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charger — Oct 24, 2011I'm sorry Lance, it's just I've heard the hyperbole before. This is probably the 30th product I've heard of that will completely revolutionize guitar playing, just in my lifetime. And I still prefer a tele into a bassman, or a strat into a princeton, or a Plexi with the master volume dimed, and one or two good pedals...
I don't care if anyone here believes the hype or not, it's irrelevant to me.
I'm not here to sell Kempers, that's the job of the distributor in the USA.
Thing is, the guys here know I'm the distributor of the product, turning the thread into a joke where funny pics are posted to see who can come up with the most insulting photo makes it not such fun to be around here.
Don't take things so seriously Lance! Many of us enjoy both the information (so DO NOT delete any threads) as well as the jokes. Life's too short.
Besides, the All Blacks DID succeed today, though anyone who had actually "bet the house" would have been sweating bullets! 8-7? Really? Damn. :)
Dude, we thought it was ugly as fuck well before you decided to become a distributor. You can't expect to become distributor and then have us all change our opinions on how the thing looks. That's what a facebook Kemper fan page is for, not this place.
Lance it is just the looks. Anyone said something negative about the sound? Nope! And it is actually the sound which you are enthusiastic about, right? I do think it looks ugly but if it really is that good, I am gonna buy one. It is just the looks that was brought into derision. Cheer up. ;)
charger — Oct 24, 2011I'm sorry Lance, it's just I've heard the hyperbole before. This is probably the 30th product I've heard of that will completely revolutionize guitar playing, just in my lifetime. And I still prefer a tele into a bassman, or a strat into a princeton, or a Plexi with the master volume dimed, and one or two good pedals...
Word.
Lance, we're always interested in technology. Especially since it just keeps getting closer and closer to the real thing. I think we are all interested in the progress and the devices that achieve it. A bunch of good posts here and a few with the boys just having a little fun.
I was on vacation last week and haven't even gotten to listen to all the samples. I say we leave the thread, and ask you to continue to update it. Besides, if you think they have some fun with this, wait til you see what they do when I put up some wedding pics or pics of our vacation! ;D
Edit: just read the other posts on this page. Agreed. Don't take it so personally. Seriously, just guys joking around and having fun. If we at all intend to be "buddies" here, we expect some joking around, right? We have to have some fun here or this place will dry up. You have to admit, Sheeps pic was pretty funny. :)
Fugly or not, I still want one to play with! :)
The important point to me is what DTR just said... "closer and closer to the real thing".
3d movies are cool, but they are not real.
Fake boobs can be very good, but they are still fake.
Artificial flavors can be extremely accurate, but they are still artificial.
The real amp is always going to be better, right? Sure, we can't afford them all, but we also don't usually need them all, in fact I bet you play three or less amps on the Kemper regularly.
Besides which, and I've stated this several times before, I have no need for a line-out preamp. I play in a room with drums and other guitars and bass and keys, on gigs with a drummer and bassist and vocalist, etc. I need an AMP. I am not interested in another outboard tool, for scratch tracking I've got Pod farm, it's in the DAW, the settings are there every time I pull up a session, and can be changed over time, and the dry tracks are there for re-amping. When I want to plug into an amp, I plug into an amp. The days of the hardware modeler for me are past. Your mileage may vary.
DreamTheaterRules — Oct 24, 2011You have to admit, Sheeps pic was pretty funny. :)
alright, alright. you win. I admit it. ;)
seriously though, how can someone produce something that profiles some of the coolest looking things in the world (to guitar players) and expect that none will notice that it looks like something from Kenmore?
come on, it looks as appropriate as a guitar plugged into a toaster. oh wait...
;D ;D
which coincidentally is the same thing most people ask me to plug my guitar into when I play!
lol
Just loaded in the new firmware and updated Profiles...it's like a studio full of perfectly mic'd amps.
Play the KPA and then comment...like our friend Chris Schneidas did.
Does the new firmware have more amps?
I would love to try one. Chris certainly is impressed and I trust his opinions.
Maybe there will be some potential for cabinet replacement like I've seen done with amps? Get the guts put inside a nice wood case or something. :)
Lance — Oct 24, 2011lol
Just loaded in the new firmware and updated Profiles...it's like a studio full of perfectly mic'd amps.
Clips or it never happened!
Schneidas — Oct 24, 2011Does the new firmware have more amps?
They sent me the new firmware and the new Profile update file.
Quite a few new amp profiles.
