Kemper Amps Forum

Quoted from "Guitartone"

I'll never forget the English soccer players at the 2010 World Cup in SAfrica.
They turned from geniuses in Europe to pathetic in SAfrica.
Why?
Because the Adidas ball used at the World Cup was a completely new ball, new design, new material, much lighter, they had never played with a ball like this before.
They lost all their feel & control of the ball, they said it felt all wrong, it flew to fast, it swerved in the air, they complained everyday until the went home.

You know what the German team did?
They played with the 'new design' ball for a year before the World Cup, they used it in their Bundesliga season...they never complained once during the entire World Cup, and they were brilliant.

To use your analogy, the Kemper is supposed to capture the 'DNA' of my old ball. I shouldn't have to spend time getting used to a new ball.

Radley/Bill's suggestion points out the issue that other people's rigs tend to sound and feel awkward until we tweak them for ourselves (this isn't new to the KPA). Radley reports he is most comfortable with profiles of his gear as he sets it up, I'm most comfortable with profiles of my gear as I set it up. This shouldn't be a surprise as it supports Kemper's marketing claim that you can profile your gear as your like it!

But there is still an issue with attack response that some have reported in their own profiles? This could, in part, be related to why other people's rigs don't always 'feel' right? The solutions might be related.

To look at this constructively: Is there something in the feel and attack that could be addressed, improved and possibly parametrized that would allow the user to further tweak the 'feel' of their own and other's patches?

I was playing with the 'Clean Sens' and 'Distorted Sens' briefly this morning and these might be more powerful than just adjusting the relative level of clean and distorted patches.

Quoted from "Per"

@MaxTwang - I think you're mistaken, the KPA is designed to capture the "DNA" of a real amp, not of a modeler or anything else (it even says as such in the manual).

I didn't say it was designed to capture anything but a real amp but I have read posts from users, including Kemper Pioneers and early adopters, who were very happy with profiles of modellers (even saying they liked the profile better than the actual modeller). If someone models something and likes it - good for them.

Quoted from "audioholic"

have you tried adjusting the pick attack parameter?

Yes, I find it emphasizes the sound of pick attack but doesn't help with feel.