I just updated my Quad Cortex to the newest firmware. They have a new capturing algorithm V2.
I'm overwhelmed. The dynamic and feel is much better than before. Anyone of you tried it out? If yes, what are your thoughts?
Anyway, I'm waiting for the new algorithm of Kemper and I really hope it will be as good. I prefer the layout of the Kemper foot-controller, that's why I would prefer to use it live.
this interaction is already part of a PROFILE if it was made with a tube power amp and a 'real' cabinet (as it not a loadbox), as recommended in the manual.
I’m sorry, I guess I wasn’t clear enough in my description.
I was only talking about personal monitoring, for amp in the room feel. Monitoring with speaker section switched OFF in the Kemper. So I’m talking about the real physical interaction between the speaker, in my case a real guitar speaker (Greenback for example) and the real power amp driving the speaker. Any power amp has a certain influence on the Sound through his interaction with the speaker.
I was talking about a more linear tube power amp, not adding power amp distortion but behaving differently in terms of dynamics than a digital amp.
Anyway, I would suggest to whoever has the possibility to try it out. It’s very interesting to hear/feel the difference.
Same can be tested with any other capture player, I had the same results. A more pleasant feel with the tube power amp.
tube power amps are not recommended, since the power amp signature is already part of a PROFILE (unless you use a preamp only PROFILE from a FX send for example) - so for the large majority of PROFILEs out there you would 'double' the power amp signature.
And what would you say about tube power amps which are designed to be more linear? (for example Fryette power station)
In my experience the dynamic and also the feel is bit different using a tube power amp compared to other solutions. I guess that comes from the interaction between the tube power amp and the speaker. There is just something "more immediate" in the feel if you play.
But as everything, it is important to A-B test it to get a valuable opinion.
Sound might be slightly different, but it has a better feel in my opinion. So it might even feel better to "double" the power amp signature and lose a bit of authenticity in order to get a better "feel"
I bought a Kemper head MK2 when it came out, and then I waited through the summer for the update, and I had the opportunity to read a lot of speculation and nonsense.
Now I’m wishing for a white Christmas.
same situation here with the player 
Summer ends in two hours today in Germany 😉
a SD Hot Rails in my G&L Legacy (probably my best guitar)
That's exactly what I intend to do 
I want to install it in my G&L Legacy Stratocaster (also one of my best guitars, they are incredible value for money) in bridge position.
I wan't to be able to use this guitar for Rock or even Metal when I play live and we only play 2 or 3 songs in this style...
What do you think works better, the lil'59 or Hot Rails ?
Looks like we all agree here, that the pickup has a huge influence on the sound!
I don't understand why some people on YouTube are denying this…
I already swapped a lot of pickups in many guitars and I learned that finding a good match between a good guitar and the right pickup makes an excellent guitar.
One question: I never tried the mini humbuckers in single coil format. I would like to convert a SSS Strat into a HSS Strat. It would be much less invasive to use for example an Seymour Duncan SL59 instead of changing pickguard and milling a bigger hole in the guitar body…
Does anybody have some experience with these humbuckers in single coil format?
I agree with you, the distance to the strings makes a very big difference. With pickups to close to the strings I experienced an unwanted compression and less “string separation” in the sound. That kills the dynamics in my opinion and compression can be added later, even overdrive pedals do that to a certain point.
I never changed the magnets in humbuckers (might have to try that…) but I could see very big differences swapping pickups from different manufacturers. For example, I have a pair of Kloppmann Humbuckers which I use as reference. They seem to have have certain “magic”. So in my opinion, a good pickup can add up significantly to the sound, if the guitar itself is resonant. Some days ago I swapped the stock pickups from Seymour Duncan in an Ibanez PS120 with Düsenberg Grand Vintage Humbuckers which was a remarkable upgrade!
I also experienced that some pickups are a good match with some guitars, others not. So it can be tricky to find the perfect combination (and also quite a lot of work, especially if the guitars are semi acoustics)
By the way, I’m excited to check out how the new profiling algorithm for PROFILER is handling the nuances 😉
If you can live with two pedals, I mad very good experience with Digitech SDRUM in combination with Digitech Jamman Solo XT
They syncronize with a 3.5mm jack cable and you have a lot of options. You can even connect and sync many more loopers if you need other instruments.
