Display MoreThis is how I used to set up the HX in the Stereo Effects loop of the Kemper (page 159 of the Kemper manual):
1-Guitar to input of Kemper
2-Kemper Send to HX Effects Return 1 (Kemper effects will only be sent mono to HX)
3-HX Send 1 and 2 to Kemper Return and Kemper Alternative Return
4-Main outs
However, I found there to be more flexibility with the Kemper in the FX loop of the HX. If you want to try my stereo method where the Kemper is in the Stereo FX Loop of the HX, here are the exact ins and outs:
Physical connections:
1) Guitar to HX input (mono L)
2) HX Send 1 to Kemper Front Input (make sure you check the Kemper Input settings and have your front input as the main input, not the Alternate input in the back - or you could always plug it in the alternate input in the back and have that assigned as the main input)
3) Kemper L and R Main Out to HX Return 1 and Return 2
4) HX out to either headphones, or L/R Out to monitors, front of house, powered speakers, or whatever is your final output
The signal chain of your effects will be as follows:
Dry Guitar (1 from above) -->
HX Effects (best to use mono effects first because it will sum back to mono going back into the Kemper) (2 from above)-->
Kemper Stomps A through D (all mono effects) -->
Kemper Amp -->
Kemper Cab (after this point, everything will be stereo) -->
Kemper stereo Effects blocks (Mod, X, Delay, Reverb) (3 from above) -->
HX Effects Stereo FX Loop (you have to insert this into your HX Signal Chain assigned because this tells you where the Kemper signal chain is inserted into the HX signal chain - if you don't have an FX Stereo Loop in your chain, you may not get a signal or it may just be dry) -->
HX Effects stereo effects --> (4 from above)
I hope this helps. If not, I can make a video for you if you can't get it to work.
I tried it this way first, base on your earlier post. And yes it works, but still not the way I'd like to be able to use the box. it just may not be possible with the Kemper with its current limitations.
I also set the HX Effects up through Kemper's Effect Send/Return and got it to work, the problem is, when the Kemper Stereo Effects Loop is engaged, there is a significant volume drop once a Kemper Stereo Effect is engaged.
I have it setup the following way:
Kemper Output/Send to HX Effects Input/Mono
HX Effects HX Output Left to Kemper Alternative Input
HX Effects HX Output Right to Kemper Return Input
I create a Stereo Effects Loop x Spot on the Kemper and Engage
I get all of the HX Effects Stereo Effects as expected. Obviously using the Compressor/Boost/OD/Distortion plugins are not effective as they are meant to be inline before the Guitar Input of the Kemper, so I loose all of this effects within the HX Effects. All the other typical Stereo Effects like Modulation/Tremelo/Delay/Reverb work as expected.
Sp lets say I want to use an HX Effects Stereo Delay and a Kemper Stereo Reverb, as soon as I engage the Kemper Reverb, the level drops down considerably and I can't figure out why. From a pure listening perspective, it comes across as , use one on the other, the HX Effects or the Kemper Effects but not both. My goal to setting it up in the Kemper Send/Return, was be be able to compare the HX Effects quality agains Kemper's Stereo Effects Quality.
What am I doing wrong setting things up this way???????
