A firmware update must not alter the sound.
From fw 13 to 14 IMHO there was a volume reduction on certain v1 Profiles.
I have also a stage v1 and player on latest Firmware and had never sound issues.
How do you listen to the audio—through headphones or a sound system? Check output and Input
levels e.g. on your Mixer, soundcart, …
If you think its realy FW related, I would definitely open a support ticket.
An experienced live top guitarist like Michael Britt knows from practice how a profile behaves at rehearsal volume, through monitor wedges, in FOH systems, and in dense arrangements. That kind of real-world translation is difficult to recreate purely with headphones or theoretical EQ adjustments.
Yes, around 80–85 dB the Fletcher-Munson effect already becomes much flatter, so you do not necessarily need extreme stage volume to judge a sound accurately. However, live performance introduces many other factors beyond pure loudness curves (e.g. how does the tone that sit correctly in a loud band mix).
Of course I can always tweak profiles by myself, but professionally prepared live-oriented versions would save time, reduce guesswork, and provide a much more reliable starting point for players who mainly perform with bands.
Especially for users, like me, who cannot regularly test at higher volume levels at home, clearly labeled “Studio/Home” and “Live/Band Mix” profile variations could be extremely valuable IMO.
Perhaps then there would be fewer comments such as, "M Britt profiles sound quiet lifeless, and only come alive at band volume."
I'm just curious -- what does your practice rig look like? What output type are you using?
FRFR monitor and PA/FOH.
It’s actually not really a setup issue — it’s mainly the Fletcher-Munson effect.
At home I have to play at fairly low volume, so I naturally dial in more highs and lows to make the profiles sound balanced and exciting.
But once I bring the exact same profiles into a loud rehearsal situation, those frequencies become much more pronounced, especially the highs.
So the profiles themselves sound great at home, but at band volume the top end can suddenly become pretty harsh.
That’s why I was wondering if a few profiles specifically tweaked and labeled for live-volume use could be helpful.
I will brighten things up when I'm home and then once I get back out onstage, I roll the highs back a bit so they aren't too bright. Never ending, I tell ya...
This is exactly the problem I’ve been struggling with ever since I got my Kemper. I’m running into it again right now with a few V2 profiles.
At home—where I can’t play too loudly—they sound perfect. But yesterday at band rehearsal, the high frequencies were almost impossible to tame.
Would it perhaps be possible, to specifically label and include a few profiles that are dialed in for live volume levels? That would be an enormous help to me—and presumably to others as well.
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the new V2 pack.
Can anyone do the same comparison?
I have done a comparison here with FW 13.0.5
Maybe you like to join this comparison so we can check first on digital level?
JoePVblue own profiles, from rigexchance and I bought a v2 pack
For my understanding OP has MKI
It depends.
I have V1 profiles which sound better than some V2 profiles on the Rig Exchange.
But good v2 Profiles feels and sound bit better than my good v1 Profiles on MKII Units.
The missing resolution is IMO the resonance cab frequency and some clarity.
On my MKI Stage I get almost the same result in which I prepare the v2 profile that way
On the MKI you miss some clarity which you get on MKII units. I compensate this on MKI in the AMP section and add 0.7 to 1.5 on clarity and pick parameter
I have had the same experiences.
Since I have a KPA player MKII and two MKI devices, I want the V2 to sound on all Units as similar as possible.
I get almost the same result in which I
Thanks!
I saw those. They are on my list to look at this weekend. So this is a Mesa amp that is supposed to work like a Vox?
Yes, the TA-15 is designed to sound like from Fender, Vox to Marshall amps.
Just posted 8 rigs to RE. This is my first shot at 2.0 profiles on my AC30HWH.
Thanks a lot. I think they sound great 
I uploaded also 2 Vox like profiles from my MESA Transatlantik TA-15.
Maybe you can give it a try and let me know what do you think...
Profiling v2 is much faster and easier with great results.
