Posts by V8guitar

  • Kemper profiles for cab and direct

    I cannot stress enough to try the profiles through FRFR or alternatives as described. Cabs add so much colour that you will not hear a duff profile through them easily as Greg suggested.


    Cab sim will not affect the FOH through the main outs. I use a similar set up, real cab plus direct into FOH. Make sure you are switching the cab sim off as described, not just switching the cab off on the font panel...


    Also, look into merged profiles - they will act as a direct profile when using a cab ( a profile without a cab included) and full profile with cab for FOH.

  • Why do so many Kemper's delivered profiles sound so unbalanced and harsh?

    Quote from CarloLf

    Yes, I know I can do this. And I also do know that I can adjust all profiles by turning down the Gain. But why were those profiles cranked up with so much gain? Do most people like this?

    Me too.. I use a lot of gain.


    You are suffering from too much choice. Rig Exchange is unmonitored so many people can add their profiles. Some are great, some are crap and its difficult to tell without trying them.


    So if your question is how do I get the bluesier profiles, start with the bluesier amps with less gain ( which I assume you've done). Also try some of the commercial ones, they are relatively cheap and most do try before you buy.


    Although Gary played through Soldano's at one point in his career, you need a relatively cranked Marshall (which you obviously know) from Gary, Backmore and Bonamassa so try some of the Silver Jubilee ones that others have had success ?

  • Want to go back to traditional 212 vertical cabs

    Quote from Roeffel

    I owned an atomic CLR once, didn't use it as a wedge, just straight backline on top of a 10U 19 inch rack ... As a monitor other bandmembers probably won't hear me ...

    That is the advantage of using a wedge, you point it at the band ( as well as yourself).


    Its way better than a speaker at the back of the stage which is usually to the side of the drummer etc where only you and the singer can hear it... plus less backline bleed etc.

  • Want to go back to traditional 212 vertical cabs

    Honestly if you are that close to any speaker it will travel past you, so not a guitar cab vs FRFR although I feel FRFR has a better spread. I'm surprised you can't hear that much difference.


    Any reason you've not gone for a wedge? No issue with sound projection there. You could go Yam DXR10...

  • Opinions on the Boss WS-20 and WS-20L?

    I've been using the sennheiser for about 3 months now...so far very good, no drop outs.....but....the joint on the guitar plug is not adjustable and has losened over time so had to send it back.


    Replacement sent ( took weeks) but seems to be a design floor..it's not critical but it results in the bug not staying parallel with teh guitar body but drooping down...

  • Two weeks in & i am blown away!!!! My name is Conrad & i am a converted valve purist!

    Quote from fourstrk

    I have to admit, my rigs sound way better at home through studio headphones than through my IEM, especially with sounds having higher gain. But for live use, I basically do not care too much about the overall sound quality (in my IEMs) - what really matters is that I can hear _what_ I play and _what_ the others play. I kind of rely on the KPA sounding great over the PA (which is does). After listening to my cues afterwards in the DAW over the studio headphones it always sounded as I expected it to do.

    Yep, me to. Before backline was so important because you were miking it up. Now for me as long as its good enough to inspire etc. then that'll do...my IEM sound also isn't great btw, but never had a great sound with a valve either... :)

  • Newbie here with a question

    I would definitely try some different profiles just to rule it out.


    If you get a chance, also try an FRFR speaker if you can. The v30's will have a massive affect on the colour on the resulting sound. The 5150 might be compensating in some way.


    It doesn;t mean that using's V30's is not viable, but it does mean that if you went direct ( for example) the sound would be very different.

  • WAH help! I'm simply too dim for this....

    You can;t profile wah pedals as part of a rig so no, you will not see any amps with the Kirk Hammet Wah. However, there is a comprehensive list of wahs that you can import, I'll try to find it.


    You then need to control them through an expression pedal via the inputs on the remote.


    If you have the wah, as spikey said, these need to go into the guitar input like a regular amp.

