Posts by JedMckenna

Quote from pippopluto

Well, I sure as hell hope not!

Just because it's practical, and helps you remember what goes with what.

Recalling one preset from the device doesn't just take one click, you have to select the section of interest and scroll through the presets. If Stomps' are separated from Effects' you

• will have to repeat the procedure
• will have to recall which Effects preset would go with which Stomps preset in order to rebuild that specific "pedalboard".

As I wrote you can get the same result by saving a rig (maybe with no Stack section), then apply the Stack you intend. But IMO/IME this is a sub-optimal use of the concept of presets in the Profiler, which is very powerful although - again - quite poorly implemented IMO

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The workaround for this is quite easy. Just name your stack section preset in a similar way than your effect section preset so that you know the two go together. I get that the extra 3 seconds it takes for loading 2 preset strips instead of one are an inconvenience to some, but there are so many other things to improve and features to be implemented, is this really the hill we want to die on?

A hardware problem I've noticed and has been reported from many users are on the aging Kempers toasters, the encoders knobs on the face sometimes go out of control and start slowly increasing/decreasing at random the values of things on the front panel (ie master/ monitor volume, etc). Never seen it happen to the gain knob though and the performance swap you describe implies something else is happening, but make sure it's not just the first problem I describe.

I need to kind of twist those knobs up and down often before I play and pray they won't start randomly rotating during the rehearsal/gig.

Not possible

Fender is huge and could efficiently and successfully R&D their way through anything they want to focus on. With all the current modelers, the pulse has long been taken among the community so I wouldn't doubt this release could be something truly amazing that checks all the boxes.

However, the industry standard has already been established so I think it's too little too late for Fender (let alone the bad reputation they have at supporting their digital products). I think it would take something truly revolutionary for a new machine to take the top spots (ie. more than just a touch screen, bluetooth connection, cosmetic stuff, etc).

There is lots of awesome rigs that comes stock with the Kemper nowadays. If you just got your Kemper, I'd say explore those rig packs first for a few months and figure out which profiler is up your alley. Then check the Rig Exchange, unless you have very niche needs, you'll find everything you need without having to buy any commercial packs. I get the excitement and desire to splurge more upfront but by doing so you're just likely to end up with a bunch of packs that don't get used.

Not in your choices but the main mic I use for acoustic is an AKG C451. Neumanns are awesome too but quite $$$. I might be stating the obvious but I'd say the room acoustics, the mic placement and the guitar itself are probably more influential on the final result.

Depends on the material to record, but probably not.

Quote from breu

Yesssss

OH MY!!... We love you Bert! I didn't expect much from my lowly request but I'm so grateful it's been answered! Can't wait and sending you good vibes for the profiling sessions.

Hi Bert,

I was on an arena tour this summer and used your Bogner XTC pack a lot, most of my main sounds come from it now. Of course this amp is amazing in the first place (I had not used the XTC in that context before), but perhaps more importantly your profiling expertise makes them that much better. It was a surprise to me that even the few clean channel (green?) profiles often sounded more balanced and appropriate than most of my other clean amps profiles (Fender, etc). Prior to that, I had waited and hoped for 2-3 years that you would profile the XTC specifically so I am very grateful.

For very hi gain, I used profiles from your 5150 and Friedman pack. Those amps seemed to sit better in the thick mix EQ-wise than the Bogner red channel, but I was running out of time for experimenting with the red channel and dropping the 5150/Friedman in my Kemper pretty much at the last minute before rehearsals seemed to work quite well right off the bat. Anyway, just wanted to say thank you and good luck with your new IR pack.

If you need an idea for the future, I think a detailed profiling of a Soldano SLO (with liquid profiling in mind?) would be a hit. I use one of your earlier SLO profile for my lead sound because on recordings of live performances, it seems to cut through like no other amp frequency-wise.

Right now the differences between profiles of the same amp is pretty vast depending on where it comes from and amounts to so much more than just a different position of the amp's knobs. Liquid profiling won't magically make all the different profiles of the same amp able to achieve the same tone.

Profilers seems to be walking on eggshells a lot and are quite afraid to mention the name of companies... not sure it's even justified as I've yet to hear of one lawsuit that stemmed from this (but I might be wrong). It gets in the "wtf" territory quick (ie. from Guidorist: Vendra, Love 69, Sun - ??) The names alone are offputting. Then you have to change the name in the Kemper settings as those names that make no sense like Fuelz or CustOdian+ (Diezel, Custom Audio) usually appear on the patches themselves and in the details. A reference sheet is handy and all, but I kind of resent how dumb and borderline dystopian it feels to browse, navigate and get used to recognize profiles under weird made-up names and being unable or afraid to call an apple an apple for fear of being sued. Anyway, sorry for the rant, might just be in a bad mood.

