strymon.
Exactly my experience. Tones really disappointing, effects ok, but quite average - Strymon kicks their ass.
Honestly, I don't think this demo sounds great.
PT's playing sounds great, not these tones. There's always this unpleasant grit to them.
BTW, I owned the Helix, and also "live" I didn't like the tones the least bit. A/B'ing with the Kemper made them even more of a joke (yes I can tweak, I've been toying with modellers for over 7 years). Effects were not bad, in some cases (delay and reverbs especially) were *really* good. Usability was a few notches above today's offerings, but not the tweaking heaven people think of. And most importantly, I don't care for easy tweaking, if I end up tweaking to hide a bad tone (that's what I felt like).
I use the looper only at home as a practice tool and composition helper, and I think it would benefit of the following enhancements:
- adjustable volume (as recommended by a previous thread)
- quantize option
- to the end of quantizing, a dedicated tempo
- a click option (to be able to hear the tempo)
What do you guys think?
I know this is not the same - but have you tried either the low cut (high pass) or the 80 Hz band in the graphic EQ, or something similar in the studio EQ? (either before or after the stack section)?
Yes, I did try that, but while that helps on the lower notes, it kind of thins the higher ones, which is exactly what I was hoping to avoid
Playing 7 strings most of the time I find often myself in need of taming the low end without choking mids and highs.
I have seen an older feature request for multiband compressor, and I admit that's going to be fairly heavy if you take multiple bands, whereas if you limits to one band it should much lighter on the CPU and should serve the purpose...
Anybody else would find that useful?
Excellent, thanks!
