Posts by V8guitar

  • why the fcb1010 isn't enough for wha/volume....

    As a cheap alternative to the remote, the FCB1010 works and is good enough.

    However, for me it had 5 main problems/disadvantages, all not a huge issue but collectively makes the remote " better". They are:

    1) Less wires - I had to run power and 2 midi cables

    2) Set up - you have to set it up, the remote is pure plug and play

    3) Built in expression pedals - I have 3 now, but I can run up to four or none so the foot print is flexible. Its a choice rather than built in fixed. I also have a dedicted wah ( converted cry baby) which looks and works better than a general expression pedal

    4) Limited display

    5)...and this was the kicker for me - I often hit more than 1 switch by accident and the FCB1010 would get confused and do "odd" things. Its been a long time since I used one but I'm sure it used to cut the sound. The remote is much more sure footed and never cut the sound regardless of how heavy footed I am.

  • Show your latest guitar

    Quote from Pitaorj

    so what are your impressions? my FR detunes a little and the tremolo bar is a little loose, I wanna buy a all parts tremolo bar because they´re super tight and I hope the FR stops to detune a little after it is better settled.

    When I got mine (second hand) it was still floating and tuning stability wasn't quite there. I now have it flat on the body as it should be and its fine, but you can tell the materials are a little cheap and know what you mean about the trem arm ( I think you can tighten it). I found the locking nut was a little cheap as well...

    Conversely it plays brilliant and the pickups are fat and full...

  • Show your latest guitar

    My "in progress" project guitar which started as a Squier contemporary strat in shell pink, which I have sprayed neon orange (partially successful), added a reverse headstock neck and changed the pickups. The donor guitar was cheap and actually I'm paying for it using some money I had from leaving my previous role. I hasten to add the neck fitting and set up will be done by a professional ha!

  • Tube amp versus solid state

    Not quite clear on what your set up is but I think most people agree:

    1) A valve amp stage will add colour - its personal preference if its better or worse. In my personal opinion its pointless having a valve "emulator" running through a valve amp. Its unnecessary and has unpredictable results

    2) The speaker has a much bigger impact on sound. If you are running the KPA through the Hot rod speaker, that's a bigger factor

    3) There is little difference between various SS D class amps - their purpose is "clean" power and therefore any good quality one should give negligible difference. I find the SS amp in the Kemper is great

  • Hey Guys! getting better!

    Quote from AdamMassacre1981

    I knew it was too good to be true lol.

    I couldnt even turn the unit off I had to pull the plug out.

    This happened when I opened up Rig manager on my desktop.

    After a restart everything seems fine again.

    My kemper just keeping me on my toes as usual the little tinker lol.

    Ha! You should know by now you should never say things are going well!

    In all seriousness, I'm soooo happy you have made progress and feel happier. For me gear is irrelevant, its how you feel so I'm so pleased.

    Now stop moaning and play some great guitar :)

  • Global rig volumes function

    I think the problem the OP is calling out is still about relative volumes.

    For example - Profile A is set at -2db less than the maximum. He wants profile B to be 5db higher than Profile A but can't because he only has 2db to play with. So all he can do is lower Profile A. Of course, Profile A is set relative to profile C, so now you have to change profile C as well. Reducing Master volume would not solve this.

    I have seen this once where I ran out of headroom.

    I guess the other option is amp volume, but I suspect running all volumes very high might cause an issue???

  • Global rig volumes function

    The function you are asking for is is to globally reduce all volumes by a certain value as opposed to each rig?

    Its pretty niche ....why? Because of most of things said above:

    1) I have never felt the need for volume creep with the KPA because I know the volume is constant where as with valves I felt the sound fluctuated and we are talking about relative volume not overall, so why does this need to change all the time. Also, as said,

    2) I have never understood the reason for 1 performance per song, no wonder you have a management overhead and not ( I would suggest) how performances were intended to be used...this is just 1 example of a problem with doing that

    However.......I did actually experience a similar thing where the starting point of some of my rigs were quite high and therefore when I want to increase the volume of a rig ( for say a solo sound) I ran out of headroom. It meant I did have to reduce the other volumes rather than increase the one I wanted ( hence relatively it was higher).

    Because this was only for 5 rigs, its wasn't an issue, and I've only ever done this once in 9 years....mainly due to a rig being too high in the first place. Therefore I learnt that if I'm building performances, I make sure my rigs start at a relatively low volume so I have headroom..

  • When is the tremolo update coming???

    Quote from mapleleaf14

    Is there more to the update then?

    Because I'll take whatever they were demoing at NAMM in the TJ video...sounded fine to me!

    Let's get on with it!

    You won't if it crashes after 5 mins...

    This is always the problem Kemper face - give us advanced warning of features and product, but as soon as they do, everyone wants them. Their quality control seems pretty robust to me so they don't work to a date, they work to a quality level, which is difficult to then estimate a release.

    Frustrating but just how it is. Any estimate is pure speculation.

    I would agree most releases take a little longer than most people hope but also not as long as the skeptics have you believe - so somewhere in the middle.

    What is even stranger is I'm not interested in tremolos at all, but I'm still excited!!! Its still like an event!

  • What kind of music are you listening to right now?

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    I love Brian....weirdly....and this is a compliment....I think he sounds like Tom Jones in some parts!

    Steven Tyler.....OMG, great harp playing.

    Slash, whislt I'm not a big fan, sounds pretty good.

    The rest of the band are just epic!

  • Stage no longer usable...

    Quote from Ruefus

    While understand your frustration. Difficulty with updates is not normal.

    Not unheard of, but not normal.

    Sorry your one of the unlucky ones.

    Totally agree.

    I have been running my Kemper for 9 years and I always do updates including Betas. I have only ever had 1 minor problem that support sorted out so definitely chase this down.

    The update process can be a little clunky but is very straight forward when using a USB.

  • Disabling Cabs

    I think you have the answer but just to check - there are 2 ways to remove the cab:

    1) Cab monitor button - This only disables the cab on the speaker and main output. Monitor is unaffected.

    2) Cab button ( on the from of the KPA) - this affects every output ( I believe).

    So, when using a Cab on stage, you use the Cab monitor check box and take your direct out from the monitor out. Using the Cab monitor button will then not impact the FOH signal.

  • Looking for FRFR recommendations outside of Kemper Kab for use with Powered Profiler

    Just one more thing to add....

    I previously had 2 kabinets that I ran with my powerhead....and 2 sounded no different to 1. Because the impedance was higher, the volume dropped so I had to drive the amp harder but there was no difference in sound or projection, even when I placed the Kabinets slightly apart.

    My point here is, I suspect you will get very little sound difference and therefore if just for looks, I would load in dummy speakers rather than sepnd loads on 4 Kones...