Posts by Angus1968

thanks guys, got it running into my UR22, all good. Haven't tried the aux in at the back as another option, but will do so later. Can't believe how awesome this thing sounds. The only negative I can see so far is the risk of me losing my hearing by playing it too loud. But it's just so hard to resist

Hi Everyone

I just got my Kemper today and have a few questions. I did do a few searches and looked on Youtube, but couldn't exactly find an answer.

1. I have downloaded Rig Manager and need to connect the Kemper to my laptop (it is a windows based machine). But there are were no cables in the Kemper box other than the power cord. Does that seem right? I would have thought they would put in the cable?? Next question is how do I actually connect. The back of the Kemper has the USB spot with a flat connection (that would fit a normal memory stick) and a larger, squarer slot. Which USB slot should I use? My laptop only has the normal memory stick connections (not the squarer ones). And I take it that whatever cable I need I just go to a computer store?

2. The above is for just using Rig Manager etc, but the way I want to set up to play is to use backing tracks on my laptop to play along to. I have a UR22 that I currently use to do this. I plug guitar into UR22 and UR22 goes into laptop and I use Reaper to record as well. Is it best to use this same setup nd run the guitar into the kemper, then the kemper into the UR22? If so, which exact spot in the kemper do i need to plug something into? I will be playing with headphones as well, so with this setup, do I run the headphones into the UR22 or into the kemper itself?

3. I will be almost exclusively using headphones. I have been reading up a lot about this and was about to get ready to buy a good set. But I have a pair of Beats and I plugged this into the Kemper headphones straight out of the box, and I have to say I am really happy with the sound. It is brilliant. Would a set of Audio Technica 50 or Beyerdynamics 770/880 or Sennheiser 650s really sound that much better? Is there potentially some kind of headphone snobbery that could cloud people's judgements here, as I know everyone loves to bash Beats. But hey, i already have them so if I can avoid spending another $400, it would be good.

That's a lot of questions, so appreciate any helpful hints anyone might have.

On a positive note, I am really happy that I have gone this route. I have been looking for a solution to silent playing for some time now and this is just so much better than any of the amp sims out there (it would want to be given the price!). I just always had an empty feeling with anything out there even Bias, SGear, whatever. I was using an actual tube amp through a load box/attenuator, but as soon as I plugged into the kemper, within a couple of minutes I could hear that this is a quality sound. I have a couple of pedals (OCD and EP Boost) and so I found a 69 clean from TAF loaded onto the Kemper, plugged in the pedals and had a great tone - better than my tube amp through the load box, better than anything I have tried. So I will be selling a bit of gear now and concentrating on buying some profiles and my quest is hopefully over.

Rock on!

Well as a follow up, I went into a local shop today to try some headphones. My thoughts were to just try a pair before I got the kemper to see what all the fuss is about for high end headphones.

I currently use beats headphones which will no doubt be the ridicule of many on hear. So be it. Anyway, the store didn't have beyer dynamics or sennheiser or even the Audio Technica. THey did have a pair of AKG 702s that I tried. I listened to some music on my iPhone using my beats just to get a baseline for what I am currently using. Then I plugged in the 702's and my first reaction was WOW. But not in a good way.

The 702s were probably less than half the volume and they were only 62 ohm headphones, it was not nearly loud enough for what I like. But volume aside, I just don't think that they are any clearer or better than my beats. One thing they were better at is comfort. But I'm really not sure what all the fuss is about. Maybe a headphone amp would give it some oomph and change my perception?

Thanks a lot for the responses guys.

I guess what I could do is go to a shop where I am and try out some flat response headphones and just listen to my music. If that sounds good, then I can assume the guitar will aso sound good?

Hi All

I've trawled through the threads and found some discussion about Headphones for the Kemper - quite a mixed reaction with some loving the sound and others not. Then there's the whole debate about what type of headphones to get.

Here's my confusion: the general consensus is that you need headphones with as flat a response as possible, reference headphones if you will. But then I read that listening to mp3 music through these types of headphones sounds terrible, with harsh highs etc.

If I am to buy the kemper, I will almost exclusively use it through headphones, and my style is to play along with backing tracks or playing along with my mp3 tracks. So if reference headphones don't sound good with mp3 songs, is then a recipe for a bad listening experience?

Also, for those kemper owers out there, how much "tweaking" do you generally need to do to purchased presets (eg mbritt). I use software at the moment like Guitar Rig or SGear and really don't enjoy all the tweaking that has to be done. I'm a simple man and just want to be able to download a preset and have it pretty much the way I want to sound (I can live with mucking about with treble or bass or something simple like that, but to have to be changing cabinets and IRs and other effects just irritates me. I want to spend my time playing the guitar, not playing with the computer).

Any thoughts on the above would be much appreciated. It's a lot of money to fork out if it is not a great experience. And the biggest problem is that in my city, there are no retailers so I can't even go in and try one.