New user, Almost gave up

    Hello, all. Finally received my unpowered lunchbox KPA after a 3 month wait. I excitedly set it up at home after quickly scanning the manual. I ended up really liking one of the stock profiles. I based my entire rig around it, with some gain backed off for a cleaner sound, and more gain and effects for a lead sound, and everything in between. I was so happy and blown away with it all, it sounded so good in my studio through the reference monitors. But I really got the amp to play it live, I front and play in versatile rock/dance/funk band that covers everything from Abba to Metallica to Toto to LMFAO to.....etc. So there's a lot of music and sounds to cover. We're the house band at a casino every weekend, so I wanted the Kemper to be my be all and end all solution for guitar versatility. We normally run Pods on stage direct, so I figured the KPA would be so much more pro.
    To be honest, I was quite heartbroken to hear the sounds coming from my monitor on stage when I finally ran it live. It sounded nothing like the sounds I had spent so much time on dialling in at home. We did have a sound man out that night that was tweaking our mix, and he told me the Kemper sounded really good out front, but I was nonplussed. I was so overcome with the disappointment of the on stage monitor sound, that I thought the Kemper wasn't for me.
    I decided to take the KPA home and give it another shot, from the ground up. I pored over the manual, and spent some more time downloading profiles from Rig Manager. I ended up with a really good 5150 III profile that is my main base for all patches. I also discovered the OUTPUT button and it's versatility. When I set up for the gig again the following weekend, I was able to EQ the KPA for our stage monitors. Wow, what a difference. I can't believe I almost gave up on this, I have such an incredible sound right now, makes playing that much more fun. I also made a harmonizer patch, just for fun, and to give our bass player fits.
    I'm a believer, the Kemper is everything it said it was and more.

    Quote from ozweepay

    Hello, all. Finally received my unpowered lunchbox KPA after a 3 month wait. I excitedly set it up at home after quickly scanning the manual. I ended up really liking one of the stock profiles. I based my entire rig around it, with some gain backed off for a cleaner sound, and more gain and effects for a lead sound, and everything in between. I was so happy and blown away with it all, it sounded so good in my studio through the reference monitors. But I really got the amp to play it live, I front and play in versatile rock/dance/funk band that covers everything from Abba to Metallica to Toto to LMFAO to.....etc. So there's a lot of music and sounds to cover. We're the house band at a casino every weekend, so I wanted the Kemper to be my be all and end all solution for guitar versatility. We normally run Pods on stage direct, so I figured the KPA would be so much more pro.
    To be honest, I was quite heartbroken to hear the sounds coming from my monitor on stage when I finally ran it live. It sounded nothing like the sounds I had spent so much time on dialling in at home. We did have a sound man out that night that was tweaking our mix, and he told me the Kemper sounded really good out front, but I was nonplussed. I was so overcome with the disappointment of the on stage monitor sound, that I thought the Kemper wasn't for me.
    I decided to take the KPA home and give it another shot, from the ground up. I pored over the manual, and spent some more time downloading profiles from Rig Manager. I ended up with a really good 5150 III profile that is my main base for all patches. I also discovered the OUTPUT button and it's versatility. When I set up for the gig again the following weekend, I was able to EQ the KPA for our stage monitors. Wow, what a difference. I can't believe I almost gave up on this, I have such an incredible sound right now, makes playing that much more fun. I also made a harmonizer patch, just for fun, and to give our bass player fits.
    I'm a believer, the Kemper is everything it said it was and more.



    I think you're ahead of 90% of people who are having problems with their sound, by using that simple functionality - good job!! :)


    And welcome, congratulations, etc etc...

    Quote from Dragonsf


    Is your Post service such bad? I got mine even 2 days earlier than anticipated. (I got it from Kemper directly. My local store was too expensive).


    It's probably more the supply chain than the postal service.


    Bought from a store, and the wholesaler who's only 10 minutes up the road from me (incredible coincidence) had one unit left in stock. Unfortunately he wasn't happy with it for some reason or other (a return, maybe), and suggested I wait for the next order which he thought was on its way. It turned out that the Kemper crew was at Musik Messe, so there was a 2-week delay there, but for some reason overall it took ages.


    I never complained, mind you; I'm just very happy to have the honour of owning one. Thanks for asking, Dragonsf.

    Quote from ozweepay

    Hello, all. Finally received my unpowered lunchbox KPA after a 3 month wait. I excitedly set it up at home after quickly scanning the manual. I ended up really liking one of the stock profiles. I based my entire rig around it, with some gain backed off for a cleaner sound, and more gain and effects for a lead sound, and everything in between. I was so happy and blown away with it all, it sounded so good in my studio through the reference monitors.


    What are they? I dont't use Kemper live.

    Quote from Ingolf

    Welcome! I'm curious what your stagemonitors are that made the Profiler sound so poor the first time?


    The stage monitors are EV powered. They sound really good for us, but I had them dialled in for my HD Pod, that I was using previously. Obviously, the same settings didn't work for the Kemper.