Input Impedance Matcher

    Hi there,
    i've just bought the kemper and it sounds great.
    What i suggest is to implement an input impedance parameter, so we can tweak it and get the feel that "loaded" pickup have. It's exactly the same thing that you can find on 11R, Axe II and HD500.
    I'd like to have it on my KPA too.

    Quote from Jimmyno

    What i suggest is to implement an input impedance parameter, so we can tweak it and get the feel that "loaded" pickup have. It's exactly the same thing that you can find on 11R, Axe II and HD500.
    I'd like to have it on my KPA too.

    +1

    Quote from schneidas

    I never understood what this input impedence matching was doing.
    Anyone care to explain it in laymen's terms?

    Look for my thread where i compared the DI outputs. There is a sound example of a severe impedance mismatch. The output of passive guitar pickups is a high impedance signal. If you plug your guitar into a low impedance line level input, the signal will lose a lot of the high frequencies. So basically you can use an selectable variable impedance to preshape the sound of your guitar. Expensive outboard microphone preamps often have such a feature.

    Quote from Per

    It would be nice, but I believe this requires actual hardware to do. Does the KPA have that hardware already there (as the HD500 did)?

    I didn't know that the HD500 had a built in cuircuit for that. I thought it was all about software sim. I know that the KPA has an hi-z input (1 Mohm) but I still believe that it misses "something".
    Anyway somewhere i have an home made radial dragster which hallows to change the load to the pickups, if i find it i'll make some clips. It doesn't change the sound too much, is something subtle but you can feel it under your fingers.