Posts by Job Posthuma

Quote from Gtrjunior

I’m having a hard time describing it actually. It’s def not dull and is kind of like when you’re plugged into your DAW with the cab sim off. But even that description is over-describing it. But you know how it feels/sounds when plugged in like that….buzzy and brittle? sort of like that. It lacks any of the smoothness and character it is supposed to have.

sorry, it’s tough to describe.

Id expect the combination of an unchecked “monitor cab off”, and a checked “Kone” to give results you describe. That triggers the kpa to setting that gets Kone speaker into fullrange mode....but you don’t have one connected.

A regular cab hooked to your monitoring output...requires “monitor cab off” checked, Kone unchecked.
In many cases a poweramp adds high that need compensation from the global EQ...don’t be afraid to dial it

Quote from kpahuitsing

can't open the picture.. but as you describe that there seems some contacts are bent, this could very well be the culprit.

maybe you can try to bent them back (*very carefully* of course).. with a needle or a small pincet?

of course don't do this if you're not sure that you won't break something (!)

the “guilty” contact snapped back into place upon touching it.

All seems well now.

Any experience from your side how future proof this fix will be?

Tbh...a wee bit uncomfortable gigging dodgy connections..(although it seems solid now...a decent wiggle didn’t interupt connection)

Quote from kpahuitsing

can't open the picture.. but as you describe that there seems some contacts are bent, this could very well be the culprit.

maybe you can try to bent them back (*very carefully* of course).. with a needle or a small pincet?

of course don't do this if you're not sure that you won't break something (!)

ok...will try carefully.

Quote from kpahuitsing

things to check:

- what kind of cable are you using? is it the original Kemper cable ? -> be sure NOT to use a too long cable, and NOT use a cable with thin wires inside

- is the cable broken? -> can you exchange it with a spare short network cable?

- is the network connector on your PROFILER somehow broken? -> visual inspection: post a hi-res close-up picture of your PROFILER's network port?

on close inspection of the Ethernet port...the connections in the Ethernet port are not alligned. one is clearly is not flush with the rest...may be even shorted to the one next to it.

My picture is to big to upload, heres a link to it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19-cP6f…ew?usp=drivesdk

fyi, the Ethernet port was never used since purchased new.

Quote from kpahuitsing

things to check:

- what kind of cable are you using? is it the original Kemper cable ? -> be sure NOT to use a too long cable, and NOT use a cable with thin wires inside

- is the cable broken? -> can you exchange it with a spare short network cable?

- is the network connector on your PROFILER somehow broken? -> visual inspection: post a hi-res close-up picture of your PROFILER's network port?

I used the cable that came with the remote....and I tried another one...same behaviour.

The network connector in my profiler has never been used before....nor does it look broken.

Im off as we speak to make a picture!

Just got me a remote...also a toaster out of warranty here....remote keeps looking for connection....or says “connected” but doesn’t fire up.

1/10 tries it fires up as expected.

Im having the exact same issue.

Just got me a remote....hooked it up to the toaster I used for years. (But never with a remote)

Here’s hoping kemper will sort this one out for me...passed the warranty.

Gig agenda is filling fast (#postcovid).....so I’m keeping fingers crossed.

Quote from Burkhard

Different output volumes are for different outputs. You can deactivate Monitor Stereo and then use the MONITOR OUT and the DIRECT OUT as two different outputs with different output sources (Master Left and Master Right) and different output volume levels. However, you cannot suppress the cabinet simulation for both and leave it active for the MAIN OUTPUT.

That will not work for the aimed application cause I’d need cabsims to foh.

I run a stereo rig using returns of combos, using the monitor output(S)

Id appreciate the ability control both output volume and global eq to l/r outputs individually.

I imagine the option to switch “stereo link off” in the global eq at the output menu which triggers a 2nd page to accomodate the extra channel....icw a “balance knob” in the output menu for both the mains as well as the monitor.

Quote from SteinbergerHack

OK, to respond to the OP, it seems that it CAN be done, sort of, but it would require a MIDI controller and you'd still have to program each individual rig combination.

You could use a separate performance page for each FX preset, with the 5 rig slots used for the different amps/profiles/gains.

Ex:, Slot 1 as JC-120 Clean, Slot 2 as Fender Super Reverb slight breakup, Slot 3 as a dimed Plexi, Slot 4 Bogner XTC Blue, Slot 5 XTC Red. Copy these 5 plain profiles with no FX across all performance pages.

Next, build your FX presets. Put them in all 5 of the rig slots for a given performance page.

Now, set "Performance Load" to "Keep Slot".

In this config Selecting the slot with CC50-54 changes your amp but leaves the FX. Selecting the Performance Page with CC47 changes the FX but keeps the amp (same slot).

