You are not alone in your request for a Kemper Mini. I had a very active thread a few weeks ago on this exact subject.
I believe the price point needs to be sub $1000.00 so it can compete with the Fractal and Line 6 small offerings.
I don't think that the lack of this product makes Kemper lose customers, but I believe that having a Mini would greatly increase the number of customers due to the form factor and price point.
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There have been numerous requests for something smaller and I respectfully understand the benefits and desires to have such a thing.
There never seems to be any suggestion that this is being considered though, and again I understand why.
If Kemper brought out a smaller version, what would it be priced at? Because when you pay £1200 for a Kemper Floor, it didn't cost anywhere near that to build. You're not paying for the cost of the components plus labour. Making it smaller and maybe losing the ability to profile would use slightly less components, a few footswitches and XLR sockets less but it would need extra investment in a product line and infrastructure. It would also possible lead to people selling off their Profilers, who like me have made great use of all the free profiles made by other but never returned the favour. That might then upset those contributing to RigManager, knowing that people can now access what they've shared without paying the same price for the privilege.
To be clear, the Virus synth funded the creation of the Kemper. The money from the sales of Kempers pays the wages, the pensions, the mortgage of the company but also the R&D for their next project, whether that is a Kemper 2 or something completely unrelated to guitar. Kemper have rewarded the early purchasers with stability and second hand prices. I doubt they will change their practices any time soon.
But if Kemper doesn't make this one, they risk losing some of their customers. Already, many users i know are changing the Kemper to Neural Cortex because of its size. I dont like Cortex, i think that kemper sounds better, but...
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Hey guys, i thing that you are not concert musicians! So, if you play only at your house on the couch , you dont understand me. I have been using Kemper since 2014, Im professional concert musician and Im understand , what im writing here and its not funny at all!
Have a good day!
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Hello dear Kemper engineers! Can you make Kemper stage size and weight like Quad Cortex ?
I like Kemper sound much more, i thing its the best digital guitar sound, but its very hard weight аnd size. Can you make size , that i can put it in my guitar bag??? May be i can pay for that?? I thing that all of Kemper users thinking about it...! Why you make it so big?...
