Posts by Steve5478

  • "Backup" Poweramp for Kemper - Camplifier? Or something in the rack?

    Quote from Dommak89

    However, there are venues that wish to stick to micing up the cab rather than having the direct-out from the Kemper. For this reason I still have the Engl in my rack.

    Your main problem is here ! :rolleyes:

    I don't understand there's any discussion about that in 2024, ....

    Can't those kind of sound guys do a training to know new devices that appeared from 2000 ? 8o X/

    they should find out about what used Knopfler for his tour... ?( :rolleyes:


    We have an expression (don't know if it exists in other langages) : "Why make it simple when you can make it complicated ?"

    Everything is easier directly from Profiler XLR output... You keep the versatility of your cabs' simulations...etc...

    No amp on stage is a no brainer for a lot of sound engineers.... You get rid of sound loop problems that are picked up by singers microphones, etc....

  • Is there a cheat sheet for the settings and functionality of the Kemper somewhere?

    I don't know if you're talking about a summary sheet as do L6 for their Helix that is included in the box :


    https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/line-6-helix-cheat-sheet/


    But this summary is not so helpfull, you quickly put it back into the box....


    Units faces are so well informed that this kind of sheet is unecessary or so few.... I mean the problem is to know what's behind an icon (or 4/5) just press it to know where you fall... :)

    If i take Profilers, a "pedal" soft button is explicit, the main thing is what is behind, there are many different pages/parameters that a summary can't sum it up.

    I think, when you have a modeler/profiler, you have to know every device's menus/parameters/possibilities to set it following your needs/rig, and as buddies said above, the best way is to go into the manual and search what you want.


    The improvement that could be done imo is that Kemper could separate Stage & Rack/Head manual. 'Cause, even if they are close and have a lot of common things, the face/back is different. And sometimes, there are things Stage can do, head/rack can't and the opposite too. It could be quicker to find informations related to the unit you own.... :thumbup: ;)

  • Cabinet to Use With Kemper Stage

    Those two units (the only ones to my knowledge today) are able to bring "amp in the room" and this is really their benefit.

    I had the L6 familly before (Variax, Helix LT & Powercab+).

    The design is different cause the "amp in the room" is linked to the unit for the L6, i mean, the Powercab itself simulates it. You choose a blue alnico speaker and there you have it. The advantage is that you can have any modeler/profiler, you just have to disable the speaker simulation and use the Powercab's one.

    The drawback is that if you have many presets/rigs with different speakers, you have to program every midi changing (except if you own a L6 device with L6 link).


    The Kone/Kabinet is "passive", all the data/parameters are send by the Profiler.

    It's easier to program, you just have to change the "imprint" in speaker's block.

    The problem is that it should not bring good/best results with other devices....


    I remember that the Powercab+ was an improvement for my Helix but was not so marvelous for my Kemper Stage.


    IMO, if you only have Kemper devices, go for a Kone/Kabinet. I had done my own powerkabinet just buying a Kone, a closed cabinet and a BAM 200 ;), cheaper ;)

    And : It has be designed to work all together


    If you have other modelers/profilers, hard to answer... Imo, the Powercab is not the best solution neither...

  • The game changer

    Quote from Sollazzon

    I usually have no coins in my pockets.

    It's always a drama when I go to supermarket.

    Well Today the revelation! My picks work!

    It's crazy!

    You should have post this on tips and tricks ;) ^^

    This way, you have coin to play the guitar



    Quote from BayouTexan

    You guys have locks on your shopping carts? I can see that coming to California soon. :D

    Since years... :rolleyes:

    The main reason is because people are too lazy to bring them back... It was becoming a mess on supermarkets' car parks...

    they have to be motivated to recover their money back...

  • Kabinet Kone blown?

    Quote from silvioherrmann

    thanks for these thoughts. I'm sorry that I did not answer earlier!! right now I'm very busy with electronical problems with machines at my regular job. As soon as I'll find time I'm planning to prepare an electrotechnical/acoustical analysis about this topic. But that will take some time. I don’t want to speculate, so I’ll have to study some theory first to be able to explain it scientifically.

    Electronic/acoustic vocabulary (in english), i'm afraid i'll be lost but curious to read your conclusions ;) :thumbup:

  • Double function to Player footswitches

    Quote from AleFretMaster

    Could the "trigger" for it be assigned to a footswitch and can this function also switch on/off effect?

    Morph function doesn't activate/disable Fxs but acts on parameters, but you can reach what you want with a % mix variation for example : a delay from 0% mixed to 40%.

    You can set other parameters at the same time : delay time, etc...

  • Kemper Kabinet + guitar cabinet

    Quote from Moregainac20

    Too bad! Other amps have more than one output to speakers at the same time. But I could run one out to another amp input but not speaker?

    The main problem is that your rigs is heterogeneous....

    I've got 6 outputs with my stage but can't do what you want neither.

    4 outputs are for Main (2 x XLR & 2 x 1/4") all those outputs will integrate the amp + cab + mic sim

    The behaviour of the 2 others monitor outputs are linked together : with/without Kone, with/without imprints, with/without cab sims....

  • PLAYER - what were they thinking?

    Quote from Ruefus

    We'll agree to disagree. The Stomp is limited compared to its bigger brothers.

    L6 and Fractal purpose same FX (and amp/cab sims) in all devices. Block's number is reduced but not at all something that prevents us from using this device on its own.

    Helix stomp offers more FX blocks than a Kemper Stage.... I don't even speak about FM3, the number of blocks seems to be very important.


    As i said i had a Helix before and my FX chain was smaller and smaller. I could easily switch/copy a simple Rig from a unit to another one if i had a Helix and a stomp.

    Those two limitations all together with the player would prevent me from doing so....

  • PLAYER - what were they thinking?

    Quote from crivat

    Glad to see you're happy with scenes, I wasn't. Maybe I am a bit oldschool, I just need my patches directly accessible because I often jump between them and I need a very clean, visual workflow, that's why I am so happy with the KPA and the Remote. I got the HX for fly-in gigs and still needed a solid MIDI controller with plenty of programmability. Cue in the lag and add it to changing the platform... hence switching to the Player. Currently working on downsizing the racks for this fall's tour, just to see if this works.

    I assume what you call "scenes" are "snapshots" in L6 terms... IMO, it's not fair to compare L6 stomp familly to Head/Rack (with remote) or Kemper Stage....

    I had a Helix LT before and the way to built and to move toward snapshots was just amazing, the ergonomic is rather remarkable on this point.

    The difference with Kemper is elsewhere ; just the most important thing in my opinion : amp/cab sound ;)