Hi,
I just updated Rig Manager to the latest version, as well as OS 8 to my Kemper. I rebooted my PC. When I launch Rig Manager, and the Kemper is connected with USB, Rig Manager doesn't see the Kemper any longer. I tried reconnecting to 3 different USB ports. Nothing works. Any ideas? Anyone else who has this problem with the last updates?
Cheers
If you like Ritchie Blackmore's sound from the era of Deep Purple Mark I, II, III, and of Rainbow's first two album, check out these profiles! They were made from a very rare Marshall Major amp.
More info here: More Black Pack - Flying Snowman Productions
Sound samples here: Soundcloud
and here: YouTube
This pack includes over 100 profiles (!) that try to simulate Ritchie Blackmore's sound during his years with Deep Purple (Mark II and III) and Rainbow. These are profiles of a very rare Marshall Major 200W Model 1967 amp from 1971-1972 in excellent condition. There were only 1200 copies made of this amp, and only a few are still in good condition, worldwide. The best is to play these rigs on a Strat, although many profiles also sound great on a Les Paul! This amp was also used by Mick Ronson and Stevie Ray Vaughan. These profiles sound the best on a FR speaker because the Scumback H55 speaker is an integral part of the unique sound.
The material that was used for making this pack, is the following:
- a very rare Marshall Major 200W Model 1967 amp from 1971-1972
- Good vintage tubes (preamp and power tubes)
- The Pigeon (Hornby-Skewes clone) treble booster to simulate sounds during the period of Deep Purple Mark II
- The BSM Studio 75 Treble Booster, which also incorporates a modus to emulate the AIWA and Top Boost sounds during the period of Deep Purple Mark III and the first two Rainbow albums
- The Rivera Rockcrusher to reduce the volume at speaker level
- A Scumback H55 30 Watt speaker
- Shure SM57 and SM81-LC microphones
You will not find this kind of profiles anywhere else because there are so little Majors left in good condition! I checked it out and couldn't find any, that's why I decided to profile it myself. Furthermore, it was really not an easy task to get the right ingredients to get Ritchie's sound... Every composant in the sound chain has to be the right one. It took me years of experimenting with amps (Vox, Marshall Vintage Modern, and the Major), treble boosters and speakers to obtain this.
These profiles were made with firmware 5.1. Your KPA must be using 5.1 or later to use these profiles.
"Note: All product names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Flying Snowman Productions. Product names are used solely for the purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Flying Snowman Production's sound profiling process. Use of these names does not imply any co-operation or endorsement. You are purchasing a license to use these profiles for your own personal and/or professional use but profiles are not for resale or for any other unlicensed distribution, free or compensated. The Flying Snowman Production profiles simply seek to re-create the sound of the stomp boxes and amplifiers listed and any use of brand names is strictly for comparison purposes."
Kemper Packs Testimonies:
Suseguitar from Kemper forum:
I had a chance to play one of the profiles (037508) yesterday in our rehearsal room, played my Strat with Quarterpounds 
- the solosound is just awesome, assertive, supporting and inspiring. Great work!
Ibot39 from Kemper forum:
After testing the profiles my conclusion is: The pack does exactly what the author is advertising. You get the Blackmore sound from the mentioned era. Humbuckers are possible, other 70s rock-sounds with a little tweaking. But the real soul of this pack is authentic Blackmore-tone! For this it was created with an ear for details and this is were the rigs shine! Thanks for the nice pictures that complement this special pack. I have to highlight the pdf that comes with the profiles offering very detailed information. Great!
Laker from Kemper forum:
These profiles are the real deal IMHO.
Riddlescott from Kemper Forum:
I like it the better the longer i play it. What i also appreciate is the tasty effects settings. Highly recommended for the real Marshall Bluesy Staccato Strat Sound.
raiellojr from Kemper forum:
I like the pack a lot...a little tweaking and I can get real close to your sound samples.
Laker from Kemper forum:
Blackmore Marshall Major profiles [Flying Snowman Prods] - Only the one amp a Marshall Major but it sounds like the real deal. These profiles are outstanding. Everything they make sounds great. What I really like about them is their sound samples sound just like what you download. IMHO a lot of other profilers do not sound the same.
Acolbourn from Kemper forum:
Thanks for the tips, just wanted to follow up for any else on the hunt for Frusciante tone. For profiles I tried flying snowman's more black pack listed above and they sound great!
Not sure if you're already doing this, don't want to teach you to suck eggs, here's what works for me. It seems I can only drag these files into an area under rigs - e.g Rigs >Local Library, or if you're hooked up to the profiler drag them straight into the profiler window which will then load them direct on to the profiler. Is this how you are doing it?
Thanks! I know now what I did wrong! I tried to import into the Rigs > Local Library in Rig Manager, a Reverb preset. I understand that doesn't work of course. My mistake!
Same problem here... Cannot import a kipr file into rig manager. We are 10 months later. Still not solution to this problem?
Display MoreThis is, as many have already noted, reminiscent of Mark Knopfler but I also hear more than a little of Chris Rea as well.
Great production!
May I ask what profiles you used for the guitars?
Cheers,
Mats N
Thank you Mats! Honestly, it's difficult to remember exactly because I recorded the guitars 2 months ago, and I didn't save the presets. I think I used my own pack (More Black) and changed the settings until I liked them. More importantly, I used my upgraded Mexican Strat with Classic 57 pickups. The solo was recorded in the middle stand between the bridge and the middle pickup. The rhythm guitar (Chris Isaak-like) was done with the neck pickup, using the tremolo bar to create the modulation, and a big hall reverb.
Great effort, Eric.
