Hey, all.
So, after i got the Kemper (Stage) this spring, i recognized that profiles were not responding as expected—much less gain, and even the effects seemed significantly minimized, versus what i would hear when listening to the same profiles being demoed on youtube. I later realized that my Focusrite Scarlett interface was not getting enough volume from the Kemper (or something like that) as i was trying to balance the Kemper input with my iMac computer volumes, and outputting both from the interface into my studio monitors. I have (somewhat) corrected that, so that the Kemper is turned up, and computer volumes balanced in the Focusrite software. But, i still feel like Kemper profiler gain is not optimal—i still turn up the gain a little to match what i hear from other people.
I think if i were to plug my monitors directly into the profiler, that would be solved. But, then i'd need another set for my computer. Not good, space or cost-wise.
So, would a small mixer work somehow? I'm talking strictly about home use, for practicing and recording into a DAW. I'm not even sure how this would work, but i imagine the Kemper goes into the mixer, and i can optimize the Kemper's output. Then somehow the computer audio also has to go into the mixer—not sure how that would work. Seems like the headphone out would be suboptimal.... And then the mixer would output to the monitors. Similar to what i'm trying to do in the Focusrite software, but... better. I don't know—i had things working 'fine,' and then something changed, and it's just a pain to try to remember how i had it or just to see what changed. [I despise the Focusrite software—didn't even need it for Gen 2, but Gen 3 is married to it.]
I guess there are mixers that have USB audio, but is that two-way? So, my computer output goes into the mixer also?
Anyone using a setup like this?