Posts by Yoda Guitar

the output menu in the rig manager is very confusing apart from the fact that it can hardly be used because it shows too many elements on one page (when scrolling the page with the mouse wheel I have again accidentally changed several knobs),

I don't really know which setting to which outputs belong. E.g. you can find the Phones Volume at Direct out, or in the line Kemper Kone "Monitor Volume / Cabinet off / Stereo" again. If you had placed the line Kemper Kone on the monitor where it belongs, you could have saved space. The whole thing doesn't seem really well thought out.

Please reorder this and use some tabs to separate functionality and outputs.

Quote from paults

A single button momentary foot switch would not be an expensive purchase.

How long of a volume swell do you need? Can you do it with the volume control of your guitar as you play the part?

Exactly what i wrote in post no9: A simple Sustain Pedal or momentary switch will do the job.

Quote from fredefup12

Thank you for the advice. And I LOVE my midi MOOSE pedal (not mouse). It's definitely not cheaply made and it fits right in my kemper bag with my rack profiler. I don't want any extra pedals as I want to keep it as simple as possible for live use. But if you got any ideas, other than buying things, I'm open

Sorry, also the "midi moose" can only send program changes (PC) but you need continues controller CC commands to "Controll" a midi paramter. This is not Kemper specific it's a MIDI standard definition. PC for changing Programs CC for Changing Paramter. Your Controler is not able to do that, this controller is also not able to switch a an FX or controll any parameter of an FX. You can only switch between Sound Slots.
Sorry for you.

Quote from fredefup12

I'm sorry, but I don't want to buy a new footcontroller for 1 volume fade in. Isn't there some kind of effect or pedal you can put on a preset, so when you press the footswitch for the preset it just fades in?

I've read the midi mouse manual, sorry to say, but this is the cheapest midi controller I've ever seen. no programming no setup only program change from 0 to 127. And that for a price of $ 100.

Every Chinese device is better there.

You can buy a cheap keyboard sustain pedal for $10 to $20 and connect it to the expression port of the Kemper, in the system menu you can then program the expression port to morph.
I advise you to sell this midi controller, any cheap "midi commander" on aliexpress is better.

Maybe it's a "popular local band" but the organization is not very professional.
Also FOH / Light and Organisation needs to know what's goin on.
For party events we alway organize songs in blocks to about 5 songs.
The keyboard player needs to know what's going on, because we are also using additional backing tracks.
Anyway I'm using Setlist Maker and OnSong the songs are organized in folders.
I have about 15 standard performances and some crazy sounds.
So i reuse the performances if possible.

Quote from Wheresthedug

unfortunately Output Presets don’t save volume settings. I see this as a major oversight which pretty much renders Output Presets useless for me. However, the Kemper team have considered the pros and cons and are very firmly of the opinion that the current situation is the way they will continue.

Yes, right, the volume settings are not saved, but inconsistently the -12db switch. Which leads to an enormous jump in volume when switching an output preset. So it does exactly the opposite of what they actually wanted to avoid, namely unpredictable volume jumps when switching the output profile.

Quote from DonPetersen

All you have to do is to go to CABINET and turn the Imprint Select from Full-Range Mode one entry to the left to Use Global Imprint.

As you might remember, after the introduction of Imprints, they were global only. Repeated user requests led to the addition of a local and global setting. Additional features always carry the danger of introducing more complex schemes - however in this case the user base was quite vocal about the need for Imprints per Rig.

Thats not what I mean.
If you choose 'Imprint Select - Full-Range Mode" in the Cabinet menu the Imprint selection in the output menu page 8/9 gets deactivated.
If you choose any other Local Cabinet Imprint (like or Celestion V30 or Use Global Imprint) the Imprint selection in the Output menu page 8/9 is activated.

So I can't change the global imprint for all my other Rigs, if my current selected rig is a acoustic rig with the full-range mode.
This makes no sense to me. Changing Global settings should be independent from local selection.

Turning the guitar down doesn't help as the noise from the high gain amp still comes through.

You can't rely on the man at the mixer, because he may not know you, he may have 6 to 15 acts on stage in one evening and, if in doubt, will switch off your channel strip if it bothers you and forgets to turn it on again when the show goes on.

Especially at festivals or gala events where several actors have to share the backing line, an amp should behave like an amp.

I would prefer if I can turn off this whole "I know what you want to do before you do it" logic.

All the little "gimmicks and hidden clever solutions", some of which are not even described in the manual, make the Kemper unpredictable.

