I have an issue on my kemper profile that affects on rigs with high gain, it's like a whistle noise on that rigs (maybe at 2k hz or higher), anybody have the same problem?
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have you tried the pure cab function in the output menu? It is a tool to reduce the sideeffect that a close microphoned cab produces.
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I've noticed all Kemper profiles have a harsh "whistling" freq around 2200hz - more noticeable in high gain profiles, and some more than others, but it's always there. If you're monitoring thru a DAW, set up a notch filter at 2200hz, toggle it on/off, and you'll notice a piercing "whistling" tone leap out when you toggle the notch filter off. Or with the Kemper's studio EQ (post amp/cab), a mid-band cut at 2200hz, maximum gain reduction, highest Q, will also work. What I'm wondering is if it's something specific to the Kemper, or if it's just that all guitar amps have this going on? i.e. is it inevitably just part of a guitar amp's distortion overtones?
If anyone feels inclined, could they try the notch filter on/off trick (at around 2200hz) and let me know if they're hearing the same thing? And if anyone's got some distorted guitars they've recorded from a real amp, if the same thing is noticeable here too?
I suspect it probably is, and also that what I'm noticing is just an acoustic phenomenon whereby if you cut out a harsh freq, then put it back in, it REALLY leaps out. BUT it is only at this specific freq that, when you cut and then remove the EQ, it suddenly sounds so harsh - hence just curious whether this is specific to, or maybe just more pronounced, with the Kemper.
EDIT: to be more accurate (or less...) this harsh whistling freq isn't always at exactly 2200hz - say somewhere between 2000-3000, usually between 2000-2500 tho. But try a notch filter on/off anywhere around there, you should hear what I'm talking about - unless of course it is just my Kemper!!
Also, have tried thru headphones (direct from Kemper) and hear exactly the same thing toggling the Kemper's studio EQ on/off at that freq - just to rule out monitoring equipment or environment being the cause.
And again, I suspect it's probably just a nasty freq range for any distorted gtr amp - but just curious to get some 2nd opinions!
Hello, the same thing happens to me, in most of the rigs that I have (especially those with a lot of distortion), I hear that hiss that you mention. Is there any way to remove it without cutting that frequency?
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