Also concerning the topic at hand, some artists just don't overthink their rigs - simple as that. Premier Guitar try to switch the narrative to gear because that's what they sell and they cater to an audience of gear nerds but performing artists are primarily into making music and performing it. Many of these artists may just find that odd to obsess over these things; when they go home, they don't geek over true-bypass pedals and latency, they write songs and organize rehearsals and plan the flight details of the next gig. I work with a lot of artists that could benefit from a more sophisticated rig, but how significantly would it matter if they did? That's just not where their head is at and unless they purposely ask advice/opinion or voice a gear-related problem, I try not to bring the gear business/nerdiness on a gig.

Quote from RosboneMako

I am not very smart. But in writing my VST, I have some insight.

My personal Kemper does not sing like a tube amp. My old POD HD has a singing tone on one profile. That is why I constantly feel there is something wrong with MY Kemper.

My VST is centered around a generic distortion pedal. I have the signal go into a bandpass filter centered between 600 and 1400 Hz (700 Hz is typical). You can control the Q of the filter. This little "transistor" amp pedal model "sings". If I hit an A note (10th fret B string) it will slowly change the pitch up an octave as the string decays. I do not get this type of thing from the Kemper on any profile. Even ones I have made from the VST that sing. And the singing is the main reason why I bought the Kemper. Seeing Herman Li get great tone on his Twitch stream.

It could be a monitoring problem. Have you tried a Kabinet? or DI/Merged profiles with cab off through a real cab? Flat range sound will never quite sound like a tube amp.

Anyway, hats off to writing a VST, that's above most people's pay grade.

The remote switches are not particularly noisy. The specific remote you got probably sat unused for a long time and oxidation now make it feel rough. I would apply WD40 or some other lubricant and press them on and off several times.

I leave one of these adapters permanently in the headphone out. Saved me many times.

Quote from b_ryan

(...) I see Kemper being like Apple (...)

Oh my... wow, the stuff we read on here once in a while is entertaining. I invite you to learn a bit about Apple's business practices and then reassess.

Quote from JohnnyBee

Well, just want to mention that for more than 10 years they are not able to fix the error of the wrong blinking TAP button.

But we get Liquid Profiling.

"It's the simple thinks like when and where".

(Kid Rock)

Bro, good luck in the music biz if you're losing sleep over the accuracy of a tap tempo light...

Quote from ReinoutV

I saw all the video's about .009's being more resonant and everything. This gauge still feels like dental floss to me, what are your thoughts about lighter strings? SRV must have heard something torturing himself with .013's.

Personally I think it's not a matter of tone as much as a matter of stability and it depends a lot on your playing style imo. I used to use 10 for everything but then I listened to recordings of jazz duos I did and would often hear the chords going slightly out of tune. Even with a very light touch, the way you need to bend your fingers when playing harmony will make some notes have more pressure applied than others and no matter what, the strings will go slightly out of tune if the gauge is too light.

Ernie Ball or GHS Boomers 10-46.

11-52 on my 335 and Gretsch.

On my main guitar, I use those Ernie ball "M-Steel", they got a different thing going.

Elixir 12s on my acoustic.

Quote from Finally

Sure, but his looper is as important as his guitar for what he does. On the day, in the arena, they said his looper had an issue.

So his lack of insecurity and years of experience didn't help. The crowd didn't get a discount and he got his full pay. Is that what you mean about not being into redundancy? Like, "who cares - they've already paid."

Ed can carry a show with or without a looper. You think if the looper fails, he'd make the crowd wait 10 minutes to go get and set up his backup unit? He would just carry on with no looper, as any pro would do, get back to that looper in a different segment of the show once the techs have handled it, or probably not. I'm waiting to see the headlines about the hordes of raging fans asking for a refund and his career crashing down because his looper failed once.

Quote from Finally

If the headstock on his guitar broke, would you be happy as a paying customer if he just shrugged and did the rest of the show a capella?

His crew carry a bunch of spares and if they all broke down, a Martin rep would deliver one within half an hour. Maybe you're not familiar with the logistics of shows like this, or just try to be cynical to prove your point? I don't know his particular act but even if he sang acapella (or most likely with a kickass band backing him up), he would totally get away with it and barely no one would notice.

Meanwhile, the gear industry is pushing the narrative (to weekend warriors who gig once a month and least likely to need it) that their commitment and professionalism is questionable if they don't keep buying more stuff (now labelled as "back up"). Anyway, you do you but I have more chance of slamming a taxi door on my hand, my plane getting delayed, not getting the performance license on time, my drummer not showing up, etc - than having the Kemper or a guitar headstock explode mid gig and be left stranded on stage with no option.