Posts by skoczy

  • Extending profiles information

    One thing is tagging profiles (naming *.kipr file by specific rules) another thing would be adding another tags/comments about guitar, pickup used to *.kipr file. Yet another thing would be translating *.kipr filename into tag displayed on screen for examlpe JVM210_LP_BHB_etc..etc.. which would be LES PAUL used and Bridge bumbucker, but since existing tags are written into *.kipr file contents I think it is not that good idea. Still confused about granulation on information needed in profile name- BHB bridge humbucker or just HB humbucker... if you know what I mean.


    Question is also if Kemper could sort profiles just by some homogeneous tags in profiles names. For now I think it sorts by tags written into *.kipr files.


    And lastly I miss these tags in Rig Exchange, because I don't have strat or les paul, I have tele and as stated in WiKPA guitar and pickup combination make one profil sound bad where it was nice when profiling was being done.

  • Reamping with KPA & USB interface WITHOUT SPDIF

    Quote from tylerhb

    No, since it is an active DI Box. Passive Di Boxes work in both directions, active ones do not. An active Di Box can only tranform a high impedance signal into a low impedance one. But ot of your interfaces you would need to transform the low impedance signal back into a high impedance one.

    Now connect the reamping output with the KPA input.




    So do I need reamping box (which is not DI Box) here?

  • Extending profiles information

    HI


    I am just reading WiKPA latest edition (thanks Gianfranco for such valuable manual) and also I came to conclusion after posting few times about flat/dull output using factory or user provided profiles.


    Which is...


    Would it be possible to extend profile info on Rig Exchange (and maybe info in *.kipr file itself) what guitar (strat, tele, les paul...) it was recorded on and what pickups (humbuckers, P90, singles...) since guitar and pickups used in profiling procedure have big influence on how the rig plays when I connect another guitar.


    From WiKPA:


    To fully appreciate the factory profiles (and any profile in general) it’s important to understand th at a pro-file is generally taken from a rig (a certain guitar through an amp and a cab) which the author found well-sounding. He or she set the guitar’s controls and PUs, and the amp’s tonestack in a certain way. Then they profiled the rig. Those settings will then depend on the player’s taste and the used instrument.

    and more...

    A KPA profile is like a mic’ed amp dialed in a specific way. This means that a single, untweaked profile won’t
    probably sound good with different guitars and/or pickups

    and more...


    Using the KPA, you’ll really come to appreciate the difference in tone between different guitars and pickups.


    Why I ask for that? I suppose I don't have so much time downloading, tweaking and comparing profiles, since I'm not studio procuder, live player etc... I share my time between many daily duties and have not that much time everyday to play around and tweak.


    So is it good or bad idea? Concerning more what WiKPA says (certain guitar, certain pickups in KPA) than my lack of time...

  • Reamping with KPA & USB interface WITHOUT SPDIF

    Quote from tylerhb

    The only thing that you should be careful of, is that you do not feed the reamped signal out of the interface output back into the KPA, which would cause a feedback loop (very nasty).


    Since your interface has two indepdant out pairs i recommend the following.


    Create two output buses in your sequenzer software that are connected to the two pairs of outputs. One bus is the normal one that you use for monitoring and playback of all tracks except the raw guitar track. The second bus is your reamping bus. Send your Raw signals to this bus. Now connect the reamping output with the KPA input. The normal KPA outputs are connected to the interface inputs. Now just playback the raw tracks and record the audio interface input at the same time. Sounds more complicated than it is...

    Yes.. sounds complicated really but I'll give a try today.... Thanks
    Should I place SAMSON DI box in any place of this signal chain?

  • Reamping with KPA & USB interface WITHOUT SPDIF

    Quote from tylerhb

    That´s right. As you can see, a lot of signal transformation, additional digital conversions (which add latency) and lot of cables. If you really plan to do reamping regularly, i would really think about getting an audio interface with SPDIF. It makes all that stuff a lot easier while not sacrificing any sound quality.


    If you have active pickus in your guitar, this all is a little less of a problem, since those already put out a low impedance signal, which isnt that suspectable to hum and hiss as with passive pickups.

