Posts by nightlight

Quote from musicmad

Where did you see the sonarworks one?

It was on their website.

Plug in boutique has some decent sales, Softubes and Waves too.

I may or may not pick up another EQ from UAD instead of a synth, since I already have Halion and want to get Omnisphere (which is never on sale apparently). Probably the Sonnox Oxford one.

Holy cow, it's Christmas! I was looking for a Toontrack sale on their SDX expansions, but I think I missed it. So then I thought let me check out some BFD expansions.

Was trawling JRRShop and then thought I'd go to their website and see some demos and things. Got there, and I was informed that now that InMusic (which owns MAudio, Akai, Alesis, Denon and Headrush, among other products), I should migrate my account to their new website for BFD, which is no longer associated with FXPansion.

That would normally be a hoo-ha moment, but they are offering a free expansion pack if you migrate, so I did! Got the Oblivion expansion for nothing, so I am very happy that I saved a few bucks.

Not sure where InMusic is going to take the product, but they've already got a new update out, so keeping my fingers crossed they do a good job.

Think I'll spend that saved cash on an FXPansion synth, they have a sale on too.

Thought this would be of use to anyone looking for good deals. I saw two today:

1) Steinberg: They've got 40% off on Cubase and upgrades. Plus, if you buy Cubase Artist, you get upgraded to Pro.

2) Sonarworks: They've got a 30% off sale on their room treatment software. I can highly recommend this software if you struggle with a sub-par room.

Anyone else have any leads?

Quote from GearJocke

DAW doesn't matter.

Actually, Garageband is pretty spartan and I haven't used it much, so I just recorded the audio from my Kemper and left it as it is.

If it was Cubase, on the other hand, I could have done a whole lot to the tone in the way of processing when it came to the dual left-right tracks.

So I had some free time and was just experimenting with... chainsaw tones. I really didn't have a frame of reference other than some YouTube videos I listened to.

Here's the recording. Warning, it is very loud, so lower your speaker volume/headphone volume.

I tried two variations of the tone, one very raw and aggressive to the point of being unlistenable and the other which was more polished and smooth. They didn't play together very well when I panned them left and right and played some Grave riff, but that was expected.

Do note, I am currently at a location where I don't have access to a proper DAW and the net connection is very poor, so I haven't had a chance to download Cubase yet. This was made with GarageBand. So basically, zero EQing or tweaking.

Quote from Ibot39

Awesome_Elvis  BayouTexan

I can make some new Kemper profiles ( I can not promise and it will take some time - I am busy atm ). I have a Peavey Rage solid state amp with a speaker out mod to hook up some bigger cabs. I can push it with my original HM-2 made in Japan. I can also dial in the cab part using Ugritone TRVE Cab with SweDeath IR. Maybe the result will be close enough to have fun with it

That would be swell. If you can put together a good profile, I can basically A/B easily with my Kemper and try to nail the tone using one of my free profiles.

I'll also try and learn an Entombed song so I can put together a mix to demo the tone in the meantime.

Don't have an HM2, but I used to get a whole variety of buzzsaw tones back in the day. Should be fun.

Given that you say you can't cop the tone exactly with an HM-2 in your hands, it might be an exercise in futility though.

I've always associated that tone with an over the top fizz and hiss. After all, all the controls on the pedal are dimed. In that regard, you may not even be able to profile it, because the Kemper will tell you there is too much noise.

This is another Swedish band that had a similar tone, Grave.

Quote from Awesome_Elvis

umm ok, I guess?

You can drag a horse to water. 10-to-one any "proof" you provide will be shot down by the guy who believes his answer is gospel.

It's basically a heavily distorted sound. Awful in the room, but very cutting in a mix. You'll get tonnes of feedback and squealing, so a noise gate is necessary.

On "Left Hand Path", from which the sound originated:

Entombed used Ibanez X-series guitars with EMG pickups into a Peavey Studio Pro 40W Combo Amp. Two guitars using HM-2’s were double tracked as such and panned left and right, while a third guitar using a Boss DS-1 was fully centered within the soundstage - to overall produce that textural wall of sound. The Peavey Studio Pro Amp was ’busted’ shortly after the completion of the recording, meaning that Entombed used a Peavey Bandit for their remaining albums - while preserving the arrangement of the other core tone-shaping elements.

