Posts by endlessnameless

Quote from Michael_dk

Depending on needs, I don't think it's necessary to commit to the big boys, as long as you DO commit For somebody doing simple mixing, editing and recording, many of the smaller daws will work perfectly fine.

I agree that Harrison is a poor DAW for workflow. It also crashes a lot. BUT it is the best sound of any DAW I have used for mixdown.

So I do all my editing and automation in Ableton then I import my mix into Harrison as stem to add some tape compression and a bit of mastering EQ. I think it sounds really good. No matter what I do in Ableton with tape compression and mastering plugs such as Waves or Slate etc I can't get close to the open and warm sound that Harrison gives it with very little tweaking. Seriously I couldn't believe it myself.

If you think about it Harrison have more experience making consoles than other DAW makers so they have all that dithering and gain staging stuff sorted.

Have any of you guys tried Harrison Mixbus? I find it gives me better results than adding VTM to Ableton. I export stems into Mixbus and it really adds that tape/analogue like feel.

VMR is nice because everything is in one window rather than all over the place.

One thing I do find though is that using less plugins has actually improved my mixes to an extent. They can really take away the body from the pure recorded sounds if you pilea lot on - so I would use the VMR sparingly.

Quote from prsgary

From what I've read, (which is plenty of late!!!) - the Kemper Community is split between extremely thrilled and inspired by the company's brilliant additions and responsiveness to user requests; and by pithy whining sots who can't seem to appreciate what brilliance the Kemper team imparts to all of us, at whatever timeframe suits them best, to use however we should choose or not to choose the updates they so freely give us. Be friggin' grateful and stop your Whining!

In conclusion, shut up and enjoy the most exciting period in guitar amplifier history, or just start your own company all you know it all's.

(just my humble opinion)

I think we have to be careful here and not paint everyone who isn't excited about morphing, or wants a bit more info about timeframes as some sort of cartoonish characters who are whining ungrateful babies.

I am sure there are some unreasonable comments on this forum - I have seen a few. But providing updates to functionality for free is something everyone is doing in this market to keep the user base engaged and build reputation and attract new buyers- so people have come to expect it. No business is a charity. And even when it isn't free (Eleven Rack updates for example) people are usually happy to pay for them. I would pay for the new delays in a shot. But Kemper has chosen not to charge for them.

So should we have some sort of ban on people who don't have any criticism? I love the unit and I will praise it where necessary. CK is clearly some sort of genius - the Kemper amp sounds amazing. But constructive feedback is an essential part of improving a product. I don't think 'BUT ITS FREE SHUT UP' is the best way of dealing with it -perhaps we just need a praise and a criticism thread so people aren't butting heads the whole time.

Quote from dougc84

I went head to head with the Eventide Space vs. the Strymon BigSky, and the Eventide Timefactor vs. the Strymon Timeline. In both situations, the Strymon's were better. Not by much, but they had a little more tweakability/range, and their algorithms seemed a little more "smooth" whereas Eventide's seemed a bit "over the top."

Otherwise, Strymon has some algorithms that Eventide doesn't have, and vice versa. Eventide certainly excels in the harmonizer department, better than anything else out there, even to this day. I'd certainly go for an H9 if I needed an all-in-one box for the guitarist that doesn't use a lot of delay or reverb, but, for the Reverb or Delay heavy guitarist, I'd choose Strymon over Eventide any day.

Of course, it's all my personal opinion, and it makes me really, really excited to see what Kemper's doing with the delays. I'd love to see how they compare to the Timeline (and, for that matter, to the Timefactor).

Doug I suspect the Strymon sounds are better because of the dry through? A lot of people say the Eventide bypass adds a bit of digital crispness where as the Strymon sounds more natural due to the analog dry routing.

Quote from Tritium

LOL. Badum-Ching.

I wouldn't expect such a joke from a fully grown man

I would be interested in when the delays are actually arriving (is it in Feb?)- it's really not that clear. Very excited about this feature especially being able to move them about - means I can finally put my modulated reverb pedal in the fx loop and have the delay in front.

