Is there an amp that has very little character (say a clean pre amp) that I can load so that I can use the amp features without changing the sound too much?
Woof!
Loading a transparent amp
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I'd say maybe turn the cab off but seriously that or turn the amp block off. The cab and mic has such a tremendous amount of flavor. Maybe what you need is a more neutral cab and mic profile. Or one of those weird clean profiles that never break up when you turn the gain up. Those have very little character. You most likley want a profile with a default gain at 0.0 cheers!
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What I want is to use the amp compressor not the stomp comp.
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For the ultimate transparency, which it sounds like you're after, Profile a wire.
IOW, hook a lead up to the KPA instead of an amp->cab->mic chain and Profile that.
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Can you explain the steps?
Thanks
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No worries, mate. Sorry for the delay; my hands are tied where posting intervals are concerned.
There is only 1 step:
Profile as described in the manual but replace the amp / cab / mic etc. you'd normally use with just a high-quality lead, thereby capturing / creating the ultra-transparent amp Profile you're after.
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Another version of Nicky’s suggestion which adds some character but nothing like as much as an amp is to pofile a good DI box or mic pre amp.
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Monkey_Man bruh... you just blew my mind bro...
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Wonder if a heavy duty speaker cable would give different results as opposed to a short patch cable
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There are several studio preamp and channel strip profiles on Rig Exchange.
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now that i think about it, would this possibly put another test out on cable quality and how it affects sound? New idea!
KPA>Speaker cable into powered wedge, xlr out back to kpa, BAM!
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1 connect my guitar to the input of the kemper
2 connect the direct output/send back in to the return of the kemper.Is that it?
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No need to even connect a guitar.
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Thanks Nicky I tried that but it said "No external amp connected or volume too low"
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This suggests to me that the signal's not being received by the KPA at all. I'd say that either:
1) The outgoing or incoming connection isn't hooked up to the correct socket.
2) There's a fault with the lead.
Apart from these obvious possible explanations, you've got me stumped, brother.
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I'm probably being thick.
I have a cable coming out of the direct output/send and going nowhere and a cable plugged in to the front input (no guitar needed you said?)
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Nooo!
1) Don't plug anything into the front input; no need.
2) The Profiling signal stream isn't arriving at the KPA's return input 'cause, as I suggested in point #1 in my previous post, there's a connection issue.
The connection issue is that... there's no connection. Plug the "going nowhere" lead's free end into the KPA's return input on the rear of the unit.
I sincerely hope you get there now 'cause I'm restricted in how quickly I can respond.
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It's worked now mate. I reset the global outs to init, must have changed something in the past.
First time it gave me "could not communicate with dsp" which freaked me a bit, but I turned off and on again and it appears to be OK.Thanks for the help,
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Awesome, man!
For all intents and purposes you should now be able to apply Amp Compression and whatnot "purely" to whatever you run through the unit.
Could be interesting to see what parameters such as Definition (my fave!) do to various non-guitar signals. Grunging up drums springs immediately to mind...
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I want to use it on acoustic guitar. I like really clean miked ac sounds, no effects.
I had a rare earth internal mic which had a decent tone but fell to bits after a couple of weeks (I didn't use the pick up part)
I ended up getting a Your Heaven internal mic which sounds great but just needs a tweak here and there (plus I can use the KPA tuner instead of having to trot out the Boss chromatic every 5 mins)
Cheers mate!