I should be able to record something from next week, will try and create a profile to share.

Quote from Allenhuish

I have just received a parcel from amazon and this device works perfectly and is powered by USB.

I've had it running for a couple of hours powered by the Kemper and works perfectly. Can work 2 different ways: will add your kemper to your home/studio wifi network or create it's own network if you're on a gig. This solution won't work with a remote, but otherwise it looks like the neatest and cheapest thing.

There are a few different versions, but this one was the cheapest that I found on ebay UK, just under £20.

https://amzn.to/3gSp3CA

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Not saying this as gospel, but I think powering a device using the USB on your Kemper might not be desirable. Could DonPetersen confirm that?

For those not in the know, Chinbangin' is the new headbanging style that all the young dudes are into nowadays. This is my ode to them.

I got some new gear! I was looking to build up my home studio, so I picked up a couple of used DAW controllers.

Euphonix MC Mix

Steinberg CC121

As you can see, one is minty, the other is greasy (but cleaned up nicely).

I think with the Console 1 I picked up, I should be good when it comes to mixing my projects in a more intuitive way.

Quote from GearJocke

Why

Okey give us a clip of it as proof.

No

Quote from timo

Have you switched off the EQ (or Amp in 8.x)? And probably locked it?

Because then the EQ can‘t be edited and is therefore not shown here.

Oh gosh, yes, that must be it. Thanks, Timo!

/thread

Use a distorted stomp and run it into a distorted profile. Then EQ till you get a cutting tone, boosting mids might help.

Made a mistake. The lights show up in performance mode, just not in browser mode. Here are some pictures.

Browser mode

Performance mode

System

What's even stranger is that none of those four knobs seem to do anything in browser mode. As in, turn it, and no values are changed.

Is this some kind of bug? I'm on firmware 8.0.0.21450B. Will try to update to a release and see if it works.

I'm wondering if there's some setting I am unaware of, but I haven't changed anything on my profiler.

When I start up my profiler and switch to browse or performance mode, none of the four LED rings below the screen light up.

At first I thought they were broken, but when I switch into system mode, all of the LEDs light up and none of them are dead.

Switch back to browse or profile and there are no LED lights.

Not sure what the problem is. Is there some setting I have missed?

Hey. I am also getting electric noises on my Kemper now, so I wanted to raise the alert.

Please listen to this recording.

I normally don't have any issues with my Kemper and I am a user since 2013. This is extremely weird.

Can anyone help? ckemper  DonPetersen  Kemper Support #1

It is totally strange. I had to stop playing tonight on account of this tonight. Wasn't happening till recently. I'm on an iMac, i9, 64gb ram, some graphics card and an older Kemper OS, I think the last main revision.

It's not just on recordings as well. I can hear it when I try to jam.

Quote from Ingolf

UPS delivered already!

Oh man, this looks SO GOOD, and it sounds SO GOOD!

The 3rd picture is a Power Kabinet plus a normal Kabinet.

What a great halfstack, in stereo!

This is the missing piece for a complete ecosystem of tonal bliss.

Thank you, Kemper!

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Congratulations, Ingolf !

Big question: powered Kemper into unpowered Kabinet vs outputs into powered Kabinet. Which do you prefer? Which route would you suggest if I can only get one Kabinet, if price isn't a consideration?

Quote from Loafman3

yes

Think I will just order a 8i6 and get rid of the old 2i2

I don't think changing the interface will help.

Have you set the routing within the 2i2 software mixer? You have to route the signal from the digital output to the Kemper.

I've been watching a few videos of the QC, the Kemper and the Axe FXIII. All the tech sounds remarkable nowadays, that's for sure.

I'm guessing you could go with any of these devices and it will be awesome. Which is the best? I'm sure you could have three guys with three different devices and each one will say his is the best.

In that sense, I doubt we will get any objective feedback on this thread anymore than we would if we watched youtube videos.

For me, I'll hold on to the Kemper for now, since what I like most about it is that it is a mature platform and sounds really good. There's an editor, there are good FX and the tones are as good as any of the other Top 3 devices.

I mean, sure, you can nitpick about whether the Kemper or QC is more accurate, but the Kemper sounds good, I really doubt anyone who claims that it is inferior is speaking with any objectivity.

After all, we've seen this time and again with any and every new product. People like what they spent money for, especially the newer stuff that just came in.