I would also check some of your usb power settings in windows. That could easily add noise:
Try everything in the 'Power Options' section. One of those got rid of some noise here.
If you have other devices connected, or programs running, try stopping/disconnecting those too...
Don't know if this helps at all, but in Reaper DAW I can connect to the Kemper USB with both 'DirectSound' and 'Waveout' chosen as the audio system.
(Instead of choosing ASIO, you choose one of those.) It shows up as Digital Audio Interface (Profiler)
It's not ASIO, but still way better than ASIO4All....
I bet it will sound amazing!
Also try USB recording. Should sound 100% the same when played back.
Wow, the EMG-81 sounds really bad to me, overly saturated and thin and buzz saw like.
#3 is the best!
Tidal Disruption!
Also, for recording, why not do a test comparison using the Kemper as the USB audio device?
Meaning: monitor your playing and the DAW playback using the Kemper's headphone jack, selecting the profiler as your usb audio device in the DAW. That way you can test to possibly eliminate the audio interface and any connections as the issue. All that is used is your guitar cable, usb cable, and headphones. If there's no more annoying noise recording this way, then that might indicate the issue is with your interface or connections or possibly a computer setting.
Pretty easy to setup in Reaper DAW on PC, using 'DirectSound' or 'WaveOut', as the audio system, hopefully there is a similar method in your DAW program.
Tomorrow i'll try with a different DAW (cakewalk). I'm scared that monitoring through DAW could lead to input delay, that does not occurr monitoring through kemper.
Totally agree. Also, If you listen through the Kemper headphone jack, the recorded tracks should sound exactly the same on playback,
As I see it there are still many places, the Kemper is lacking behind in nowadays’ competitors solutions. Why is that so wrong to express the following:
- A better USB connectivity. As the solution now is not of interest to me and saw me having to buy a new audio interface and use S/Pdif again. Which is fine though. But I’ve wanted the USB solution for ages and was ecstatic by the news of it arriving only to realize that it’s not meeting my demands at all.
OK, how so?
Works amazingly well here using 'WaveOut' in the daw (on PC). Accuracy when using Kemper's headphone jack for monitoring is exact.
So much better/easier for recording and monitoring than what I was doing before: analog through an interface.
Integrated drivers have been announced, which should be even better. Hopefully they release soon!
1st impression- Incredible!
Try this- load one of Guidorists new liquid profiles, change the EQ settings to a little more extreme. Switch back to the 'Kemper Generic' eq amp model. Night and Day- totally blows away the Kemper generic!
As you scroll through all the different models, they all sound so much better, much more real than "Kemper Generic".
How are you monitoring while recording?
Try using Kemper headphone jack for monitoring playing and DAW playback.
Should sound exactly the same, unless you have fx going in the DAW.
for a latency-free experience, you need to use the direct monitoring function in the Profiler. Using software monitoring will add latency like with any other USB audio interface.
I have to agree! When you're recording guitar, plug your headphones into the Kemper = no latency.
Question: Are you listening/monitoring with your headphones plugged into the Kemper?
If so, you can set your DAW buffer as high as you want, there is no latency when tracking your guitar.
Sounds like your issue is with recording offset, causing off time issues. Likely the problem is simple: asio4all. Its a poor temporary solution to not using a proper driver for recording. I did try asio4all, and had similar timing offset issues, and uninstalled it.
I'm using wave out, syncs up perfect, others mentioned wasapi. (Both are alternatives to asio in Reaper)
If those aren't an option in fl studio, then you might have to wait until Kemper releases their asio drivers in an upcoming update.
Consider Monitoring bylistening through the Kempers headphone jack. Then Daw latency is irrelevant.
Laney AOR 100 watt head.
The eq ontrol knobs had pull out boost functions, fantastic amounts of variation. Great head!
Alternative to Asio4All (works great, try it!) for Kemper USB recording in Reaper DAW:
*Preferences/Device/Audio Device Settings/Audio System : WaveOut
Input device: Digital Audio Interface (Profil
Output device: Digital Audio Interface (Profil
Sample format: 16 bit
Input Channels: 2
Output Channels: 2
Sample Rate: 48000 Khz
Buffer: 8 x 512 samples
(using the heaphone output for monitoring)
For multitracking Guitar and bass using Kemper's Headphone output:
D.I. gtr track: Set to input- mono- Left (mute this track)
Kemper profile amped gtr track: Set to input- mono- Right
After recording the 1st rhythm gtr part, pan it 100% Left.
In Rig Manager/Input settings, adjust the Panorama control to between 75-100% Right (to taste). Now you can hear the previous recorded take in the left ear, click or drum track in the center, and current playing in the right. By recording in mono, the panorama control does not affect the recorded signal (because both are panned right)
Asio4All is pretty poor in my experience, and really a desperation need only. Random clicks, glitches, and the ever important audio driver reported latency to Reaper were always issues to me. I did try it first, and had the same issues. Using WaveOut (so far) is incredible! I'll be deleting Asio4All from my system.
Many thanks and appreciation to the Kemper team for adding USB recording. Grazie Mille!
I'm still experimenting (and haven't read the manual yet..), but so far it is completely amazing. Looking forward to the Kemper audio drivers when released, but so far this works well. Here's 3 distinct improvements over how I've been recording:
1) The Kemper headphone output is incredible, it sounds great, and now you can use it for tracking and mixing! It's hard to describe, just so much better than the audio interfaces I've used.
2) USB recording sounds exact! 100% exactly what I played and heard thru the headphones is recorded in Reaper. It sounds identical on playback.
I did a test recording vs. my old method, and it's much improved, sounds fuller, more raw? somehow, just totally accurate!
3) Recording latency offset/playback timing- this is always a challenge for me. Does what you play- record and playback perfectly in time? Exactly to the click, exactly as you recorded it? Usually I try to measure and adjust the 'audio driver reported latency', and work with that. Actually haven't measured Kemper USB yet, but just in my 1st test vs. my audio interface it seems spot on, better, tighter than the interface.....
Cheers, and thanks Kemper Team!
looks like the plugin is doing multi-band processing.
you could use the parallel path feature of the PROFILER to do something similar.
lowpass filter the parallel path and high pass filter the 'standard' signal path,
this way you can get a driven mid-range while retaining a clean low end.
Are there any Profiles on the Rig Exchange you can recommend that might demonstrate this?
It would be helpful in understanding.
Bummer! Personally I've never been impressed with Amplitube in any form, so am not too surprised. I imagined that the pedal could be tweaked with some custom captures and deep editing, but if the normal amps sounded like Amplitube, I imagined it wouldn't be for me...
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One thing they demonstrate, but they don't explain in the video is WHY would you want to pad your DI signal at the DI box by minus 20 DB?
I have a similar setup where the guitar goes to a DI box 1st, then to the Kemper, Why would you set the pad -20 db? and then need to crank the interface's gain way up to compensate?
