Posts by DrB

Hook me up too, please!

Yup, that was the fix.

Thanks, timo

Mastermind, but I disconnected it and it still crashed. Something with the Kemper's midi settings is afoul.

Already did: KA00124583

Please see attachments.

Thanks for your help!

Latest firmware has crashed my Kemper.

How do we force a manual firmware downgrade?

TIA,

DrB

Sounds pretty good! What patch did you use on this?

Yes, and I would consider a sturdier one to boot.

Lots of great tonal variations of the terrific IIC+ in this pack
Thanks!

Very good profile, esp with single coils. Thanks!

Absolutely amazing profile- HUGE thanks for this..

After toying around with this, can't say honestly that I like it all that much- tends to give a more "sterile" and flattened tone at a variety of settings. But, if you're going to use it, should not have it on the global output side of things.

Just my 2 cents..

I own both units and use them both. Fractal has made significant improvement but IMHO, I'm inclined to agree with Vai, and Petrucci who both use the AXFx for the effects section, not tone matching. High gain amps definitely sound much better and more natural on the Kemper, especially when listening to note trails and decays. It is also quite challenging to get the noise level under control with high-gain stomp boxes with the Fractal, but not with the Kemper. So for me, it's apples and oranges..

Better to adjust R/L output levels than guessin' with the clip indicator.

So AMAZING, I'm speechless..

If this new upgrade can't convince you to ditch your old amp, nothing will!

Rock on..

One solution might be to have virtual VU meters so output level could be manually set (although I personally trust my ears).

Should work fine.
http://appstore.com/mididesignerpro

What it is: An IOS app to remotely control your Kemper unit
What you get: Access to Presets 1-48, Performances 1-16 including all 5 slots, stomp boxes A-D, Gain, delay mix, fdbk, reverb mix and guitar tuner
What you need: (Windows): Midi Designer Pro app (best $25 ever!), midiox and rtp midi software installed and running on your pc (both freeware- google it!), pc-to-midi interface (Emu Xmidi works fine) and an ipad or iphone
Download and install the MD file and check out the screenshots.

Have Phun!

Dr.B

Feedback welcome. Mac users need to check your documentation..

I, too, own both the AXFXII and the Kemper. So here's the lowdown:

AXFXII: Really shines for clean sounds and effects, esp reverse echoes, and Steve Vai weirdness..

Kemper: Profiler >>>>>AX Tone match for realism, especially with high-gain amps. Kemper tones are fuller with a LOT more balls, esp at high volume. The Kemper's noise gate is also much better.

I split my signal in an A/B box to stereo FRFR powered speakers off the floor in a large practice room and the sound ROCKS!

A properly set global gate in the Kemper should not adversely affect tone of your clean settings. I find that for heavily distorted sounds, a 4:1 local gate after the distortion stomp does wonders.

Getting much improved response time with FC-300 in both patch and program changes.
Undo feature really great.

Thanks, Kemper!!