Why shouldn't it?
It wasn't part of the deal when you bought your Kemper!
Because the expectation is that in 2015, and amp modelers should have a software editor. It's standard in all products right now, The fact that they didn't have it when I bought it was just a decision I made weighing the pros and cons, but for $2500 it should have ben part of the product, like my $200 Zoom pedal is. And I still want it.
Now imagine if you had an Editor, you could use your mouse to click the "Cabinets OFF" box on your PC screen.
YEAH!! 
Would it be something that you'd be willing to pay for?
We shouldn't have to, but I would.
Very dumb question that I'm confused on. I'm playing through a guitar cabinet so I want to turn my cabinets OFF on the Kemper for the monitor out. When I hit the soft switch for the "Mon Cab Off" I don't know if it being a dark color state means off or if light color state means off, since the text don't change. Which is it? The dark seems way more "fizzy" then the light state, but the light state loses it's sparkle. Not sure which I like better - maybe somewhere in between. But either way I'd like to know.
Tony
Those do sound awesome!
I care in the sense that modern hardware has to be supported by modern software, especially at a premium price.
So someone point me to the best commercial rigs to get a late 70s / 80s classic metal sound, ala Priest & Maiden. I guess I'm looking for a heavy JCM800 or the like. The Marshall Kemper rigs are fair but not great. I'm looking for a lot of clarity and projection at high gain but with power. It needs to be a merged rig because I'm playing through a cab and it sounds like 100 times better.
Display MoreWell, it was not promised nor announced when you bought the Profiler. You knew what you were about to buy, didn't you?
Anyway, I've not tried all the devices you list, but I've never used one which was easier to tweak than the Profiler.
As a side note, what other units have got or do is not a valid point of comparison. For example, many modellers allow to use more than an instance of delay, but I'd never swap my Profiler with one of those.
My general approach to gear is: carefully check whether your potential buy will deliver everything you need or want, and decide accordingly.
Yes, I did know it didn't have an editor when I bought it, and it was one of the PRIMARY reason I waited so long to buy it. The only reason I finally DID buy it is because it dropped in price PLUS I was able to get a 20% off deal from Musician's Friend on top of that (which buy the way I'm SHOCKED that the coupon actually worked). I do lover the Kemper and it' not that difficult to program from the front panel, but the scrolling through menu pages and preset lists gets REALLY old REALLY fast. I'm sorry but for $2000 this thing needs a software editor. They need to invest in someone who can do that for that premium price they are expecting you to pay. It's 2015 for Christ sake.
Other modelers are certainly a valid point of comparison. They are in fact the EXACT point of comparison. Axe FX is a direct competitor with an awesome software editor.
Uh...no, not really. If this was an Axe-Fx, now that would be unfathomable
Anyway, it took years to Fractal to have one working. It takes time, and when your man power is busy doing something, you can't do another thing at the same time, unless you double deadlines.
Priorities, and serious and reliable work. This is how I look at it.
When you can't get done what you need to get done and your customers are universally requesting it and all of your competition has it, that's when you HIRE someone.
I mean, every SINGLE piece of multi-effects hardware I own or have seen at MUCH MUCH cheaper price with SIMILAR complexity has a software editor. That includes by $150 G3 Zoom pedal, all my under $300 OLD AND NEW Line 6 POD pedals, Digitech, Vox, some modeling amps, etc, etc etc. I paid $2,500 for a powered Kemper and a software editor is nowhere near being even mentioned. It is to me also, unfathomable.
+Infinity!!
This may be a dumb question , but if I want to limit the output of the Kemper powered monitor out volume to 30 watts into 8 ohms, is there an actual monitor out value that represents the 30 watts? The actual numeric meter on the Monitor Out volume goes from 1.0 to 10.0 with a single digit decimal precision. The Powered Kemper puts out 600 watts into 8 ohms, which I assume is at 10.0. If it were a linear calculation, that would mean that 30 watts would be at 0.5 on the output volume meter. Now I know it's NOT linear, but is there actually some way to calculate this?
OK got it. I'm just used to setting input levels on the inputs of ALL of my digital devices. It seems that you should have close to clipping volume on input to reduce the noise floor and to make the signal as hot as possible without digital distortion..
Thanks to all - but my question is NOT how to set the clean sensitivity vs distorted sounds. I read the manual and I do understand that.
My question is this - my guitar input has a level that's feeding into the input of the Kemper. Independent of the relative loudness of clean vs distorted, the input signal itself can be louder or softer and I usually set that level on most amp modelers to be as hot as possible without clipping. I don't see a way to do that to the OVERALL input level. My Input LED light is green and I want to raise that level until it is yellow then pull back a litle. Again the OVERALL input level - NOT the relative volume of clean to distorted tones. Is there something that controls that?
I'm confused about the setting of input sensitivity. On most devices, I usually set my input sensitivity hot (right before clipping on my hardest pick attack) and leave it there for cleans and distortion as this sets sensitivity as an absolute relative to the input NOT the patch.. On the Kemper, you can set clean sensitivity and distortion sensitivity separately which seems to reference the PATCH (rig) being played, but I don't understand how this relates to your OVERALL input sensitivity as an absolute.
What am I missing? Should I turn up clean sensitivity to the point where I'm yellow and turn it slightly down? Does that control OVERALL input level?
I was just thinking along these same lines. I have a Hughes & Ketner 10" guitar cabinet that weight 14.5 pounds with the speaker and 11 pounds without. I was thinking about sticking a FR Eminence Beta-10CX 10" Coaxial Driver that weights 7.3 pounds to have the whole thing come in at under 19 pounds. I assume you guys are saying that this will NOT sound like a FR speaker?
Thanks - but despite FORMAT, does this mean that the new ones still SOUND exactly like the old ones, such that I can delete the old ones? Is there any benefit to KEEPING the old ones?
New ones = merged profiles
Old ones = studio profiles
Delete the ones with the earlier timestamp.
Are you sure? The new ones don't say that they are "merged" profiles though in their tag like the other merged profiles do. If they are in fact merged, I assume there is some sonic differences between the two - correct?
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Yes, this is normal.
New timestamp for the new factory profiles = you get duplicates.[/quote]
Are the identical rigs though? Can I delete all the duplicates?
Apart from the 50 new ones, all factory rigs have been merged for 3.0, so there are two versions now, old unmeged and new merged versions. Therefore the doubles i guess.
Is this what other people are seeing as well?
