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He also was very appreciative of the fact he could just give me two cables, and hey presto, there's the guitar
Again, massive thanks to Andertons for getting me a loan unit while mine is repaired!
When it comes to the four pedal switches on the unit (remote users would know this too I suppose) -
can I assign them to any effect or any effect parameter?
Likewise for expression pedals, can I assign an expression pedal to any parameter?
And can I do this on a per-rig basis?
Are rig changes in performance mode completely seamless now?
I know delay and reverb trails only apply to the existing delay+reverb slots, and that if you put those effects into the other slots, then you don't get trails... but if I have FX Loop into slot D, and it's enabled in all profiles, will it be a seamless switch?
What would be the best way to have IEM's with vocals and the Kemper feeding them?
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
- You can assign the four number switches on the Kemper Stage to the bypass state of any of the effects. They cannot be assigned to any continuous "knob" based parameters. But they can be assigned to on/off "switch" based parameters. You can assign them to multiple effects at once, and "action and freeze" parameters, and you can do both of those at the same time according to the manual.
- You cannot assign an expression pedal to any parameter. The Kemper does not work that way. It's a little different. You get four options for your expression pedals - wah, volume, pitch, and morph. Wah is routed to the wah-wah effect, volume is routed to the built in volume effect, which every rig has and it can be positioned from rig to rig. Pitch gets routed to any loaded pitch effects. Finally Morph gets routed to the parameter morphing capabilities of each rig.
- Parameter morphing would be the way that you would increase the feedback of a delay, or change the speed of a tremolo or phaser or other modulation effect. Parameter morphing can not engage the infinity and freeze actions for delays and reverbs, which is the only little snag for me because it means I might not be able to do my tape-delay oscillations all from one expression pedal. I *might* have to figure some other way to do that.
- There are 125 performances, each with 5 rig slots. The performance load preference determines whether performances change instantly, or whether they queue up, allowing you to select a rig within the newly selected performance bank. Rig changes are seamless from what I have read on the Kemper forum, and you get spillover if you use the dedicated delay+reverb slots.
- An IEM setup would require ... er... obviously a set of IEM's... but also a small mixer to take a signal from a vocal mic and the Kemper at the same time, and then route the output of that to the IEM's. Or I could trust FOH to set all that up for me.
But I am also thinking of using it as an effects-only solution. I know that isn't the most obvious use of it, but I think it could work very well. I run everything in front of the amp usually anyway, which means I can use the standard delay+reverb slots, which means I'll get spillover. I can switch the amp via midi.
Mainly what's making me want to get into that is the morphing features, the pitch effects, the huge sounding delays and reverbs, and the fast rig changes in performance mode, meaning I'm not limited to just 8 snapshots like I was with the Helix. I can essentially jump from bank 1 slot 1 to bank 5 slot 5, all in one fell swoop. Meaning I can queue up my changes, and simplify my singing+playing life.
Eventually I may very well end up going over to Kemper full stop for the live show, but that isn't my immediate concern.
Sorry for bumping the thread a bunch of times. It's just all this is a bit new to me, haven't used a Kemper really in anger since 2014 or so, and I've never used the Remote or Stage.
- An IEM setup would require ... er... obviously a set of IEM's... but also a small mixer to take a signal from a vocal mic and the Kemper at the same time, and then route the output of that to the IEM's. Or I could trust FOH to set all that up for me.
The way I'm doing that is:
1. L/R feed (currently from my computer but when rehearsing / live potentially from the mixing desk) into returns L/R on my kemper
2. TC Helicon Guitar headphone cable - https://www.gear4music.com/G4M/TC-Helicon-Guitar-and-Headphone-Cable/1CAT?origin=product-ads&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxcbh6KPg5AIVTlXTCh37vwVpEAQYAyABEgKjH_D_BwE
3. IEMs
So basically the kemper functions as my mixer, and I have only one cable between the kemper and my guitar. Works like a treat
It needs to be the main or monitor outs, so you can get the full effects path in the signal path. I'd be bypassing the STACK section completely.
Or am I overthinking it? Coz the Strymon pedals don't have a selectable instrument/line output levels. It's just 100ohm line out. And they work fine in front of a valve amp.
According to Kemper in this thread (https://www.kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php?thread/7096-kemper-direct-output-send-impedance-and-type/):
So that reads to me that as long as the master output is 0.0dB, and as long as the rig volume is 0.0dB, and as long as I disable the STACK section, and basically as long as the signal path is unity gain (excusing any possible boost pedals I might have in the chain) then plugging the main left output of the Kemper into the front of an amp shouldn't be any different than having a Boss tuner in the signal path.
@ICBM - what say ye, oh lord of knowledge?
It made me giggle, but it also pissed me off a bit. I wanted a technical response, not a marketing response claiming the Kemper made all valve amps obsolete. Pretty much word for word.
engine size doesn't matter when you just use it for dogging.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
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