BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I honestly can’t remember and I don’t remember how to set it.
A global setting for that parameter would be unfortunate.
Kemper Gang?
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I honestly can’t remember and I don’t remember how to set it.
A global setting for that parameter would be unfortunate.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
There are many settings that you can set individually or set Globally and forget about it. I'll have to dig and see if it's an option to switch how it's updated.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I wondered if Kemper was going to be feeling some pressure from the upstart “Quad Cortex” as there were so many videos, but leave it to pros like Paul Davids to put it through real world paces.
What got me into the Kemper but has kept me away from Fractal, Helix, and others is the work flow, hardware interface, and the fact that it’s not a “here’s this year’s product until we come out with a new one in two years...”. It’s a fully supported platform with full rigs available from gigging musicians that I can fire up and use. You don’t build each sound from the lego components. You can tweak parameters but IMO it has a much more familiar feel to walking up to someone’s amp and effects and then tweaking to taste instead of someone throwing a bunch of parts on the floor and and saying “sound check is in 30 minutes”.
What got me into the Kemper but has kept me away from Fractal, Helix, and others is the work flow, hardware interface, and the fact that it’s not a “here’s this year’s product until we come out with a new one in two years...”. It’s a fully supported platform with full rigs available from gigging musicians that I can fire up and use. You don’t build each sound from the lego components. You can tweak parameters but IMO it has a much more familiar feel to walking up to someone’s amp and effects and then tweaking to taste instead of someone throwing a bunch of parts on the floor and and saying “sound check is in 30 minutes”.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
I wondered if Kemper was going to be feeling some pressure from the upstart “Quad Cortex” as there were so many videos, but leave it to pros like Paul Davids to put it through real world paces.
What got me into the Kemper but has kept me away from Fractal, Helix, and others is the work flow, hardware interface, and the fact that it’s not a “here’s this year’s product until we come out with a new one in two years...”. It’s a fully supported platform with full rigs available from gigging musicians that I can fire up and use. You don’t build each sound from the lego components. You can tweak parameters but IMO it has a much more familiar feel to walking up to someone’s amp and effects and then tweaking to taste instead of someone throwing a bunch of parts on the floor and and saying “sound check is in 30 minutes”.
Rabea really likes the Quad Cortex and he has been using the Kemper for a long time.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I do like the sounds and effects I've heard.... but if you watch Paul's vid, you'll see that every time you fire up a new slot, it doesn't load a full gamut of defaults with each amp. You have to add the cab, add and place the mics, etc. On my Kemper I tend to use Michael Britt profiles that have the entire chain built, along with a variety of appropriate effects either loaded or in place but switched off. I usually end up tweaking their settings or adjusting which buttons turn them on and off, but I can literally walk through a package presets with minimal button pushing and knob twiddling.
I'm not saying the Quad won't be there soon... I'm just seeing the current release like the Beta Test. Honestly, that's why I didn't jump at the first versions of the Kemper. The floor controller and subsequent software updates made it more interesting.... but when they updated all of delays and reverb, and Michael Britt and others had full suites available for affordable download, and then the Stage hit the market, that was when it was vetted enough for my needs.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
I watched Paul's video a few weeks ago. To me it seemed like he had his mind made up before he even tried it. I know I wouldn't like to go from one to the other, those things are complicated enough, so any change in the workflow would drive me bonkers.
I'm not the intended market for either the Kemper or this new one. I'm perfectly fine with having one amp sound and 3 or 4 pedals to get what I need. I would never get any playing done with the options those things give you.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I never got along with any of the multi-effect, patch oriented things... or the Guitar synth that I owned for a while... added complications, tweaking, messing... and was never 100% reliable or bullet proof come gig time.
Even when I was blown away by Brooks and Dunn's guitar player using a pair of Kempers and spent time talking to their guitar tech, I wasn't sure if I would get along with it....
.... but once I knew I would have THIS amp in slot one.... for clean, THIS amp in slot two for crunch... and then some different lead choices... and the appropriate effects queued up so when I go to clean it has reverb but chorus and compression available up top... but then my lead tone would already have the drive and delays enabled, but I could tap tempo them or switch it off and throw a flanger in.... then it was finally simple and usable.
When I use my Kemper I don't feel like it's 50 amps and 100 effects... I feel like the first button takes me to a Matchless with options for a crisp Delay or crystal Delay, Chorus, Compression, and Boost... or I switch to an Orange with a booster, analogue delay, and choice of Flange Phase, and then a HotRod Marshall with delay and boost.
I have a couple other patches lined up for individual songs, but realistically I will use one "Amp" and effect for an entire song and toggle the effects off/on for parts... or some songs will jump between two different rigs, but I'm not using a ton of effects or 6 different patches per song.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
If the option to tweak is there, I will tweak. I will find a sound that I love and then wreck it trying to make it better, it's just my nature. I had to get rid of the TC Electronic pedals because I couldn't fight the urge to connect them to my computer and try to make the delay a tiny bit better.