    I am not planing reamp regularly, I just want to reamp some RAW guitar tracks (*.wav files) from my computer. It just make a little mess in my head. For example I open RAW guitar track in DAW, then.... I imagine that from the output of interface (where RAW guitar track will go from DAW...) I should go into Kemper where I can add stack to this raw track, and then from output (which output?) of Kemper I will go to the input of interface, and then from output of interface to monitors.... Is that right? My interface is THIS Focisrite, I have also this SAMSON DI Box - I would be grateful if you specify how I connect this, because yesterday I grabbed some cables fror drawer and started to think how do I do this? Ended up with as always sloppy noodling on Kemper. Thanks in advance.

  • Reamping with KPA & USB interface WITHOUT SPDIF

    Hi


    I was searching forums for this case but haven't found. My audio interface doesn't have SPDIF. How do I connect KPA and interface to reamp and hear RAW guitar signal that exists on my hard drive as *.wav file?


    Is reamping also DAW specific? I am using Reaper.


    Thanks for any advices
    Tom

  • Batch Download on Rig Exchange

    Quote from almogaver

    As a workaround, it is possible to download several profiles at once by using a download manager add-on installed on your Internet browser (e.g. Flashgot, for Firefox and Thunderbird).

    Since there is pagination involved, imagine that user could check interesting profiles on page1 then go to page2 and there check interesting profiles, and then scroll through all pages checking interesting profiles and in the end user would click "download selected" button to download all selected. I guess while being on page 50 user has no idea what he ckeched earlier :rolleyes: so it is really easy to install download manager extension for firefox (flashgot, downthemall) and left click on download link right to every profile. I prefer downthemall since it provides some automation after 1st profile downloaded:


    1) 1st profile:
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    Right click on download and choose "Save link using DownThemAll!"


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    Choose existing or make new folder (in this case I made folder "Zapisz pliki w..." C:\Users\.........\Download\Kemper) and click Pobierz (Download)


    2) Another profiles


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    Right click on download link, and choose Save link using dTa OneClick. That will make download profile to the last remembred folder...


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  • Noise problems - Solved -

    Quote from 01000100

    unplug the power adapter from your notebook (run it from the battery) and see if this stops the noise.
    it often does.

    +1! When I unplug aftermarket power adapter for my Sony VAIO (original SONY also has noise but less), much noise is gone in one moment!

  • Is there a difference between FRFR and active studio monitors?

    Yeah finally I know why Kemper costs so much, but now I don't regret even 1 cent spent on it. To be honest tele was the ugliest guitar to me, least attractive, least rocking, I didn't like single cut looks, a bit to small body. Well I was fool, now I know. I bought PGM301 by it looks. And it sounds dull and crappy as you wrote about your US strat. Well I found guy on youtube who has teh same guitar and the same crappy sound from PAR PRO pickups and he swapped fo Dimarzio X2N. I will be swapping pups in my PGM anyway.


    My tele is Squier Standard Telecaster (450USD new here in Poland) but equipped with Fender Vintage Noiseless Pickups Tele Set, Fender American standard tuners, Fender pots, Fender Gigsby switch, original Fender string clamps, Fender Corona neck mounting plate - just the bridge is Squier (and off course body and neck but they look stunning for me). Payed 500$ for it with hard case, strap locks and leather belt. I think it was good deal.


    Would you guys play your KPAs or amps, would you practise if you had this dull, weak, without character sound coming from your guitar? I couldn't...


    P.S.
    I have to change avatar soon ;)

  • Is there a difference between FRFR and active studio monitors?

    Hi all


    Sorry for being silent for a while, after hot talk in this thread.


    Today I visited guitar technician/electrician to check if electrics are OK in my Ibanez PGM 301. This was the last thing I could check about its dull, without-character sound. So we unpacked it, plugged into Marshall JVM + 4x12 Marshall cab. Well it sounded big, but just bigger than on my 1x12 tube amp. Then we plugged his tele with Fender Vintage Noiseless single coil pickups, I started to play with the little crunch. Mmmmmm first thing - the sound is open, the towell is gone, when I hit harder it even tries to roar... Changed pickup, wow, what a change in sound, I got this tele twang.


    Then we powered up KPA with Yamaha Ms5 powered monitors and played some riffs with this tele on Mesa Hi-Gain. 8o Sweet mother of GOD! After all that I cannot find the words to describe it. It was just like it should be. Like it is on youtube, Like it is in your case guys, when you tried to help me, giving me best profiles, trying to help me with eq, clean sense, etc. I just couldn't believe such big sound and distortion can go out of 5 inch speaker. But it was there. Even this guy said playing through AC30, JVM and other profiles that se saw NO difference between his JVM and stock profile.


