Posts by grappagreen

  • Turns out, Michael Britt is just as awesome as his profiles

    I can echo this.


    Whilst I've never met Mike (I'm in the UK) I pretty much exclusively use his profiles and have his Xitone can being built for me.


    I mailed him with a couple of questions when I first got the KPA and he came back straight away and was really helpful..


    I've bought more profiles of his as time has gone on and will continue to do so.. They sound awesome in a live context so with a little tweaking to taste I just get on with it!


    Si

  • Signal Levels - Different Guitars

    Thanks again Michael.


    I'm trying to keep my clean sounds clean without having to resort to the trusty vol knob :)


    If I plug my LP into a clean(ish) sound then obviously it's way more gainy than it is with my Strat plugged in. There's no global way attenuate at the input on the KPA so I can either adjust the gain on the rig (as I would in an old school way but not possible with KPA as I'm changing patches), adjust my guitar vol to drive less or stick a stomp in front to attenuate the signal a little.


    Given the fact that I also need to adjust the amp itself I think I'll be configuring LP specific patches! I only need a few so no major shakes.


    Thanks,


    Si

  • Clean Sense - I am somewhat confused!

    Thanks guys - I appreciate the input.


    I suppose the responses sort of highlight my issue (which is one of understanding really!).


    What exactly is a 'clean profile'? I have profiles that are clean (ish) i.e. have lower gain settings but none that are 1 light lit on the gain control. I use Mike Britt's stuff mostly and the cleanest thing I have is about 3 lights lit on the gain control.


    To be honest I'm starting to feel through my experiments that Clean Sense has actually been designed to allow the gain knob on a rig to be user configured to fine tune the behaviour of the rig as the gain is changed (based on the guitar being used to drive the input).


    What I am saying here is that clean sense setting seems to be irrelevant if you are not going to adjust the gain knob by a great margin on any rig. A clean profile is a clean profile and hence you can use the rig volume to adjust the final level if it's not right. Clean Sense only matters if you intend to take a profile and wind the gain down or up by a reasonable degree. I tend not to as I find a rig that is in the 'ball park' and then work from there in relatively small degrees.


    It also suggests why the setting is also available per rig (and globally of course) as some rigs might behave differently as the gain knob is wound up and down. Maybe :)


    Perhaps I'm going mad :)


    Si

  • Signal Levels - Different Guitars

    Hi all,


    Be interested in how you are managing this?


    I'm running a Strat and also a pretty hot LP style guitar into the KPA and am just wanting to understand approaches to this.


    My initial thought was to have a clean boost stomp set to attenuate slightly but given that tonal changes may require adjustment to the stack settings I'm moving more towards saving rigs specifically optimised for each guitar type?


    Appreciate any insights..


    Regards,


    Si

  • Clean Sense - I am somewhat confused!

    Hi all,


    I'd done a load of reading on this and watched the official video but still don't get this 100% tbh. Distortion Sense is easy to understand on the other hand..


    I've basically taken the approach of running a high-gain profile with each of my guitars and then adjusted the clean sense to get the volume as close as I can when the gain knob is adjusted from max to min - I've then saved these as input presets for my guitars with whatever clean sense setting appears to give unity volume. I have to say this is a bit difficult however given the differing compression characteristics of clean/distorted signals..


    The thing I don't understand is what exactly is it doing? Is it simply increasing the input level of the guitar (post AD conversion) when the gain is rolled down downwards on the Kemper? Does the input change in proportion to the gain setting i.e. as I roll down gain from max to min is the input increased proportionally or does it kick in at a certain gain point?


    I've seen posts where people are stating they 'found a sweet spot for this' (based on tonal quality) but I can't hear any real difference in the tone of a stack irrespective of the clean sense setting - a stack rolled back to gain at the lowest level sounds the same to me irrespective of the clean sense setting (providing I adjust the rig volume to compensate for volume change at the output).


    Am I missing something here or am I paying the price for years of 4x12 abuse!


    Any insights appreciated..


    Regards,


    Si

  • Altos TS210

    Not one to give up I decided to spend some more time with this..


    Lifting it of the floor to decouple has really improved the original low end boominess and I've now got it on a amp stand with some foam insulation on the runners. A bit of tweaking on the monitor eq has also helped matters. Do wish there was a more fully featured eq on the output..


    I'm going to use it in the next gig so will feed back..


    Si

  • Altos TS210

    Just an update on this.


    Given that I do the odd gig without running my guitar through the PA I thought I'd have a go at using the Altos for backline to see if it was a viable solution. Sadly, whilst it is loud enough, at gig volume it's very boomy and not going to cut it.


    I'm going to have to go back to the trusty 2x12 for these types of gigs I feel..


    Regards,


    Si