Hell yeah, I'll be looking forward to that. Your videos rule!
Posts by Ragnarok
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Oh ho ho ho, this thing is coming alive now! I have it back through the Mesa 290 now with the cab sims off and it smokes!!!!!!! That Marshall JMP68 rig from Peter W is the shizzle!!! Very nicely done!
Hey man, welcome. Just curious what made it come alive? Was there tweaking of individual profiles involved, or was it more a matter of finding the right ones? The reason I ask is my situation is very similar and I'm having a tough time finding realistic sounds. Plasticky is definitely the word here. Glad to see your making progress. Nice work.
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Rag, do you have conversations enabled in your settings? I tried to send one but it says "user doesn't exist" even though I selected it from your profile.
Does anyone know if "conversations" are working right now, or am I missing something.
I believe so but I will double check. Did you get the message I sent to you?
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HI, I've been having some issues with my powered toaster. I've started a support ticket and their advice is to try and A/B it with another Kemper. Unfortunately there are no dealers that I'm aware of in this state, so I'm hoping to be able to find some one who wouldn't mind comparing profilers? I would do the traveling. Thanks.
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Hi, I've been experiencing something very similar if not identical to your situation. I wish I had some constructive advice to offer. How do your recordings sound to you?
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The alto ts 212 arrived tonight. Sounds ok, but to my ears there is a stiff, "plasticky" quality to the sound of profiles with any kind of gain involved. Maybe that's to be expected in that price range? Sounds pretty good playing mp3 songs through it.
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Depends on whether or not you have a powered or unpowered kemper. If it's unpowered you could run kemper into return input of effects loop. If it's powered you can plug directly into 1960 cab from the speaker output of KPA, or into effects loop from the Monitor or headphone output.
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Thanks for all the replies. I had an alto ts212 ordered as of last week before I saw the post about the XiTone passive cab. May have to buy one of those too. Is anyone aware of a way to run stereo with a powered speaker and a passive speaker, running out of 2 different outputs? Or is it only possible out of the mains with 2 powered speakers?
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those are mostly powered though, correct? Do a lot of people run them with the powered head out of the Monitor Output? Wouldn't that limit your live gigging options?
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Being pretty new to a powered toaster, I'm looking for some kind of direction as to a monitor/ cabinet that does an accurate job of reproducing the KPA'S intended sound. I should preface this by saying that I've spent a fair amount of $ already and am not happy with the dozen or so things I've tried. Including traditional guitar cabs and a few flat response speakers. What I'm looking for is something passive that sounds good, has been tried and tested, and has had a lot of good reviews. That way, in the case it doesn't work out for me I'll know it's not the speaker that's causing the problem in the first place. And can rule that end of it out. Thanks in advance.
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Issue solved. After opening a support ticket and doing a factory reset directly after installing updated firmware, I am happy to report that my KPA powerhead is sounding great. All of a sudden everything is 3 dimensional, full sounding, and up front. Just like the recordings I've been listening to. I've downloaded some great profiles from the rig exchange and am back to having fun playing guitar, rather than banging my head against a wall. Not sure what was different this time (I've tried resetting 6-7 times before) other than doing the reset again immediately after upgrading. Was starting to lose it a little there thinking I made a mistake buying a faulty unit. Glad to learn I was wrong. Thanks to all of those who gave of their time and wisdom. And thank you to the kemper support team who were quick to respond to my email. Merry Christmas and happy rockin'...
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Thanks, didn't mean to hijack thread.
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Try Direct Amp Profiles or Merged.
Stay Metal!Thanks for the help. I see you make a 2204 pack, I'm a jcm 800 freak. Are any of those merged or direct profiles?
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I personally have not had very good luck with 4x12s, but I would love to change that. Are you guys impressed with the KPA over a traditional guitar cabinet? Don't know what I'm doing wrong, cab Sims off, and still sounds muddy.
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Updated to 5.0.3. Still same old same old, other than a few new delays and stuff. Really, with my live sound nothing has changed since the day I brought it home. Just wondering if all you guys live sound is pretty close to your recorded sound? I know the room your in plays a part, and the distance you are from your moniter and all that. But are you hearing the same ballpark sound from your moniter playing live as you hear when recording direct and listening to it? I'm going to post a few recordings when I get some time. It will be the same riff, and same profile. 1 will be recorded direct, the 2nd miced in front of my moniter. Hopefully will show you what I'm getting at.
