Posts by 1fastdog

  • no frequency content above 11kHz?

    Quote from BYTOR

    The Gibson or Fender/Charvel company owner could go on a mass shooting spree killing hundreds of people & it wouldn't stop me from buying a Les Paul or a Strat!!!


    I understand the sentiment. I just think it's a different kind of deal. Gibson and Fender/Jackson-Charvelle don't have the people who designed and had a hand in the products that actually sell and prop up those companies in major management with the exception of the Jackson custom shop.

  • Thank You CK and crew.

    Thanks to CK and crew. As an early adopter of the KPA I can say it's the best choice I have ever made to achieve my tone for live and recording. So often, musical gear purchases disappoint quickly after the "honeymoon" period. Not so with the KPA! Not a day of disappointment. I started playing professionally in 1964. Have owned or played through nearly every legendary or highly regarded amplifier. The Kemper lets me hit the stage or studio with all of the great amp tones I love. Thanks again!

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)

    Hopefully questions may have been answered and a seeming mystery might be solved. That's always good!


    I hope it's true and actually the case.


    It's really nice to consider the possibly EVERYONE was right about what they were hearing depending on THEIR KPA and something not perfect in their particular FW upgrade process.


    Wouldn't it be nice if CK and everyone else acrually were right regarding what they were hearing from their own unit, or clips which were shared... and if the FW was installed "correctly" and cache < I suppose > succesfully "cleared" the fact IS there's no detrimental tone change in our favorite gear to play through?


    I may well explain how the folks here may well be a bit "crazy", but actually are being honest about what they were hearing. IOW, it's nice if this is the answer. Maybe a lot of angry things were said in both directions but both sides were right about what they were hearing.


    Lets hope the long thread really did need to be this long if an answer
    was found. Perhaps apologies and thank you's are mutually appropriate.


    I'd be good with that. :thumbup: How about you?

  • Don't like pedals in front of the Kemper

    Quote from Will_Chen

    Yours and my experiences differ greatly. In the case of my pedals versus those in the Kemper (granted there's not much overlap) I vastly preferred my pedals. I do not like the stomp box models other than the new screamer, and even then I prefer the sound of the gain from the amp models over it.


    It's a YMMV deal.


    I am an old schooler in the sense that I never liked using any drive or distortion pedals. At a point, it was a must do as some venues got tougher in volume tolerance, even in the 500 plus venues attenuators did more harsh things to amps that could produce the hair I needed.


    Talk about a money pit... really nice drive pedals I could get along with were stupid money or expensively modded off the self stuff. I use one pedal as I prefer a boost type, and my Himmelstrutz Over Under allows me to not have to shift banks for what I use the most songs I do live that need multiple channel / A-B-C tones. Otherwise, I would set high gain - extreme gain same amp rigs to switch.

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)

    Quote from ckemper

    [quote='DanielRigler',index.php?page=Thread&postID=65600#post65600]Conclusion: there is no evidence where we could correct the firmware. No clue what to change.



    However, this will still not satisfy you, as you hear what you hear and so many users have heard it, and so many cannot fail.
    By the way: there has not been a single firmware update last year, where at least two users posted about a possible sound change. Now we've got the critical mass. This thread will go on forever.


    I haven't installed the Beta as I'm in the middle of a recording project for a paid, and paying, client. I heard differences in some of the supplied recordings. I monitor with my studio nearfields. Your explanation is strongly stated and reassuring that the KPA has not been altered in neither tone nor feel. That's good enough for me.


    Have a good NAMM. The rack should generate some buzz and orders! :thumbup:

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)


    Thanks so much for the very thorough response. I think if we didn't like the KPA so much we wouldn't care that it stays a great as it has been. I didn't load 1.6 yet, but like Tyler, I was concerned about the differences I heard in the supplied clips. Couple that with this not having been a potential issue brought to the forums attention with other FW updates, I was concerned.


    It's beta and I'm cool with the FW I'm running. I would hate to miss out on future features but I would if the tone and feel I like were to be sacrificed. I'm glad to see the dev team is improving the stomps because some of them in the crunch/distortion/fuzz department absolutely suck, IMO.


    Dank wieder für die Antwort. 8)

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)


    Why cancel the test? Some folks sent their address... :rolleyes:

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)

    CK responds and I appreciate it.


