Rig Manager just lets you tweak the Kemper without having to do it on the actual Kemper. Nothing to do with recording. I usually record without RM turned on.
Posts by Finally
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Thank you for your reply. Don't want to get too far away from the orig issue but... I guess I have not learned about recording at the same time with the kemper as you seem to be doing? I use pro tools and just record into mic pres from the main outs, routed into PT. Why would I need to have my Rig Manager open at the same time and can you briefly describe your process? thanks
What device are the mic preamps in? Are you on a Mac or Windows?
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I'm running 14 on my MK1 unit and would not consider downgrading to 13 unless I started having problems with it, which I'm not.
Welcome to the Kemper ecosystem. 🙂
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It’s not about that — the KPA can sound fantastic, no doubt about it. The issue only appears in one very specific scenario: when you record something live and need perfect reproducibility of the entire signal chain(AMP+CAB) so you can later add more tracks with exactly the same tone.
In most situations the KPA is perfectly fine, but there are rare cases where it doesn’t provide full repeatability. On top of that, one KPA means one track at a time. With NAM as a plugin, you can track as many guitar parts as you want, all using the same profile.
This is a strictly defined use case. It’s not about whether the KPA sounds good or not — it’s about whether you can perfectly recreate the amp tone and use it in the studio to do some punch in recordings and track as many track as you want in real time or bounce them faster. But this is only mine POV. In my opinion KPA is perfectly fine device to play live. But in the studio i preffer to use NAM .
I don't want to sound dumb, but if I need to recreate a track or punch in I just use the exact same profile.
It's much more convenient to have things built right into the DAW of course, but in that case why do you need the Kemper? Just as a playback device for stage use? I can't see any reason for them to invest in that if so.
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If you can't make top notch professional music with a Kemper then it's not the amp. Chasing theoretical perfection is its own game, but it's not music. I would much prefer Kemper spend their dev resources on enhancing the product that they invented.
I'm open to hearing a recording where the Kemper is the problem.
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This has been requested before at least once but didn't get any traction. I was really hoping they could figure that one out.
I think I wanted a tag on each profile (lead or rhythm) and then a process that runs through all profiles and adjusts the master volume accordingly.
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I use a Furman power conditioner as Mr. Vai mentions and have never had any issues, even in pretty difficult spaces, but I don't play with nearly as much gain.
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I also find with the 2.0 profiles and liquid profile capability I need a lot fewer profiles. If something isn't right I'll use the gain and definition to sort it before looking at other profiles.
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Tone junkie, M Britt, Matt Fig, etc.
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Yeah - that's modeling the individual components, whereas Kemper "reads" that from the source amp during profiling.
You can use all of the deep amp parameters from there to go as wild as you want in your lab.
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It sounds a bit like you're describing the modeler concept, but I admit I'm not following what you're saying.
With a profiler you have to start with at least some amp profile, then you can tweak to the ends of the earth in your own mind lab.
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mmazur716 - most of the profile makers I use have a growing collection of 2.0 profiles. I don't want to mention names due to policy but of you go to the paid profiles section of the forum they're there.
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I also find them better than 1.0. I had to get used to them for a little while, but my performances are now 90% Mk2 profiles.
Finally : There are very good Bogner Shiva profiles in Michael Britt's Mk2 pack
Thanks - I'm looking for the EL34 version. His 6L6 version is a great amp but not what I'm missing. 👍
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I find them better than 1.0 profiles. Cleaner note separation and better dynamics. Really want to try a 2.0 Bogner Shiva profile. 🙂
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All good now. 🙂
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Sometimes... you need to reboot your router. I do this every 1 - 3 months when I see my speed dropping.
No worries on this end. I'm an IT Manager and the site is doing this on 5G as well. Probably something regional then I guess. All other sites are working as expected. No worries .
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Has anyone else found the forum to be really lagging at the moment? Each page takes a long time to load and it's not really usable. Roughly the last day or 2.
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The OP is long gone. I think he just laid a dump on Tone Junkie and left. I think he makes really good profiles.
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...and I have used Optima Maxima Golds if I'm feeling flush...
Those are really good strings!
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For the record, and I know it's contentious, I've had nothing but meh from D'Addario over the last 40 years. Always consistent and inexpensive, but never once had a "Wow!" moment with them.
