The Kemper thread

Aidanspaghetti

Are the liquid profiles all that different from the normal? I work away form home so dont get a lot of time to mess about with my rack so I havent properly checked them out. Mine is hardly ever off the YJM100 patch anyway! 

Bats_

Aidanspaghetti said:

Are the liquid profiles all that different from the normal? I work away form home so dont get a lot of time to mess about with my rack so I havent properly checked them out. Mine is hardly ever off the YJM100 patch anyway! 

The tone stack has more expected results with a liquid profile.

DesVegas

I saw a good friend of mine last week and he'd bought Rob Harris' Kemper which still had the settings for the Jamiroqui songs in it.. Virtual Insanity etc. neat!

andyg_prs

DesVegas said:

I saw a good friend of mine last week and he'd bought Rob Harris' Kemper which still had the settings for the Jamiroqui songs in it.. Virtual Reality etc. neat!

I imagine people would pay good money for those - I believe he profiled his actual amps / rig. 

DesVegas

Can you sell them and still keep them @andyg_prs ;

andyg_prs

DesVegas said:

Can you sell them and still keep them @andyg_prs ;

Well officially I'm not sure they should really be sold as your friend didn't produce them - I meant more they'd be very desirable.

The individual rigs I think are available as KIPR files to share and also I believe the entire performances can be shared as files via the Rig Manager software.

There's no real control on the Kemper, so anything somebody has on their Kemper can be shared with anyone else.

Rob has immaculate taste so I'm sure they sound great.......I think some are based on his Divided by 13 amps.

Roland

Why not ask Rob whether he minds?

DesVegas

I doubt I'll see my friend again anytime soon so Rob'll be fine

firepaulmusic

Status Quo in Taunton last night. One of the row of white Marshall heads now contains a Kemper rack...

Brio

My Kemper Profiler Player arrived today and I'm already smitten.
Sounds great. Tomorrow I'll do the upgrades so I can pull in all my old rigs from my Stage, but the form factor is great and it'll fit perfectly on my desk next to the Focusrite.
Tonex is going nowhere though - looking forward to trying a profiling 2 amp set up.
I think the Boss GT1000 Core is going on Reverb though.

susbemol

OS v12 (beta) is up... lots of new goodies in this one:

Audio

added: new Tremolo effects for all PROFILER models and Player at all Levels

added: To Tempo option in Tremolo, Slicer, Autopanner, Phaser, Phaser Vibe, and Flanger effects

added: coexistence of Bluetooth Audio and USB Audio at Player

User Interface

added: unique color codes for 125 Banks involving three left LEDs at Player Level III

added: Layout D for Stage and Remote in Performance Mode

changed: Tube Bias Tremolo with new permanent presets replacing legacy Tremolo

fixed: foot switch function Bank Up at Max Bank of Player

Content

changed: enhanced list of permanent factory effect presets

Brio

Great! I've been waiting for the trem upgrade after the NAMM demo.

grappagreen

The trems are awesome..

Brio

A couple of more betas have dropped. The latest update to Rig Manager finally puts the strobe tuner screen back on there. I also bought the M Britt Player pack with 5 banks of presets where going through presets gets 5 of one kind of sound in increasing breakup for each bank.
He calls it his greatest hits package...
Really happy with the Player, all I use with it is a Keeley Compressor plus because I like its sound, a Strobostomp so I don't have to dedicate a switch to the tuner and a BOSS FS-6 dual switch so I can instantly access tap tempo and switched morphing.
Tempo linked morphing rate is brilliant as you can set how many bars it morphs over OR set it as a fixed rate or even an instant switch between two values of every parameter for each individual preset.

Brio

I love the Player but have mainly been using it as I intended on my desk.
Finally have a small gig coming up and that encouraged me to use a little of my spare time of Christmas to sort the board out properly with a decent power supply and to tidy the cables.

The M-Vave Chocolate gives 8 banks of 4 presets - more than enough with a bluesy set of 4, a rockier set of 4, a heavier set of 4 and then assorted randoms that will never be used live.

On the FS-6 the A switch controls morphing with the B switch being for tap tempo. If I make a smaller board I may use an FS-7 instead but these are easy pedals to hit in the dark. The Strobostomp means I don't have to dedicate a switch on the Player to the tuner.

The Compressor plus is there because I like the sound of it.

On the Player the three switches can be programmed per patch but to keep things simple I tend to keep switch 1 to boost/drive/fuzz, 2 to modulation, 3 to delay 1+2 combo to FX1&2 and 2+3 combo to rotation speed if I'm using the rotary speaker.

I could do my sort of gig with just the Player and the M-Vave. If I was in a covers band I'd probably want a different MIDI switcher.

We've come a long way from a single channel amp with a distortion and a delay pedal.

My first proper gig was with a Laney LC15R

gearaddict

I just crawled out from under a rock and found out the Kemper Player is a thing. How come it’s £485 from Kemper direct with free postage but much more expensive from all the UK retailers? Farage tax?

PhilM

gearaddict said:

I just crawled out from under a rock and found out the Kemper Player is a thing. How come it’s £485 from Kemper direct with free postage but much more expensive from all the UK retailers? Farage tax?

You'll pay import duty and VAT on top of that, which will work out more expensive in t'end.