Posts by meambobbo

emg's are typically recommended to raise the pickup height to be much closer to the strings than passives. They also get weird if your battery gets low, and ive heard they sound better if you use 2 9v batteries in series to get 18v.

post a di track, the profile you are using, and the reamped track of your di using the profile with no effects or eq tweaks. one of can do the same reamp and we can compare the output file.

Similarly one of us can do the same thing and you can reamp and you can see if you get the same result.

The kemper can sound terrible if the profile is terrible, or the guitar is bad or has electronic problems.

I believe ezd is all 44.1kHz whereas SD provides 96 as well as other sample rates

sweetwater has EZD 2 for $150, and it comes with your choice of EZX for free. Additional EZX are $40 right now. Grabbed it with "Metal Machine" and "Metal!" packs. Really liking Metal! right now.

I've messed with SD, and it's good if you want to spend time and get a quality, unique sound. If you want simple and quick, it may be frustrating. It was for me, but it's because I know I didn't put enough time into it.

XLN AD2 I also messed with, and while it seemed good listening to just the drums, I could never make it work in a mix. Again, I'm sure smarter heads would prevail.

your back hates you!

http://foobazaar.com/kemper/r_u_sirius/

9997 hz vs 10003 hz... can you hear the difference? Someone get a blindfold. nah, i know what you mean im ocd ab that stuff too

rig manager needs preset and amp/cab management. Toaster (by virango) can do the tweaking

Midi NRPN and Sysex implementation should be sufficient to do everything other than load rigs. Presets are also not readable AFAIK. The Toaster editor project by @virango is open source and he has a github repo for it.

I haven't tried Toaster yet. What are it's deficiencies? Have you posted issues on the github?

similar issue - cant find profiles for old packs ive bought but the links dont work anymore. I havent had like any time to play recently so i havent bothered yet to compile a list.

Kdrop the attitude and be less verbose. This post has an insane number of posts. Its easy to miss things. If the kemper team suggests something that youve already tried or eliminated, address that one point. Accusing them of trying to subvert support by ignoring what youve written is just more inflammatory text that obfuscates communication on what the issue is and what youve tried. It will just draw out more inflammatory text, not solutions. Make a summary post and repost it every now and then. stick to bullet points:

- kpa makes nasty sound on any profile with mild to saturated distortion
- behavior started recently, after 2.5 years of use
- tried different guitars and speakers
- tried different inputs and outputs
- link to dropbox DI track, recorded via...
- link to reamp of DI track through ___ profile
- link to reamp of DI track through another profile

if the front input a>d is suspected to be faulty, try the alternate input or even the fx loop return placed in one of the stomp slots.

Just a suggestion. Also, keep very keen track of exactly how anything is recorded. Document all the connections, the profiles used, the os version, the guitar/pickups used, etc.

Do you have a looper? You could even place a delay effect in one of the stomp slots and let it repeat a simple riff over and over, so you can let it record for a long period of time and see if you can find a point where you catch it changing sounds. Maybe also gently move the kpa around, see if it jiggles a faulty lead.

Finally, see it from others perspective - you dont have any clear evidence of a fault. You are saying the sound changed - try to show that. Or provide a di and a reamp and share the profile. Make an experiment that anyone can reproduce.

One thing I've read about is to make sure you delete everything off the drive before first inserting into the kpa and having the kpa "format" it. Not sure if that's consistently an issue

the kpa firmware size is smaller and its boot time lower, so there is clearly optimization and room to grow, even as features are added.

its supposed to be the other way around but WOOT thanks and have a good one!!!!

Yup. Update your bookmarks. Wikpa.org expired and it's not likely to return. The for the quick help, monk.

someone else posted a bunch of profiles of his Shiva a while back that were really good. Sorry i cant remember the name, but there were a lot of them and theyre on the Rig Exchange

ive found sometimes refining would add back in missing low end, but not sure if the quality of it would the same as turning up bass and not tight like you describe. But i def had to refine to get the right low end on my pod hd patches, and they are nice and tight.

Thanks for sharing. Def take a run at them later

i agree and try to steer people away from it if others suggest it. Only a LAST resort

always send kemper a backup, people!