Posts by mdeeRocks

Quote from stratattack

Hi folks,

I just ordered 2 KEMPER Kabinets yesterday. Now I realize that it might not have been such a good idea considering how the world is turning at this time.

The money spent on these items may be needed elsewhere , who can tell how much prices will go up if any real scarcity sets in, like in food or medicine or fuel.

And thinking that I need these Kabinets at this time is just vanity. I will be canceling my order with Sweetwater today.

I'm just wondering if anyone else has had any similar thoughts or, like myself, jumped at finally being able to buy these things while temporarily forgetting the new reality we are living in.

Peace.

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Yeah, was about to buy a new motorcycle, postponed it. I can escape to remote area on old one just fine (I am not even joking - things in the UK are getting worse daily).

I'll be buying Kone as soon as this thing blows over, assuming I am still alive.

Quote from BavidDrent

Hey guys

I'm learning some Pink Floyd stuff at the moment, and currently on Shine on You Crazy Diamond. The first few solos are relatively low gain, but I can't get sustain on the notes. Any tips?

I'm using the free AC20 profile with some light delay and reverb btw. No other pedals yet

In addition to all of the above you have to turn up the volume, quite a lot. You won't get this sort of tone/interaction playing quiet/using headphones.

To be honest, I am not sure why Kemper would release MK II unless there is another major breakthrough in profiling algorithm. Looking at history, CK may get "bored" with the amp and move to something else, like profiling singers:), but who knows.

I think we will see a minor OS updates in 2020 (getting 7.0 to rock solid state), and last but not least, Kemper cabinet.

Does it come with an editor?

Jokes aside, this is pretty cool, bit too much for me, but I am hoping I'll be getting its little brother for Christmas.

Quote from azertyvince

If i have created a custom "woody reverb", can i search, load or store it, with the new RM 3.0 ?

Yes.

Quote from caveman1

KEMPER PROFILER OS 7.1.7.15563?

Any feedback on this?

Yeah, getting plenty of feedback, no problems at all, just crank it up.

Works great, thanks! I still don't need an editor but ability to drag a cab from a rig and drop it into local library for later re-use is priceless.

Quote from balazs

Needless to guess, but according to our information we will get it in October.

Do you know which year?

Big, touch screen, 4k display you can use for Netflix etc. Mobile phone app. Metronome (my fav).

I'll keep demanding a Kemper in red!

Quote from Serendipity

Welcome to September ...

Thread's getting cool again.

Quote from Antipodes

The interface for the more complex effects, like the reverbs and delays is many pages deep. That is terrible design in terms of ergonomics and is the opposite extreme to being able to see at a glance how the patch is set up on one page of parameters. Any DSP plugin on other platforms (VST, UA, Protools etc) would put the key parameters in a large GUI - a single page - and many use graphical methods to display envelopes etc. The editor and a decent preset saving system for the effects will make all the power that is in the newer delays and reverbs easy to exploit and that will be a big step forward for the KPA.

I totally agree with this one, I started to want the editor after delays been released, despite not using them that much, it's just fun to play with them from time to time and there is a lot of pages to scroll through. New preset system is neat, will work even better when supported by external software. Kemper Stage is another important reason, nobody wants people to hurt their backs and knees.

Having said that, Damian's ToastME is really good editor too, I may even stay with it if I find it better than upcoming Kemper one.

Quote from Ruefus

Yes. You most certainly did.

Ten tons of passive-aggressive criticism here. You the. double-down claiming others are being insecure.

No it's not passive-aggressive or any other made up BS, you don't know me, I really don't care about others insecurities. It's much easier to fiddle knobs than play guitar, therefore more people twiddle knobs than play guitar and hardware manufacturers know it. Some of these people become great producers, to push it even further, a few of them (surprisingly, one of the best) admit that they were more inclined to play with gear than guitars, so they have made a career out of it and produced quite a a lot of great albums. In some rare cases they can do both.

Bottom line is, editor may or may not be a handy thing to have, depends on a person. We know it's coming, so whole discussion is purely a banter.

Quote from Serendipity

What do you think about artists who spend their time sketching and carefully organising their colour palettes instead of painting? Without these people there would be no great art hanging in the galleries. Music can be viewed as painting with sound and it follows the same artistic principles. Nobody plugs their guitar into an amp and bangs out a great album. You need some prep, and an editor will help in this regard.

Lots of insecure people here :). I never said it was anything wrong with it or it wasn't useful. People made a great careers out of twiddling knobs.

Quote from DamianGreda

What's wrong with that? They paid less for the equipment?

Have less rights to expect new features?

I didn't say anything was wrong with it. Many hardware manufacturers know that there is large group of people who prefer to play with the knobs and touch screens over playing guitar and decide to cater to them.

Quote from SynapticGroove

What % of guitar players do you think spend a majority of their time leaning over and twiddling on a computer?

I'd say majority non-gigging bedroom players. There is a massive market deliberately aimed at tweakers, I don't think Kemper is in this business though, it's covered by many others. It's much easier to fiddle with the knobs than play guitar.

Quote from ACY

Kemper way of keeping paying customers up to date with infos just simply sucks!

An editor should have been there from the start.

Now more than 7 years for me working without an editor, ....... often a pain in the ass!

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You operate your Kemper using your arse?

Quote from digbob

are the room sounds which are made by the OX be put into the Profile ?

means with OX made Profiles you have a realistic amp in the room sound ?

Time effects can't be profiled (reverb). Other characteristics like frequency response etc. will likely come through.

Would be great to have a fuzzy which would work with volume control just like real one. Kemper fuzz just lowers the gain, this is not how many fuzzes work.

Out of memory crash while trying to copy more than 4-5 presets (try 10+) at once from factory content to the Kemper. Anyone ran into this? Seems to be UI related by looking at crash log, but I may be wrong.

ps. I've already contacted support.

Quote from Monkey_Man

The fact that Kempers have never needed fans shouldn't be overlooked IMHO.

Makes it "easy" to include the whole shebang in a floor unit without having to limit any features, unlike a "competition company's" wares.

Imagine having a fan in a unit that sits down there with all the dust and grime...

More unnecessary stuff in (bluetooth, audio interfaces, metronomes, touch screens etc. ) more things to break/raise the cost of the unit/service. There is plenty of gear out there which does it all. Reg. 7 years old tech, heh, there is still nothing out there which can compete with Kemper when it comes to great tone or ease of getting that tone.