Live Kemper Rig EQ

The last thing you want to do is guess what EQ is needed from onstage. The FOH sound engineer will adjust the tone with his equipment, if needed.

Quote from stevekHQ

True....but some soundmen I have had are no more than DJ's.

Then, as a band, you should have your own soundman

90% of the time our sound man is our bass player. Not the best way to do it but it saves money and we do a pretty good job of it. I'm wireless and take myself on a FOH tour pre show and a few times per night to see if anything needs adjusting. Even if we had a sound man I'd be double checking him out front to make sure the sound that "I" like is what the audience hears, not the sound man's idea of what my guitar tone should be.

I use the main output EQ to make any adjustments and then save them with the venues name.

I do the sound for my band which involves me walking around wireless and adjusting stuff with the ipad. Good sound men are hard to come by round my area. You really need someone who knows the band and how you want to sound so as a band we find it best doing it ourselves

I had the experience that many (smaller venue) FOH engineer, especially when more Bands are involved, don't like the Idea of givin' me some extra treatment with XLR-cables and take the placed SM57. Then, in addition, I often have to play over Cabs which don't fit my settings of the Monitor Out. So I have a peavey double eq (10 band I think) to adjust the sound which goes to the Cab. Saves nerves, is pretty fast and I can keep "my" settings on one channel and have an extra eq-channel for the venue-cabs. Should work for FOH/XLR just as well. I don't want to play without it, especially because the built in eq hasn't got the flexibility and bands an EQ needs to adjust precisely.

Best regards,
Tobi

If you do not know (or trust) the FOH guy, set the looper to the "pre" position and record a phrase. Then walk to the FOH and check the sound. You can now either adjust the KPA or the FOH sound to your liking. Very comfortable.

As long as you ask the sound tech to do it nicely, it should not be a problem. OR - you do it for him. Take a mic cable with you - plug one end into the KPA, and the other into the microphone end of the guitar line. BUT: Be SURE to plug the mic back into the cable when you are done

Quote from paults

As long as you ask the sound tech to do it nicely, it should not be a problem. OR - you do it for him. Take a mic cable with you - plug one end into the KPA, and the other into the microphone end of the guitar line. BUT: Be SURE to plug the mic back into the cable when you are done

That's what I'd do as well. And working as a tech I'd even look after the cable...