Posts by tnipe

Quote from jnapruitt

Very cool project! I'm listening now on Amazon Music. Well done and a pleasure to listen to.

Thanks for listening! I'm glad it's out on Amazon too.

Released an album today with a friend, a guitar/synth duo playing ambient/electronic music. Everything was recorded live in the studio with the Kemper and mostly improvised. Making good use of delays/reverbs.

Cool stuff man, great band you have there!

Do you know what speakers were used in the Dumble pack?

Never experienced this, since 2014.

Quote from christianbad

i worked a lot with both machines (Lexicon 224 and 480L), but i have no idea what you mean with "quirks and artifacts".

Reduced bandwidth, downsampling (Lexicon 224 was 12 bit?), old converters. I'm sure there are some resources out there on how early reverb technology differs from today's.

It would be cool to have an old school digital reverb inspired by the likes of Lexicon 224 or 480L with all the quirks and artefacts of digital reverbs at its infancy. There's a variety of plugins available that does these kinds of early reverbs really well, but it would be super cool to have an alternative in the KPA.

+1

Would be interesting to hear other experiences from comparing SPDIF to analog. Maybe I'll record some stuff and see if anyone can tell the difference.

Quote from ST

Hi tnipe.

Thanks for running the test. Which RME interface are you using?

RME Fireface UCX. Very happy with it.

Quote from Wheresthedug

+1

I definitely agree typing input would be a big advantage. In the meantime are you aware that if you hold the Shift key when using the mouse Rig Manager allows fine tuning control.

+1 and thanks for the tip.

I just ran my own test just to see what comes of it. Recorded something with both SPDIF and a pair of balanaced jacks. The noise floor is higher with analog, that was expected. Latency was about 1ms faster with analog than SPDIF. So the RME's converts are a tiny bit slower, but shouldn't be noticable. But in regards to sound I can't tell the difference between the two, at all.

Edit: I don't know what kind of SPDIF cable I have, but it's not a super cheap one.

Edit 2: Doing it again with fresh ears, I can tell the difference. Must have something to do with the preamps and the cable.

I've heard some say that different SPDIF cables matter? I thought SPDIF was supposed to sound the same no matter what cables you use, they're just transmitting 0's and 1's right?

Quote from Robman

The biggest benefit I see would be the ability to run multiple amps at once.

Me too.

The Kemper is a very well thought out device. As a user since 2014 I'm still super impressed with the sounds I can get out of this thing. The delays and reverbs will be hard to give up, they are to my ears on par with expensive studio hardware.

The QC gets the form factor right, and as mentioned the possibilty to run several amps at once. I have done this by reamping mulitple times with the Kemper up to this point. The UI is also interesting. I would really miss SPDIF functionality. I think that's a no brainer with a digital device.

QC seems impressive. Not sure if I can give up the delays and reverbs in the Kemper though. Maybe this will inspire some healthy competition in the amp modelling world.

Quote from Hoki Toki

Well done

Got a little Spyro Gyra vibe in song #2

DX7 and "Prophet 5"pad (?) is a good combo ( I got both. Originals, no plug ins )

Only complaint is the snare sound ..... But that´s me

Cheers !

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Almost all the synth is DX7. The snare is a Linndrum Would love to try an old Prophet 5 sometime, it's like my favorite synth I've never tried. The new ones are pretty cool too.

Quote from hafi19

Hi Torstein,

great stuff. Good sounding guitars and the good old DX7. Nice

Thank you!

Quote from ST

Hi, tnipe,

Just found this and I'm listening now and enjoying it immensely.

Thank you for sharing your music.

ST

Happy that you're enjoying it, thanks

Quote from MuddySludge

Well Played Sir

Thank you!

Quote from deadman42

Great stuff Torstein... very versatile and entertaining with all the different parts and the overall great vibe. Very nice 80s sounds in it. I like the keyboards quite a lot. Good old DX7 under them? Cool stuff, thanks for sharing

Thanks! It's an old DX7 that's currenly residing under my couch. Great synth