Posts by Laurens

I don't really see the point of running a stereo rig into the same speaker. It might sound nice if you look for tones that blend well, but I'd say stereo rigs are more for wet/dry stuff or spreading out.

How's the input and LED on the Kemper acting? It could be input clipping on the Kemper.

Some threads can get long if there are long quotes and pictures involved and providing a back to top as a fixed object would come in handy. I know there's a function for it on the bottom of the page, but mid page, I think it would be nice.

Aaaand I just noticed it already exists. My bad!

Quote from Michael_dk

pretty easy - just bus the original track to an aux track, put on a 100% wet delay there, and afterwards whatever effect you want (like a flanger etc - or even some nasty distortion). Tweak the send level on the original track to achieve the blend you want.

Yeah, I was thinking along those lines, but I don't often use bussing for convenience, so I wasn't sure. Thanks for the clarification!

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Thank you! It's a Signature series based on his 57. It has a custom neck profile, a "player's cut" for easier upper neck access, a smoothed neck heel joint, a custom gold color w/ a black stinger on the rear of the headstock, and deeper pickup cavities that allow you lower the Ron Ellis custom wound PAFs deeper into the body (supposedly improves resonance). This was Ron's guitar that I got in a trade a few years back... Lee Roy got #001 and he got #002.

Cool man! Never heard of it and I have to say I've never heard of the man either. I'll check his music out.

Maybe the conventional use of delay has lost its inspirational value for you? Have you tried the more unique stuff like shimmer and reverse? What I'd suggest also trying is routing effects through your delayed signal only. I don't know how you'd go about it, but I used to have a Deluxe Memory Boy (great pedal, by the way) that offered an effects loop. You could put a tremolo in that, and it would only affect the wet signal. You could probably route something like that in DAW as well, but I can't tell you how off the top of my head. Probably with busses.

Well, I'm a fair bit younger (23 at the moment) and I don't own a 2290, so I can't tell you that. I've used it on a few occasions, but I can't give you a straight comparison. I can't say I've ever bought something based on technical specs, by the way. I won't rule something out because of some spec I don't like either. In the end, it's about what sounds good and certainly for live-application, I don't think anything I've used or heard can beat the Strymon Timeline for value. I have to stress that the idea of having presets is very important to me. One analog delay with a tap tempo might suffice for you, while it doesn't for me. I like the weird stuff you find in a Timeline and I use analog delays mostly for feeding one into another. Or I'll feed an analog one into a digital one, whatever works.

Quote from Nikos

Ofcourse you are right.

So more correct it is "vintage analogue/dynamic/older lower bit digital" vs new 16/24-bit delays;

Btw the 2290 is as far as I can remember a "dynamic delay"

It's a dynamic delay, but that doesn't make it less digital. It's one of the finest digital delays ever made though, in my opinion. On the other hand, I'd say the Timeline is on par with about anything I've ever heard. It's really stellar. However, for feeding multiple delays into each other, I'd still go analog.

I mean, what I said would be so insane to have. The fact we'd have a reverse delay alone was exciting enough for me, but that would be something new I'd use for sure.

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Gibson CS Lee Roy Parnell #002

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Dayumm, that's nice! Is that a Collectors Choice guitar or not? If not, what's the difference with an R7, for instance?

I'd say analog - digital is a different debate than vintage - new. It's not because it's new that it's digital or that old means analog. The 2290 is a digital vintage unit, the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo is a newer analog unit.

Interesting, @ba_hill. What does it do if it's at 50%, for instance? Does it start regularly and then suddenly reverse back? That would be insane.

Quote from pamplemousse

from the reviews it looks robust which is not the comments from the moog's (plastic, looks weak although no failure reported)
how do you replace the cable? DIY with cooking rope or do they sell parts somewhere?

The Moog has a separate cable. Any TRS cable will work with it. I used 2 Moog's with a Strymon Timeline and a Mobius; they took a beating and kept working. Really nice value on them. I haven't tried them with the Kemper though, but I can't imagine them not working properly.

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has anyone feedback on Yamaha FC-7 with the KPA? it is only few $$ more than the moog and has excellent reviews on a famous european website.

It looks a lot less sturdy and the cable is fixed. The Moog's are really nice and should the cable break, you can easily replace it.

Quote from Michael_dk

I think it's not a matter of use friendliness - I'm sure most people who would like an editor would be perfectly fine with the exact same interface on the editor as on the unit itself. It's more a matter of convenience, especially if the kemper is in a rack as opposed to sitting on the desktop.

That's a situation in which I could totally understand wanting an editor. I'm not in that situation though and was just trying to say that if there are no plans for an editor, implementing those features in the rig manager would already make for a nice update.

I don't need an editor to change parameters as such, as i think the Kemper is user-friendly enough to just turn some buttons. Updating firmware and doing backups in the Rig Manager would be a nice addition, though.

I dabble in some keys; mainly (bass-)synths. These are way out of my range, but they do look nice.

Have you seen this video (as you bring up the guitar in comparison to it)?

Quote from waraba

Ahah lol, I did once also, I felt really stupid too, but I have a vintage Kemper with the input on the right

Wait, what? There are actually Kempers with the input on the left?

Oh wow, I thought this was going to be crackling as an effect. Like the first sound in this video:

I loved that out of the Mobius, but I sold it when I got the Kemper. I sometimes miss that feature, though.

I've had this problem as well though, but without headphone space, as I never use headphones with my Kemper. Weird.

I haven't done that, probably because the input on my Orange was on the right as well. The guy in the store where I first played the Kemper did mix them up at that very moment, which was pretty funny.

I can recognise myself in the re-amping story though, certainly have done that.