Kemper Gang?

[Dexter Inferno]

I'm anxiously waiting for my Germanium Tumnus to arrive from Wampler.....



.... don't ruin this for me.

That should sound great though. Just keep it away from any sort of buffer. My treble booster needs to be first in the signal chain to avoid stuff like that, otherwise it gets insanely noisy.

 

[BlockInlay]

Does anyone know if kemper can send expression pedal commands via MIDI?

Im wondering if I can control expression pedal functions of an H90 with my kemper.

 

[baimun]

Probably time to refresh this thread....

I've updated to the latest non-beta firmware and the liquid profiles sound amazing.

Typically, I run the monitor out to the FX return on my Mesa tube combo and mic the cabinet.... which almost makes the Kemper like a Multi-FX device for a tube power section...

... but this year I've had to play a few more direct to FOH gigs (and I'm still acclimating to a set of In-Ear Monitors I got custom fit for), so I've duplicated some of those same patches but tweaked accordingly to sound better direct. Started testing my rigs with HSS, HH, and Taylor Acoustic Electric to find out which ones need to be in their own Per-Gig patch. Might grow my library out to have 5 "first set" sounds... then 10 "variety" sounds for requests, and then 5 "loud" sounds that get used for 3 set songs.

@Dexter Inferno .... have you ever set up your Kemper in a 4-cable method, turn off the amp & cab, and just use the patch buttons to call Midi changes on a head and the FX?

Looks like I'm going to own one of these before the end of the month, and I'm thinking that the Kemper might make the perfect solution instead of a dedicated "amp" pedal board.

 

[Dexter Inferno]

Probably time to refresh this thread....

I've updated to the latest non-beta firmware and the liquid profiles sound amazing.

Typically, I run the monitor out to the FX return on my Mesa tube combo and mic the cabinet.... which almost makes the Kemper like a Multi-FX device for a tube power section...

... but this year I've had to play a few more direct to FOH gigs (and I'm still acclimating to a set of In-Ear Monitors I got custom fit for), so I've duplicated some of those same patches but tweaked accordingly to sound better direct. Started testing my rigs with HSS, HH, and Taylor Acoustic Electric to find out which ones need to be in their own Per-Gig patch. Might grow my library out to have 5 "first set" sounds... then 10 "variety" sounds for requests, and then 5 "loud" sounds that get used for 3 set songs.

@Dexter Inferno .... have you ever set up your Kemper in a 4-cable method, turn off the amp & cab, and just use the patch buttons to call Midi changes on a head and the FX?

Looks like I'm going to own one of these before the end of the month, and I'm thinking that the Kemper might make the perfect solution instead of a dedicated "amp" pedal board.

Not quite, but I did on one gig use the Kemper in the fx loop of my amp, just for the fx. Worked fine.

Since then I've gone back to just using amps and pedals though, and sold the Kemper a few months back.
The Kemper's a great unit, but I've found that amps just work better for what I'm doing these days. Or, to be precise...it feels better playing them. And in a way I quite like the lack of thousands of options.

 

[baimun]

Since then I've gone back to just using amps and pedals though, and sold the Kemper a few months back.

I feel like with the Soldano, Mesa, Kemper, and my dozen or so loose pedals, I feel like I'll have the entire spectrum from plugging straight into a tube amp, pedals, multi-FX, amp with IR out, or direct to FOH... as well as the recording options of multi-tracked mic and direct.

 

[Dexter Inferno]

I feel like with the Soldano, Mesa, Kemper, and my dozen or so loose pedals, I feel like I'll have the entire spectrum from plugging straight into a tube amp, pedals, multi-FX, amp with IR out, or direct to FOH... as well as the recording options of multi-tracked mic and direct.

That's very true. I feel I'm covered well with the amps I have, and if I need other sounds I also have most of the Neural DSP plugins.
With the Kemper I just found that I evemtually didn't use it enough to justify keeping it.

 

[BlockInlay]

Before you invest too much time or $$ in your set up, make sure the FX loop of the amp plays nice with the kemper. I tried 4 Cable method with an orange head and it sounded bad. But, it sounded just fine with a different amp head (forget what it was now). A dedicated power amp is a little more manageable in terms of weight and size compared to an amp head. I've been really happy running my Stage into an Orange Pedal Baby.

 

[baimun]

Before you invest too much time or $$ in your set up, make sure the FX loop of the amp plays nice with the kemper. I tried 4 Cable method with an orange head and it sounded bad. But, it sounded just fine with a different amp head (forget what it was now). A dedicated power amp is a little more manageable in terms of weight and size compared to an amp head. I've been really happy running my Stage into an Orange Pedal Baby.

I'm not sure if the Kemper will be the right solution to use with the amp... but I've got an entire board of pedals that can work with the amp anyways.

As much as I loved the sound of the Orange Rockerverbs that I owned, they NEVER took pedals like any of the Mesas or Marshalls that I've owned. They just do what they do, period.