Over time i'm sure they will refine it more and it will be better.
Hope so. It definitely has a lot of potential, but I'm not certain it is usable at this point. I completely forgot to test it the last time I had practice, to see if the background noise was as noticeable in a full band context.
New to the acoustic sim, I'm finding it unusable without employing a LP filter and noise gate.
Theres some extreme HF content which i appreciate adds that “air” to simulate an pseudo-acoustic tone.
So far requiring;
noise gate—> LPF—> acoustic sim—>EQ—> compressor
Still early days and new to this effect. Not sure whether to use a profile of a studio-strip or no amp at all to tame the tone.
I haven't tried anything in the stack block. If you find something there that helps, please let us know.
22 guitars with xx pickups, don't know how many more I should try (ok, I didn't try them all)
Damn! You tried more than I did!
Yes, I also have the same issue. I've done so much tweaking to try to get rid of it, but you can only do so much. If you cut those highs it doesn't sound like an acoustic anymore.
That exactly what I noticed.
it has a lot to do with the pickup used,,
So far I have tried JB on two different guitars, JB split, Jazz, Jazz split, 59, Stock American Tele neck and bridge (not sure the exact model). Haven't tried strat or active pickups yet.
I started with this,, im very happy,,
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Thanks unclemar . That's what I started with. Sounds pretty realistic with the high cut set way higher than I normally use. That's the rig I'm using in the clip I posted, but I tested other rigs and they all have the problem. It only happens when I turn the acoustic simulator on.
I get exactly the same noise, I assumed everyone was getting this unless you back off the highs
I tried everything to troubleshoot it -- different cables, wireless vs. cable, different guitars, single coil vs humbucker, standing in different places, different rooms, headphones vs cab. Nothing seems to make a difference. If my practice tonight doesn't get canceled, I'm curious to see how noticeable it is in a full band context.
Guys,
my Kemper is not defective. It was... a cable. I´m embarassed. When I checked that part of the equation with spare cables, I was on a sound which turns out always sounds bad. Wiped the profiler before, left my sounds on the computer. Thought that sound would really show the problem.
The bad cable was touch sensitive, and did not show the problem when I hooked it up to another head.
Kemper support was really helpful and had a calm systematic approach, which I was lacking.
Keep your calm when doing studio housekeeping chores.
Haha. Glad you got it resolved. That's the same way I resolved my most recent issue (with the help of Kemper support). That's also why I take at least two of everything to a practice or a gig, or at least something that can be used as a substitute. I don't have two Kempers, though, unfortunately.
I am calling it, in the future, we will get some pretty know records where your Marshall 69 profiles, LDW one and the Top Hat, will be used, and it will take aaaages to know it. They are that good.
If I had listened to those clips, without knowing they were profiles, I would have had no idea they weren't mic'd up amps in a studio. Sounded great.
do you have the Stack section turned on? This can add significant noise even with just a DI box profile in it.
Tried both ways and it doesn't appear to affect this. I will try to get a clip of it next time I have my Kemper in my computer room and open a ticket.
For the acoustic simulator to sound more realistic, I need to have the high cut higher than I normally keep it. I don't have my Kemper on now, but I believe it was over 7.5 - 8.0k or so. With the high cut turned up, there is a significant background noise when the notes are played. Kind of like a sizzling sound, that is very noticeable. If I turn the high cut down to around under 6k, you cannot hear this noise any more. The isn't like 60 cycle hum or the guitar picking up EMI. This only occurs when notes are played. Anyone else notice this?
Turned the volume pedal off in the Rig settings, to no effect. Have an FCB1010, but I don´t use it here at home; it´s connected but turned off.
Meanwhile every rig is unusable, sounds really bad. Every distorted profile is very nasal, overly and digitally distorted.
Like some kind of input or output filter is running away.
Calling customer service tomorrow.
Must be a different problem than the one I had. That fixed mine. The only other things I can think of are to check that nothing is locked, check the input setting, make sure the cabs are on for your output method. If that doesn't work, you can try a soft reset. If that doesn't work, you can take a backup, do a full reset, and reload the backup.
Kemper support will most likely ask for a backup, so they can load it and test it out. They are very fast at getting back to you. I'd get them involved at this point. They've always gotten me on the right track.
Can you make sure that, in the Rigs, the volume pedal is set to location none (if you aren't using one)?
To report Beta issues ( or any issues) go to Kemper page and Support, fill out the form with a description of issue and they will email back, usually ask for application file or a copy of your Kemper backup, or more specifics.
Trying to determine if it is supposed to be different before saying that it is an issue.
Are you using the Kemper display or Rig Manager for this adjustment? There appears to be a bug in RM that results in an incorrect frequency display. Not sure where to report Beta bugs, unfortunately. Is there a dedicated forum?
Kemper display.
Are the high cut and low cut that have been added to the output section supposed to work the same was as the high cut and low cut in the EQ? I had been putting an EQ in the X block, with the cuts at at 100 and 6.3k. If I remove this and put the same values in the output section, it sounds like it has more bass and treble. Since the output cuts are coming after the reverb and delay, it would make sense if it has less bass and treble, but not more. Anyone know how this is supposed to work?
If you use the front buttons to change performance slots, with no pedal plugged in, is the behavior the same?
According to Kemper support, this is all intended behavior. I will just need to remember to set the volume pedal location to off, when the pedal is not plugged in. Glad to know this there something wrong with my Kemper. Thanks for the help, everyone on the board and Kemper support!
If anyone else wants to test it, here's what I did:
1) Go to Rigs -> Volume Pedal Settings and set location to input and to +5.0, with no volume pedal plugged in.
2) Select Lock Vol. Pedal.
3) Sort the attached profiles by gain ascending.
4) Play each profile until you hear a large gain jump.
5) Notice that the compressor is disabled on the profile where this happens.
6) Enable the compressor and notice the gain drops a large amount.
7) Set Intensity, Attack, Squash, and Volume to zero. Notice that the gain is still affected. If you set the volume higher, it still drops the gain, which is odd. If you set the mix to zero, as well, I believe it is still affecting the gain, but not to as high a degree.
8)Set Rigs -> Volume Pedal Settings and set location to input and to +-5.0, with no volume pedal plugged in.
Repeat the above tests. Now, the compressor still has the effect of dropping the gain, but it is very subtle compared to when the volume pedal at +5.0 with nothing plugged in.
I'm not sure why volume pedal settings affect the tone when no volume pedal is plugged in. I'm also not sure why a compressor would so drastically affect the gain when the settings were at zero. I'm curious to see if anyone else can reproduce that behavior. Thanks for all the help.
