The Kemper thread

stratology

Given how buggy and unstable some of the final releases have been in the past, I would not recommend installing a beta release...

Freebird

stratology said:

Given how buggy and unstable some of the final releases have been in the past, I would not recommend installing a beta release...

It sounds good, an excellent new addition.

stratology

Freebird said:

It sounds good, an excellent new addition.

I'm curious - while I've heard ok simulations of 'smooth' fuzz, the sound of a fuzz that is 'crapping out' - that stuttering, gated kind of sound - has been notoriously hard to simulate digitally. Can the fuzz models do that?

Freebird

stratology said:

I'm curious - while I've heard ok simulations of 'smooth' fuzz, the sound of a fuzz that is 'crapping out' - that stuttering, gated kind of sound - has been notoriously hard to simulate digitally. Can the fuzz models do that?

I just had a play around with the presets. Heres a video I found on YouTube..

susbemol

The Kemper Fuzz can do some of that. Maybe not as much as the Fuzz Factory crazy type of spluttering/velcro but it is a great addition, that's for sure.

Freebird

Adamski

Just thought I'd drop in to say I am really in love with my Kemper -Took me a few months to get it dialed in as I wanted but the "eureka" moment was getting a great pair of open back headphones (Senneheiser HD660s) and getting the headphone space setting just right. Now it sounds absolutely brilliant through phones at night for practicing and through my monitors for general use. The next step for me will be the new powered Kemper Kab and the remote and it'll then be the ultimate all in one. 

Does it sound as good as my Shiva? No, but it's not far off. What it does do is sound almost as good and yet give me 500 times the tonal flexibility, effects without messing around with stompboxes and gives me the best headphone and recording sound I've ever had whilst significantly reducing the footprint and weight (a consideration when everything is sitting in a back bedroom!).  

Freebird

Adamski said:

Just thought I'd drop in to say I am really in love with my Kemper -Took me a few months to get it dialed in as I wanted but the "eureka" moment was getting a great pair of open back headphones (Senneheiser HD660s) and getting the headphone space setting just right. Now it sounds absolutely brilliant through phones at night for practicing and through my monitors for general use. The next step for me will be the new powered Kemper Kab and the remote and it'll then be the ultimate all in one. 

Does it sound as good as my Shiva? No, but it's not far off. What it does do is sound almost as good and yet give me 500 times the tonal flexibility, effects without messing around with stompboxes and gives me the best headphone and recording sound I've ever had whilst significantly reducing the footprint and weight (a consideration when everything is sitting in a back bedroom!).  

That's about it in a nutshell. Mine is permantly connected to the audio interface, and it's ready to record or reamp within seconds, and having hundreds of different amp profiles to choose from is the cherry on top. I don't view it as being an amp replacement either, as they can both happily coexist alongside one another.

PVO_Dave

My Kemper Power Kabinet arrived today, other than missing the UK kettle lead (one dispatched via UPS for me already) it's fantastic. 

Build quality is spot on, looks superb and the built in tilt stand is a brilliant idea. Also comes with a cover and a free Kemper t-shirt  

Only had a very quick try earlier, sounds superb, it might just be a placebo type effect, but the amp in the room feeling was very present.

Adamski

PVO_Dave said:

My Kemper Power Kabinet arrived today, other than missing the UK kettle lead (one dispatched via UPS for me already) it's fantastic. 

Build quality is spot on, looks superb and the built in tilt stand is a brilliant idea. Also comes with a cover and a free Kemper t-shirt  

Only had a very quick try earlier, sounds superb, it might just be a placebo type effect, but the amp in the room feeling was very present.

That looks fantastic! It’s next on my list for sure. Is it pretty light? 

PVO_Dave

Adamski said:

PVO_Dave said:

That looks fantastic! It’s next on my list for sure. Is it pretty light? 

It's not a featherweight or anything, but compared to the DXR10 it's replaced, it's pretty light  

BintyTwanger77

May be a stupid question, but is the Power Kabinet only for use with unpowered Kempers, or could you use it with other amp modellers (Iridium, etc.)?

allen

BintyTwanger77 said:

May be a stupid question, but is the Power Kabinet only for use with unpowered Kempers, or could you use it with other amp modellers (Iridium, etc.)?

You can, but it isn't recommended. It isn't FRFR out of the box, it's 'GRFR' which is guitar response. The electronics in the kemper make the frequency response different.

allen

I did a sort of review of mine.

FarleyUK

BintyTwanger77 said:

May be a stupid question, but is the Power Kabinet only for use with unpowered Kempers, or could you use it with other amp modellers (Iridium, etc.)?

Might be better off looking at the RedSound cabs. They're GrFr, like the Kemper cab.

Adamski

allen said:

I did a sort of review of mine.

I stumbled across this before you posted it and bizarrely it convinced my TO buy one, even though you didn’t seem that chuffed with it! Haha 

allen

Adamski said:

allen said:

I did a sort of review of mine.

I stumbled across this before you posted it and bizarrely it convinced my TO buy one, even though you didn’t seem that chuffed with it! Haha 

Happy to be an enabler.

I've been playing it a bit louder yesterday and it's much more convincing as an 'amp in the room' when it's louder - which is great!

Adamski

Got one on order! Can’t wait to pair it with the Kemper. 

PVO_Dave

Looks like an iOS (or at least iPad) app coming soon…

https://www.instagram.com/p/CO-virEK-Mg/?utm_medium=copy_link

susbemol

It might be for the Stage only though as, apparently, it's the only model that has a WiFi module inside right now.