I'm lucky that I am perfectly content to have either a Fender (Victory V40) clean or a Vox (Victory V335) clean and then a dirt pedal on top for my crunch. Give me a delay and reverb at the end and a phaser in front and I am more than good to go. My latest 'gig board' has been a Strymon Sunset->El Capistan->Amp.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I’m thinking about switching up from a kemper toaster and remote to a kemper stage.
@baimun how’s the stage treating you after all this time?
The stage would obviously be a lot easier to lug around and set up for gigs... assuming I can start or join another band some day and actually play out.
The current iteration of my pedal board is leaving me really bleh and I don’t have the desire to go down that rabbit hole again... so maybe it’s time for me to start using kemper for more than just a desk top type of thing.
@baimun how’s the stage treating you after all this time?
The stage would obviously be a lot easier to lug around and set up for gigs... assuming I can start or join another band some day and actually play out.
The current iteration of my pedal board is leaving me really bleh and I don’t have the desire to go down that rabbit hole again... so maybe it’s time for me to start using kemper for more than just a desk top type of thing.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I absolutely love the functionality.... I'm not dicking around with a ton of patch cables or power supplies (even when pedals are on a board, they can shuffle around during transport, or a mic stand catches a cable on the edge) I just patch in the FOH and my monitor and I'm ready to go.
I sometimes worry about the electronics near the front of the stage (ie: a drunk with a careless pint of beer).... I have bought a piece of plexiglass to trim down and double stick over the glass display to prevent against mic-drop type breakage. I've thought about the protection that the Head/Remote would give, but on tight stages I look back at my combo kicked back at an angle on the floor stand and realize that I'd have to rig up something to hold the head.
I always carry a Tech21 FlyRig as an emergency backup. All of my rigs and sounds are backed up at home. If my unit got trashed, my insurance would replace it and I could re-load everything from the backup.
I'm not using it for my acoustic shows.... there's something a little more raw about having the acoustic flyrig and electric fly rig each going into a separate channel on my looper (I have however recently picked up a Nux Optima Air to be able to blend in some Acoustic IRs for that half of the rig).
I'm looking to reschedule some Solo Live Looping shows that I originally had scheduled pre-pandemic... and those shows would be Kemper, Acoustic-Electric Rig, and each of those going into their own Boomerang Looper.. and both loopers sync'd. Hope to have all that shit ironed out pretty soon.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
Found a nice deal on a Kemper stage. Looks like I'll be making the switch fairly soon! Anyone LTB a kemper and remote? 
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Found a nice deal on a Kemper stage. Looks like I'll be making the switch fairly soon! Anyone LTB a kemper and remote?
OR.....
Use the Stage along with the Remote.... have the patches change both at once and run Dual amplfiers with the second amp running the stereo modulated micro-pitch.
<-- Helper.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
i see how it is. devil baimun on one shoulder...
it would be cheaper and less hassle to get a second power amp and run the stage in stereo. but, one rig is enough to lug around. two would be a pain in the balls.
it would be cheaper and less hassle to get a second power amp and run the stage in stereo. but, one rig is enough to lug around. two would be a pain in the balls.
OR.....
Use the Stage along with the Remote.... have the patches change both at once and run Dual amplfiers with the second amp running the stereo modulated micro-pitch.
Wow, that is a good 90's VH sound. I always thought Ed fucked with tape speeds to get that weird effect. Cool that someone put it into a pedal.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
plus, you can recoup some of the expense of the Stage by selling the head. I could see it being convenient to use one of those tiny Line6, Helix, or Fractal units as an external effects loop as well as a backup.
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I've got the kemper hooked up to my Orange Pedal Baby and running that into a guitar cab. I'm looking for recommendations on where to set the monitor out level at. What's the norm? What works for you? Do you crank the monitor out? Keep it relatively low? Same question for running to FOH, what volume level seems to work best?
BlockInlay
Octavate.band
I just got The Police profile pack from LivePlayRock. 50 profiles and some very useable clean to medium gain tones. Great shimmering delays and compressed fendery sounds for reggae-like rhythm playing too. I think this guy is based in Italy and he has a shit ton of profile packs available. https://www.liveplayrock.com/it/
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
I chatted with him when he first started pushing out profiles... got a few from him when they were free... and then he started his store. I kinda tuned him out for a bit because he was blowing up my mailbox with spam when he launched his store, but I have to say the quality of his packs have really elevated in the past year.
baimun
Funkasaurus Rex
Don't know if the Kemper faithful have seen this or not.... but there is a 200 Watt powered Kemper Kabinet now available.
I love that they didn't change the size... just put a tiny chickenhead knob in the corner with the power indicator. It's also under 25 pounds (11.3 kg)
I love that they didn't change the size... just put a tiny chickenhead knob in the corner with the power indicator. It's also under 25 pounds (11.3 kg)