Christoph Kemper has created a so called "initialized Rig" for those who want to have a Rig working without an Amp or Cab...
Take a look into the Rig Exchange... or search in the forum....
Posts by lippi
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For a nice Acoustic session I tried to connect two Guitars at the same time to the KPA using the "initialized Rig" from CK. The initialized Rig from CK allows you to define a Rig with EQ and Reverb/Chorus for a authentic C.F. Martin sound without any influences by the Amp or Cabinet section.
The Rig was perfect after a short time but I couldn't solve the issue connecting two guitars to the KPA using the normal signal flow. It is possible to connect a second guitar to the Alternative Input but the signal flow is different, or I did something wrong...
Does have anybody an idea? no additional pedals or switches please! that was my workaround but I would like to have it on the KPA.
thx
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What we want to be fixed soon is that the functionality in the manual is discribed as the same between the pedal jacks on the KPA and the pedal jacks on th eremote. That is all we need and what was expected. I also bought the Mission Engeneering pedal for the KPA because it was announced as special made and it was shown at the Musikmesse and the Namm on the Kemper Booth! Thats why I bought it and I expected to build a pedal board with two pedals and the Remote connected just with one single LAN cable... a very attractive idea.
Now I am absolutely concerned that the idea having this pedalboard connected with just the LAN cable doesnt work.
I hope it will be fixed soon and again and again I really expect a better communication and documentation. It was nowhere written down that no switches are supported on the Remote pedal jacks!!!
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Behringer FCB 1010 with Uno4Kemper chip + 2 MIDI cables for bidirectional communication between KPA and FCB 1010... plug&play not a single issue in this specific configuration... no cheaper and better way until Ch. Kemper will launch the KPA Floorboard
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Yes at least pull the midi program# info into rig manager
Y E S !!!!
Managing all MIDI issues! I would like to create folders for Songs within Performances and I would lik to build up folders with general rigs and for these rigs I would like to reorganize the sequence (sort criteria) and then I would like to assine the MIDI "numbers" to each rig easily by editing the column MIDI PrgChg# with the related Midi number...
Y E S !!!
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Hi,
I really like the "Perfomance Mode" it is absolutely necessary for live performances... Can anybody tell me how I can delete a slot where a Rig is stored? At time I just can rename a slot or I can load another rig... If I have a Dummy Rig prepared I can load it isn't empty.
hints welcome
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Liquid Foot Jr... seems to be more powerful that Peak2005 and smaller..... Midi IN&OUT with Phantom Power.... take the Rocktone Cable mentioned before... and can have 2 Expressions if needed later on...
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hi guys,
I would like to clean my KPA from useles rigs. Idon't know how the "erease eveything exept MyRigs and Favorites" works regarding prfomances. I expect everythuing is delete after that.
Therefore I want to back up my performances to be able to restore it if needed..
I read already some threats but I can't reproduce some postings that the KPA will create a "performance" folder o the USB_Stick... even if I format the stick again and start from scratch?
no glue abot how it works... try to find the newest wiKPA or some other manauls...
thanks
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Hi guys!
Just wanna share with you my new free app, an easy profile renamer for your Kemper, so you can change the names with your keyboard.
Hope you find it usefull! More to come!
HI kerman,
Do you think you can upgrade your realy fancy renaming tool working with "renaming PERFORMANCES" in the performance mode?
At the moment the KPA doesn't react if I click on rename the performance and click on send on the renamer.....
That would be really really great if works again.....
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Hi,
of course I can share a few company names. But it really depends on what you accept as "being open".
First let me post a link to an article that imho is a good read.So if you read this article, you understand, that "openness" doesn't necessarily mean that you publicly share detailed future product feature lists at the earliest planning stage, although it can, of course. But there's a growing number of companies that encourage their staff to blog or tweet publicly, even their personal thoughts on future products or asking the community for feedback in certain topics. Sometimes they're even allowed or encouraged to share some sneak peeks of upcoming new products or new versions of products.
