Posts by CelticGibson

Don't think they are at NAMM but they just posted this teaser...

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTy9GegilhR/

The old saying still applies: Never buy tech on future promises, only on existing features...

You answered your own question...

Something like this? Displaying a saved preset name (or even possibly a drop down box containing presaved presets) can be very helpful right under each effect slot. It can help to see what's what at a glance...

Have you tried the noise gate under the input button on the front of the toaster? Sounds like your pickups are suceptable to noise interference.

If they are actually testing the software with third party profile makers, as suggested in the press release info quoted above, then that means it must be in the private beta stage. The next stage will be a public beta culminating with a official release. This private beta stage usually means that the core software works. They are probably making tweaks based on feedback from the vendors before testing the software on the rest of us in public beta. That shouldn't be too much longer...

The golden rule when it comes to technology is to always make your purchase based on what the device can actually do right now in the present. Never purchase on speculation or promises, real or imagined. Then you should never be disappointed....

You may look closer to home for that answer...

Quote from Ruefus

The thing many ignore is the deep editing you can do with a Kemper.

If a Profile as-is is what you want for ‘accuracy’, fine. But no one else has figured out how to get accuracy *and* useful parameters to tweak.

It’s one of the reason I disliked the QC.

That's a very important point that many miss. The Kemper, having those tweekable parameters, can allow for unique adapation of the profile to different environments particularly for live use where more definition might be needed without having to resort to simple eq fixes. This can't be accomplished if the profile is static like that of the QC and ToneX. You are stuck with what you have with those devices. Not so with the Kemper.

Quote from sailor

You'll need something with variable input impedance for realistic emulation of fuzz behavior like that. (I thought the Stage had variable input impedance, but I can't find any mention of that in the specs.)

The True Impedance function is mentioned here in this video:

Should have said "Say goodbye and go"... 😂

Winter's coming...

They may not be "on" but they might still affect the signal path if they aren't completely bypassed. Judging by the waveform from the MKII, it looks like there's a boost somewhere in the chain. Maybe something for the team to take a look at?

I wonder if the fixed effects are having an undesireable effect on the sound? Isn't there a compressor in the fixed effects slot?

Quote from drog

The Kemper MKII goes to eleven 😉

So it's not MkII... it's MkII...

If you wish to maintain compatibility with future versions of Rig Manager, I suggest it's best to update....

Deterministic analog measurement ensures a predictable and accurate capture of a signal, which the Profiler already aims to do. If the Mk2 improves on this, it might use higher bit depths and sample rates for greater profiling accuracy.

That said, since guitar cabs naturally low-pass filter around 6 kHz, higher sample rates like 192 kHz wouldn't offer much benefit unless profiling is done before the cab (as in Merged Profiles). In that case, capturing preamp harmonics above the original Mk1's 22 kHz Nyquist limit could improve realism and reduce aliasing.

Higher sample rates could also allow for more detailed cabinet IRs, potentially enhancing the overall fidelity of the profile.

Of course, this is all just speculation.

Still getting the "not secured" warning in Chrome...

Quote from GuyWithKemper

MK1

MK2

Looks like they are pin compatible in the socket...

The microcontroller CPU in the original Mk1 is a Arm7TDMI-S based chip clocking at up to 72Mhz while, based on the teardown of the Player, the Mk2 has a Cortex M4 based chip with a Cortex M0 additional core clocking at up to 200Mhz each. That's quite a leap in performance for I/O and OS operations from what I can ascertain from teardown videos online. So far this seems to be the most important upgrade between the two profiler generations.

The DSP Is the same 24bit Freescale NXP DSP56720 dual core DSP56300 used in both the Mk1 and Mk2. This DSP is extremely powerful in the right hands. It may run a low clock speeds but the efficiency and performance for audio processing is top notch. Just because the chip is "old" doesn't mean it's obsolete. In fact there is nothing out there that can replace it right now. Not even the Analog Device's TigerSharcs and Texas Instruments DSPs come close because they require so much more power and generate much more heat to do the same amount of work and the code is far more generalised and complex compared to what the DSP563xx series can do. This is the reason why the profiler has no fans and most other platforms do.

So I can imagine that the newer CPU will allow for more stuff to be used simultaneously and with lower latency than the previous CPU could.