One more thing, if I store the faulty sounding rig, unlock the cab and load the rig, it sounds just like it should be. So the sound anomalities don't get stored to the rig.
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I am not sure what is Full Reset, but I tried the Reset Corrupt Rig, Reset Corrupted System Settings, Flash Memory Erase/Update without success.
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Mine is 3.2.1.11625. It seems to be the latest.
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To make things clear, my problem is as follows:
I have two DI profiles, Rectifier CH3 Modern and Rectifier CH3 Vintage. If I choose the Modern and load a Merged cabinet profile Mesa OS, it sounds like it should. When I do the same thing with the Vintage and load the same cabinet it also sounds like it should.
But when I choose the Modern and the Mesa OS cab and then lock the cab and then change the amp profile to the Vintage, it still sounds like the Modern. The same thing happens the other way around: if I first choose the Vintage and lock the cabinet and then switch to Modern, it still sounds like the Vintage.
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Hello together,
Im from Germany and for like two month now I'm the proud owner of a KPA Power Rack. And of course it is incredibly great!
I've already profiled my Real Amp (ENGL PB II) and discovered things to improve in sound on my real amp after analyzinbg the profile. So far so good.
I've only made DI-Profiles, because our rehearsal room doesn't really have the acoustics for an Studio Profile. Anyway, that's where I noticed something:Of course I need to add a cab. There are plenty to chose from, so I did. Now something is strange. When I load the cab in the profile it sounds exactly as it should (of course, because I tweaked the sound that way).
I made a preset of that cab. If I load this into an other profile it sounds good as well. When I now lock that cab here and recall the profile mentioned before it sounds totally different.I searched in the forum and found no topic which would explain this. Is there someone who had discovered this? (Frankly I can't believe nobody noticed this before)
Thank you for your help!
I have the exact same problem. Locking cabinet and browsing through rigs doesn't work as it should.
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I did a lot of merged profiles lately and they sound exactly like the studio ones. I refine the studio profile but not the DI profile.
Have you found that you get better results with not refining the DI profile? What DI box are you using? P.s. I just bought your Cablab package.
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I think Pure Cab is a nice addition, but personnally I still struggle to find tones I like with my FRFR (studio monitors or speakers).
With a guitar cab, I find that pretty much any profile will sound good, meaning like a real tube amp next to me.
My favorite rigs before pure cab were those were the mic trace was the least present. So Pure Cab didn't change much for these rigs.
Now with the many commercial offerings, it's easier to find tones I like with my frfr, but otherwise I think many studio profiles sound really bad, even with pure cab. Maybe they need a specific mix to shine. Again, I don't have this problem with a real guitar cab.@ckemper On a side note, many commercial vendors won't sell Merged profiles, because they say Studio profiles sound better. Are they doing something wrong? (I haven't tried myself) I'd love to have your opinion, CK!
Thanks
MattOn the subject of merged profiles: I have made a couple of merged profiles with the Kemper DI box and I have to admit that the studio profiles seem to be a little bit "better". All the profiles I have made, I have refined the profile. In order to make a merged profile, you have to refine both the studio and the DI profile. I wonder could the differences when refining twice be the reason for the differences in studio and merged profiles?
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Hmm... Everyone should have received an email from me a couple weeks ago. The email addresses I have are usually the one associated with your paypal account. Some folks don't use that address very often.
If you can send an email to [email protected] with your receipt for the purchase, I'll send you the fixed profiles.
Sorry again for the issue.
-Jimi
I was just about to write but then I noticed that the pack was in my Paypal -email.
Thank you for correcting those merged profiles!
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Right, and if you additionally fall into the Fletcher- Munson trap you're lost.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher–Munson_curvesYes, more bass and treble equals less mids.
When playing with a traditional guitar amp and cab, a guitarist usually dials a tone that sounds good to his ears (or to his ankles in many cases...) and be done with it. When playing with modellers or KPA straigh to the mixer, with sounds that include the whole sound chain, the guitarist has to take double duties of both the guitarist and the sound man, at least to a some extend. For example, now the guitarist has to be more aware what frequencies make the guitar cut through the mix. Unfortunately in many cases the biggest sound with lots of bass and treble gets washed away once the whole band is playing.
Of course these problems existed with the traditional amps also. I have been in situations where I have been totally run over with the other guitarist playing a small combo, when I've had a 100w amp with a closed back 4x12.
I would suggest the guys in this thread that have problems with cutting through to try for example the free m britt 5153 merged profiles (I suppose you are using your traditional guitar cabs). Those profiles and m britt profiles in general have plenty of mids. For leads, you can put the graphic eq in the x slot and boost the 1250 Hz and the frequencies below and/or above it 2-3dB, according to taste. If you still can't hear yourselves, the problem might lie somewhere else.
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Many of the profiles are quite scooped already and if you happen to scoop them even more, the guitar disappears almost completely.
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Does the MkV pack include also direct profiles?
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I use feed trough panel because of the fragile connector. Definitely would be cool to see a locking connector in the next version.
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Sounds very good.
My quess:High gain, real amp first.
Medium gain, Kemper first.Judging by the bass response. Also, the first part of high gain and the latter part of medium gain (which according to my quess, are the real amp) are a little bit louder. At least they seem to be. That might be also one reason they sound better.
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I set the clock on mine when I bought it, almost exactly three years ago. You all have me curious now - I will look tonight, to see if it is still on time.
I can hardly wait.
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I don't know when this problem with the clock has started, I've owned KPA only since last may. The first time I wrote about it was October 14th.
[Hidden Feature] Display time on Remote's screenI remember noticing the problem some time earlier. I have to say that I can't remember if the clock was working properly with the FW that my KPA came with.
And you are right, I should have opened a ticket as soon as I noticed the problem.
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Sorry, but I can't agree with what you've written. Since a few years the Kemper team is providing one FW upgrade after the other. So there's a lot of constant improvement.
I have had my KPA since May and since then there has been two or three (please correct me if I'm wrong) FW updates but the problems with the clock still remain. I don't know anything about programming but is it so hard to make the clock no lose time?
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I apologize in advance the negative flavour of this comment, but his is one of those things that make me think that do those guys at Kemper even care? Also the slowness in making the revisions people are asking (for example editor, certain effects) and many bugs in each firmware, is making me think what is going on in the headquarters. Is it that because the KPAs are already selling off the hook so there is no need to put more effort to improve the product?
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Mine is also going slow. Please keep us informed when you get an answer from the support.