There's a whole arsenal of tools a company can use to create a general feel of "openness". Let me give you a few examples regarding Kemper:
1. Perform Mode
They had a first implementation of "Peform Mode" on the KPA shown at Musikmesse. They could have easily produced a short video with a demo of the feature and some words on what, how and why. That wouldn't hurt them at all, otherwiese they wouldn't have shown it at Musikmesse. But for some reason they don't want to talk about it here. Isn't that kind of strange and disturbing for those highly interested in the KPA and its evolution?2. Bug reports & forums
My personal impression (and I dare to claim I'm not the only one) is that once a bug is being reported, Kemper's first response takes a. to long and b. most of the time is kind of neglecting the existance of the bug. Like "how can you say that there's a bug when we can't see it, can't reproduce it?". That's not really good practice, imho. Expecially if the reporting user(s) aren't first time posters.3. Blog & Facebook:
Blogging is non ecistant in Kemper world and Facebook is used for marketing only. No honest and open communication appeal there. Open would be something like: "Wow, today we busted a stupid, small bug in Pitch Shifting effects. Glad we got this solved, thanks to those who helped to hunt it down. Next firmware beta update soon."
This kind of communication doesn't hurt anybody, it doesn't help the competitors. it's just what it is: Open and honest.4. Kemper Foot Controller:
If CK is 100% convinced that he invents and produces superior products, why is he so shy and can't provide some layout graphics of the current Controller design or some other bits of information like: "Hey guys, I think today is a good day to tell you, that we will use Ethernet for the Foot Controller". Small bits of information and news that can't seriously hurt the business but give public proof of ongoing work and the will to share.Anyway, I just feel they are much to afraid of sharing anything publicly where they shouldn't be afraid. If they learned how to filter the unavoidable feedback "when will it be ready?" and just focus on the general "feel" and "shown interest" of the community feedback, they can benefit as well as the community. Companies can learn to take even negative customer feedback as something positive: The community cares, no matter how individuals express their opinions!
Ok, finally one example of a company that learned to be way more open than years ago: Adobe. Many of their staff run their own blogs and frequently post bits of information and opinions and publicly call for opinions and ideas and actively support the community in many many ways. And most of them are very open to direct feedback and respond if the feedback is valuable ... although most of them are VERY busy.
Cheers,
MartinPS: Nachbar?
100% AGREE with your arguments!!!! 100%!!!... as a modern company EVERYTHING is about keeping the contact with my customers... it is not enough to suck the infos from the forum and never feed it back. I claim that 2 years Kemper sold the performance mode (and me too) it was wrong! the product didn't have at least one single bit of performance mode for public usage. thats really a shame... it was simply a lie! Ok.. now we have it and I AM REALLY REALLY HAPPY...MANY THANKS!!!... but in the end there are concerns left. There a lot of nicknames in the forum (i dont care who they are) coming from inside the Kemper company who in fact don't live customer relationship management.
finaly lets hope that my different pices of equipment to compensate missing KPA equipment such as: editing tool for rigs, midi software for changing rigs, midi hardware to change rigs on stage, different foot controllers to manage my rigs and settings on stage, night of spent time to turn the knobs because of missing editor tools to organize all my rigs, etc. are not longer needed at least end of summer. The USB/ethernet connection of the KPA to the PC/MAC and the software to maintain, and the integrated foot controller is highly welcome... Please give us a sign what circumstances will meet our expectations and roughly when...
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First ... Many thanks for the Performance Mode....
...but please forgive me if I point out that a clearer communication in the forum about highly requested functionalities, is in fact, needed in the future! We all have a dayli business as Guitarrists with more or less profession and we bought maybe yesterday equipment to compensate the missing performance mode. If I would know that earlier I could save my money. This is called professionalism...
Again at least MANY THANKS to the WHOLE TEAM ... finally we got it!!! ... Lets hope for the KPA foot controller
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1) in which situation would you consider this useful?2) the number allows to simplify management in the machine.
3) [RIG]->[STORE TO POOL]
Timo
to 1st: This is very important. I use two KPA one in the studio and one in the rehersal room. I want to take my performance set with me on a USB stick to change from one to the other KPA... and I won't have to wait for the whole backup proceedure which is very time consuming if you have a lot of rigs for experimental on the studio KPA... and I dont want them all on the rehersal KPA...
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Ok guys, here it is, the first ALPHA version of the KPA MIDI CONTROL.
[Blocked Image: http://www.evergladesaudio.com/images/kpamc.jpg]
This version is for Microsoft Windows, I'm working also a VST version, so the mac users can load it in a vst host.
http://www.evergladesaudio.com/audio-apps-plugins-freeThis is the Alpha free release, it has the stomp section unfinished. The new alpha and complete beta will arrive in the premium section of my site very soon.
In the next days I will publish a complete list of features. I want to hear your feedback so I can evaluate and improve it before releasing the beta.
