Posts by nightlight

Quote from Raoul23

Changed to a patch i use for rhythm it was the mesa boogie triple rect from TAF and dam the input light was nearly red all the time I thought the CS wasnt ment to affect distortion sounds

i then backed my CS off to around -10.5 and the Input LED started glowing less RED. Well now im totally confused Maybe im reading more in to this than is needed, i dont know

I had a similar experience Raoul23, and it drove me nuts initially. I understand this is not how clean sense is designed to work, the way Mr CK has explained it, it seems more like a tool to balance clean and distorted tones.

But I definitely see that red LED blink less when I turn down clean sense while using a distorted profile. And, subjective as it might be, I think my tone was better when that red LED wasn't blinking.

Could be psychosomatic, but you know how good tone is all in the head, from a certain point of view

Quote from Delinquent

Even easier! Find Bill Ruperts Holdsworth rig and just change the amp. Instant hi gain leads. Experiment with Tills cabs for fun.

Nice!

Like viabcroce said, set these 128 rigs as favourites, then click the soft button in the system menu to delete all rigs but favourites.

Quote from HELL-G

I always use it before the stack, seems to work the best.

Cool tip, thanks.

Quote from waraba

... there are several people here that did some gigs with just one profile. ...

I am most definitely a one rig kind of guy. Now I want two rigs though, since I'd like something different for my leads, I find it's very difficult to use the same tone without stuff getting lost in the din of my mixes. Some good advice there, waraba, thanks.

Quote from meambobbo

The first thing I'll do to soften up a tone is reduce Treble on the tonestack (bass, mids, treble, presence on bottom of the unit). If this makes things too dull, try compensating by boosting presence a bit. Mids, Treble, and Presence will all have a ratio that makes for a really, really sweet spot, but you gotta play around to find.

If you still can't get there, use a graphic or studio EQ in the "X" slot. That should give you that last bit of control you need to get your EQ sweet spot.

Once you have that basic sound, you can start trying to tweak the distortion sound. There's many good ways to do this on the Kemper. My bread and butter is to add an EQ before the amp. I find a boost around 250-500 HZ can fatten up the sound and get it a bit smoother. Reducing the very high end (> 3000 HZ) can also makes things smoother, but can take the life out of the tone if you overdo it. I like to set the Studio EQ's high shelf to -4 db and move the frequency from around 8000 HZ to 3000 HZ and find the sweet spot where things get smoother but still have life. Then maybe reduce the cut size - I usually end up between -2 and -4 db.

Definition is a good parameter to mess with - turn it down a little to reduce the djenty chugga chug to the tone which will make it a bit more open for leads. Also, tube shape - the higher you go, the "softer" the distortion, but again you can lose some "life" to the tone.

Of course expiriment with different amps and cabs. As far as the cab controls, I leave everything at 0 except maybe MILD tweaks to character. Things can get digital/artificial fast here.

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Envious that you dove into the Kemper within one week. I keep scrolling through patches and playing. I must conquer this!

Quote from Guitartone

Wow, all very complicated stuff.

I have an easy method.
Go to any Till's Profile, turn on some Delay already in the Profile/Rig...done, awesome lead tone.

Play a backing track through your studio monitors and play some lead with it, now adjust your delay settings until the lead sits nicely in the mix.
Try some of the Delay presets (press Delay button then use Browse knob)...when you find a preset that works well take note of the settings and how the delay was created...if you tweak it then save your new settings as a new Preset.

That's my kind of method! Thanks, guitartone!

Thanks, everybody. Some good stuff in there. I think I've been overkilling it with the delays and 'verb. Keep the suggestions coming.

Quote from tylerhb

... severly boost the mids, cut the bass a little and add some gain and delay. But mids are the most important thing by far. The problem is that not all profiles work equally good when you boost the mids.....

Hmm, haven't really worked with the amp controls too much. Been tweaking the amplifier controls mainly. I'm a little leery of making digital sounding tones, which is why I'm looking for "out of the box" solutions. As in out of the Kemper, directly to me with as little interference too much.

Quote from DonPetersen

Lasse made the majority of profiles in his Rig Pack specifically for metal rhythm guitar (except the Liquid Leads one, obviously), as he stated in the pdf.... My first idea would be to turn down the definition parameter on Lasse's profiles and maybe add some mids with the tonestack. Searching for 'lead' in the Rig Exchange returns plenty of profiles...

That's the feeling I got from Lasse's tones. They're superb for rhythm, I was unable to tweak them in a way that the tone remained natural and not artificial, if that makes sense. Mid and definition parameters sounds like a good place to start. I can't believe I haven't explored the rig exchange thoroughly yet. But with over 3000 profiles, I just find it so daunting. I have found a couple of cool tones though

Quote from nakedzen

What I do is just switch to the neck pickup and turn my tone knob down.

That's a cool idea. I'm really fond of using my neck pickup when I'm playing clean tones, but with higher gain, I always find it sounds a bit honky. I'm stuck with the bridge pickup by default, partially because I can't keep switching in-between with the kind of stuff I'm playing.