Lovely guitar tones and tasteful playing. Like Hans and Renaud, I too am reminded of Knopfler, and it's not just your vocals, but the vibe of the song and indeed your guitar playing.
Well done, mate!
Thank you Monkey Man! Your remarks are always supportive, really appreciate!
Hi Eric,
thanks for sharing, Great playing! Sounds a bit Knopflerish
Thank you!
Yeah , great prod with the backing vocals , and a good text, well done. The guitar tones reminds me Mark Knopfler.
Thank you Renaud!
Awesome Eric, well done. Great production and a lot of tasteful sounds in there. Very well put together and with that nice Johnny Cash vibe in the verses. I like that, thanks for sharing
And by the way great video as well with those dark backgrounds. Nice!
Thank you so much Deadman for your supporting words! Have a great weekend!
The new single of Eric Geurts has been released. It's called "I Still Believe in Miracles".
Miracles sometimes live in a small place: a fine song with a wonderfully compelling guitar threesome and a convincing story about a teenage mother who refuses to give up. About the power of faith, 'I Still Believe In Miracles', the new song by singer-songwriter Eric Geurts offers us sparkling guitar playing and inspired lyrics, and after listening to a song like this you know it will all work out fine 'if you believe in miracles'.
© 2020 Flying Snowman Records
℗ 2020 Flying Snowman Productions
Registered at PRO SABAM, Belgium.
Written, mixed and produced by Eric Geurts. Recorded by by Bert Van Daele and Eric Geurts @ The Flying Snowman Studio.
All vocals and other instruments by Eric Geurts, except bass by Evert Verhees, drums by Walter Mets, percussion by Frank Michiels and backing vocals by Marie-Ange Tchaï Teuwen and Madeleine Mbala.
More info:
https://orcd.co/ericgeurts-557
[verse 1]
She was a runaway teen
when her boyfriend left the city
Pregnant at sixteen
she had no time for self-pity
Working day and night
as a waitress in a bar
[verse 2]
It's hard to do things right
but she never blamed God
when the baby cried at night
She was thankful for what she got
And every night she prayed
"I still believe in miracles"
[chorus]
and I wonder how
she can make it on her own
but then she smiles and says:
"I'm not alone
He's always with me and you know?
I still believe in miracles"
[verse 3]
"Nothing is impossible"
is what the doctors said
"but chances are small,
your baby's health is so bad...
Nothing we can do
You need a miracle"
[chorus]
and I don't know why
she never seems to lose her mind
but then she smiles and says:
"I may be deaf or blind,
mute or cripple but you know?
I'll still believe in miracles"
[verse 4]
The last time that I saw her,
the same child by her side
She said she met a good guy
This time she got it right
She said: "Life's been good to me
I still believe in miracles"
[chorus]
and I don't know how
she made it through the years of pain
But then she smiles and says:
"I can't complain
He's always with me and you know?
I still believe in miracles"
"I still believe in miracles"
She just smiles and says
"I may be deaf or blind,
mute or cripple but you know?
I'll still believe in miracles"
I really enjoyed this!
Cheers,
Mats N
Thanks Mats!
The video is out now!
So-Floyd... but you pulled it off, man.
Well done, Eric!
thanks Monkey Man!
very nice tune with a great message. Your playing is spot on. Just awesome
thank you!
Very floyd-ish indeed. Cool to hear such an influence so good in your tune. Well done. And the end solo reminds me a lot of Comfortably Numb as performed by Roger Waters with Snowy White and Doyle Bramhall 3 playing kind of guitar duel. Actually meaning very interactive and interwoven. Cool thing, thanks for sharing Eric
Thanks deadman!
My new single, "Free Our Hearts", has been released today! All done with the Kemper. Let me know what you think of it...
Some 40 years ago Pink Floyd created a rock opera about a character named Pink and his spiritual isolation from society, figuratively referred to as 'The Wall'. 'Free Our Hearts', the new song by singer-songwriter Eric Geurts strives to bring down the walls of racism in our minds and hearts. We are afraid of the unknown (other cultures) and therefore build walls of prejudice to protect ourselves. The expansive and passionate guitar solo, à la David Gilmour, is both compelling and dynamic.
Black, red, white or yellow, the same blood flows through all our veins. 'Free Our Hearts' is born out of and immersed in the spirit of the age. Black Lives Matter. All Lives Matter.
More info: https://www.ericgeurts.be
Please follow me on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/1128642054?si=G6E8lUe4R4G7u9t2q7EPfQ
If you dig it and you want to support me, you can buy it here:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/id1524986924
Bandcamp: https://ericgeurts.bandcamp.com/track/free-our-hearts
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Free-Our-Hearts-Eric-Geurts/dp/B08DL57ZCP
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/track/149819771
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/album/162975452
TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J65msNW/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4URS7TXKhuawKHloewpxaQ
So sorry for the wrong tags. I looked up earlier versions of the pack and I had changed them all to bass, but something got messed up between me sending them to Steve for tweaking and such. My apologies. It is fixed now.
Thank you Michael.
Thanks for that. I thought I tried it but apparently, I didn't 
Works now.
But all of the rigs should be set to Bass and not to Guitar in the default pack when you buy it, since it's a Bass pack...
I've never used it, but in Browser mode, one of the view options is "Just Bass". Not sure if that would help.
That's my point. Some of the rigs (those indicated with "Guitar") will NOT show up when you select "Just Bass" in the browser options...
Create a subfolder for bass rigs and performances too. An easy solution.
I'm not talking about Rig Manager. That's easy. I'm talking about the Kemper. As far as I know, there's no way to make subfolders there...