The primary idea of this editor is to help you to focus on playing, and search sounds, in a way that you can have ALL the controls at only one/two clicks. Also the 3D interface, try to imitates a common guitarrist setup, with the stomps and the routing, so maybe helps to work faster.
The concept is the same as the Profile renamer, you tweak your profile and store pressing the button of your Kemper.
- Midi in and out selector
- Midi Learn (Right click and press your midi device button/knob, double rright click erase the learned CC)
- The VST Plugin will feature automation, that means that you can automate lot of things in your mixes! even in live situation (your drummer need to use clicktrack and play at tempo hehehe)
- Preset manager, so you can save your midi settings, you can associate your 127 presets with your 127 assigments, so it fits KEMPER PRESET - KPA MC PRESET.I will work the manual soon.
Ok! I'm waiting for your feedback!
This version is for Microsoft Windows,
Display MoreOk guys, here it is, the first ALPHA version of the KPA MIDI CONTROL.
[Blocked Image: http://www.evergladesaudio.com/images/kpamc.jpg]
This version is for Microsoft Windows, I'm working also a VST version, so the mac users can load it in a vst host.
http://www.evergladesaudio.com/audio-apps-plugins-freeThis is the Alpha free release, it has the stomp section unfinished. The new alpha and complete beta will arrive in the premium section of my site very soon.
In the next days I will publish a complete list of features. I want to hear your feedback so I can evaluate and improve it before releasing the beta.
The primary idea of this editor is to help you to focus on playing, and search sounds, in a way that you can have ALL the controls at only one/two clicks. Also the 3D interface, try to imitates a common guitarrist setup, with the stomps and the routing, so maybe helps to work faster.
The concept is the same as the Profile renamer, you tweak your profile and store pressing the button of your Kemper.
- Midi in and out selector
- Midi Learn (Right click and press your midi device button/knob, double rright click erase the learned CC)
- The VST Plugin will feature automation, that means that you can automate lot of things in your mixes! even in live situation (your drummer need to use clicktrack and play at tempo hehehe)
- Preset manager, so you can save your midi settings, you can associate your 127 presets with your 127 assigments, so it fits KEMPER PRESET - KPA MC PRESET.I will work the manual soon.
Ok! I'm waiting for your feedback!
Hi,
How to run the dll? Any exe available? I tried it also with the exe from te renamer...
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Easy Tool ... GREAT .. Works perfect....
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Hello,
I've upgraded to the new firmware but i can't find the new effects dedicationg to pitch shifting. Where are they located ? And is there a specific led color for theù ?
Thx.
... guys ... me too! and even the Transpose effects.... -
my kindly request goes to the webmaster from Kemper....
I would really apreciate a "genre" or "soundtype" catalogue where we can search for specisfic sounds like.... Metal, Classic Rock, Ambience, Funk, ... or even Catalogs like "Signature Sounds" such as Gillmour, Beck, EVH, ....
It would be fine to find a rig with a specific sound for a specific song...
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To be honest?
Two souls in my breast... One is telling me, f..ck them all... they told us we can upgrade and now it is a easy to suck them all their money because everybody wants to buy a second one..... The second one is telling me, sounds good!.... that means I can have a cheep second one for my rehersal room, and a third one for my weekend house and so on and so forth because everybody now will try to sell it on the public market to buy the Powerhead...
Anyway we will see. At the end in my opinion mono signal is death. Why I should invest a lot of money in an mono powered unit anymore? I bought the KPA because I wanted to have the latest generation of Guitar Amp technology. Why I should use it for a old style single cone speaker, or mono cabinet? I personally prefer to go via the PA, I invested in a small mixer and two 600W linear active full range speakers... thats all I need.... I am finished with that issue ;-)...
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Yes. From a certain point of view, you are right. The MIDI communication is very limited.
But don,t forget the much narrower range of applicability of a special controller, communicating only with the KPA...
With this, You can,t controll anything else, only the Kemper,
not to mention the fact, that most of us already have some kind of midi foot controller....And please don,t forget that there is exist the possibility of the CC assignments too (not enough advanced in the KPA indeed, but who knows????
)Dont understand me wrong.. midi is fine.. and the KFC have to speak midi to control other equipment too. but it doesn't need to be limited by midi. Now its 2013 and midi is something from the last millennium....
I guess CK will have a newer protocol to interact between FC and KPA...
