Posts by karlic

Mostly I am using both drop C# and Eb. When I use a hard-tail guitar, the pitch-key gizmo is brilliant to go between the two.

It's amazing how loud you have to go before the acoustic sound of the guitar is not noticeable.

Snark SN-8 works well on stage whilst others are playing. I have it on the headstock of an Ibanez RGA. I heard good things about the Polytune too.

Quote from greenblob

I had 2 Kempers for several months. My first was a "Toaster" KPA that I initially just bought for home recording, but then like it so much I wanted to use one with the band, so after biting the financial bullet, picked up a rack KPA as well thinking it would be a more robust setup for constant live gigs. For me it was the right call.

After a few months it was obvious the rack KPA (in a shallow SKB Roto case) was a better fit for me all round. Even in the rack, it is light, easy to throw in vehicles etc, and really no hassle to move around at all. Overall was just more convenient for me in every way. I sold the toaster and now just take the rack one home when I need it. Keeping both seemed totally pointless.

I never did try running both at one in Stereo though. Shamefully.... that setup never even occurred to me Would have been fun to screw with!

Yes, I have the rack in a shallow SKB 3u and it can even go as hand luggage on the plane. Initially I was going to get a toaster for this, but it isn’t really that much smaller and even weighs a little more than the rack.

There is a lot of space inside the rack unit, so I guess the 3u thing is all about the user interface.

I would have thought this was a relatively easy one to implement and very useful with in ear monitoring sometimes sounding fizzy. Probably it is a question of priorities with other requests and what Kemper want to do themselves.

I think they said it was being worked on. Kemper always seem to put features that contribute to the sound and tone first thought, which is the way it should be.

Although I could probably make use of an editor occasionally, ask me if I prefer that or the new reverbs, or maybe a Mimiq type effect and it is an easy decision.

This is a fantastic position to be in. Sadly I am always tempted to think there could be a slightly better sound around the corner. I guess it is part of the fun with the Kemper.

It’s a long time since I remembered to compare the Kemper to valve amps. I think of it as an amp in its own right and prefer a flexible, reliable rig that sounds the same each time it is plugged in.

The 99% thing is very misleading, because my 6505 sounds more than 5% different each time I mic it up

If you are getting program changes from a DAW, then it is fairly easy to just write a new rig for each delay change. I have something like 100 rigs for live use and it is a reliable way to get not just the delay time, but a feedback that suits the part too.

It is worth having some basic sounds in the first few rigs in case midi fails.

Either way, once you have the scale set up you can forget it and save the rig. Probably there are better things to spend time on at this stage.

You can see from the editor issue that Kemper always prioritise updates that make a difference to tone and sound first and that gets my vote.

Quote from Locrain

I think anyone who has been in a studio, and has used a Kemper, understands that writing down some preset settings would be very easy to do in a very short amount of time. To say otherwise is hilarious. If you were REALLY busy, you have to find the time, which would mean it's a priority...and clearly this is not.

what about just taking a couple of pictures with the settings? That would be 30 seconds and keep people quiet:-)

Quote from ashtweth

Yep dont forget Nicko's EQ video that he did, it's very helpful.

Ash

I thought the mkIV pack had eq with low pass enabled on the rigs? You could just disable that to get more bite in the sound if needed.

I think there was an update (not talking about moving it to the rig section) that reduced the latency since the above comments.

Can't wait to hear the Diezel rigs one by one.

For the price, the Snark SN-8 has been unbeatable for me. It still tunes a standard electric in a noisy stage environment when others are playing. I have had a few headstock tuners, but this is easily the best so far. You never have to think about muting the amp either.

With the high gain sounds I have for rhythm I notice a change in the sound at somewhere between 350-400hz. It may just be the individual profile, but it needs attenuation on an eq.

Any improvement that comes down the line will be welcome, but these minor issues will not stop me using it. I would be carrying 4 guitars instead of 2 without it.

I'm using it in a gig situation with in-ears, so not hearing the real guitar. Mostly it is high gain and solos with delay, so just as MOCMunkeh describes. You get used to the latency in those cases, but a few exposed clean sections are always testy when trying to stay in time!

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I think with a little tweaking of the EQ you could take some of the harshness out of that "robotic" sound out, ive not really used it with a clean tone so i couldn't really comment.
I have played around with the smooth chords parameter and it didn't seem to make much of a difference on the latency? I'd imagine it does add some latency as your adding something else for the processor to do but if it did , it wasn't noticeable.

There is no problem with the tone on the clean sound. It is just that the delay is more apparent because you clearly hear the pick of each note.

Playing live, I use the transpose effect for 3 songs and it is really not bad in tone considering what you are achieving. Of course I would like faster tracking, as clean sounds are quite difficult to play when the transient is so clear.

One question I have is does the smooth chords introduce any further latency?

Quote from drog

Really? My guitar is most important to me, I feel uncomfortable playing someone else’s. For an amp I can play anything. Heck give me a Fender Mustang 1 and I can get a decent sound.

If you are playing a guitar like that I understand. I use mainly Ibanez though and never got attached to any particular instrument. They are quite consistent, so it wouldn't be the end of the world to replace one.

For the Kemper I use specific effects and some transpose settings during a show, so just plugging into whatever Mesa or Peavey provided would be more of a problem.