Posts by ehelkimo

Quote from BayouTexan

Just keep raising the block size until the artifacts are gone. You might have to go higher than 144 or maybe you can go a little lower. At 144, I am 3.6ms latency which is about 4 feet from a cab or drummer if you monitor thru DAW.

Thanks again for the reply. I've managed to solve the issue now. My main profile I use the most (a high gain Dual Rectifier was apparently too hot for the signal chain to handle. Turned down the treble boost and the cracks and pops disappeared. I'm still confused because this was not an issue before, with my regular audio interface...

Quote from BayouTexan

Changing the block size will make a huge difference. Adding some plugins in DAW can lead to cracks and pops also causing you to increase block size even more -- but that increases latency. With ASIO4All, you should be at 44,100hz and s block size of around 144. Lower than that with bring in the unwanted artifacts.

Here are two configs settings that work without much problems

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Thanks, will try out 144 block size. I’m on Mac though.

Quote from Kemper Support #1

the buffer size can only be set in the audio settings of your DAW.

Managed to sort the crackling out by muting the track in the DAW and monitoring directly from the Kemper. This works well during recording or just playing around. However, the crackling reappears once the track is unmuted and I want to listen back to the recording. The issue must be somewhere in the PC or DAW, but changing sample rate or block size in the DAW doesn't seem to make any difference.

Thanks! Will try it out

In the DAW settings or is there a way to do that in the Kemper settings?

I'm trying out the new Kemper usb audio feature, seems to be working well on all points except I'm getting crackling noise from my studio monitors. This doesn't occur when using my regular audio interface. I've noticed that this doesn't occur when using the Kemper output Stack setting, only Master Stereo or Mod Stereo, so the crackling appears to be linked to stereo in some way... What am I doing wrong? Any settings I'm missing somewhere?

Kemper --> Reaper --> KRK Classic 5

Update number 2:

Certain high gain profiles with a lot of low end still crackle and click during palm muting.

Update:

I've updated the Profiler (to 7.1.8 beta) and all clicking and nasty sounds are gone. Thanks everyone for your replies, especially musicmad for mentioning updates and so on

Quote from musicmad

Which version are you running on the Kemper? 7.1.5 has a lot of clicks over SPDIF for me, even when the Kemper is the master. I don't get those with the latest beta (with Kemper as master as well).

I'm running 7.1.2. Haven't updated it since I got in Dec 2019. Can that be the reason I'm getting clicks?

Quote from DonPetersen

are you using proper S/PDIF cables?

Yes. Coaxial cables specifically for S/PDIF

DonPetersen Yes. Kemper, interface as well as DAW all set to same sample rate. Tried changing buffer size, but made no difference. Maybe I did something wrong, so I'll look into it and come back here later.

Hi!

Recently started using S/PDIF for recording, but I've noticed that there are some audible clicks when using high gain profiles, especially during heavy palm muting. Changed the sample rate to 96 kHz and sound quality was improved. None of the other sample rates made any difference. There are still some very minor clicks but I reckon they won't be heard in a mix.

Kemper is correctly set to master and interface to slave. I have also experimented with clean sense but it doesn't make any difference. I'm using Reaper as DAW.

So to my question. Is there any drawback to using 96 kHz? From my understanding most people stick with 44,1 and get great results from that, but that doesn't work well for me.

Thanks

Thanks everyone, I will check out the interfaces you've mentioned to find the most suitable one for me.

Gotcha. Will purchase a new interface to begin with and take it from there. Might give your setup a shot too. Thanks!

Quote from jfischer518

direct profiles

Is a direct profile a profile with the cab simulation turned off? Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks to both of you for the replies!

Hi! New Kemper user here, I'm absolutely blown away by this amazing amp, couldn't be happier!

I want to record my music but I'm afraid my current audio interface (Scarlett Solo) is far too basic. The sound I hear from the Kemper's headphone jack is amazing, but sound quality is decreased when connected to the interface. The interface is very basic and only has one line input and so far I haven't been able to record with the Kemper in stereo. I guess the interface simply doesn't cut it. Long story short, I need to upgrade. Does anyone here have experience with the Scarlett 8i6? Will it deliver the sound quality I hear from the headphone jack? It seems to have several in and output options as well as S/PDIF in/out, so it seems way better in that respect.

Thanks in advance!
Erik