Buy a baritone guitar and skip the transpose FX
( Benefit : no latency
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Cheers !
Good idea But my wife says I have already 8 to 10 guitars plus I don’t play drop tunings that much. But sometimes drop tunings sound more powerful in some songs, which have need to sound more aggressive. Keep rockin, man.
My buddy in our band had so many great tube amps, tons of custom Marshall’s, Vox, Fender, Victory etc. He did not like my kpa at first, but when I found the right combination of guitar and profile, he scrapped his tube amps and bought a kpa, too. He is all happy now, no more fiddling around with amps, pedals and mics. Everything is set up quickly at a gig and the sound is consistent at every gig. And some of these profiles sound like massive tube amps. You can’t distinguish between them. I find some tone absolutely unbelievable live and in the studio.
When re-amping that direct guitar channel, use the same 5 semitones drop FX stomp in whatever rig you wish to use .
Cheers !
That is a good idea, but what, if you want the clean signal to blend into the distorted, to give it more definition? You can’t use the recorded dry signal for that, but you would have to re-amp.
Hi there,
The link will lead you to a varienty of videos of well known classic rock songs we covered during a live gig. All guitars are Kemper.
Have a listen, let me know what you think.
Keep rocking
Hi there,
I was disappointed with the kpa at first too, because I was used to play through Marshalls. I thought that the kpa was never capable to achieve such a sound in a live set up.
I kept working with it. And boy was I wrong. It is all about finding the right profiles in combination with the right guitar. The kpa is very sensitive re pickups of the guitar. It really brings out the differences between different guitars. In the studio and on stage I love the kpa. On stage it provides a reliable consistent sound gig after gig. With professionally recorded profiles that thing sounds like the amp sounds we all admire. I play classic rock.
Here is an example. All guitars are kpa
Hi there,
I want to record a song with distorted guitars but also want to record the dry signal for re-amping. The problem is that I use transpose in the stomp section to drop the guitars by 5 semi-tones. I hooked up Main outs to the interface and the direct out to the interface like described in the manual. For the direct out I dialed in gtr analog. The problem this set up ignores the transpose effect in the stomp section and the direct out records the dry signal in regular tuning. Is there a solution to this, which I miss? Could not find anything in the manual.
Thx, keep rocking.
Well Done!
Thank you very much. It was a great experience.
sounds really good. Very nicely done
Thanks. It was an incredible stage, but to be playing without audience feels odd. The gig was streamed on YouTube.
What was your hardware: amps (saw a VOX), boxes? Profiles used?
I just played the profiler straight into the desk. Just had a monitor on stage. My buddy played his profiler stage straight into the desk, but had a vox cab as monitor on stage. I used a Michael Britt Fender Twin and Les Paul 2003 Standard with Burstbucker Pickups.
Hi there,
Amazing KPA sound on stage for classic rock hits. Listen to the Lenny Kravitz cover of Are you gonna go my way. Both guitars are played through the KPA. The guitars are one Gibson LP Custom 1978 and a Gibson LP Standard 2003. No pedals nothing, just pure KPA.
Keep on rockin
Ein „Neuinstallieren“ bringt nichts, denn entweder ist die Firmware korrekt installiert oder nicht, dann bootet wieder die zuletzt korrekt installierte.
Ich würde schauen, ob die Pedale auf Volume konfiguriert sind und ob daher eventuell das Verstummen/Tuner einschalten kommt.
Bzgl LOCK: wenn du LOCK hältst, dann zeigen die Tasten durch Leuchten an, was gelocked ist. Dann einfach draufdrücken, wo es leuchtet und schon ist es aus.
Ich nutze ein Mission Expression Pedal als Volumen Pedal. Lock probiere ich, Danke für den Tipp.
1) ist ein Midi oder sonstiges Pedal in Verwendung?
2) Lock Taster: Transpose als Effekt oder im Rig Menü?
3) je nach Methode noch einmal runterladen und neu versuchen
zu 1) Ja, ich habe ein Mission Expression Pedal angeschlossen. Das nutze ich als Volumenpedal. So ist es auch an das Remote-Floorboard angeschlossen.
zu 2) Lock Taster ist vorne als Effekt, da manche der Songs, die wir covern auf Eb gestimmt sind und so kann ich das dann ziemlich einfach üben.
zu 3) werde ich versuchen
Display MoreMoin!
Updatest du über den RM oder über einen USB-Stick? Ich würde beides mal ausprobieren.
Gut möglich, dass dann beide Fehler weg sind.
Andernfalls würde ich den KPA resetten und das letzte Backup aufspielen.
Als letzte Instanz dann einschicken
Ich drück die Daumen!
Gruß
Habe es zunächst über RM versucht und da kam dann die Fehlermeldung.
Hallo zusammen,
bisher war ich ganz happy mit dem KPA, doch jetzt zickt er.
1) Browse-Modus
Normalerweise nutze ich den KPA im Performance-Modus, doch wenn ich ihn in den Browse-Modus schalte, ist nach 10-15min das Ausgangssignal weg und der KPA springt dann auch manchmal in den Tuner. Keine Ahnung warum. Ist das ein bekanntes Problem......
2) Lock-Taster
Für den Transpose Effekt habe ich den Lock-Taster einmal gedrückt, seit dem kann ich ihn nicht mehr deaktivieren und das Ding leutet die ganze Zeit, geht einfach nicht mehr aus. 
3) Software-update
Vorgestern wollte ich den KPA updaten und die neue Firmware aufspielen, das ist leider in die Hose gegangen mit der Fehlermeldung, dass die bestehende Firmware corrupted sei.
Sind die ganzen Dinge Softwareprobleme, die nach einem Update verschwinden? Oder doch was ernstes?
Sonst macht das Teil bisher echt Spaß, spiele den jetzt über 1 Jahr.
Vielen Dank für Eure Hilfe.
Stefan
For me this is the only way to do it becuase as Ingolf its not about Db's etc, its about percieved sound. I have the same issue deciding on the amount of boost for a solo.
You should be able to get close and then refine at rehearsal...its not been unknown for me to change and save during a solo
Use a volume pedal for the solos
KPA sounds best through the PA, if that is not possible run it through a guitar cab with the cab sim off or use a small tube amp for a small venue.
KPA is a great tool for live shows and the studio. I did not like it first. Found the right combination of guitar and profile. I am lovin it. Sounds way better than my buddies tube amp on recordings and on stage.
I tested mine during rehearsal after putting together a few performances, which would fit the sound of a classic rock band. At the gig the sound was even better that during the rehearsals.
I always found a place to put it on stage. On the guitar cab, a piano on stage etc. No problem.
I use the unpowered KPA for live Gigs. I run that into a power amp and a Marshall speaker on stage. The Mains go straight to FOH. Sounds great, but I will change my rig to KPA and very good, but also expensive IEMs. The IEM will be hooked up to our X32 console. By using my mobile I can create my own monitor mix, which is great.
I also use the remote and a mission expression pedal as volume pedal to boost the volume for lead and solo parts. Works really great.