Another example if you set the Imprint neutral (Flat) in the RM Editor in the Cabinet, you can no longer change the Global Imprint in the Output menu. So you first have to switch to a rig that uses the global imprint or another imprint, then you can change the global imprint in the output. In general, the output menu is quite a mess, as you often don't know which setting affects which output.

The whole thing shows me how software engineers think these days:

"I program particularly clever software that protects the user from his own confusion."

Unpredictable software behavior has already crashed planes.

Quote from paults

I don't think a long press for muting the signal would be practical onstage.

For anyone who has a fast paced show, the signal needs to be muted as quickly as possible for tuning.

long press means 2 sec .. short press means 0.5 sec but you can always use your volume pedal also.

I have the problem that the Kemper will exit tuner mode if you accidentally tap another button on the remote.

This also happens when you have the chickenhead knob in the tuner position.

Especially if you use the tuner mode with mute as a kind of standby mode.

I think that's exactly why this panic mode was introduced for the big foot players, but in the end it only made things worse.

Unfortunately, the Kemper has no standby mode but it also takes almost a minute to boot, so what to do if you want to go backstage for a few minutes.

Quote from Pwrslave

Just program a rig with stack section off, or volume all the way down , and switch to that rig when you leave the stage.

really ?

I don't need such a workaround.

I have a switch, as I have already written.

But why it has been wrong for years that you can exit tuner mode by accidentally tapping a button on the remote control is a mystery to me.

Who comes up with that?

A switch should do what it says on the switch and nothing else.

This pseudo-intelligence annoys me.

When you put the car in reverse, you don't want the car to go forward just because parking control thinks there isn't enough space in the back.

Quote from DonPetersen

I set the chickenhead to PEFORM and use the TUNER switch on the remote to activate the tuner, which also mutes the signal.

This doesn't work if you have longer breaks where you leave the stage or have to leave, e.g. because a different performance is being presented. We have something like that more often at charity or gala events where dancers or speakers perform.

It is also simply illogical if you have a selector switch and the Kemper does not do what is on the switch position.

It went so far that I installed a switch in the Kemper rack that switches off all output signals

because the Kemper does not have a usable standby function.

Tuner mode wrong?!

I have a power rack but I think the toaster behaves the same way.

If I set the selection switch (ChickenHead) to the tuner position, I can switch the Kemper to Browse Mode or Performance Mode by selecting one of the remote buttons 1-5 or Up / Down or with the Volume Pedal, depending on what happened before selected.

This is confusingly illogical and absolutely impractical.

In live situations I use this switch during breaks in play to mute the Kemper.

If someone accidentally presses the remote or touches the expression pedal, the full signal is sent to the FOH.

What kind of sense does this make ?

Also the autoscroll (if you hold bank up or bank down) starts after 5 sec. and it scroll very slow one by one.

It should start latest after 2 sec and after 4 sec it should jump by 10 performances.
right now it takes minimum 30 sec to scroll from perf 1 to perf 125.

Quote from jmconnected1

very cool, thank you Yoda and the force is good!! Now do you have any suggestions besides "get a better guitar" for lots of sustain without compression?

Make your remote wireless,
What is needed to add wireless to legacy Toasters/Racks for wireless app

No Problem,
but for the remote IMHO its a good idea to use a POE.
https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/B07PR9CBGL
or
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PS9E5I/

This is not the recommended signal routing, because of different latency.
Use the direct out for recording the dry guitar.

-- Dowload Rigmanager from WebSite

-- copy the Rig_Manager_3_2_48.zip file to your local drive C: eg C:\temp

-- Unzip the file

-- Start the batchfile "Install Rig Manager with Logging.bat" as system administrator right click on batsch file execute as admin.

If this is not working download the CUS_Windows (Rig Manager Cleanup Windows.cmd) Script and execute it as admin.
It will remove any Rigmanager installation and driver.
https://www.kemper-amps.com/downloads/11/Utilities

Du musst in den Bluetooth (System Einstellungen) den BT01 erst koppeln.
Manche Programme benötigen noch einen MIDI CLient/Router (sowas wie MIDIFLOW) .
Ich selbst benutze ONSONG da ist MIDI wesentlich umfangreicher .

After researching some PCB Groups I found a vendor in France

This is exactly the chipset I had in mind.

But you have to solder it together by yourself.

You need some experience in soldering SMD, so you should also have the tools.

So if you have someone in your circle of friends who is familiar with electronics, that would be the most cost-effective option.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/112817850594
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Manual
http://www.paleoserver.com/aberco/abercousbaudiokit.pdf