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Quote from flyingheelhook

I think too many people fixate on gain as the only parameter worth changing on an amp (or Kemper rig) to get different tones/effect/sounds/atmosphere. Its not just clean vs. dirty that they are offering.

Agreed but I am not sure why I wouldn't just kick the reverb in rather than sweep it in smoothly. It only appears to be a useful function for transitions from part to part. Which doesn't seem that useful for me unless I am doing some ambient stuff - which would work nicely.

Quote from Engue

Hi all, hope you all had a good holiday!

just stumbled on this thread as I am having the exact same issue with my scarlett 6i6

I managed to get a better sound out of the scarlett headphones by panning hard lef and right the spidf input in Mixcontrol. Haven't tried going through my daw yet but considering I usually record mono and hard pan I should get to the same result.

Still, even if the result was better, I could still feel the scarlett being harsher, less rich than the kemper output, it's annoying knowing that the scarlett HP output doesn't render what the kemper is capable of, especially for auditioning / editing presets while recording or mixing/reamping.

Has anyone found a workaround for this? Would a headphone amp like a Shiit Magni or Modi work? (considering that would have to be plugged through the scarlett and potentially have to deal with the same "lesser" converters).

Would anyone have any recommendation on an interface with spidf i/o and better headphone output than the scarlett? (Endlessnameless - what interface are you using with the kemper?)

Thanks a million guys

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I use a TC Electronic Desktop Konnect 6 which is firewire. It doesn't have spdif but the Kemper sounds great into it through the analogue outs into the pres.

Maybe I am stupid but I don't see how the morphing feature is that different to rolling down your volume knob to alternate between clean and dirty, and how often will it be a better alternative to just simply switching channels.

I mean how often do you need to sweep between channels in a song? I can think of ambient atmospheric music perhaps - but practically you just kick in the distortion or delay or pitch shifter or whatever rather than a smooth leisurely sweep.

Rather than simplify things I think that adding yet another parameter to the mix just overcomplicates in my mind - I hope to be proved wrong but I can't get excited about it just yet.

Regarding the delays etc has there been an official announcement? Seems like it may not be coming this time around? Or are we being drip fed news?

Sorry really not very excited about that morphing stuff - looks like a novelty effect. Hoping for better news soon - what we all want really - more delays and reverbs and flexible routing.

Quote from Havohej

Its quite mind boggling that looking for reviews over the net for this product it has almost a perfect score everywhere and even on amazon with hundreds of reviews no one has said anything about the headphone output being lacking.

Well for the price the Scarlett USBs are perfectly fine. But when you have a pro piece of audio hardware going through it like the Kemper you soon realise the issues with the fidelity. Lets face it these interfaces are not marketed at the top of the range. My experience with the Saffire range has been this exact thing - the headphone outputs are just 'ok' but they are not as 3D as other interfaces.

Quote from Havohej

Thank you for all that contributed.

After much research and tests I guess I will just have to accept the fact that my Kemper which costs 6x the amount of the scarlett 18i8 is bound to have better a better headphone amp in it.
I guess this is testament to just how good the quality of the parts are in the Kemper.

While the scarlett doesn't sound bad by any means, I am a bit disappointed that it doesn't sound as good as the kemper, but I guess this is what $300 gets you when your interface has 4 quality mic preamps in it.
It might also be that from a technical viewpoint the frequency response might be a bit flatter on the scarlett, which coupled with my HD595 sennheisers (notorious for low bass), is producing a sound that is a bit weak in the sub bass department which makes it sound less appealing when monitored solo. I guess in the mix this will matter less.

If anyone disagrees with me on this and thinks that their scarlett headphone output sounds just as good as their Kemper please DO tell.

Thanks again !

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I have had many years experience with Focusrite interfaces. Their headphone outputs are poor in my opinion - I believe there is some sort of digital gain staging going on and the output is weak and two dimensional. I remember contacting Focusrite and they explained there is some sort of reason they have a weak output. I compare it to my TC Desktop Konneckt and the difference is night and day.