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Just wondering if anyone on the forum has had any experience with the Mission Engineering km 212p cabinet, and what your thoughts are about it's capabilities? It's advertised as being made with the KPA powerhead and other modelers in mind. I've spent some time with one lately and do have an opinion myself, but am interested in others findings with as I'm unable to find any reviews out there. Thanks.
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- Has this always been the case when playing through a 4x12, or something that started recently? The reason I ask is because all of my "gainier" profiles sound similar through my 4x12 cabs. Some people seem to be able to dial them in, but so far I'm not one of them.
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Also, as of about 3 weeks or so ago I've pretty well given up on the 4x12s. All of my live monitoring lately has been either a powered line 6 p.a. out of the Monitor Output, or the mission engineering cab out of the main powered output. Same issues with flat response speakers.
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I am happy to have finally heard my KPA make the sounds that led me to buy one in the first place. Even if it is only through recording at this point. I know they are in there anyway.
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Further to my previous post...
If you are having difficulty in dialing in a particular tone, or are frustrated with how certain rig/profiles sound through any particular playback device, whether it be headphones, FRFR monitors, or a traditional guitar cabinet...then experiment with swapping out and auditioning different Cabinet profiles. The best way to do this is pick a particular rig/amp profile that interests you, then LOCK everything except the CABINET module. Then, you can scroll through all your rigs using the browse knob.
The benefit of this exercise is that you can quickly audition different Cabinets, without changing the current amp, eq and effects, which remain fixed (because you have locked the Stomps, Amp, EQ, and Effects modules). If you haven't tried this, give it a whirl. I think you will be find some fantastic combinations...and it just may solve your issue.
Just remember that whenever you land upon a particular Amp + Cabinet combination that you are really digging, you will want to save/store it under a new name, as a new Rig/profile. Then, when you are finished, remember to UNLOCK all the modules you previously locked for this experiment.
Finally, here is a copy of a post/reply I wrote in response to another thread, which you also might find of help:
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When connecting your KPA to a traditional guitar cabinet, it is a "general" rule that you should turn off the Cab Module (cabinet simulation). However, every once in awhile you may find that you will prefer to have a particular Cabinet profile/sim enabled, when playing through a particular guitar cabinet.
When I first purchased my KPA PowerRack, I hadn't yet received my XiTone passive 1x12 FRFR monitor. So, I initially connected it and tested it with the following cabinets I own:
A) Marshall Vintage Modern 4x12 cabinet
B) Vox 2x12 cabinet
C) Tech 21 PE-60 Power EngineNow, in the case "A" and "B", I definitely had the KPA's Cab Off. However, with "C", the Tech 21 PE60, I found that I preferred having a KPA Cab profile enabled. Note -- As the PE60 is a powered speaker, I was connecting my powered KPA using the Monitor Output jack, with the built-in poweramp turned off. In any case, I found that the speaker in the PE60 (Celestion Seventy/80) sounded best with (believe it or not) a Cab Profile from TAF, based on a 1x15" Ampeg SVT 450 Bass Cabinet.
So, there are no hard and fast rules. At the end of the day, you will find out what works best with your unique set-up. Again, 99% of the time you probably will want to have your KPA's Cab Module off (when connecting to a traditional guitar cabinet). But every once in awhile, you may find a sweet combination of a KPA amp profile and your connected cabinet which benefits from having a particular Cab enabled.
Cheers,
JohnThanks John,
I really appreciate all your guidance. I have auditioned every cab that I have available that came with KPA. I have not yet loaded any new ones though. While I hear a dramatic difference between them (enough to hear what your talking about as far as how much the cab is responsible for overall tone), there is a characteristic across the board with every cab and every profile that I cannot seem to tweak out. Direct profiles included. With every different cab/monitor solutions I've tried. This new cab that just arrived via FedEx was advertised as being made with KPA powerhead in mind. Same issue...I would expect a tonal difference running through a traditional guitar cabinet, from the reasons you mentioned above. And while I'll be the first to admit I'm a little slower than most in this department and am probably overlooking something, it seems to be almost a spacial thing. Like all my profiles were made with a barrier between recorded amp and mic. While I know that's not the case, that's what my ears are hearing. Some of them do sound better than others, but it's always there to some extent. Unless I'm using headphones with space turned up or recording and playing it back. Thanks again for all the time you've spent helping. I'll keep on tweaking dials.