Hi everyone, I've had my Kemper for about a week now and finally got to play it in a band practice setting today. Coupled with a Mission Engineering Gemini 2 all I can say is WOW. I'm in a cover band that plays everything from classic rock to country, jazz and funk to Amy Winehouse (basically anything but metal). It sounded great. I'll admit I'm still in choice overload mode, trying way too many samples of Fender Deluxe Reverbs for example but it's a great "problem" to have. Next up I plan to create some all-purpose performances (Fender clean through lead, Vox, Marshall, etc.) then focus on building out some song-specific performances. I have have the remote and just ordered an expression pedal. So much to learn but I'm very happy so far. Attached you'll see a photo of my rig and my "safety net" Mesa 5:50 Express. We have a gig coming up in mid-June that I really want to use the Kemper for. Tomorrow I plan to try running the Kemper direct into the mixer and try just using an in-ear monitor (I'm in two bands - one that uses in-ears and one that does not). So may options and so much to experiment with. So far so good. Thanks in advance for answering the inevitable questions I'm going to have.
First day "performing" with the Kemper
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Welcome to the group!
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Welcome, Posinator.
I love the way you're straight into it, and yeah, the fact that one band uses in-ear monitoring and the other doesn't can't phase you now that you're hooked-up(!) with a Kemper. Simultaneous outs for most practical occasions.
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Welcome Sir
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Looks great !
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Welcome to the forum!
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just remember my first days with my kemper... sounds familiar
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Welcome.
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Welcome to the forum
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Welcome and enjoy!
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Hello and welcome!
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Sup' & Welcome!!!
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Welcome!
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Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm happy to report I used the Kemper with my 2nd band last night, this time XLR out into the mixer and from there into our in-ear monitors (for rehearsal we turn off the "mains" and just use IEMs for that band). Everyone was really impressed with the sound quality and I enjoyed not having to carry my Gemini 2 cab over and mic it. The only complaint/observation from the bandmate who does our sound was that the Kemper signal was pretty hot. I hit the "reduce by -12db" setting and that helped. I looked up some previous forum threads and read the manual but still have some questions or at least need a recommendation. Here's my situation:
Band 1: Unpowered Kemper rack into Mission Gemini 2 cabinet that is mic'd for front and back of house sound. That band (5 pieces) uses floor monitors. Next gig June 15
Band 2: Unpowered Kemper rack out to board with no cabinet. That band (8 pieces) all use in-ear monitors. Next gig June 23
Future: Possible future coffee-house gigs (2-3 pieces), smaller setting, quieter sound. I definitely want to use the Gemini cab.For Band 1, I like to set and forget and output level but I assume that will vary from gig to gig (indoor vs outdoor for example). I imagine I might one day go simultaneously out to Gemini "for me" and to the board "for the band" and "for the audience."
For Band 2, I would love to set and forget/lock the signal level going out to the board. My goal is here is get it to good level for the board and never mess with it again (i.e. remove that as a variable going forward when troubleshooting all the other inevitable sound tweaking that pops up from gig to gig).
If my assumptions are valid, I'd like to set and lock for Band 2 and have that vary independently for what I will need for Band 1? Make sense? So far I've just gone Kemper main out (TS to Gemini for Band 1 and XLR to board for Band 2). I have not tried monitor out, etc. yet. I'm also not sure where to set the output level of the cab vs the Kemper (for example, set Gemini at say 5 out of 10) and tweak the Kemper?
Any advice would be appreciated for how to approach this.
Thanks!
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Welcome on board
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Welcome..
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Welcome to the Family
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Winning!!!
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Belatedly, welcome to Kemperland!
Kind regards.
Pre-Amp