You guys are great! I agree with you, maybe I do sound good to other people’s ears but it doesn’t to me. The original reason for this thread is why I cast doubt on the Kemper. I hear dead notes.
Not from speaker position in the room, not from a guitar that is not setup, not from my ears wanting the kemper to sound exactly like a pro musicians rig, but because it doesn’t work like it should. Hopefully the sound engineers and bright minds that work for Kemper figure this out!
Reformatted the unit and went back to the beginning with the presets. Much better. Gonna spend some time here for awhile.
I did the same thing but I’m still struggling with the sound. A few metal bands I listen to use kemper and they sound phenomenal but they profile their own amps. I have not profiled an amp yet so maybe that produces the most accurate sound. Maybe profiles are losing something when uploaded to the internet?
Thank you for your input lightbox especially with the explanation of what we are hearing but it doesn’t solve the issue with the amp.
Lightbox, What would you change in the settings to adjust for this?
I’m going to borrow a friends guitar cabinet to see if it behaves the same way.
I agree with you bobbyodell, the Kemper sound is blistering. Granted I’m playing high gain metal profiles but I can’t get good tone out of this expensive piece of equipment no matter what settings, stomp boxes or eq I try. My happiness level with the Kemper is fading daily.
I have 11-49 strings on my LTD and 10-52 on my PRS. I’m glad I’m not the only one that has noticed this issue. Geurtsema, What cab/speaker do you play out of?
Both guitars I own are relatively new with new strings and sound great through other amps. First thing I looked at was the noise gate and it still sounds dead when I turned down.
It will really bum me out if the kones cannot handle low tunings.
String is too low as in Drop C tuning? I will try it through my studio monitors .
It happens when all FX are off.
Hello Friend’s, So I noticed this a while back and have put it on the back burner for awhile but it’s time I figured it out. I mainly play high gain profiles (Fortin, Peavey invective, 5150) and I’m playing through a 2 x 12 Kemper Kone cabinet I built myself. I play either a PRS Mark Holcomb guitar with passive Seymour Duncan alpha/omegas pick ups or Ltd Ken Susi with active Fishman Fluence pick ups both guitars tuned to drop C. I play fast metal and noticed when I ring out high notes while palm muting open C, the low string sounds dead. It catches up after a second or two but it is definitely not normal. I searched the forum for answers but have found nothing. I’m thinking it’s the Kemper Kones but maybe I’m overlooking a specific setting. Hoping someone here has answers. Thank you!
