Posts by PGM301

I'd recommend the big hairy profiles SLO 100 or the ADA pack for a tone in that region.

I'm having a weird issue that I have yet to resolve, I have changed headphones( HD280 pro to m50x)and my audio interface (Steinberg ur22 mk2 to Komplete Audio 6 mk2)so I do not think it's a problem directly related to that hardware. I am unable to turn the volume to a reasonable level on my interface with my Kemper running into it without my headphones distorting and becoming a thin, fizzy, buzzy mess. YouTube videos and other media work fine and can be played much louder with no artifacing at all so it's directly related to the Kemper into the inputs. I have tried the pad setting on the main outs and it doesn't help.

My setup is guitar to Kemper front in, main outs to input 1 and 2 on the interface, headphones into interface. The headphone jack on the Kemper is fine and sounds great at significantly higher volumes than the interface so I'm wondering if I need a headphone amp to allow the interface to properly push the headphones without distorting. I've tried various levels of gain on the interface ins and different profiles (and volume levels) on the Kemper to no avail and I'm kind of at a loss. Headphones themselves are only 30 ohm so I didn't think there would be an issue.

I'm currently using a Behringer UR22 MKII and while it works the sound quality is far inferior to the profiler's headphone out. What is a good mid-range interface that has sound quality closer to what the Kemper headphone out sounds like? I was looking at the Komplete Audio 6 but I'm not sure it would be any better.

Thanks!

not sure if this is the right place for this but does anyone use a Dimarzio X2N (in a mahogany guitar in particular)into a Kemper? Also thinking of putting a Dimarzio Tone Zone in the neck replacing the stock ibanez pickups. I assume I'll have to lower the dist sense a fair bit.

I think it's fixed for the time being. I uninstalled my drivers and daw, then did a clean install. Phasing issue is gone and it sounds *much* better.

Thank you everyone who helped!

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Check your cables. The icepick highs seem a cable is out of phase

I didn't know mono ts cables can go out of phase. What is a fix for this? I am getting the wavy chorus like effect that can happen.

I'm using reaper right now, guitar straight into input 1 on the interface. Reaper is setup to use a mono in from input 1 and stereo out back through the interface. I'm using a single cable to connect the kemper to the interface and I had it set to stereo out. I switched the master to mono out and it sounds somewhat better. It's not on par with the Kempr by any stretch but this might be the best it's capable of. Mix is full on daw otherwise I can't monitor other tracks when recording.

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USB? no audio cards?

I think you should get a good audio card first of all you know... And its not a question of using Spdf or not. Your problem is the lack of a decent audio card My humble opinion...

I'm not sure I'd even have enough room on my motherboard with how big my graphics card is. Shouldn't audio over usb be sufficient in most cases?

I'm running my interface via usb into my PC and using my sennheiser hd280 pro headphones to monitor via the ur22mkii headphone out. My only connection is using a guitar cable to run from the left main out on the kemper to the first input on the ur22mkii.

I'm currently using this interface and it sounds horrible. Low, muffled and icepick highs but the headphone out from the Kemper is fine. I'm using a ts cable from the main out into the first input on the ur22mkii. Has anyone gotten a decent headphone sound out of this unit?

Is this a limitation of the headphone amp on the interface and should I look at a new one or would an xlr cable improve the sound? This interface does not have spdif.

I'm going to have another swing at it tonight. Fixing the problem should be easier now that I know what I'm trying to fix.

I think what I'm hearing is actually fizz on top the mid highs. It sounds almost like audio clipping.

Hi all, I've owned my Kemper for about a week and am loving it so far. One minor issue I'm having is high gain tones cause a static-like digital distortion in my headphones (sennheiser hd280 pro 64 ohm). I've tried playing with the clean and dist sens and it helps somewhat but it's still there. Seems like it high frequency related, turning down the presence and treble lessen the problem but then I lose all definition and I get that "blanket over cab" sound. I play occasionally through my rectifier power amp section and I don't think the same issue is there. I tried a second set of headphones, a cheap pair of Kingston gaming headphones, and the problem is actually worse. The distortion isn't constant, just pops up occasionally on a few notes I play. Any idea what might be causing this to happen?

I'm having a very similar problem. I'm fairly certain it's power or earth grounding related, moving my kemper to another room clears the static significantly. My kemper is in the same outlet as my PC and 2 monitors. Any high gain profile causes what sounds like digital distortion/fuzz/static even though my dist and clean sense are at -12 and both my input and output lights are green. This is with headphones straight into the kemper headphone jack.