@lonestargtr I'm going to check out that Princeton in the free pack, thanks for the tip! I do really like that Princeton from your Pack 1 though. I used that as my main sound for about a year and it worked great. Thanks for the great profiles!
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If you combine the pitch shifted delay in the Kemper with a long reverb, you can get some excellent ambient tones (I use them all the time). Depending on what you want to do, you might not need the Bigsky. Of course, the Bigsky has a lot more in terms of reverb types and options than the Kemper (as of now). As stated above, if they update the reverbs, we are likely to get some really awesome stuff just like the new delays. I also think those would probably render the Bigsky redundant.
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I use just the Kemper, no pedals at all (except a Dunlop Volume X for expression/wah/volume). I have a remote. I really like the simplicity and find I can get everything I really want/need. The only thing Kemper doesn't have that you get with external pedals is those very specific sounds (for instance an overdrive like a Tim pedal or something or a very unique effect pedal like some EHX stuff) Most of the other stuff is in there. Depending on what your needs are, I'd say you would be fine without any pedals. It is so much easier too!
If you need the sound of a particular pedal, you can usually just find a profile of the amp that particular pedal is trying to copy anyway, that's where most of them come from - although you wouldn't get the combination of a particular amp and a particular OD pedal, but there are a lot of profiles out there and I bet you could find just about anything.
And Yes, @Monkey_Man is right, Michael's profiles are darker sounding on purpose so when they get turned up loudly, they don't have shrill highs, that is actually something I like about them. I just tweak them a tiny bit and they work great.
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+1 on this. Good idea.
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Welcome to the forum! Something to keep in mind: One of the immediate things people comment about is the Kemper doesn't sound like an amp (lacks low end, etc). Obviously, if you play it through headphones or small studio monitors, you aren't physically pushing as much air as a 1x12 or larger guitar cabinet, especially at lower volumes. My real amps were waaaaay louder than running my Kemper through my studio monitors like I do now. A 15 watt 1x12 tube amp will really move some air. So the feeling will be different, you need to kind of factor for that and get used to it.
If you play through the 6505 cabinet, you will probably want to turn off the cab on the Kemper (you can try it both ways, some people like it better with the cab on) because you don't need the cabinet emulation, because you are using a real one. If you play through your studio monitors and on your headphones, you may want to play with the 'purecab' control. That can help the sound coming from a full range system to sound more 'amp like'.
Good luck, I hope you keep it!
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@dallasclemyck Also, if you haven't already, check out the Mbritt rig pack free from Kemper: Kemper Mbritt rig pack. I haven't tried them, but they are free and you might find one you really like!
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Buy cheap ... buy twice!
Yep, I have a 2008 Macbook Pro 15" that I paid somewhere around $3000 for in 2008 brand new. It has been dropped from table height on it's corner and dented, been through 2 replacement batteries and gets used all the time, but still works. It is about 9 years old at this point. I've never had a computer last that long, plus, it still looks better than most new computers. I definitely got my moneys worth on that one!
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Yeah, I'd love to share anything I've learned. As long as you've looked and looked in the manual, most of the guys here aren't going to get irritated with questions.
And no, you aren't blindly missing it, they are kind of hidden due to the naming stuff. The Mbritt 65 Princeton I believe was in pack 1 (I got it when he first released it I think he renamed it subsequently, as I mentioned). I believe it is called 'Stubborn Prince' now. When I look at the profile pack 1 info sheet, I can't find it listed though, but it is included in the profile sound clips listing, so you may want to double check with Michael. He is really awesome and will respond to you directly via email about this stuff when you need legitimate help. He's really a great guy.
I think the Matchless BC6 mentioned is a Matchless SC30 B6 from Mbritt. That profile is also in pack 1 I believe, he calls is 'Out of Matches SC30'. It is a good one too. Pack one really has some nice stuff (they all do actually) I have pack 1, 2, and 3 and they are great. His demos do a good job of getting you the idea of what the sound will be.
Those /13 profiles are nice too, they are good for P&W stuff.
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I'd spend the money on the Kemper foot switch too. It looks really nice. Lots of people pay 'extra' for design + quality. Think Apple.
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Welcome to the forum! There are a lot of great guys here that will help you with any of your questions. The lack of tweaking is actually one of the main reasons I decided on Kemper over Axe. I could tell that without tweaking (at least on my end) the profiles sounded spot on. I am ok tweaking, but I'd really rather not. If you purchase a great profile from any of those guys you mentioned (I own lots of profiles from many of them and they are all great). They are basically pre-tweaked for you and you can just play. One of the things I love most about the Profiler. Glad to have you on board!