Hello Guitar friends 😊
There are different opinions on the web about how much the pickups affect the sound of a guitar.
I’m not talking about swapping single coils with humbuckers, I’m talking about same pickup style from different manufacturers with different magnets etc.
What is your experience about this topic? Guess you all care a lot about the sound of your guitars…
It's a pity that the WiFi feature is not available on HK 2 Head and Rack... I hoped that this would be the case 
I had two 2x12" with Kemper Kones. One with two regular, the other with two Neodymium. So I could compare. As always, the only way is A-B comparision IMHO.
I prefered the regular Kones over the Neodymium. They felt closer to the "real" speakers. Guess it was more about the feel.
I made very good experience with IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor, there is even a transport bag, so I'll take them with me for traveling.
Unfortunately discontinued, but you can get excellent results with the Kemper alone
Yes, I know that, I'm using the Kemper alone quite often with special IR's fiting my acoustic Guitars. That's a quite logical aproach to try that first anyway. Good thing is, you can monitor that with the Kone/Kabinet. But as already mentioned, Aura does something more than just a regular IR and for my taste it sounds even better.
Aura is discontinued, but you can get it used quite cheap...
After a good few months of tweaking on the stage profiler with my Godin grand concert nylon, importing IRs into the cab block, no amp, getting a not so convincing reproduction, I decided to try a Fm3 with the same IRs. Much better! Very natural sounding by far!.. but I struggled getting my electronic cleans and overdrives with the Fm3, I wasn't getting the same feel and the way the Fractal responds. And the Kemper has way more headroom. With the Fm3, I had to push my FRFR and the Fm3 to its limits..not good..I got this idea that maybe I could incorporate a Tonex 1 with a acoustic IR in the efx loop of the Stage..BINGO! with no amp or cab block just a booster, graphic EQ, a little compression, reverb, delay...just wondering if anybody has ever tried this?
I made very good experience with Fishman Aura in combination with Kemper. It does something more than just IRs...
I don’t feel complete traveling without a guitar. Fortunately my wife thinks it’s absolutely normal that I take my guitar with me, she even encourages me. My advice, don’t noodle scales if the wife is near, play something beautiful and relaxing using the looper, it might even make her fall asleep. That’s why I spent quite some time in finding a good travel guitar equipment.
If a standard electric guitar is too big, I take my Steinberger Synapse guitar, which fits in an extra-long suitcase. But most airlines accept a standard electric guitar in a bag as carry-on luggage.
Most practical solution is the Quad Cortex (which is surprisingly light), since it is very flexible with a very good internal looper. Kemper Player is also good, but it’s missing an internal looper and the looper pedal adds to the weight (I really don’t understand why Kemper would not include the Looper in a travel friendly device…???!!!???). If it has to be very light, the Tonex One is the best solution (you don’t even need a power supply, just use the phone charger). If you use it right, it sounds very good! And even together with the looper pedal it is still lighter than the Kemper Player, but it only has Reverb and Compressor as effects. Hotone Ampero Mini is not bad either, all effects and looper included, very light and small and the sound is more than ok.
For Speakers I choose between Marshall Kilburn 2 which sounds very good with zero latency (Attention! Many Bluetooth speakers have quite some latency on line in). Even better is IK Multimedia’s iLoud which gives you a great travel sound system even working fine for small spontaneous parties.
I would say that all theses solutions will sound better than any travel amplifier I ever tried, but that’s just my experience.
The best option in my opinion is Quad Cortex together with iLoud, sounds awesome and you can even connect up to 4 Instruments to QC if needed, each having it’s own signal path.
Have fun!!
This was actually the amp I played for years before buying a Kemper. I played it with a Marshall 4x12” 1960V.
It has a lot of great sounds and with the Midi control it can be used for almost any style.
But… I used it mostly in the first two channels since the other channels have a lot of gain, to much form my taste.
