I had the stage bag briefly but the space was not enough for me ...
I mounted in a thomann line FBV flightcase with 2 mission pedals ... it's heavy but handles well due to the handle and everything keeps save
Remove the lid and i'm good to go !, happy with that decision !
Raf
Hi guys,
I have a few suggestions for the next firmware upgrade 
First of all, a thing that bothers me a bit is that when you are in tuner mode I always want to exit this by pressing a rig button ... this happens but only by going into morph mode ( I use rig button morph sometimes when my foot is ready to engage the wah, my second pedal, first one I use for pedal morph)
Can we just exit the tuner and not go into morph state 
Second thing, I love the fact that the clock was introduced for the stage's display, but the size of this clock is one line too big and cuts off a bit from the rest of the display ...
Sorry about bitching for this but make the size of the clocks screen a bit smaller :p
Last, a feature I requested as well before : Can we change the displays colour while in morphe state ? This would make it so easy to notice compared to the white morph button and the green ones above the rig buttons :p
Thanks for reading and considering these minor changes !
Raf
I've been using this cheap ass LEKATO WS-50 5.8GHz lately !
Never had an issue :o
Raf
Guys, I've been "struggling" with lead sounds, low volume clean sounds, not cutting through the mix ...
I tried a lot but for now it seems that my main reason for the heavier sounds was that my noise gate was set at 5 which was way to high ...
Am I crazy that by lowering that volume these issues vanished ? now at 2.2 or so ... noise gate in stomps as well with value of 2 ...
My profiles feel much more alive with a wider spectrum of sound ...
The clean seemed to be solved by putting the clean sense at 2.2 db, probably due to my soft pick attack ...
Does this makes sense
Raf
The clean I think I solved by increasing the clean sense, I have a pretty soft pick attack ... boosting 2.2 dB (humbuckers) seems to work (although I need to be gentle otherwise the output turns red.
Also I noticed that I had my noise gate in the input at 5 which also seems to squeez the juice out of the profiles ?
Raf
The poweramp boost was added on the Stage (and non-powered head/rack) after PowerKabinet's launch cause many complained about low dB problems.
So it's directly linked to the PowerKabinet (so to the Kone too) !
This is really astonishing you have not enough power to feed your speakers ; the SD is 2x700W
...
C.Kemper advised to crank the poweramp of the Kabinet to achieve the best headroom. Don't push it too far cause your speakers will meet matters...
I do the same now with my stage/BAM200/home made Kabinet. Push the gain/volume on the BAM and lower the stage's output...
I do have lots of power with the SD, more then ever needed ... What i'm wondering is that if the signal into the SD is hot, and the extra db's I add for leads will cause the input to reach it's limit ...
Regarding the powerampboost, this option is only visible while engaging the kone ... Same here is it always activated while not visible ?
Raf
ps : i'll try to test my full rig tomorrow with lowering the output (so input of the SD) and setting the master higher !
Not sure if that is an update or an old wording that hasn’t been updated. The Power Amp boost definitely did affect the Monitor Output on non powered versions. You obviously can’t turn the Power Amp On/Off on a non powered version so that line in the manual doesn’t make much sense. I’m not near my KPA at the moment but it’s easy enough to test. Just turn it up and down and see if it does anything.
I'm sitting in front of the stage right now, I noticed I had to activate kemper kone in order to see the powerampboost (which was set at 6 db). Does this mean that when the kone is not activated there's no boosting happening ?
Raf
V30 =100db sensitivity and K100 =99db so pretty efficient.
I really wonder if the pwr amp boost is set really high ... I'll keep you posted !
Thx
Raf
A couple of thongs come to mind;
What speakers are in each cabinet? A slightly more efficient speaker will give a very noticeable increase in volume. A slightly different EQ curve between speakers may create a higher/lower perceived volume.
Generally it is common to run the output from the KPA high and the receiving amp lower.
Is Poweramp Boost turned up on the KPA? Even though you don’t have an internal power amp the Monitor Output and Speaker Output on powered versions share the same signal path. Therefore, increasing Poweramp Boost on a non powered version still increases the output level at the monitor out.
Rather than mess with Boost Pedals after the Amp I would just increase Amp or Rig volume for the solo sounds. You should get a Vert noticeable increase in “push”.