    I haven't installed the Beta yet so I really don't have an opinion.. To my ears the A/B comparisons posted here so far seem troubling. I'm a bit surprised that lots of folks would hear differently now and not so common with other Software changes, but anything can happen if people are lead to believe there's a need to really listen.


    I'm confident that there's enough folks here with access to diagnostic tools and reamping and the answer will be clear and facts.


    I don't know, I haven't tried 1.6. I have no pressing reason to. I rely on the KPA for a part of my livelihood. I will be keeping up on this thread and others like it.


    Best wishes to the Kemper team @ NAMM!

  • User reviews of commercial rigs

    Quote from Garrincha

    Thanks for the complement Neil. But always take my postings with a grain of salt. I've gathered much of what I know in the pre-internet days - like 25 years ago ;) - and I'm sure I've fallen for one myth or another which is now known as totally wrong. Back then if only enough experienced players or even people from the MI-business told you something, you took it for a fact even if it wasn't. I always try to check back before I post but sometimes I just post what I think I remember and that might be wrong.


    BTW: 1fastdog knows a whole lot more about old Marshalls than I do. In fact I learned a lot just by reading his and his mates' posting on the Les Paul Forum.


    What a kind thing to say. Some of the best things about our sort of forum is that we all have something to share when the right question comes along. No one is born an expert. No one needs to be an expert to have a riff or two to offer.

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)

    Quote from dlynch05

    I guess I am finding the update better? I play alot
    Maybe I will go back and check the old firmware but I think I have have better tone now?
    Maybe types of pickups is whats causing this reaction :?:


    I think folks should play through what sounds the best for them. I'll likely give 1.6 a go, but not when I'm doing a recording project. I don't want to need to redo whole tracks in the middle...

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)

    Quote from fretboardminer

    If you stick to an early FW you will miss all the features that will come up from now on. And sooner or later there will be something that makes it a tough decision. I think this is why many here are so worried about the sonic direction that FW updates take.


    Maybe I should have been more clear. The clips played comparing the two are troubling. I won't be loading this present Beta.


    I'm with everyone who has concerns with tone and feel and benefitting from other update features.


    This isn't, perhaps, a great example: I went with playing Hiwatt amps over using Marshalls in late 1972. I bought a 50w and 100w head and 2 4x12's and put 4 of my old 20 watt celestions in one of the cabs and had it as the top cab, and miced both cabs for blending. It was a dandy deal up until the very early '80's when I had an issue with my 50 watter < which I really used a lot more than the couple of gigs I used the 100 for. The 50 needed a full retube in 1980 and it was a real struggles to have the amp sound the same afterward. I had my tech pull tubes from the 100w and thigs were back to the tone I expected and loved from early 1970 Mullards. You could still buy Mullards from Britain, but they were not they same tone by a long enough shot to go hunting tube dates... there wasn't a boutique industry that existss now. I bought the KPA for the tone. Not the pedal emulations, though it might be a plus, or a performance mode. For me? No tone? No want.


    I figure it way to early to be all that concerned. There was a FW that effected tone depending on switching and returning to a rig, or something similar.


    Will had made a tongue in cheek that CK should just tell us we asked for it, live with it. I don't get that being CK's vibe. IMO, he would be Cliff at that point and his product wouldn't sound good enough for me to want to play through it... :thumbup::!:

  • Hm, don't like the sound from FW 1.6 (Edit Fixed now)

    Awhile back I hopped into a thread regarding the previous aliasing comments from some folks.


    I understand that folks get passionate about their gear. Count me in that column. I'm running 1.52 and happy as a clam.


    I think what is being troubling is likely what the direction in FW will be from here. I have full faith that if there is a sound difference which is a negative? Kemper will correct it, or explain what's going on. I bought the Kemper on faith and a trust in some of the clips posted early on. Now that I have it I'm thrilled. I don't want to see the profiles I use for recording and live work changed, even if it's for the better... particularly due to the possibility I may need to redo a track part prior to release. I'm really picky about my tone and feel. I'm all for better but not into losing what I already have,,, to be blunt.


    It's way to early to freak out. It's Beta. I can have what works and stay with or even revert to a more previous FW, if the worst case happens, which I doubt is a looming possibility.. I may even load the beta and decide for myself...


    I think there's possibly something to consider if the factory rigs were all erased and replaced... Is there a tonal reason for that or was it being done on all the prior FW updates as well? Is it worth thinking about? I think CK can tell us.