Posts by ajbsmirnoff

    East Coast USA, gigs are starting to come back, at least out doors. Even still without a pandemic, bar restrooms are filthy. Why not disinfect your pedalboard after a gig?

    Babywipes can clean most things off (beer/dust/red wine/ fingerprints) etc, and not affect the paint. They're not wet enough to drip inside the case.

    I got this error code when my USB stick malfunctioned (I have never had one die while using it.... a first !).



    The solution is to replace the bios.

    Get a new usb stick. Format it in you pc to fat32

    Place the kaos.bin (from the zip file you download from https://www.kemper-amps.com/do…/Operating-System-Updates) into the root of the drive.

    Make sure the Kemper is switched off.

    Put usb stick into kemper. Press and hold both < > switch the kemper to tuner.



    It'll reinstall the bios. it takes a while. I think that this has happened enough that Support should start helping guys here in the comments where the bios has gone during an update.


    I got the info from https://www.soundside.de/support/KPARecovery.htm

    Acoustic sim - I have to say I like it. I sold an AC-3 pedal a while ago, as the acoustic sim style profiles (for Kemper and helix were as good as the pedal

    This is better.

    Plus you can slot acoustic IRs into the cab slot.... for more textures


    No need to buy a Hotone Omni AC pedal !


    Plus the auto sweller is cool !

    Are you looking at the 'output section' ?

    The profile volume knob is linked to the rig volume knob in the rig section (of RM) and changes (on mine) with the profile volume, while the output volume in the output section (of RM) is linked to the master volume knob.


    [i still get a kick out of seeing the knobs move onscreen when adjusting stuff on the Kemper]

    What is it new or used?


    The plastic window is a sheet of plastic has a few 10ths of a mm play between it and the frame its set in. It can be wobbled. This isn't the display which is set behind it. Because there is a gap - dust can get between the lcd and the plastic window. If your profiler is out of warranty - you could clear this with a can of compressed air.


    Stripes. Try adjusting the brightness / contrast / white balance of the lcd display in the settings . The lcd has a really wide variation in the setting to make it visible in lots of lighting conditions.

    A bunch of the effects in the kemper already are stereo - in the manual from the Phaser (on page 170 ) onwards . I think putting them before the amp block may end up summing them to mono though - put em after the amp :)

    It would be handy if the Rig Manager could prep a usb stick in the same way that the Profiler can.


    To fix my profiler I needed a usb stick formatted by the profiler. But no profiler to do it. If I didn't know to format it as fat 32 I'd still have a non-working profiler. . Having Rig manager format and set up a usb stick with a bios and backup of the profiler would be pretty cool.

    I've had an interesting update journey. [tl:dr - it works out fine in the end]


    I updated to 7.4.0beta when it appeared (spending alot of time at the computer with RM running !)

    Today I saw Burkhard's post, and the 7.4.1 update..... and the instructions for the 'deadend' 7.4.0.


    I put the new 7.4.1 update on my usb stick [sound of tense music] put it in the Kemper and initiated the update .........and it crashed. near the end. I rebooted the kemper, and I tried again [even more tense music].


    This time it failed early in the update and had a new message along the lines of 'nand burn cannot find file', and something about the usb stick.

    Rebooting this time..... went to the same screen. Again. And again. Oh. Dear.


    I checked my usb stick.... and it was blank. My usb stick had clearly died during the updating process, and knackered the software/bios during the process.


    So. Deep breath. Find new usb stick (borrowed from daughter), format it for fat32, put the last good update into the root directory. Put it into the Kemper, press the < page > and switch it on to tuner........ and it reloaded the bios........ when it was finished. it booted just fine, and hadn't lost any profiles. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

    . I suppose the Rack won't recognize both USB ports at the same time? I did unplug the USB cable from my MacBook during one try, but did not unplug the cable from the rear USB port on the Rack.




    Greg

    It does. I have my kemper permanently connected to a computer by the rear usb socket - and the front socket still works for updates - and plugging in a keyboard to type in profiles names.

    I've been controlling the Whammy via PC mapping from a Mooer GE300 controlling my Kemper. I'm thinking of re-organising my rig and going Dual Kemper, anybody know if I can use CC data from the Whammy to control Kemper Wah modules?

    The Whammy won't output any midi data I'm afraid.

    But the way you're controlling your Whammy is cool. I control mine (preset and expression) via midi from my helix. The pedal lives in a rack drawer.