I need to check the poweramp boost ... I did not realize it was also affecting non powered kempers ... imho if that's the case the option should be greyed out on on powered versons as well as the stage !
I have a V30 and a k-100 in the cab ...
Raf
i don´t have an issue with playing loud, for some reason I can´t get that extra push for leads ...
You have a Kemper Stage running from the monitor output into a Seymour Duncan Powerstage 700, what type of cabinet are you using and what cabinet is the player of the Friedman using?
I've only had the Powerstage 700 for a week and I don't play loud, others might chime in that are playing in a live band environment with one. My monitor out is set at -18db and with the volume on the Powerstage set at 10 o'clock its loud, at 12 o'clock I can't take it, but that's at home with a 112 cabinet loaded with a 200 watt speaker.
A zilla 2x12 super fatboy vertical ... the other one a 4x12 frog ...
I´ll try to use a lower db on the output to leave some Room for extra gaan on the input of the sd ...
Raf
Hi Gents,
I keep struggling with keeping up with a 100W friedman tube amp with my stage and SD powerstage 700.
My cleans dissapear and leads don't cut through and sound thin ... I tried a lot : playing with clean sense, using dedicated "cut the mix" presets, even tone junkies "hot like a knife" ... adding boost, raising rig volume, amp volume ...
What would be the n° setting ? I prev added pre boost but then the amp "saturated" and topped off ...
What do you typically do ... should I add a lead boost after the amp ?
Regarding the clean I want to be louder but then the output leds go into red !
What I also think is that when I use the monitor output I have this output pretty high, meaning I only have the poweramp at 9'o clock ... can it be that by boosting my rig into lead territory I hit the sealing of the SD ? So is is better to lower the output and "crank" the SD ?
Thanks
Raf
I also went from BAM200 to powerstage 700.
My main reason was that when I wanted to push some dB's for lead the BAM could not handle it and it hit the ceiling (the volume even dropped due to it's saturation). I need to keep up with a 100W tuba amp so I need a lot of headroom ... The SD can keep up with ease !
For "normal" loudness the BAM did fine, the SD's 700 W is a walk in the park. Also the input signal strenght is important, never knew (and still don't) have an idea how hot the input should be (the BAM did show the input signal with the colour of the LED, the SD does not I suppose)
Raf
PS : in a recent rig rundown from Dave Mustaine they aslo have the powerstage 700's in their racks to power some onstage cabinets (besides the in-ears)
the volumes are matched, but still ...
Anyway I cranked the spdif out as well ... maybe xlr or jack out will get a hotter signalen fed into the interface and will get the sound Come alive again? Checken all other things such as eq´s cuts etc...
Raf
Same here I love the headphone out of the kemper ... same profile even with SPDIF at 96 kHz to my Focusrite 8i6 and its headphone output, not nearly as clear as the kempers 
Let's be fair, after all these years Kemper has given us a marvelous product ...
We are all so happy we don't even complain that it has been ages since the last update (not just bug but new features, delays and drives)
We don't scream for updates so that means a lot !
Raf
ps : 100% sure they are working on a new kid on the block ...
I've been doing the same for many years. First the Line 6 FBV cases housed the Kemper Remote, but now the Stage.
It was due to your suggestion that I went this route ... I was afraid it would be to heavy but it handles very well so no issues at all ...
Raf
Hi guys, I was wondering which model is the "oldest" Ipad tablet that can run the RM software ? I guess it should be above ios12 ?
Also will this be a problem for future upgrades regarding compability to this ios version ?
Looking the buy a cheaper older model !
thx
Raf
I used a Thomann Thon case that was made for the line 6 FBV controller. Fits perfect for Stage and 2 missions ...
Its on the heavy side, but due to the handle easy to carry and sturdy as hell
To be honest for a rack or head user I can’t see any benefit UNLESS it can be viewed on the remote. Most of use don’t turn round on stage and turn our backs to the audience (except Ritchie Balcakmore and Miles Davis 🤣) to see what rig we are using. I am fairly sure the Remote screen can’t physically handle colours but it would be nice to be wrong on that.
For Stage users I can see some attraction though. It certainly wouldn’t be a deal breaker for me but would be kind of cool to have available.
I have a stage ... too bad the colours of the remote can't be changed ...
Raf
