Posts by floyd99

it would be great to have some way of doing this without requiring workarounds. This is the main reason why i don't currently use kemper for acoustic and have a completely separate setup for the acoustic. On my Helix I can do both very easily, but Kemper is a lot more limited in this regard. Having OUTPUT section as global has some significant advantages.. but, perhaps having some sort of "output override" options in the RIG section that is saved per Performance (and if enabled, defuncts the corresponding OUTPUT options) might be a good way to get both worlds.

one workaround i think someone mentioned that i read was sticking a stereo FX SEND (without the return) into the second to last stomp slot and using the corresponding FX outputs to your DI's.. then putting something into the very last stomp slot that kills the signal.

i had the exact same issue. i've reverted to previous version (which also has many issues in this regard, but not quite as bad)

Thanks Burkhard

I can't do that at the moment. I was posting to see if anyone else had reported similar findings to bring it to attention.

I'm loading my gear into the theatre today for a 3 week season of shows, so I have gone back to the production release OS - so I have no way of reproducing and therefore no point logging ticket at this time.

I actually did mention it (along with other issues I encountered) when replying to ticket #KA00201857 in relation to the never ending issues with Rig Manager syncronisation. However they just closed the ticket without addressing those comments.

cheers

in my case i most certainly did not have lock feature active. I never use it and never touch it.. and it happened multiple times randomly.

Quote from musicmad

Is something locked unintentionally perhaps? Hold down the lock button to check.

No- it’s a bug.

because at rehearsal, on a laptop next to me, using one hand, shift key is impossible. Why there isn't a preferences option to just turn on the 'shift' function permanently baffles me. It's like the developers of the interface don't actually use it day to day.

is anyone else having weird things go on with the beta OS ? (stage user).

i'll be in one performance, move to my next performance and levels will have magically jumped all by themselves - ie Amp Volume will be at +8db when i know the performance was saved with it at half that. Or a stomp (say green scream) will have its tone at some huge high value, i know was not saved that way.

and;

i'll copy a performance, paste it into a blank performance, and without having made any changes - they sound VERY different. Parameters all look the same, but it's like the copy/paste hasn't worked quite right or something. Really odd but a very noticeable difference in sound for what should be too identical performances.

can kemper confirm these are a known issue and would be fixed in proper release?

i've gone back to prior version - obviously can't afford to use the beta for upcoming shows with that kind of random bug.

this drives me NUTS - parameter adjustment on the Stage is horrid. Rig manager is equally painful.

Despite there being large numbers of people complaining about this for ages, Kemper seems to be ignoring what should be a very simple thing to fix.

same issue. WPS button on Stage is half-lit and pressing it does nothing, no feedback.

Does not connect to WPS. I'm using a Nighthawk R7000 which is buried in a cupboard, so rather than press physical button i can use the admin web page of the router to press the software soft button. The R7000 is not detecting any WPS connection after I press the button on Stage. (and then times out). So no, it appears, like others, that the Stage is not even trying.

Quote from KjetilKleven

And there is definetly not a rig volume nob on the Kemper Stage. I can find the rig volume when clicking rig and browsing to page 1. However, in performance mode on the Stage itself, I get a message that I cannot save the rig volume. I will now check if I can do this in the software version. But I would really like to know how I can do it on the Kemper Stage without using the software. I need to be able to adjust this on a sound check and I would really like to avoid bringing my computer to gigs.

press RIG button, adjust Rig volume parameter.
click the exit button to return to Home Screen.
press SAVE button 3 times.

This would be SOOOOO GOOOD!!

currently to make a really quick on the fly adjustment to a rig volume (stage user) I have to click Rig, make adjustment, then click Exit button, then click save 3 times.

Having one of the pot dials configurable to be Rig Volume would be a godsend. It would reduce the above actions to turning a dial and clicking the save button 3 times.

In fact for me, I’d make it the Gain knob (but best it be configurable for people to chose). I don’t need to ever adjust gain on the fly so that cool and useful knob is totally wasted for me.. but I need to adjust rig volume during rehearsal all the time.

