Posts by Terrapin

I’ve just come home from a gig using my new Kemper MK 2 Head, loaded with the “New Standard” MK 2 profiles…

It was horrible.

Most of the audience walked out, the sound engineer said he would never work with me again. My wife me made me sleep on the couch for a few days and the kids couldn’t look at me.

After much speculation, I was told:

"Dude, you avoided arguing with people on the forums, you denied null tests. You put your on stage performance, your interaction with band members, the enjoyment of the audience before the approval of anonymous internet practitioners and their frequency tests…"

YOUR SOUND WILL FOREVER SUCK

And then I woke up and realized that it was all a bad dream 😉

Many thanks for your reply... Worked perfectly!

Hello all, I’m looking for a little help here!

I’m trying to monitor using two Kemper Power Kabinets in stereo. I’m connecting one Kab via monitor out set to master left and the other Kab via direct output set to master right.

The problem I’m having is that the monitor out Kab sounds great and just as one would expect it to. However, the direct output Kab has far less volume and treble.. almost like a cloth has been thrown over it. Initially, I thought perhaps the speaker was blown so I swapped the cables around and the same problem existed with the other cab, so clearly, both Kabs are working perfectly as are the cables. So it must be an issue with the direct output setting.

I’ve been researching this and experimenting for a few hours now and am at a complete loss!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Hi All,

I’ve just received my MKII head, the idea being to have one for the road the other permanently plumed into my home studio.

Anyway, I’d like to transfer all data from the MKI to the MKII and am wondering if it’s as simple as making a backup from MKI on a thumb drive and “restoring” it to the MKII?

If so, will this include my Kemper remote and expression pedal settings? Anything else I should be aware of?

Many thanks in advance!

Just had a reply back from Kemper this morning and was told that they are indeed compatible!

Hello all, I know it’s early days but I have a couple of questions that as of yet, haven’t found any answers for…

1. Does anybody know if it will be possible transfer rigs from my MK 1 series head to the new MK 2 via USB stick or some other option?
2. Will the remote that I purchased with my MK 1 Series head work with the MK 2 series head?

Many thanks! T

Thanks for all help guys, got it sorted - much appreciated!

Hello all, I’m trying to replace an amp and it’s corresponding amp that I created with another. I don’t want to change any of the effects within the rig, just the amp and cab.

I’m wondering if this is possible and if so, can it be done through Rig Manager?

I’d be grateful for any advice.

Kind Regards, T

For what it’s worth, I got my Rockman X100 back in 1986 and I’ve always found it to be very useful in terms of layering and “gluing” sounds together. Particularly acoustic guitars and clean guitars. I also find that it works really well when used with lead harmonies panned hard left and right. Just my opinion of course!

For what it’s worth, my two cents…

If you’re going to set up a global company, welcoming customers from around the world, creating a forum section, you’re going to have to deal with a degree of criticism.

Burkhard’s reply was entirely unacceptable. Childish and not helpful. Perhaps he’s unhappy with his job and feeling a level of frustration. I understand this.

Either way, a representative of an international company should not reply in this manner to a customer.

Just my opinion…

Same problem here, running the latest "updates" on both Rig Manager and Profiler...

Quote from Wheresthedug

Go into the sytem menu and tick Wah > Pitch. This will make the -edal function as a Wah pedal in any rig where a Wah effect is active but will function as a Pitch pedal if no Wah is active. Even if a wah effect is loaded in the Rig but is not turned on it will still function as a Pitch Pedal. However, as soon as the Wah block is turned on the Pedal will control Wah. If both Wah and Pitch effects are loaded and active the pedal will control both simultaneously.

You're a star! Working exactly as I wanted.Thanks so much!

Hello All,

I was just wondering if expression pedal assignments are fixed globally or can they be assigned different functions by rig.

Presently I’m using two pedals, one is a dedicated volume controller and the other is set up as a wah. I’d like to assign it as a pedal pitch controller within the same performance. Is this possible or would I need to add another expression pedal to my board.

Thanks in advance,

T

Ok, I concede that your reply was most eloquently stated and makes a lot of sense. Iv'e figured out a few things since my initial frustrated outburst. As such, I apologize to all for any offense caused.

Quote from OneEng1

I have advocated to several people to switch from their tube amp rigs to a Kemper. Usually this is because they are amazed at the live sound I am able to achieve compared to their own live sound (several of them have played with me and could hear the Kemper vs their tube amp rigs first hand).

That stated, Kemper is not for everyone. If you use little efx, are very cost sensitive, play primarily in your basement or just jam once in a while, etc, etc, then a decent tube amp rig might be the very best solution for you.

Where I will absolutely defend my KPA rack and foot controller is in a frequent live gig use case, especially for a cover band where a wide breadth of tones need to be accomplished. Here the KPA reigns supreme IMO.

I have also seen that it is very hard for people who are used to a specific rig's workflow to change. They know the amp, and their custom foot control board setup and have no desire to change.

For me, lugging around a tube amp and a 4x12 cab along with a pedal board (and a guitar cab mic) was just way too much work and too inflexible for tone. You will never get a good Marshall sound out of a MESA triple rect or a Fender twin, but you can get all three easily from a Kemper ..... and it weighs only 11 lbs!

There is nothing wrong with using real amps. Good lord knows I gigged tube amps myself for 30 years (1983 to 2013), and I didn't switch to Kemper in order to get good tone (actually I thought I would lose tone for sure). I switched due to load in/ load out/ and setup times along with reproducibility from gig to gig. The tone was a pleasant surprise.

I would also state, that Kemper is by far the easiest, and most intuitive of the digital guitar amps to use. Still not as simple as a tube amp and pedal board perhaps, but a damn site more simple that 3 tube amps and a switcher :).

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Quote from lespauled

That's hysterical. We usually get statements like his from people who just joined. Fantastic. I'll change it to: Somebody tell the guy, sounding like a new user, to calm down.

Again, I'm perfectly calm. If indeed anybody needs to "calm down" I dare say it is you. Why are you so offended and triggered by my comment? Is there a certain degree of insecurity? Based on your criteria of the post counts, I can only surmise that you are a very insecure individual. I simply stated an opinion. Get over it and move on...

Quote from lespauled

somebody tell the new guy to calm down.

"new guy" based on what? The amount of forum posts? I'm perfectly calm, thank you very much. Perhaps it's time for you to deal with real life rather than existing on forums?

Quote from Michael_dk

Can't you assign multiple fx slots to each footswitch? Then the proposed layout doesn't make much sense to me.

Absolutely Nothing seems to make sense within the Kemper mindset. It's all too confusing for me and I have neither the time nor the inclination to figure it all out. Perhaps it's time to go back to using real amps?

Appertaining to the original post, Yes I agree that Kemper has “taken” on too much and/or are unwilling or unable to cope with such.

The “Player” a new product, is my primary source of contention. A cursory glance at the forums show a frustrating lack of attention to the issues that many have raised with the initial “Rack” and “Toaster” versions of their product, (and Rig Manager) which remain unresolved, yet rather than address and resolve these issues, they choose to spend time on more product releases, which will inevitably present more teething problems for both the company and it’s users.

Simply my humble opinion, I mean no offence to anyone. Best wishes to all!