Peter Fischer's Soldano SLO100 (from the video), Bogner XTC, Vintage Vox AC30, Dual Rectifier, some others, and at least half a dozen different profiles of each amp.
Think I saw the Engl Powerball as well.
Btw, the Bad Kittie are the Tom Hemby Bad Cat profiles...beautiful amp, kind of like a DrZ.
Spent an hour with a Tele on one clean Bad Cat profile and then I was whacked, not as young as I used to be. ;)
Can you believe it, I haven't even got to the JCM2000 yet, too busy messing with the JCM800 profiled by Uwe Bossert...that's the JCM800 Line 6 wish they had. ;D
Zonta — Oct 24, 2011[quote author=Lance link=1312399097/150#162 date=1319485838]lol
Just loaded in the new firmware and updated Profiles...it's like a studio full of perfectly mic'd amps.
Clips or it never happened!
I can't play properly anymore otherwise I'd post clips...my playing is horrendous.
I'll leave the clips to Mr Schneidas, he'll have his KPA soon. :)
I bet it sounds great. It's cloning amps fer goddsakes.
But what power amp do you use live? Does it have a footswitch? Are there fx? Can you cut the reverb or room tone for live playing?
Or should you use a PA with as little coloring as possible?
I found that the POD's sounded best through a VHT 2/50/2 (which is why I have one - in fact, it's the only power amp I have left), but they (the POD's) needed something extra...
Not sure if this is a stupid question or not, but could they have made this as a software-only plug-in?
charger — Oct 24, 2011I bet it sounds great. It's cloning amps fer goddsakes.
But what power amp do you use live? Does it have a footswitch? Are there fx? Can you cut the reverb or room tone for live playing?
It has all the usual connections at the back, midi for a foot controller, etc.
FX are studio quality, everything you can imagine is in the FX...and more...way to much for me.
All the usual OD stomps, choruses, boost pedals, EQ's of all sorts, a 'magical' compressor in the amp block...plus compressor stomps.
Thing is, I haven't needed to use a OD stomp, compressor pedal, EQ or anything else to "fix" a profile, no need.
Also in the amp block, tube bias control, sag, pick attack, definition, all that kind of stuff.
I guess the playing live scenario is similar to what we've done with all previous modellers, PA or full range monitor is best, plus other options.
CraigBert — Oct 25, 2011Or should you use a PA with as little coloring as possible?
I found that the POD's sounded best through a VHT 2/50/2 (which is why I have one - in fact, it's the only power amp I have left), but they (the POD's) needed something extra...
Not sure if this is a stupid question or not, but could they have made this as a software-only plug-in?
Remember Gerald Hinson from the WH, he's busy beta testing the new S-Gear software, he says it's excellent.
I've got a feeling a good solid state poweramp might work well with the KPA live, no need to warm it up with tubes, it has the tube feeling already....like you say, through a PA is best.
Tried it through a JBL PA in a music store, scary good, then use a FRFR powered cab like a QSC to get the "amp" feeling behind you on stage.
Lance — Oct 24, 2011
Spent an hour with a Tele on one clean Bad Cat profile and then I was whacked, not as young as I used to be. ;)
Can you believe it, I haven't even got to the JCM2000 yet, too busy messing with the JCM800 profiled by Uwe Bossert...that's the JCM800 Line 6 wish they had. ;D
That's the one that sold both Davide and me.
Line6 in their current products have just about the worst JCM800 in history. Or maybe they have the best one - but they just don't know how to digitally port it.
Seriously, play the KPA's JCM800 for like 20 mins, then switch over to the HD500's JCM800. After this, you'll never plug into the HD again...
DreamTheaterRules — Oct 24, 2011I would love to try one. Chris certainly is impressed and I trust his opinions.
Hey Howie! :)
Although I'm not trying to convert anyone, I gotta say I was truly impressed when I played this thing.
I was in a studio in a music store with the KPA, and Peter Hanmer walked in.
So he says let's see what all the fuss is about.
So he plugged in a Les Paul, I scrolled to the JCM800, the amp he gigged for years with a RAT to push it.
I didn't give him a cranked JCM800 profile, but rather one that has the gain at about 11 o'clock, that just breaking up big 800 tone, the one that's even harder to model correctly.
He crapped himself, shook his head, got irritated with me, said WTF did you have to import these KPA for, I don't have the money to buy one and now I've got GAS like never before.
The thing that bothered him was, he said now everyone will be able to nail that studio mic'd amp tone that was such a challenge before...which is true, but, each studio can still use it's micing techniques/tricks to profile it's own amps and not share the profiles if they don't want to.