One thing I will say is if you want a really quality interface I would probably steer clear of Focusrite - they are just 'OK' interfaces IMHO -I think the build quality is poor (noisey crackly knobs after a while) and the mixer software confusing. I also have an ISA One which has been replaced twice for noise issues.

Focusrite customer services are very good mind.

Quote from ampoholic

I use a Damage Control Glass Nexus for reverb, delay and some modulation effects. Works out great! The GN can store 1200+ presets with midi commands, I have 50+ presets. The KPA sends midi to the GN and it all works perfectly. 95% of the time the GN is running stereo out into a KPA Loop Stereo. There are a few times I run it in front of the amps in Loop Mono or Loop Distortion. Great that the KPA is so flexible is this regard.

I'm also using a Minifooger Tremolo, a Boss Super Octave and a EH Micro Synth in the same loop as the GN. These are control by the KPA and a Decibel Eleven Loop Expander. The LE turns 4 different loops on and off in any combination by midi commands sent by KPA. This also works great (so far anyway.)

I use the GN because it sounds great and is easy to use, six knobs for reverb and delay, 3 more for mod effects. And it's a tube buffer, runs on 2 12AX7s. The Minifooger gets a trem tone I can't from the GN or KPA for one song. I call the Boss SO the Neil Young pedal cause of the nasty fuzz/octave it gets.

The main reason I went to the GN instead of the KPA for reverb was the need for a better spring reverb. Then I just remembered how much I liked the GN for reverb and delay so it became my main effects box.

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Another fan of the Nexus - I love it too - can't believe that they stopped making them - really a great unit. I find it sounds better after the Kemper rather than in the FX loop of the Kemper - I think the FX loop seems to dull the sound a bit of some FX units.

As far as Kemper FX are concerned - the RAT OD is pretty good actually. My real rat is slightly better but not by much. The Kemper Muff isn't great.

Kemper Chorus is pretty good but quite 'hi -fi' sounding. My Small Clone is much warmer.

Kemper Flanger is good and pitch shift FX is very nice. Delays and reverbs are OK. Wish the delays had easier parameters to set them up how I like. The current parameters are hard to tweak.

Thanks Michael - very useful. I work in Ableton usually - wish they had something like Drummer for that - it really is a killer App by the sounds of it.

This isn't really about 'warranty' coverage. It's a myth. In Europe you get rights about goods lasting a reasonable time. In this case the Kemper screen shouldn't go like that within a few years if used properly. This is an expensive bit of hardware, not a pocket calculator.

Your contract is with the dealer, but it isn't relevant what warranty they gave you - ultimately if the goods are not of satisfactory quality then you are entitled to a repair at their expense.

Hello all,

I have BFD2 which sounds very realistic. But I find that programming is very tedious. I was thinking of getting a Mac for Drummer and Logic. Drummer appeals to me because of the 'follow' feature and the simplicity of not programming every hit but having a human feel.

Can I use Drummer to drive BFD2 as a sample engine? Also thoughts on Drummer specifically for my purposes are welcome.

Thanks
Mark

What can I say that hasn't already been said - TAF profiles are amongst my very favourites and the ones I generally use all the time now - Andy you are clearly a very talented individual - it is an art and a skill to create such wonderful profiles and I wish you the best of luck in your future ventures. I look forward to purchasing more profiles from your site as time goes on - like a good amp they are timeless.

Quote from SteelGuitars

Made this video today playing the Helix alongside the Kemper with similar amp profiles/models for those interested.
Enjoy

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Thank you for this SteelGuitars - I watched it this morning - it was something I had been waiting to see. From what I can hear the Helix sounds very nice - especially clean where I could barely tell the difference. With high gain I think the Kemper sounds more natural (less plastic top end) but the Helix is very respectable.

I would love to hear more - especially clean to mildly overdriven fenders compared - thanks.

Also how do the FX compare to the Kemper?