So, this time Im looking for a great Bass Rig to try out. I go to the rig manager (I usually dont have to use it, I already have fantastic profiles that i'm sure i'll always use, like forever) and i look up a few names of bass amps i have worked with that i know sounds great in person. Next thing is looking at the user ratings and determining what has the highest ratings i could find and start from there. Trouble is, I have no idea how many people these ratings are based on. How do i know that the 5 star rating Im looking at wasnt just from the person who uploaded it? Hell my favorite rigs that i personally use are a 5 in my book, but that doesnt mean the ENGL SE i use on my recordings is your 5. Does this mean i should avoid the 5 Star ratings and only go for the 4.x rigs? What does that mean for the actually exceptional 5's that that have those ratings because they are that great? Im not going to grab every single 5 Star that pops up and take at a minimum 10 minuets to test each one out. I guess im that guy who wants to get in, get what i came for, get out, and focus on the music. Lets be real about this, the 5K+ rigs on the RM is more than any person would ever need to choose from and thats an amazing feature that comes with the KPA. Though, even if you know exactly what amp to choose and how to word it in the search to get the results you want, there are so many to choose from, its hard to tell whats actually going to be a crowd favorite and whats not. Am i just missing where this information is gathered and stored online? Did i miss a memo? Am i alone on this?
Rig Manager Rating System?
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I understand your dilemma.
ATM it's not possible to see on how many votings a rating is based. -
Note that the uploader can not vote on their own profile.
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I agree with you. It would be great to see how many voted.
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Well, you can see the number of voters from the page itself.
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As far as bass rigs go, there aren't as many to go through to find the ones you like. I made a folder in Rig Manager for Bass Rigs, and put all the likely candidates into it.
For Rig Ratings to really work well, large numbers of votes are needed. Ideally, a User could rate the rigs in Rig Manager, OR in their Kemper. Then, the User's votes would need to be auto-uploaded by Rig Manager each time the User connects to the Rig Exchange.
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Ideally, a User could rate the rigs in Rig Manager, OR in their Kemper. Then, the User's votes would need to be auto-uploaded by Rig Manager each time the User connects to the Rig Exchange.
which is precisely how it works.
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which is precisely how it works.
gsExcellent! I did not know this had been already implemented.
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Well, you can see the number of voters from the page itself.
Where? What page? I havent seen anything in the RM that would resemble a number of votes.
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Not on RM. He meant on kemper-amps.com rig exchange. But it would be awesome if it showed the votes in RM
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It definitely would
This is the way to go ATM if you need that pece of info. -
Not on RM. He meant on kemper-amps.com rig exchange. But it would be awesome if it showed the votes in RM
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Understood. Thank You! This shall suffice for now.
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I like the Free Rigs section in the forum to browse for information and suggestions.
I couldn't care less about ratings/votes.
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Understood. Thank You! This shall suffice for now.I like the Free Rigs section in the forum to browse for information and suggestions.
I'd love there was a direct connection between the posts there and the rigs, or a Comment field on RE where to link meaningful discussions.
Sometimes you come across great material on the repository and have a hard time trying to get to any related info/discussion.
It would not be too late for the Admins to add such field, we might eventually populate the old ones in the time. Pretty sure authors would be happy to complete the available information for their efforts themselves. -
I'd love there was a direct connection between the posts there and the rigs, or a Comment field on RE where to link meaningful discussions.
Sometimes you come across great material on the repository and have a hard time trying to get to any related info/discussion.
It would not be too late for the Admins to add such field, we might eventually populate the old ones in the time. Pretty sure authors would be happy to complete the available information for their efforts themselves.Good idea!
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Rig Watch (on Twitter and here) - suggestions welcome
I like this thread for good rigs to look up on RM.
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It's always nice to read about interesting profiles and seek them in RE
OTOH, moving the other way round is way less practical. If you find a rig on RE and want to get to know if and where it has been discussed it takes time, and you need a bit luck as well