The other cool thing with the KPA, the gain and EQ controls.
All the previous modellers I've used the controls went from 1 to 10, with the KPA the controls go from 1 to 30 in comparison...even the slightest adjustment by just touching a control knob affects the tone, the gain knob as well.
And the screen, no little dots that joined together make a word or number, the screen is HD, tiny writing is crystal clear, for a blind man like me that's big time important.
How about the tuner, it plays the note as you're tuning, like you're tuning on 2 strings, or silint mode if you want.
I assume it can handle line-in as well? E.g., for reamping?
In other words, it doesn't need to have a high-Z input from a guitar, yes?
Schneidas — Oct 25, 2011[quote author=Lance link=1312399097/150#167 date=1319494466]
Spent an hour with a Tele on one clean Bad Cat profile and then I was whacked, not as young as I used to be. ;)
Can you believe it, I haven't even got to the JCM2000 yet, too busy messing with the JCM800 profiled by Uwe Bossert...that's the JCM800 Line 6 wish they had. ;D
That's the one that sold both Davide and me.
Line6 in their current products have just about the worst JCM800 in history. Or maybe they have the best one - but they just don't know how to digitally port it.
Seriously, play the KPA's JCM800 for like 20 mins, then switch over to the HD500's JCM800. After this, you'll never plug into the HD again...
It's not a competition, to me, between a POD HD which costs 1/4 the price and the Kemper. That's like saying you prefer a Bogner to a Peavey.
It's a question of, why buy the Kemper if you've got a couple of great sounding amps? What is the compelling argument for it? Especially when you are using it live, and not direct.
Many of the clips posted on previous pages were from a guy in Austria re-amping.
I know nothing about re-amping, never done it, but apparently it's no problem.
Everythings thought of in this thing.
There's an input led/button and output led/button.
If either shows any signs of straying from the green to yellow or red, you hold down the button and up comes a screen that allows you to tweak the input/output settings to whatever guitar you're using...so you tweak until the led is staying on green, so there's no clipping and you wondering whether the clipping is coming from your humbuckers or whatever.
I still haven't changed a cab or mic between profiles, whatever the cab/mic was during profiling is what I've been using.
What's cool about the profiling process.
The mic'd amp is obviously going through the KPA, the KPA is like a loop.
So you're listening to your mic'd amp through studio monitors in the control room, you're adjusting/positioning your mic's until you're happy you've got things where you want them and the sound is what you want.
You're ready to press the start profile button.
But, at this stage you can call up the special amp block settings...Definition, Sag, Tube bias, pick attack, Compressor, if you want you can tweak them and your mic'd amp tone re-acts to the adjustments.
You don't have to tweak them if you're happy with your mic'd amp tone, but you can, now you press start profiling and the profile will include the tweaks you made on those parameters....so you can actually improve your mic'd amp tone if you want to, if you think it needed improvement.
charger — Oct 25, 2011[quote author=Schneidas link=1312399097/150#173 date=1319516398][quote author=Lance link=1312399097/150#167 date=1319494466]
Spent an hour with a Tele on one clean Bad Cat profile and then I was whacked, not as young as I used to be. ;)
Can you believe it, I haven't even got to the JCM2000 yet, too busy messing with the JCM800 profiled by Uwe Bossert...that's the JCM800 Line 6 wish they had. ;D
That's the one that sold both Davide and me.
Line6 in their current products have just about the worst JCM800 in history. Or maybe they have the best one - but they just don't know how to digitally port it.
Seriously, play the KPA's JCM800 for like 20 mins, then switch over to the HD500's JCM800. After this, you'll never plug into the HD again...
It's not a competition, to me, between a POD HD which costs 1/4 the price and the Kemper. That's like saying you prefer a Bogner to a Peavey.
It's a question of, why buy the Kemper if you've got a couple of great sounding amps? What is the compelling argument for it? Especially when you are using it live, and not direct.
I would say if you buy a KPA you're using it more for direct, in other words something every studio would want in their arsenal.
It's not cheap, I can't afford to buy one for myself, that I can tell you, but I see studios spending crazy amounts of money on pre-amps, mic's, all kinds of stuff, and in that context the cost of a KPA is peanuts for them.
I still can't figure out the chain while profiling an amp.
guitar>amp>mic>mic preamp>kemper
Something like this? :-?
guitar>kemper>amp>mic>pre>kemper>monitor/recording input?
