Display MoreI've tried my Kemper a couple of times at rehearsal now and I must say I find it hard to translate those fantastic tones I get at home to a high-volume setting.
Running them through my two Alto ts112a's, there's an overwhelmingly boomy sub-bass on low palm mutes and on sustained clean chords that almost drowns out the rest. I mainly use Lasse Lammert's ChugChug rig.
I've tried lifting my speakers off the floor or tilting them to a 'wedge' position, but to no avail. The 'contour' function on the Altos (which adds a bass and treble boost) is, of course, switched off. I've also tried running the Kemper through the PA system that's installed at our rehearsal space (I don't know which brand or model it is, but the speakers are mounted off the ground, on poles), and the boominess remains the same.
It gets better if I dial the bass on the main out EQ down to about -4db, and I have no doubt that I'll be able to make it work (I love my Kemper so I'll just keep trying until I will), but I just wondered if I might have missed something, or if there are any other tricks I could try. The global EQ is kind of coarse and dialing the bass down removes some good frequencies as well; I could add a more precise, parametric EQ stomp to every rig with a bass cutoff at around 100hz (or just lock it), but that seems like an inelegant solution, wasting a stomp slot in every rig for what seems to be an overall, non-rig related problem. So, any tips?
Related question: what is the best way to set the respective volumes on the Kemper and on the speakers? Kemper master volume low, speakers high, or vice versa?
I use an EQ on more or less every single one of my main patches. Whether it be parametric, graphic or studio. And if your suffering from boominess this is what you need to do. I always use the X slot for my EQ's. Whack a Graphic EQ in there and pull out at 160hz and 80hz. Take them completely off so this should eliminate pretty much all of your boominess then bring them back up to taste until the 'boominess' is at the desired level. Don't be afraid to use the tools inside the Kemper dude that's what they're there for.