Profiled a MESA TA-15 with not the best equipment but I like the results very much 
Profiles are now on rig exchange (TA15 TOPBST is the VOX like channel, TA15 Crunch the normal channel, TA15 CR TW the tweed channel).
Collection about useful Kemper infos and tips found in the forum and not in the manuals.
Control cabinet Resonanz (ck)
… there is a good method to control and emphasize a cabinet resonance and it has always been there for everyone. Position a peak equalizer after the cabinet and tune it to somewhere between 75 and 120 Hz to catch the resonance. Set Q factor to 0.7 or 1.0 or more. Tweak Eq gain to your liking.
Get clean glassy sound (ck)
For the glassy sound of vintage amps on the edge we advise to turn up Tube Shape. Check it out!
Kemper Profiler runs on 44.1kHz internal sample rate? (ck)
No, the Profiler has always been running on different sample rates at the same time, up to about 700 MHz
Tonal difference v1 profile with MKI vs MKII units (Timo)
There isn't a tonal difference….
Please add your findings.
Sure I get that, and we'll only really know when more tests are done. But I find it rather curious when Kemper says there isn't any difference, but then user experience tells a different story. I'm not disputing anything, simply saying there's conflicting reports. I'm not able to do an A/B test so it will be interesting if there is something to it, even if it's an unintentional consequence. If not, then no issue. It'll just be interesting to know.
Have a look here
I still got problems with my KPP. After several attemps I finally managed to update RM as well as the Player.
If I try to connect the KPP RG shows "retrieving list of stomp effect" and nothing happens. Quitting RM and restarting it there's another message "" syncing global data 10 items left" and nothing happens.
I can do it as often, those 2 messages switch to one another with the next attempts. I can't access my KPP anymore 🥹 The lights on the left are flashing permanently....(as if there's some data exchange)
Any tips for me? Thanks in advance! 🙏🏻
I had also a problem with sync. Got always the message 
I have done also a factory reset without luck.
I opened a ticket but of course it was late in the evenening and till now I got no response.
In the meantime I found a solution. I am using RIGManager on a windows 11 system and found in directory
C:\Users\<YourUserName>\AppData\Local\Kemper Amps\Sync\ a file with APEcUdVDRzO.db
I have done a backup of the complete Kemper Amps directory and deleted the file APEcUdVDRzO.db
After this syncing process starts in RIGManagrer and all goes well.
In genereal I think its better you report your problem to kemper support. In case you tried my solution please backup the files just in case...
HTH
I took some time hearing and comparing. And to be honest, there is a continuos tone at 15KHz (-100dB) in the original, what is not in the Kemper clip.
if you can hear this
That’s totally true
Please let us hear your improved sound. Please upload the audio you recorded with your player using the profile, and the DI audio file from my Dropbox, along with a note about which firmware you're using.
I don't need to comment on this thread anymore. Some of us who have the new devices and also the OG have repeatedly stated that they are improved, even when using our previous rigs/profiles. For some reason its rubbing peoplethe wrong way with the crazy idea that newer processors improve things. go figure.
According to Kemper, there are no differences in sound.
But putting that aside, one of the best features of digital equipment is that digital processing always delivers the same results.
If that's not the case, then it's a defect. A faster processor can deliver the result faster, but not better.
Audio quality improvements/changes can only be achieved with optimized/different/buggy software.
In fact, I was able to hear and measure differences in sound with different firmware versions.
You can find my comparising here:
I would really appreciate it if someone could confirm or refute this.
Sorry to be a bit of a grinch, but I'm not sure what the point of this is?
That's exactly what I wanted to find out what could be the problem
Yesterday I did a quick recording over guitar input (analog) and compared it with the digital recordings using tone match.
There is no real change here either. Latency is also the same on all devices except slightly faster booting and switching between slots.
At least I was able to determine (for me) that the differences in sound on my devices are due to the software and not the hardware.
Since not everyone has MK1 and MK2 devices, I have made my results available.
This means that everyone can compare their own device with the results available here.
If you're not interested in that, then you can do something else useful with your time 
