Posts by stratdude

Quote from ckemper

No, this is actually not planned.

There is typically two kinds of DI Profiles.

1) There are profiles taken from the DI output of a bass amp or acoustic amplifier, to adapt to a bass or an acoustic guitar.

These profiles are full range (not flat responce), as they are not colored and lowpass filtered by a guitar or bass cabinet.

They do not use distortion, the gain is at zero.

2) Then there are profiles taken from a tube amp by a DI box, without capturing the speaker. We call them Direct Amp Profiles. These profiles may use the amp distortion, as usual. Direct Amp Profiles are typically created to be combined with a suitable cabinet preset (e.g. impulse responce) at a later point in time.

The Profiler identifies DI Profiles by their CAB module being off or empty, and will automatically switch the Kone to full-range mode, as described.

However, it has no means to distinguish between version 1) and version 2).

And we think this is not necessary.

We always assume that you will use the main outputs for a FOH mixing desk. To do so even with DI Profiles of version 2), you *have to* set up a suitable cabinet to complete your tube amp sound. By our definition, you have turned your Direct Amp Profile into a Studio Profile that automatically allows Speaker Imprints.

In the case that you want to run Direct Amp Profiles straight into the Kone without using any other output, we would call this an exceptional way of using the Profiler. However, you can solve this situation by simply establishing an arbitrary cabinet (which wouldn't be heard in the end).

Does this answer your question?

CK

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I've only made 1 profile myself, which was a DI (or DA I guess) of my JCM800 2210 which has it's own DI output, it's the main rig I use (it turns out I spent the first 6 months looking for a profile that sounded like my amp, until I just profiled mine). I mainly play through a cab but I'll make sure I attach a cab module to it to use with a couple of Kones when they're available

Cheers

I think he means DI. I'm assuming you can still assign a kone imprint to a DI profile if desired?

IIRC, I believe Eddie used to have only 1 speaker in it's own cab miked and the other 3 (or more?) isolated and covered in blankets and whatever else so it wouldn't be deafening in the studio, as well as obviously the variac to reduce voltage to the entire amp. It'll be freakin' loud

Geez warn your neighbours first, they'll think a ufo has landed next door ?. Can you hook up a second cab to share the load?

Quote from Calaban

I should probably try P-Mode. I’ve had my Kemper for 5+ years and haven’t checked it out at all.

I guess I don’t see the advantage.

I have a midi controller with 5 buttons on each row. I just set up a bank for each song. The 5 buttons on the bottom row correspond to the different sections of the song.. Might be different variations of a single profile or different profiles altogether.

The buttons on the top row are reserved for stomps and FX.

Isn’t this pretty much what performance mode gives you? If not, what is the difference?

Is there any reason to switch from this method to performance mode?

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Quicker switching within the one performance , and editing rigs in performance mode doesn't alter the original

Quote from Ruefus

This is not right. MIDI is MIDI, regardless of what sends the commands. I’ve looked at the HEX. From Voodoo Labs’ site:

Compatible with our Ground Control Pro or any MIDI controller

I’d ping Voodoo Labs. Guaranteed they’ve had this question before.

Hey I hope your right, but the GCX needs to see 8 simultaneous CC commands to work and I assume the Hex would need to see 4. I've not found any other piece of gear that can send 8 CC"s at once but maybe the Hex is different. Definitely contact Voodoo Labs, I hope I'm wrong

I don't own a Hex, but I do have the GCX switcher. You need the Voodoo Labs Ground Control Plus to control everything. I don't own a Kemper remote but I'm 99.9% certain that Kemper gear won't control your hex.

I started on 10's in my teens, tried a couple of times to change to 9's but found them too flabby, especially when tuning down 1/2 step with a floyd, hitting the bottom E hard would make it go sharp, 9's just seemed ridiculous. I started playing on low gain amps when young and hit the strings quite hard to get different dynamics, so much that I would tend to break strings at least twice a night during a gig. Many years later I picked up an old strat that had been strung with 9's thinking I'd eventually get around to swapping in 10's, but instead after 20 odd years of playing I've made the switch to 9's.