Guitar>Amp>Cab>Mic \/ /\ Power Amp>Another Cab ????
Here you go, the first of my clips.
My guitar tech noodling for 27 minutes, using a Tokai LS160 Les Paul, stock pickups...listen a few times, let your ears adjust.
Soundcloud has messed the tone up a LOT, it's added a bit of mid honk, that doesn't exist on the original file, it sounds much better on the original.
Starts off, one of the many Dual Boogie profiles, un tweaked, then a minute or so on one of the Deluxe Reverb profiles, then a JCM800 low gain profile, then back to the Dual Boogie.
Recorded a bit soft, sorry about that, will fix that tomorrow....turn your monitors UP LOUD.I pressed record, he played non stop for 27 minutes, no edits, enjoy the fuckups as well.
http://soundcloud.com/temper59/kemper-hi-gain-clip-1
Those 11R in the studio will never get used again. :)
charger — Oct 25, 2011
It's not a competition, to me, between a POD HD which costs 1/4 the price and the Kemper. That's like saying you prefer a Bogner to a Peavey.
It's a question of, why buy the Kemper if you've got a couple of great sounding amps? What is the compelling argument for it? Especially when you are using it live, and not direct.
Actually, I think it kinda is a competition bro! By two devices that are made to do the same thing.
Why am I buying the KPA? Because I live in an apartment, with neighbours above, below, left and right of me. If I so much as touch the master volume on a JCM800 past 0.1 - those guys are all over me.
The PODHD is geared for home and stage use through active monitors at home, or straight into an amp or PA when playing it live.
The Kemper is basically the same thing - just with a different technique and another price philosophy.
Personally, I wish the HD cost like 200 bucks more, but had better converters, a faster DSP and more importantly, far better algorithms and cab emulations (the most obvious weak spot of the PodHD).
The Kemper has a much better DSP, better converters (so I hear) - is a solid and high quality construction and most importantly - it sounds and feels like all-tube (when the profile was professionally created).
It costs much more - but in the end, you gotta decide if you need it or if you're content with something less pricey.
I was saving up for an Axe-FX2. Well I heard the Kemper, saw that it was 700 Euros less than the Axe2 and decided that it was all I need. For my needs it fits the bill which my previous device (PodHD) failed to do
Schneidas — Oct 25, 2011[quote author=charger link=1312399097/175#177 date=1319522329]
It's not a competition, to me, between a POD HD which costs 1/4 the price and the Kemper. That's like saying you prefer a Bogner to a Peavey.
It's a question of, why buy the Kemper if you've got a couple of great sounding amps? What is the compelling argument for it? Especially when you are using it live, and not direct.
Actually, I think it kinda is a competition bro! By two devices that are made to do the same thing.
Why am I buying the KPA? Because I live in an apartment, with neighbours above, below, left and right of me. If I so much as touch the master volume on a JCM800 past 0.1 - those guys are all over me.
The PODHD is geared for home and stage use through active monitors at home, or straight into an amp or PA when playing it live.
The Kemper is basically the same thing - just with a different technique and another price philosophy.
Personally, I wish the HD cost like 200 bucks more, but had better converters, a faster DSP and more importantly, far better algorithms and cab emulations (the most obvious weak spot of the PodHD).
The Kemper has a much better DSP, better converters (so I hear) - is a solid and high quality construction and most importantly - it sounds and feels like all-tube (when the profile was professionally created).
It costs much more - but in the end, you gotta decide if you need it or if you're content with something less pricey.
I was saving up for an Axe-FX2. Well I heard the Kemper, saw that it was 700 Euros less than the Axe2 and decided that it was all I need. For my needs it fits the bill which my previous device (PodHD) failed to do
I still am not seeing the competition angle. There are a million guys who are going to pay $350 for a Mexican strat, and about 1/50th that number who are going to spend 4 times that for an American strat. Those people who can pay $350, or $500, are never going to be the guys who pay $1200 or $2000 for their strats. It's just not the same market.
The Pod HD line maxes out at $467 in the US. Kemper is what, $1600?
There's a reason that Akai and Korg and Yamaha sold 100,000 synths for every Access Virus sold... price.
If you really think the KPA and the Pod HD hit the same markets price-wise, you haven't been in a guitar store in the US.
$1450 Euro--$2000! Better be fucking outstanding for that cost.
