I'm getting a new guitar next week that has the EMG hetfield active pickups and I was wondering if you guys make any specific adjustments to the clean/distortion sense settings, or any other settings when you're using active pickups.
Thanks,
jay
Do you approach using the kemper differently with active PU's vs passive?
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Just CS. My guitar with the het set has CS at -9. I keep it there for all my guitars, and the het set are the probably the highest output pickups
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For each guitar I use with the Profiler, I follow the standard approach:
- I set CS so that when I strum the hardest with the hottest PU the Input LED barely touches the red.
- I adjust DS if I want to change the amount of distortion in the distorted sound, or for example the way the rig responds to cleaning\dirtying it through the guitar volume or a pedal, or a pure boost in the Stomp section
- I save these settings as a preset.
OTOH, if you want to preserve the difference in level and response among your guitars, it's a good idea to set CS for the hottest one (and leave DS @ 0) as dahla is suggesting.
HTH
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The best way to set Clean Sense though is as per Kemper's tutorial :
External Content youtu.beContent embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent.Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.The clean sense setting is actually to balance the volume of clean sounds against gained sounds, not specifically for adjusting the input gain (although that is, of course, a handy side effect).
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Yep, but it can't go over the converter's clipping nevertheless
You can in case lower it from that, not the other way round.