Sorry for the long winded post but I personally think how much articulation, dynamics and (character?) can be applied during bends, vibrato and pick attack is more important than anything demonstrated in this video when selecting string gauge.

Or I could've just said it's all about the feel ?

P.S. If you like 9's on a strat, try 9.5 to 44's on Gibson scale, 10's definitely feel heavier

Not sure what the official position is on this, but I can only say the local distributor (Australia) and Kemper were very helpful when I had an issue with my second hand unit. (It was a month or 2 still in warranty)

Just turn off cab sims for monitor output. Easy!

I reckon I've already got those bits lying around, I'll give that a go.

Thanks again!

Quote from RockmanCentralBob

I had the exact same problem so I'll tell you how I solved it:

1) I reversed the wiring (by unsoldering, reversing the wiring and resoldering the connections) in my expression pedal so that the Kemper sees the toe down position as the heel back position and visa versa. This is the key factor because the Kemper always defaults to the heel back position when you load a preset, and I wanted all my patches to start in the toe down (full distortion) position.

2) I created my profiles in full distortion mode, and then used morphing to reduce gain, boost treble and boost the volume a bit as I go to heel back position.

3) I created a couple of extra presets that go from clean in toe down mode and full distortion in heel back mode in case I want to just hit a preset to go to clean mode instead of using the expression pedal (though, I very rarely ever use them). If you have long passages that are clean, it can be a PITA to have to keep your foot on the pedal all the time, or if you have to lift your foot off to hit another button for whatever reason.

When I go heel back on the pedal, it goes perfectly clean or anywhere in between and there are absolutely no pauses or any sound glitches because I'm not even changing the preset. For many songs, I only need one preset! You could theoretically also add a switch in the toe down position and use that to trigger a lead boost and/or delay effect, again, without even changing presets!

I hope this helps you!!

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That's pretty much the way I want to use it, and I imagine a lot of other people would be the same. As a leftie, rolling the volume back to reduce gain doesn't really work as almost all left hand guitars have right hand pots wired backwards, which turns them in to almost on/off switches. I don't really want to rewire my dvp3, but I may find a cheaper pedal to try this on. Thanks for your detailed response!

FWIW I've found if I press any buttons on my ground control pro whilst the Kemper is booting, I'll get the input light lighting up on the Kemper after it boots but no output. Rebooting Kemper and not touching the gcp during boot fixes it

Yeah I got it to work that way too, but it's a bit counterintuitive to have to use it backwards like that. I'll put in a feature request, just wanted to make sure I'm not missing something. Playing guitar, singing, drinking and having to use a pedal backwards may be too much for my brain

Hi

Is it possible to save morph settings so they're recalled in the toe position on the expression pedal? I'd like to be able to roll back the gain via morphing but the performance slot always loads with the gain at the lowest setting, not highest. Am I missing something or is this not possible?

Hi Christoph and co.

Can't wait to get my hands on a couple of Kones, (I think I heard you say the Kone is only available direct from Kemper, please be kind with freight costs to Australia?) but as my little home studio is running out of space I'm going to have to store away either my Marshall quad or my Yamaha HS8's. What kind of "frfr" sound quality can we expect from the kone for music playback as well as vocals? Could you imagine using the Kone for vocals etc for a 1 man gig? I understand this isn't it's primary purpose but just trying to plan ahead.

Cheers

Cheers, thanks!

Would it be possible to create a single CC midi command to allow ramp up and down of morphing via a midi controller momentary switch? Currently the performance slot midi command needs to be sent repeatadivly in order to achieve this, which my voodoo labs gcp is incapable of. I can't use the Kemper remote as it won't control v/labs switcher.

Cheers Ben

Quote from Guter11

I see that’s a Microsoft thing. Can I use it with my Mac?

No pc or mac involved, just the ground control and Kemper.

Hit the link in my previous post from a year ago, worked perfect for me.

Good luck!

+1 for cc commands