Lance, very impressive playing. That guy rips. I liked the Recto model, did not like the sound of that Deluxe, and thought the JCM 800 was somewhat meh. The issue of course is that how things are miked in the profile is how they sound, and I don't think I would have miked a JCM like that. The deluxe... I am not sure but I was hearing some weird artifacts, and a pretty compressed tone overall. This may be like the Pods in that high gain is awesome and cleans not so awesome... dunno. Anyway, for someone who likes a Recto (which costs less than the Kemper, btw)... this is good stuff, and may be worth the $2k.
As a side note, I listened to the HD500 clip you had on the same page, and thought that sounded great too...
Lance — Oct 25, 2011Here you go, the first of my clips.
My guitar tech noodling for 27 minutes, using a Tokai LS160 Les Paul, stock pickups...listen a few times, let your ears adjust.
Soundcloud has messed the tone up a LOT, it's added a bit of mid honk, that doesn't exist on the original file, it sounds much better on the original.
Starts off, one of the many Dual Boogie profiles, un tweaked, then a minute or so on one of the Deluxe Reverb profiles, then a JCM800 low gain profile, then back to the Dual Boogie.
Recorded a bit soft, sorry about that, will fix that tomorrow....turn your monitors UP LOUD.
I pressed record, he played non stop for 27 minutes, no edits, enjoy the fuckups as well.
http://soundcloud.com/temper59/kemper-hi-gain-clip-1
Those 11R in the studio will never get used again. :)
Do you ship to Europe? :)
charger — Oct 25, 2011Lance, very impressive playing. That guy rips. I liked the Recto model, did not like the sound of that Deluxe, and thought the JCM 800 was somewhat meh. The issue of course is that how things are miked in the profile is how they sound, and I don't think I would have miked a JCM like that. The deluxe... I am not sure but I was hearing some weird artifacts, and a pretty compressed tone overall. This may be like the Pods in that high gain is awesome and cleans not so awesome... dunno. Anyway, for someone who likes a Recto (which costs less than the Kemper, btw)... this is good stuff, and may be worth the $2k.
As a side note, I listened to the HD500 clip you had on the same page, and thought that sounded great too...
The recording level was way too low.
I had the level high on the monitors, so I didn't know where the recording levels were, the guy who runs the studio department had left to help a customer and I didn't have a clue how to set the levels on Pro Tools.
The Deluxe Reverb clip I added some compression to the profile, that's why it's a bit too poppy....sounded wonderful through the monitors, but recorded way to low...anyway, tomorrow we'll use a Strat and record some Fender, Bad Cat, Vox, Matchless, Fuchs ODS type clips.
Forgot my clip was on the page, must get rid of it. ..after listening to my tech I feel like quitting. :)
Zonta — Oct 25, 2011[quote author=Lance link=1312399097/175#183 date=1319563238]Here you go, the first of my clips.
My guitar tech noodling for 27 minutes, using a Tokai LS160 Les Paul, stock pickups...listen a few times, let your ears adjust.
Soundcloud has messed the tone up a LOT, it's added a bit of mid honk, that doesn't exist on the original file, it sounds much better on the original.
Starts off, one of the many Dual Boogie profiles, un tweaked, then a minute or so on one of the Deluxe Reverb profiles, then a JCM800 low gain profile, then back to the Dual Boogie.
Recorded a bit soft, sorry about that, will fix that tomorrow....turn your monitors UP LOUD.
I pressed record, he played non stop for 27 minutes, no edits, enjoy the fuckups as well.
http://soundcloud.com/temper59/kemper-hi-gain-clip-1
Those 11R in the studio will never get used again. :)
Do you ship to Europe? :)
lol, Kemper is in Germany, that's Europe isn't it? ;D
Charger, I think Chris was right about the competition, in that it's the same type of device. In the same way that my PRS's are in competition with the Schecters (and others) of the world. PRS, (Suhr, Anderson, etc.) counts on the fact that IF you want the best, you can pick it up and immediately feel and hear the difference, and IF you can afford it, you'd rather have it because it is better. I think that's more what Chris was saying. You could say in both cases that they aren't "direct competitors" due to price. But they are competitors in a product field, with one at the high end, one at the middle end of the scale.
As usual, the law of diminishing returns comes into play...
Sounds good to me.
Lance, have you tried it with any pedals in front of it (real pedals not the built-in ones)
Lance — Oct 25, 2011
lol, Kemper is in Germany, that's Europe isn't it? ;D
Ye but I may buy from you for the TWH discount. :)
"recording levels were too low" doesn't apply to digital... you've got theoretical 144dB recording range at 24-bit. Normalize to 0dB and it's the same as just recording it with the absolute peak at 0dB... and don't worry, a lot of people haven't figured this out, and a lot of people err on the side of overloading/clipping instead of playing it safe and recording quiet, because they still think analog.