  • Two weeks in & i am blown away!!!! My name is Conrad & i am a converted valve purist!

    Funny isn't it how we all think differently...


    I played at the weekend and the support band had a guitarist using a Marshall ( I think it was a JCM800 - certainly an older model, probably non master volume).


    A few things struck me:


    1) It sounded really good

    2) He had it VERY loud - the PA guy had to get him to turn down a number of times as the backline was drowning out the PA. He was using both a 4 x12 and Fender Hotrod deluxe as a slave...

    3) He had a pedal board the size of a small barge to give the additional sounds he needed, although he had some very creative sounds ( octavers, Moog thingies, strymon timeline delay etc).


    So going on stage I thought my KPA doesn't sound as good through my 1 x12 FRFR...until i started playing...it sounded great, particularly out front, but not at ear splitting levels. Don't get me wrong, we don't play quietly, but I don't need to crank it. In fact I prefer not to be too loud else the Gretsch squeals like a pig at feeding time. I can balance the volume to get musical feedback.


    I get the " its not got the amp in the room sound" but actually I prefer not having to deafen myself or the audience to get a great sound and I've changed my thinking as a result.

  • Rig Manager 3.0 Editor

    So 1700+ posts in and there is still debate on " it should have been shipped with an editor"..


    Regardless:

    1) It wasn't...futile to debate if it should have

    2) Its useable without, becuase we have been using it without. We all agree it would be better with, especially in the studio

    3) The stage is the same interface so I see only slightly higher need for it

    4) If you bought one on the perceived promise or thought that it had one, do your research before.

  • Rig Manager 3.0 Editor

    Quote from spikey

    It was asked earlier "what can an editor do for me that the KPA cant already do"? I tried being cute in answering, but really didn't answer the question. Ive since then thought it over and here is my answer- It will allow me to adjust profiles on the fly while sitting in front of my DAW creating music, right in front of me, without having to reach over / walk over and twist a knob or press a button on the KPA. It creates a faster and more efficient work flow in a digital world / studio for recording guitar. It will also allow me (if It has what it should have) to keep & store profiles in a more pro-active way right onto the hard-drive, where they can be called up, edited, and saved to a folder of choice (or the cloud) without hitting a single button on the KPA! If time=money as some have stated here, then why wouldn't you want this?

    Isn't the answer "everything I can currently do but easier" ?


    For example - I was making some changes last night and I need to change some morph settings. I think I can do it without the remote but its easier with...however, I have to get the remote out and plug it all in. I am hoping the editor lets me do this much easier on screen.


    For me my spare time doesn't equal money, but doesn't detract from wanting an easier life :)

  • Rig Manager 3.0 Editor

    Quote from fak0u

    I'm amazed at how a lot of people on this forum find all kinds of reasons to proclame the editor delay is not important, or if the editor is even actually needed (you guys are unbelievable).

    I have always wanted an editor because its useful, not essential. I have used mine KPA for a similar length of time ( 5 years) and I rarely change it now, not because its difficult but because I'm happy with the sound. So I can cope pretty well without it. Funnily enough I was making some changes last night and the editor would have been useful but didn't stop me or cause major frustration.


    Not sure why that is amazing.


    I'm more amazed you bought the stage, with virtually the same interface, which is probably more suited to live use and gave it up weeks before the "essential" editor came out in favour of VST's ( none of which I like the sound of), which are not practical live.... but hey that's up to you.

  • Noise gate being locked to input

    Quote from Themightyjay

    Op may have slightly differing views but I personally would like to see the clean/dist sense independent of the noise gate.


    For example if I use a lower output guitar I may want to raise the dist sense by a few db. As I use a ton of performances I'd need to lock it.


    Unfortunately this locks the whole input section including the gate. This is pretty useless as I have to swap between clean and high gain rigs which use different gate settings stored by rig. so it's either set it low and have massive noise on high gain or crush the dynamics of the clean tone when set high.

    Can't you just use the stomp noise gate? I find the stomp version better anyway?