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After spending too many hours auditioning profiles in a live setting, my go to profile for P&W is currently the Matchless BC6 in MBritt's pack 1. I mainly use a tele. That being said, there's a number of excellent MBritt profiles that also work depending on the flavour you're after. The Princeton is one I use as well.
Yeah, I went through the profiles and tried to audition them live but my team didn't really want to stand around and do that! In the end I just did it mostly at home on my studio monitors and tried to get a feel for how it sounds at church vs. there and pretty much picked the Princeton and the Vox as working the best. I terms of our band, the Vox works really well I think. I may try the matchless, but those tend to get pretty bassy (unless I EQ them) for my Gretsch. It might be worth a try for playing with my Reverend Double Agent though. I do try to stick with the same amp for consistency's sake (and simplicity's sake) even when I switch guitars. Sometimes I just get bored and want a different sound, that's why I went from Princeton to Vox. I do like that Matchless BC6 though. He has a lot of great stuff to play in those packs.
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@timdabel Thanks a bunch mate! I'll try that Princeton. I found, in one of my MBritt packs, a Ceriatone SRV profile. It's got a nice presence, a nice cut, and it's got that SRV jangle (not an el84 jangle). Still finding my way, being a new user, but the learning curve is almost over I think haha. It wasn't that bad. Glad I read the manuals before actually getting it.
The P&W director at my church borrowed a Kemper this past week for recording, upon my advice. He's a tube purist. Got a text from him, and all it said was "you were right about the kemper." Last I heard, he's ordering 3 for the church. I look forward to being able to just bring a USB stick, remote and guitar on Sundays haha.No problem man. Yeah, the way I find profiles is I just step through profiles one by one and audition them. I went through every one of Mbritts profiles and tried them with my guitar til I found one that I liked. I was playing the '65 princeton profile (from pack 1 or 2 I can't remember, I think he renamed it to avoid potential copyright issues) and really liked that. I just decided to go Vox last year and have basically stuck with that.
As far as stuff for worship, since Michael plays country, the stuff he tends to profile is bang on for what we need, which is what I like. That is really awesome that your worship director bought 3 kempers too! Tube purist or not, the Kemper really sounds awesome. I haven't seem many people who hear the kemper say that it doesn't sound good. I was big on tubes before I got mine, but haven't looked back since, it is just so much easier to get consistent tone at a realistic volume.
I wish we had a budget for something like that for my other guitarist. He uses a POD HD500, which is ok, but I'd love him to have another kemper so I could just give him a profile and plug him in knowing he would sound awesome. Being able to show up to church with just a USB stick would be really awesome! I wish I had a second one for home and I could rack up on at church so I didn't have to bring it anywhere!
By the way, if you ever have any questions related to the Kemper and worship type stuff, I'd be happy to help. Just send me a message. I've been using it in that context for about 4 years, not that I'm any sort of expert, but you know, I have stumbled on things over the years. Glad you are enjoying yours!
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If you decided you wanted to try something different than a Vox AC30, what profiles would you use? I realize I am in the minority when it comes to P&W guitarists, who all seem to love the Vox sound, but I will say that I like other EL84 amps.
I'm a new user, I've purchased two MBritt Rig Packs (#2 & '69 Marshall) and I'm busy making performances for church sets.
Thinking I'll probably test out a few /13, Marshall, Z Wreck and Fender profiles for now.
I really liked the Fender 65 Princeton that Mbritt had in his 1st or second pack, it works really well in a worship context and isn't Voxy. You might try something like that, he has quite a few 60's Fenderish amps in his profile packs that you could try.
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I have an Output Level question. I typically use a couple Suhr Classic Antiquities into M Britt profiles, (Cal Texan, /13's, AC 15, Bogner Soul), Remote and Thru-Tone modded EB Jr. EX-S as Volume Pedal. (Great Pedal!!!)
I have been going direct with Left XLR to the board. (Using Westone AM Pro 30 IEM into ME-1 mixer similar to Avion as monitor) It seems as the Sound Board guys can't seem to get my levels right. This week I had to run the KPA Output Level at -20db plus push in the -12db soft button, so I guess I'm at -32db? Is that "too weak" to get a good guitar tone. What does everyone else do? Thanks
The Kemper seems to output a 'hot' signal. I use -20db or so. Otherwise it is way too hot for the inputs on our sound board. I would start there and tweak it with your sound team to find out what works best. Different levels for different sound boards. Your sound guys probably want something that gives them some room on the fader (i.e., the signal you send let's them set the gain on your channel so they can leave their fader around 0db, this way they have the most control over the signal). But, as stated above, this really is a question for a different thread.
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Thx a lot! Thats a good advice!Yes, of course im running a full pedalboard with Timeline, BigSky, OCD, MicroPOG, Walrus-Comp etc. in the Effektloop, but for smaller rehearsals i use only profiler+remote+dxr12.