    Then to be sure I asked for headphones (maybe his Yamaha speakers are magic...), luckily he had the same as mine (AKG K271), I just strummed few chords, plays some power riffs and licks - no tonal difference.


    I bought his tele.


    This is my lucky day.


    About my Ibanez PGM301 equipped with 2 DiMarzio PAF PROs, he checked resistance of pickups using multimeter and it seemed OK ~8.4kOhm. All electric connections are OK. Volume pot is grounded to bridge. So what? Maybe these PAF Pros are broken? Or they come from some cheap Ibanez PGM30.... They have small dimarzio emblem on top of cover, don't know about bottom - have to email DiMarzio to ask them if they are not fakes. Or maybe japanese guitar rated ~1600USD when sold in shops, just didn't have character? Anyway now I care less for that since I know this tele plays so good with KPA.

  • Is there a difference between FRFR and active studio monitors?

    Hi


    Thanks guys for your input, you made my monday morning so good :) What I was suspecting was the guitar.... Previously I had Ibanez Prestige RG1570. I just like Ibanezes RG look. I know it's stupid and childlish. Now the PGM301 - looks even better. And Paul Gilbert plays it. Stupid. Well, I'll grab KPA and go to guitar store - that's the thing my wife will have to suffer now.


    Off course I will try to use raw DI signal of other guitar - I was thinking about this. If I understood correctly I can download raw sound of guitar, send it to one output of interface, then before going to KPA I have to use DI box (I have one ) to match the levels and then to KPA? And from KPA to interface -> monitors?


    You have played the rig "AC Top Boost Cactus" and compared it to the recording with "AC Top Boost".
    These are two different presets (!)


    You're right they're not exact same presets, but I didn't know the samples could differ so much. I will try to post samples of same exact patches.


    Your guitar sounds likeit needs to be picked harder to create a sound that's bright enough. You are picking quite soflty on your recordings.
    Choose rigs that fit better to your guitar.
    Turn up the Definition parameter in the Amp section for making rigs fit better to your guitar.


    Well I set the Clean Sense in INPUT section, so when I pick strings hard, the input LED goes orange. I did this by setting Clean Sense to 7.2, I will play with Definiotion also. EQ on master ouput is flat, EQ on monitor output is also flat (although the level is lower) - but there is no noticable difference if I use master or monitor output.

  • Is there a difference between FRFR and active studio monitors?

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    Just these models you used I don't like much with my guitar too
    Well it pushes me to think that my guitar has no character, and difference between *different* amps is weak audible. The thing is about this "towel" covering the sound. Just listen from 1:02 onward, beautiful VOX grit when the player picks harder, in my case when I pick harder, towel moves little more. I know good player makes use of any gear, but in my case I cannot get myself to learn/improve if it sounds NO RIGHT!


    I really believe KPA is top class gear, because I can hear it on youtube and soundcloud. Well I hope to get it also done, hope to get help from some forum fellas.

  • Is there a difference between FRFR and active studio monitors?

    Quote from fretboardminer

    Yes, there is definitively some high end dropping away somewhere.

    • Did you check the Output EQs in the Master section?
    • Is it the same when you use the 1/4" Master outputs?
    • Set clean sense so that it is orange but never red and Distortion Sense to < 0 > and turn down the Noise Gate. Then make shure the Input module is locked.


    * Did you check the Output EQs in the Master section?


    Output EQs in master sections should be flat?


    * Is it the same when you use the 1/4" Master outputs?


    You mean connecting interface/monitors using TRS cables not XLR?


    Turning down the noise gate doesn't change the sound. I will play with clean and distirtion senses. How to lock input module? Does it mean that after setting proper Clean Sense and Distortion Sense locking them will cause that any other patch will previously set values?

  • Is there a difference between FRFR and active studio monitors?

    Quote from tylerhb

    I agree with you, it really sounds dull... at least for my taste, as i am a little "high end addictive"


    The first thing i would do is a cross check is with another guitar and another cable. Also make sure, that you set the clean sense in the input section correctly. Make the input LED turn orange when you hit the strings hard...

    I played using Epiphione Les Paul Classic (Alnico humbuckers), Washburn X30 (some washburn humbuckers) and my Ibanez PGM301. Not much change. Washburn played just louder.


    Cables: I have 10$ cables, but also Monster rock cable and bullet cable - as you could guess now, no difference.


    Will try to play with clean sense today. So should I set it that way, that after hitting strings hard INPUT LED should turn orange?