The deluxe doesn't sound like a deluxe to me which is more the problem I have with it... I record a beautiful blackface from 65 fairly often and the Kemper sounds different.
Is the reverb part of the amp profile? Is that captured as room tone? All the profiles sound fairly wet.
DreamTheaterRules — Oct 25, 2011Charger, I think Chris was right about the competition, in that it's the same type of device. In the same way that my PRS's are in competition with the Schecters (and others) of the world. PRS, (Suhr, Anderson, etc.) counts on the fact that IF you want the best, you can pick it up and immediately feel and hear the difference, and IF you can afford it, you'd rather have it because it is better. I think that's more what Chris was saying. You could say in both cases that they aren't "direct competitors" due to price. But they are competitors in a product field, with one at the high end, one at the middle end of the scale.
As usual, the law of diminishing returns comes into play...
Suhrs don't compete with Mexi strats, period. They are guitars, yes, and Porsches and minivans both have 4 wheels. No one's selling the convertible sports car to the soccer mom.
As far as direct competition, if you could put $2k into the Pod HD purchase, you could get the Pod HD, some killer pedals, and a bunch of software speaker sims (some of which are very, very good) and still come out cheaper. But no one is looking to spend $2k on a Pod. They want to spend $300. In that sense, these products do not compete, and will not compete, until the price for one rises significantly or the price for the other falls significantly.
charger — Oct 25, 2011"recording levels were too low" doesn't apply to digital... you've got theoretical 144dB recording range at 24-bit. Normalize to 0dB and it's the same as just recording it with the absolute peak at 0dB... and don't worry, a lot of people haven't figured this out, and a lot of people err on the side of overloading/clipping instead of playing it safe and recording quiet, because they still think analog.
The deluxe doesn't sound like a deluxe to me which is more the problem I have with it... I record a beautiful blackface from 65 fairly often and the Kemper sounds different.
Is the reverb part of the amp profile? Is that captured as room tone? All the profiles sound fairly wet.
Im adding the delay as my buds playing, not reverb....I was switching it on as he played some lead and then off when he did rhythm, then I got tired so I left it one all the time.
The profiles are 100% dry...once you tweak a profile and add FX, etc, it becomes a "rig", and it can be stored as a rig...but the profile remains as is and dry.
Thanks for that info on recording levels...you know I don't know stuff like that. :)
If I want to 'fix' the volume level on the mp3, must I just raise the master volume in the original wave file and then save it as an mp3 again?
Lance can you please tell me about the profiling chain? How is it exactly set?
From the FAQ on their site:
"How does the Profiling procedure work?
The Profiling Amplifier captures the sound of a tube amplifier and speaker cabinet via a microphone; by this method you can permanently capture either a studio or live situation for future use. The amp to be profiled is attached to the effects loop of the Profiling Amplifier. The Send jack will feed the unprocessed guitar sound and the profiling test signals to the guitar input of the reference amplifier. The microphone sound will be sent back to the Profiling Amplifier's Return input. In this configuration, the Profiler has total control over the reference amp, and an A/B comparison between the profile and the original can be made easily with the Compare function."
Still seems like:
guitar>kemper>amp>mic>pre>kemper>monitor/recording input
Zonta — Oct 25, 2011Lance can you please tell me about the profiling chain? How is it exactly set?
Connect your guitar to the input jack of the KPA.
Connect the Direct Output/Send of the KPA to the input of the amplifier.
Connect your mic or mic pre-amp to the Return jack (either XLR or 1/4") of the KPA.
Main Outs of the KPA to Studio Monitors.
Press 'Profile'.
If you're not miking the speaker cabinet of the amp, if you're using a direct cab simulated output like a H&K Red Box, Palmer, etc, then connect the line out of your load box to the KPA Return Jack...press 'Profile'.
The reference amp you're profiling has to be connected to the KPA in such a way that only the KPA will send signals to it and receive signals from it....this turns the KPA into a monitoring device.
If you're profiling a computer based guitar amp simulation.
Connect your guitar to the input jack of the KPA.
Connect the Direct Output/Send from the KPA to the input of your computers audio interface.
Route the output of your guitar amp simulation software to a hardware output of your computers audio interface.
Connect that output to your KPA Return jack.