Atm I´m testing the new delays and halls if maybe they can replace the strymon stuff.
So i need different performances with and without pedalboard at this time.
Hope to find the perfect profile for that!I sold my whole pedalboard to be able to get my profiler, so I was basically forced to use all the built in effects. I have been doing that since 2013 when I purchased it. The only thing it didn't do for awhile was the pitch shifted delays like the timeline does. But now with the new delay settings you can do even more with the profiler than I remember being able to with my timeline. I am confident you could get away with the profiler + remote + dxr12 all the time, it would just take some getting used to.
For effects I use a comp in slot A, pureboost in slot B, green scream in slot C, Rat in slot D, then I use a pure boost in slot X, a .8th delay in the MOD slot, an always on delay in the Delay slot and a reverb with a bit of decay in the Reverb slot. I use the morph to be able to change the parameters on the delay and reverb based on the different parts of the song, ie I have a performance setup with Intro/Verse/Chorus/Bridge/Swells. That way I can pretty much cover anything that needs to happen in a given song by going from one slot to another, then pressing the effects on/off on the remote to modify the sound further. I will also use a song specific performance if the song has something that my 'standard' performance doesn't have or if it needs to be a specific delay tempo, etc.
The one thing that you might not want to get rid of is the Bigsky - at least not right now. I'm sure that if Kemper does release a firmware update with new reverbs, they will be like the delays - which are stellar - and will compete with just about anything out there. The new delays are really awesome. The pitch crystals delay in their example settings is one that I use a lot for covering things that Droff from Hillsong does with tremolo picking, etc. (ie I the interlude part on 'What a Beautiful name where the reverb is turned all the way to 100%, I also use the pitch shifted delay and it sounds great). I believe he is using a timeline for that.
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Hi!
I´m searching for the best/good profiles for praise&worship sounds. did anybody have good an advice maybe from rigmanager?
I´m playing a Gretsch Powerjet and a Fender Strat and i´m looking for that typical sound from JC, Hillsong and Co.
I think AC30 and matchless is maybe the right direction and of course the most of you would point on mbritts profiles but...- which of his packs is maybe the right one... there are so many!
- And, can anybody recommend other choices?Thx!
I'd definitely recommend Mbritt, I use his exclusively in P&W. We play a lot of Bethel, Elevation Church, Hillsong, etc. I have been using his AC30 from profile pack 2 for everything. He calls it the Voice Ace30 6/TB. I took one of the profiles that had a little bit more gain and dialed it back a bit. It works great for that 'edge of breakup' sound everyone seems to want. I also was using a 65 Princeton from pack 1 but I don't think it is in there (I bought pack 1 way back when he first released it). There are a ton of profiles on the rig exchange that would work well though, the old standby Morgan AC20 is great as well, really sounds almost exactly like the real Morgan DAG15 I used to have before the Kemper. Bought the Kemper and I didn't need the amp anymore! Do you run a full pedalboard or do you use the built in effects from the Kemper? I also have his ACE30 pack which is a 65 Vox AC30. That one is a lot brighter and probably would probably work great with the Gretsch. I'd probably recommend profile pack 2 since I like that AC30 Top Boost. Since he primarily plays country, the tones are in a similar vein to what we would want in Praise and Worship. Hope you find what you are looking for!
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I'm among those that would like an all in one floor unit. Honestly, I don't see why they couldn't just do the whole kit and caboodle on the floor. They may even be able to make it less expensive than the remote/rack or remote/toaster combo because of it all being one unit. But of course, I am not Kemper and I don't manufacture the things. I just think it would be an awesome option!
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That would be truly ideal! Carry only a USB stick and get a backline Kemper! I hope that happens in the near future (for you guys that do that kind of work)!
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Same here. Had a WTF moment and then twiddled the brightness knob on the remote. All seems good now.
This has happened to me a couple of times (I think after FW updates, etc.). I think the knob on the remote for the screen is actually a digital pot and not an analog pot, ie the position of the physical knob doesn't necessarily correspond to the brightness of the screen. Other digital items use this type of knob. You might save a preset on a digital device, change presets, then turn the knob, then go back to the last preset, the knob position now will not correspond to the actual parameter, it will be the saved parameter. In the same way, I think the profiler might digitally save the screen contrast, and sometimes during an update, etc, it will be reset to it's default contrast. We then need to fiddle with the knob to get it back to the contrast it was at before. This is just a guess, but based on the behavior, and how it often throws people off (I think the assumption is that it is an analog knob) I bet that is actually what is happening. I only mention my theory because this seems to be very confusing behavior to a lot of us!
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Awesome, I may have to take a trip down to the store and pick it up!
