Posts by Ruefus

Quote from DonPetersen

…not all stereo effects are mono-compatible

This is important.

When it sums to mono - it can sound *bad*.

The other thing is - you need to identify what’s causing the issue. My method would be to pull everything out of the signal except the amp and cab.

Does it *ever* come forward?

Then start adding and removing one thing at a time. No smoking gun?

Start adding two things. All the variations. Then 3….etc.

Time consuming? Yep. If it finds the culprit, good. If it doesn’t - then a whole new rig may be necessary.

Being a quality commercial rig or profile doesn’t matter. It can still suck for what you want. Just don’t assume that because the maker is trusted or highly regarded means it’s something you did or didn’t do.

Paid profiles/rigs can suck just as easily as any other.

Kemper is going to do what Kemper is going to do.

Will they offer NAM support? I very much doubt it.

If they do end up ‘answering’ (something I’m not at all convinced is necessary) it will likely be unconventional.

Adding a ‘me-too’ feature. That’s all it is.

It *is* a good idea.

The problem with ‘stating clearly’ assumes that people read and more importantly - understand.

The images were compelling enough to where someone would easily copy/paste - and ignore the “it’s not real” comment.

Not your problem if someone misrepresents - but it is Kemper’s when the fallout comes.

What I ‘hear’ from the mod’s request is “We’ve had this happen before and it’s gotten ugly. We’re not doing it again.”

What you say about the posts has little to do with what people hear.

If that’s too much to accept - *shrug*

Quote from JoePVblue

It’s bridged, not one side mono!

Correct. It runs in BTL (Bridge Tied Load) mode in the Profiler. Which can be changed with very little effort.

It’s one pin.

It ain’t that big a deal if you can read the diagrams and follow the manual. Actually, one of the simpler operations to do compared to the rest needed.

None of it’s difficult if you’re even slightly mechanically inclined.

Quote from V8guitar

I also assume its stereo in?

If you really want stereo you are far better off buying a stereo amp than mess around internally...I would also question why you want stereo but hey that's up to you...

The asx2 *is* a stereo amp. Just wired to use one side.

Quote from JoePVblue

You need soldering skills, a few wires and jacks. But you have to know what to do. The technical amp manual is your friend.

He’s correct.

You’ll want the correct harness to plug into the existing amp and probably need to jumper something to enable both sides of the amp.

Soldering would be minimal and not invasive to the amp/profiler.

Getting the unit apart, identifying what and where will take more time than the mod itself. I’ve worked with IcePower amps before. If you’ve got some technical knowledge and a fair bit of patience, they’re not hard to understand.

The steps to take aren’t difficult, but that’s not the trick. The trick is figuring out what those steps are, how n what order and also having *plenty* of patience as you progress.

Doable as a DIY, but also about as far from plug and play as you’ll get.

It is possible, but involves more than adding a jack. The amp is stereo capable - but not wired for it.

British Audio offers a conversion for, like $600.

Withanell - Withanell

Sells a DIY, that runs $350.

The reality of this is that it can be done.

But it can’t be done effectively or anywhere close inside the Kemper or any other similar device.

The compensation has to be calculated relative to actual SPL at your ears. Which the Kemper (or any other similar device) has no way of measuring.

Everything downstream of it — the power amp, speaker sensitivity, room size, your distance from the cab? That all determines what level reaches your ears.

There is no way for the Profiler (or any amp, for that matter) to know that.

Can it be done? Yep.

But not in the Kemper.

Even then - only in fairly, if not strictly controlled environments. Where nearly the entire signal chain and your location are known and compensated for.

My armchair research (and that’s all it is) says you’ll *never* sort it out in a dynamic environment.

Too many variables, and they all matter.

Same here. Save periodically, swap performances to ‘undo’ changes.

But - doesn’t the Undo function already cover this?

I’m pretty sure moving it to general is an indication of the likelihood you’ll see this feature.

Pure speculation on my part.

You want something to keep that vent from being completely blocked. You could use the holes for the feet to screw a block/standoff on and mount the Velcro to that. Replacing the rubber.

If you leave the rubber and try to mount Velcro, the feet may act as a spring and push it apart.

Just give that vent some air around it.

You mean, just ‘cause they *look* the same they aren’t?

Huh…digital components are weird.

/Absolutely MASSIVE sarcasm

The problem is that Kemper’s cab creator doesn’t produce ‘normal’ IRs.

It’s a proprietary format.

For workflow, it’d be cool if it natively exported to .wav. I wouldn’t expect it, though.

Quote from ReneLangenhan

45 days only??? You might have used their money back offering and ordered an mk2.

I wasn’t convinced it was worth the effort. Still not.

It was too late, anyway.

Quote from tedtan

Sure, and that’s great for someone who bought a toaster 14 years ago, but not as great for someone who bought a stage 3 years ago.

I bought a stage a month and a half before the mark two was announced.

Was I a little disappointed? Sure.

Life’s too short to get bent about stuff like this. It still sounds better than anything else I’ve ever used.

Quote from dahla

Yeah, yeah. I’m not going to tell Kemper what to do. I was just sharing my opinion, especially from a sustainability perspective and the idea of keeping the environmental footprint as small as possible. But I can see how that might clash with a more hyper-capitalist perspective where the goal is simply to maximize profit…

Maximize profit? They’ve given away thousands of dollars worth of software and updates.

Not to mention supporting a single version of hardware for what? 14 years?

If that isn’t sustainability, I’m not sure what is.

Quote from where is christophe

Kemper had the opportunity for years to release a plugin, they didn't.

The bottom line is that now you need to buy the hardware to access the Kemper ecosystem and they probably want to keep selling hardware.

Without the specific chip used - it can’t work.

That’s not conjecture.

^ Bingo

I forget how Kemper said it, but the gist is:

Ain’t gonna happen.

The reality is, IMO, for MK1 users, is it a ‘must have’ update? Maybe….but probably not.

The Mk1 is *still* very, very good. It was (and still is) holding its own just fine after 15 years.

I expect when I upgrade it’ll be better, but not the “Oh…my…GAWD !!!” feeling I got the first time I used a Profiler.

They got a LOT right the first time.