I do theatre shows and I adjust every single slot in every performance with its own unique Rig Volume. This makes my sounds out front 100% consistent every night and means I do less volume pedalling. (So no, Clean Sens is not the answer).

ps I logged a ticket about this back in November. Nothing ever came of it. I might follow up

Don’t use RM to create performances. As you’ve found it’s buggy as all hell and some very weird and potentially dangerous things happen. On more than once occasion I’ve lost work as it’s decided to overwrite slots.

It seems it’s a syncing issue.

I have been creating around 30 odd performances for a show and it was so unreliable I gave up and exclusively did everything on the unit itself.

I find it’s okay if not making major changes- for example in an existing performance just editing a parameter and clicking save. It’s the major ones like creating new slots, naming, moving around via cut and paste, etc that are where it gets crazy.

Quote from ElectricPhase

I'm only a casual Kemper user, but I know that these problems go back through quite a number of non beta releases. Which stable version number would you suggest we use in the interim to avoid these problems?

what you’re describing has nothing to do with beta release.

I’ve been making noise about this random type of behaviour for ages and no one seems to care.

In my opinion RM is so unreliable in this regard I can’t use it to make what I’d call “major” changes to performances. Ie building/creating performances, copy/paste, moving slots around renaming etc.

Smaller non structural changes seem okay.. parameter adjustments etc, but anything else is just total danger. And like you, my thinking is it’s entirely due to sync issues. It “appears” to sync but actually does NOT fully sync.

Just a word of gratitude !

Using Kemper for the first time .. for a theatrical musical production (so glad to be an Australian at this time when all other shows around the world have no chance!)

had first rehearsal in the theatre tonight and wow. I’m running in stereo and it just sounds epic through my headphone mix.

Out front the sound designer sent me a text half way through that simply said “guitar sounds perfect!!”

happy camper ?

it’s been a huge undertaking of programming (about 90 individual sound changes in the show) but so worth it.. lockdowns have been good for some things..!

Well in the past couple days I’ve been in full swing of rehearsals for a theatre show and frantically making on the fly adjustments to levels and stuff. All minor things. Having laptop next to me to do that without bending down to the Stage is super handy.

But desperately need fine adjustment enabled by DEFAULT (ie. a preference setting to enable/disable it globally).

I’m using trackpad on the MacBook to attempt adjusting dials like Rig Level and it’s horrible.

I know I can press shift key and then use trackpad but this doesn’t work for me- I can’t use two hands.. as it’s not ergonomic to do so and hold my guitar (sitting down)..and therefore you can’t press shift and use trackpad or mouse at the same time.

please please please fix this. !!

I have similar frustrations building performances.. it’s random and unreliable, and has a mind of its own. I also have had same issue as above with wrong slots.
I think it comes down to sync issues. Im using latest non-beta.

last night- wanted to copy a rig from one slot to another on an existing performance. The destination slot was empty/unused.

In RM , Right click slot - copy. Right click destination slot in same performance - paste.
Appears to paste successfully in RM (looks right). Little popup on both RM and Kemper stage say “syncing performance”.

but the sync hasn’t happened properly. The rig that has pasted in on the unit is actually a blank one.

+1

I flagged this too. Desperately need a “save” shortcut key

And the ability to create custom ones.

For example I’d love one that lets me adjust Rig Volume up/down... then one to save.

That way during rehearsal I could have performances up on screen, with the Rig module selected.. and just reach over, press a couple keyboard buttons to adjust level and save. Without needing to use two hands to use the mouse like I have to do now.

Quote from paults

Turn the guitar volume to "0" before you turn on the Stage.

what if there’s no guitar plugged in. And just an open circuit cable.

= Lots of noise.

Sorry.. I don’t want to sound negative but workarounds for stuff like this is just a pain. Many people have requested this as a feature request and surely it’s possible. (hate comparing different devices but Helix does it).

Quote from christianbad

My understanding was that Burkhard suggested to power the Profiler up by turning the Chicken Head to "Tuner Mode" .

Stage user here.