Quote from waraba

Give also a try to the lead booster and pure booster , I often use them for leads, they are a great addition to get a cool rhythm rig sound right for the leads aswell. Also allow some time to craft a good sound with amp ( clarity & definition) and cab parameters (character & F shifting). If you're still not satisfied, change the cab ( I keep some of them only for leads)

Jeez, I really need to start messing with the Kemper. I dunno, I guess I'm one of the guys everyone talks about. You know, takes Kemper out of box, plugs in, doesn't stop to tweak, still thinks it kicks ass.

Quote from Hallan

.. and try also Poulin Legion Solo rig - maybe change in A slot to gate 2:1.. tweak it to your taste..

Check. I need to start looking through the rig exchange. I mean, what is this inertia I feel when I'm in front of the Kemper. I just don't want to do anything but play guitar, I have no time for anything in-between. Like I'm paralysed with fear or something.

"Don't turn the Kemper knobs, or they'll fall off, your LEDs will die, it will explode in your face." Gah.

Then again, perhaps if I don't touch it, it will remain minty fresh for my whole life.

I'm a little overwhelmed when it comes to settings like reverb and delay on profiles.

For example, a lot of the new Lasse Lammert profiles sound great for rhythm, but they're not as good for lead. I thought adding some reverb and delay would give them more of a fluid feeling, but just wound up with something that sounded like it was made in a cavern :?

How about some helpful tips and tricks? Perhaps an example featuring one of Lasse's profiles and how you would tweak it to behave better for soloing.

Cheers

Quote from Guitartone

On 12 October 2011 this was posted on the Kemper Facebook page...I remembered it, I just went and found it again.

"just
set up at SAE, Berlin. Got a handwired Vox Toni Bruno Amp. Took a
profile in no time and from there created the most Brianmayest
Edgestanium ... I'll bring the Rig, don't worry"

https://www.facebook.com/photo…3711557960&type=1&theater

I can't remember what happened to this Profile, it was a LONG time before the Rig Exchange was started...in fact it was a long time before the Kemper was even released.

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Cool story.

Quote from DukeOURL

yeah... problem is... I hear clipping..
driving me crazy!! especially when I know it's something I can control but just haven't figured it out yet. LOL

Is the red LED on your input flashing? Turn down clean sense.

If the red LED on your output is flashing, turn down rig volume.

Cool! Another profile on my list!

I think the hum is noticeable because you're connected to multiple devices on a single power outlet.

It's also possible the connection is not earthed properly, which can also cause humming problems. This is likely to be the reason you got a shock when touching the metal chassis of the power supply.

Not too sure why the Crate died when you switched on ground lift. Maybe someone else has an idea. But it's never a good idea to have too much load on a single output, always divide it up when possible.

Be careful that you don't blow up your Kemper, dude!

Killer job, man! Thanks!

Quote from Will_Chen

This is a scenario in which my color blindness seems to be a blessing...

Sometimes I feel colour blind too when trying to decipher those LEDs. But my ears work fine!

I think it's great there are so many profile variations. One might not nail the particular sound for a certain song/mix, while another might.

Choice is a good thing!

Congratulations, Gianfranco! Rock and roll all night and party every day!

Keep practising!

Jk Jk!

I heard the noise too last night.

It's similar to the popping sound if you use a loop switching system with analog pedals, especially high gain ones. Or even high gain pedals within the loop of a device like the Boss GT-8. Did a lot of testing this and narrowed it down to some kind of impedance matching problem. Alternatively, it could just be the sound suddenly cutting in and out.

Not too sure how it occurs in a self-contained digital device like the Kemper though. :?

Upgraded to 2.2. Seems awesome, but last night, I experienced a funny moment. While fast browsing with auto load, my Kemper's sound suddenly cut and then a few seconds later, the screen went dim and so did the lights for just a second.

After that, smooth sailing. Wondering what the heck happened?

I'll attribute it to maybe a loosely plugged cable, but wondering if anyone had that experience? I remember some people talking about the Kemper suddenly shutting down when fast browsing earlier. Could it be that?

Quote from Raoul23

The threshold on the input LED has been changed by CK. I to had this problem with my Navarro PRSand CK informed me what he had done. The KPA has lots of head room so unless you red light isn't on contently you be fine. Must admit this drove me insane at first but now I just ignore it.

Is that how it works? I assumed that a red light means your input or output has clipped. Don't think it has to be constant. Ideally, it shouldn't happen at all, or at least, that's what I thought.

I think Mr CK should change the LED colours, I was really confused initially by the yellow/orange and red LEDs. Perhaps it would be easier to identify if the LED for clipping was purple or blue!

Quote from Robman

Don't want to get off the point but ..... Mangini was always gonna get the job even though he wasn't the best drummer .....IMHO..............

I thought so too, though I'm sure he's qualified. My reasoning? They focused on Mangini exclusively in the first episode of their drummer search. Plus, he was on screen for a lot longer than any of the other drummers, who had really short appearances in the remaining two audition episodes!

Felt sorry for Derek Roddy! He didn't even have his sound miced and the few seconds of him playing made him look like an idiot that could only blast beat. Unfair!