Posts by tijlcarrein

Quote from Snicir

If you're using the merging feature like this formulation suggests (and I might be wrong), you probably get sub-par results. The merge feature is not supposed to be used for merging just any cabinet with any direct profile, but only for merging a studio profile and a direct profile of the exact same physical rig (profiled in succession). The purpose is to improve the accuracy of the amp-part and the cabinet-part of the studio profile, the result is then called a merged profile. If the direct profile and the studio profile come from the exact same physical rig, it makes sense that the KPA could find some finer details in the direct profile which it then implements also in the studio profile etc. If the direct and studio profiles are from two different physical rigs, the merging process will still operate on the assumption that they are from the same physical rig, meaning that any changes by the merging process are likely to decrease the accuracy of the sound.
Luckily, making a profile from separate amp- and cab-parts is encouraged and is even easier: just replace the cabinet-part of the profile by another cabinet preset, or replace the amplifier-part by another amplifier preset (such as a direct profile). I guess you could experiment with unorthodox merging and hope that it accidentally produces something good-sounding, but it's not in the spirit of the product (accurately replicating sounds of real amps).

Hope that helps..

PS. I agree there are many high quality sounds in the Cililab Mk5:25 pack!

Thanks for the insight! I never considered it that the new Profiling algorythm increased the precision/authenticity of the Studio Profile by using the the Direct Amp Profile. So far I haven't ventured into profiling myself and I was under the assumption that the Studio Profiling and the Direct Profiling were twoseperate/ independant procedures...

If I follow this train of thought, the Direct Amp profile will not increase in quality only the Studio Profile will so maybe I should use the matching cabs provided in the derived Studio Profiles...
But those Ownhammer IR's, man, so good!

I just finished my first outdoors gig with the Kemper yesterday. I ran the monitor out without cab simulation trough a Matrix GT1000FX poweramp into a Marshall 1960 Lead Cab boasting G12T75's for my stage sound. The profile I used was a CiliLab 'Mark 5:25 Crunch High' Direct Amp Profile which I merged with an Ownhammer 'California Duo' Mesa TRAD 4x12 H30/M25 Impulse Response to send to the FOH and monitors...

You wouldn't believe the sound I got on stage! Pure Chunk Heaven! My previous rig: a Mesa TriAxis into a Marshall EL34 50/50 into the same cabinet mic'ed with a 421: not to shabby on stage but the monitored sound and the FOH sound never sounded as nice as it did yesterday with the Kemper, this feedback coming from several fellow guitar players in the audience which have seen us play umpteen times...

Since we have our own PA system, the comparison was fair and square. I'm a very happy 'Kemper' indeed!
One more thing, my fellow guitarist plays on a Mesa Dual Rectifier Solo head into an oversized Mesa 4x12 boasting v30's. A bone crunching sound but the Kemper matched this with ease and then some...

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@tijlcarrein Hey where did you get your GCP Pro labels? I have seen a few but not those.

Hi there,

I made them myself. I couldn't find any I liked on the net.. so Photoshop to the rescue

I printed them on glossy paper, used a 'Fixing-spray' (to fix colors on drawings and the like) and used a Pritt stick to 'glue' them to the GCP... works a treat! I only need to use a damped cloth once removed to clean the glue remains if I want to replace/reorder them…

I initially made them for my Axe-FX Ultra, I will make some for the Kemper Layout to match the following layout:

• IA 1- 4: Tap-Tempo/Stomp B/C/D (omitting Stomp A in which I always use the Wah and use auto-engage with the pedal @ heel)
• IA 5-8: X/Mod/Delay and the ‘Magic’ button for morph or engage/disengage multiple stomps/effects (setting the Kemper to Omni you can send multiple cc’s e.g.: channel 1-cc17, channel 2-18,… with the GCP!)

I’m willing to share but they are crafted with love and I’m afraid someone will take them and try to get some money out of them… need to think on that... hope you understand...

Hmm, i don’t experience any lag... much faster than my axe fx ultra auto-engage...
I’m using the off @ heel position since my Mission pedal is the spring loaded one. It switches on/off like lightning... the sweep itself is very responsive... One thin i had to change was the thickness of the stereo wire for the trs connection: when using a thick wire, the sweep went from 0 to 108 only... with an irraticate sweep, using a thin electrical wire, the sweep went immediately from 0 to 127 and the sweep was very linear and smooth... I was about to send the Mission pedal back to Thomann but by sheer luck i was forced to use another cable (a mini stereo jack vable using adapters) and voila: problem solved.

Hi you all.

If anyone is interested, i've inluded a link to the SYX file for using the Kemper Profiling Amp in performance mode.
http://www.fixxxer.info/img/kemper/kemper_gcp.syx

Please feel free to use the formidable editor to adjust the syx-file to your liking.
https://gcproeditor.com/

Midi Channel is set to 1
I have setup 7 banks (bank 0 to bank 6) with 4 slots each and mapped the correct program change to match the 5 slots Kemper layout to the 4/10 button setup of the Ground Control Pro (the fifth Kemper slot is deactivated on the Kemper performance)

Each bank is:
- 1: Clean
- 2: Rhythm
- 3: Lead I
- 4: Lead II

Pedal 1 is active and mapped to CC 1 for wah (with the amazing auto-engage from Kemper).
Pedal 2 is active and mapped to CC 7 for volume

The instant acces buttons:

- IA 1: Kemper Tempo - CC30 - Momentary >> to allow the excellent beat scanner and correct tap-tempo for the Kemper)
- IA 2: Kemper Stomp D - CC20 - Latching
- IA 3: Kemper Stomp X - CC22 - Latching
- IA 4: Kemper Morphing - CC11 - Latching
- IA 5: Kemper Mod - CC24 - Latching
- IA 6: Kemper Delay (with tails) - CC27 - Latching
- IA 7: Kemper Stomp B - CC18 - Latching
- IA 8: Kemper Stomp C - CC19 - Latching

To enable the import to your GCP, you need to use Midi Mon and use the Send Syx function which will allow you to upload the attached syx file to your Kemper
http://www.fixxxer.info/img/kemper/MidiMonSetup.exe

Hope this is usefull for someone.
I do this because ot the excellent customer service provided by Voodoo Labs! ....and because i'm still saving for the Kemper remote

Kindest of Regards,
Tijl - Belgium

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I just bought the Mark V:25 profile pack.

Great Pack! Very good profiles and cabs!
The direct profiles in combo with my Matrix GT1000FX and Marshall 1960a with G12T-75's sound immense!

I hope he reworks the Mark IV pack with some direct profiles as well. I mainly use my KPA live and make my merged profiles with these direct profiles and Marshall 1960 IR's from Redwirez using Kemper Cabmaker.