You still have to build them all, but having a no-FX performance page template and FX presets makes it fairly easy to do. 128 performance pages covers a lot of ground.

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yeah...it’s possible indeed, but there’s to much complications to my taste.

Managing so many presets, current state of expression controllers, a quick tweak of your amp sound takes adjusting a dozen rigs....to complicated!

I hope they consider my suggestion....and be the first in the market to support oldschool methods in a unit of today

Quote from Burkhard

What is hindering you to organize your 4 amps in 4 Performances and the 5 effect configurations in the five Slots of those Performances?

Performances n is amp n, and Slot m is effect configuration m. You then use the Rig Buttons to change the effect configuration and the Up/Down button to load the amp. MIDI wise that can be achieved with CC#47 to preload the amp and CC#50-54 to load the effect configuration.

Im sorry, I cant be more clear then I have been, and I hope you read my post with care.

#presets to manage, #of switches to step on , and flexible/intuitive control of your sound during a performance are the key components here.

I didn’t mention 1 other thing...ie If I changed the volume of an amp with an expression pedal..as soon as I switch effects following your suggestion ..I would start at the setting of the preset...that’s not what you want in the middle of a performance.

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Quote from Burkhard

You can do that and even include the amp and cab module by loading another Rig with one MIDI program change.

I know, but that’s not what I’m after. Lets say, for argument sake, I want to able to use 5 effect configurations on 4 amps. With “old school” 4 channel amp and effectunit...I got that with 9 swithces. If I were to have the same options in the kemper, id need 36 presets, and id be switching banks like a madman. If I wanted to change my “clean sound”...id be editing 5 rigs.

Thats a lot more complicated then managing 4 amp sounds and 5 effect presets.

The result of what I’m proposing is switching effect chains like you would in an amp + effectunit set up.

The way to get there that I propose is basically....allow the user to group i.e. a drive preset, a verb preset and a delay preset in a [give it a name] and assign a CC+ value to that [give it a name] to trigger load and activate whatever is in there. So its based on using how users can store presets at this moment....group IDs of those in a table/file...and recall those on CC+value trigger.

Quote from Sollazzon

I don t rember the number but there s a CC to turn on/off at once all the Stomp section and another one for the Effect section. Maybe #16 and.. check the manual.

So You can save a group of fx ( pre or post Amp and Cab) and then turn them On or Off with one switch.

that’s nice....but different from changing the content of what’s in the effectblock...and activate that.

As a user I want to be able to activate a userdefined group of effectpresets with 1 CC message/switch so that I can change all my effectslots with one click, without changing my amp sound/switch rig, so I don’t have to make presets for every amp / effects combination I use.

In other words, I want to be able to load a group of effect presets with on click, without changing my amp sound/switch rig. Example: on preset/rig A with only verb, I want to temporarily add a compressor, a delay, and change the verb mix with on click. After doing so want to be able to change to preset/rig B with the same effects. After that I want to go to the effect settings as they where defined in preset/rig B by deactivating the “temporary called group of effects”.

in other words....a stomp button/cc msg can trigger loading several userdefined existing effect presets and activate them.

I can imagine it could work like this:

- add an “effects- container” where user can add ID,s of existing presets, and give a name to the container.

- add functionality where user can link this “effect-container” to a stomp button / CC as triggers. (CC number + values that link to 127 containers?)

- at trigger of a footswitch or CC msg, all presets in the container are loaded, and activated.

- container gets status active and the used slots get locked so a rig change won’t interfere.

- when a container is active, all effectslots that are not in the container are disabled.

- when a container is deactivated, the effects in the preset are reloaded. (So a toggle between effects as defined in the preset, and the effects in the “effects container”.

The gain knob is nothing more then a clean boost...resulting in a more gainy sound when you dial it up... because you hit the input of the amp harder.

Quote from CelticGibson

Since it is in the output menu, it makes sense that it is post all effects, just like a real guitar cab. The main outs would still retain the stereo full range sound.

judging by where its in the menu you are right.

But it would also make sense putting it before the effectblocks so their output would be fullrange.

Post or Pre the last 4 effectblocks?

Quote from ckemper

Hi!

The Acoustic Simulator in its first incarnation was done quite a while ago. I have not put a huge emphasis on it, which was a mistake, but maybe not.

When we showed it on the NAMM show, there was an overwhelming interest and feedback for it, also on the social networks, which we did not expect.

At the same time, some of my team (especially Tom from the videos) expressed the potential for further improvements and refinements, which then seemed definitely worth the efforts. So I kicked the ball back to my team.

Give us the time to finish this work

You will like it.

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add a nylonstring version while your at it?

The setting you mention is the one to use...and disables the cab on the monitor output which should be feeding your poweramp

Any indication on when Kone will be available?