Kemper HD

No point IMHO, mate.

It can "capture" chime, as you put it. Just make sure you play the right guitars using, say, a single-coil, mid-mounted pickup, and Bob's your auntie.

it captures chime fine.

If it doesn't capture chime, than that's a shortcoming of your own Profiling-technique, not of Kemper's.

I'd be surprised if they weren't working on a next generation model with way more DSP. Wouldn't expect or want them to share their product strategy though.

High sample rates benefit acoustic instruments, vocals and cymbals. The only point I can see of more processing power is effects. I have always found that the Kemper outperformed anything I have had before in that area and continues to surprise me with every software update.

I guess new hardware would be good for the company, as they don't charge for software updates. Other moddelers have made numerous new units.

If they could capture the guitar as well as the amp, including delays and phasers and stuff now that would be something worth updating for.

Otherwise I think it's as good as it can be right now.

This seems pretty chimey to me?

How many Access Virus synths version II has been made?

Quote from PhilUK84

If they could capture the guitar as well as the amp, including delays and phasers and stuff now that would be something worth updating for.

Otherwise I think it's as good as it can be right now.

It's good, but not as good as it can be. Read other threads. There are some threads active right now from people with issues profiling some of their amps and some of them with wide experience in this world.

Regarding the chime, I agree, the KPA can get the chime

@mba - "Chime" is a difficult descriptor as it's a fuzzy term and means different things to different people. Do you have a sound clip of what you mean by guitar chime?

Quote from pacocito

It's good, but not as good as it can be. Read other threads. There are some threads active right now from people with issues profiling some of their amps and some of them with wide experience in this world.

Regarding the chime, I agree, the KPA can get the chime

I read all the threads. All I know is the profiles sound like the amps I profile and the profiles from the rig exchange or the amp factory sound great.

I can't speak for other people, nor can I use what is clearly anecdotal evidence as proof of anything other than one persons opinion.

Guys, it's mba.

He knows it has nothing to do with the processing power, it's all about the algorithm.

Doesn't the processing power enable more complex algorithms to be created?

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Doesn't the processing power enable more complex algorithms to be created?

This

This from an interview with CK in 2011:
The global sampling rtate is 44.1 kHz, while the internal sampling rate is partially much higher. The algorithm for the tube simulation runs on more than 700 kHz sampling rate (!).
Enough HD?

Quote from Finally

Doesn't the processing power enable more complex algorithms to be created?

It depends how smart the person is who creates the algorithm...CK is very very smart, obviously smarter than the guys who needed more processing power to create their "modellers".

Quote from PETERFR

This from an interview with CK in 2011:
The global sampling rtate is 44.1 kHz, while the internal sampling rate is partially much higher. The algorithm for the tube simulation runs on more than 700 kHz sampling rate (!).
Enough HD?

44.1 kHz at 16 bit defines a frequency bandwith of 20 to 20.000 Hz. A guitarspeaker, and therefore a mic'ed (or profiled) guitarsound almost never exceeds 7 kHz. Why would you need "HD" anyway? And what means HD? Not much more than a acronym Line6 took over from television technology and made it a hype
When it comes to listening music we all listen to mp3 on our smartphones or at home streaming by Spotify. We've all accepted the MP3 format, which is a huge departure from CD quality.
But when it comes to guitarsound we must have the best of the best AD-DA converters, the highest possible samplingrate, the highest possible bitrate, the best audiophile cables and so on. Please, can someone tell me why??
And when we have the best of the best of the best, we've made a recording with the best digital equipment.......... And when the product is finished, we listen to it in what format?? Yes, mp3.

Ab

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44.1 kHz at 16 bit defines a frequency bandwith of 20 to 20.000 Hz. A guitarspeaker, and therefore a mic'ed (or profiled) guitarsound almost never exceeds 7 kHz. Why would you need "HD" anyway? And what means HD? Not much more than a acronym Line6 took over from television technology and made it a hype When it comes to listening music we all listen to mp3 on our smartphones or at home streaming by Spotify. We've all accepted the MP3 format, which is a huge departure from CD quality.
But when it comes to guitarsound we must have the best of the best AD-DA converters, the highest possible samplingrate, the highest possible bitrate, the best audiophile cables and so on. Please, can someone tell me why??
And when we have the best of the best of the best, we've made a recording with the best digital equipment.......... And when the product is finished, we listen to it in what format?? Yes, mp3.

HD was not my request.
I am totaly happy how the kemper works. With chime if you use a good guitar a good profile and a guitar player who knows how it should sound like.
For me it was interesting to know that the kemper works internal with a higher sample rate.
44.1 khz and 24 bit for recording is all I need.

The KPA is a music device and not a measuring instrument.

I am pretty sure that nobody could proof a difference by ears.