Do You (you all) think that the morph function, as far as the lack of some fx type (as Kemper Fuzz or Drive), could be simply added in a future OS update ?
(Or, Maybe, there are some physical limitations and it will never happened)
Frankly, I think only ckemper and his devs know.
I've had my KPP for a few days now and have already made a small board with it (see below).
Sure I wish it would be one or two inches more in width to accomodate another XLR out and another jack for a pedal/switch instead of the either/or solution it has got now, sure I'll miss morphing badly and sure the absence of performances requires me to organize patches differently than with the Stage that has been my main rig for years (and for the record before that I've used Kemper heads since 2012).
That said, the KPP ticks A LOT of boxes for me.
I often play gigs where the Stage simply is overkill, and one of my bands (the Ska band) doesn't require elaborate FX chains anyway.
Thinking more about it, I decided I'll use the Pedal/Switch jack for my Profiler switch and not for an expression pedal. Instead of the Kemper wah I'm using my Cry Baby Junior now in front of the KPP (from the layout of my board you can see I'm a leftie, playing guitar right-handedly ) .
The Profiler Switch is set in a way that the left one always switches to the previous rig. The right switch always switches to the next rig. Note that these functions will remain the same throughout all rigs.
The switches on the unit itself can do different things dependent on the rig: Left one (switch 1) = I mainly use it for switching on the Pure Boost in the Kemper Rig (nearly all my rigs have one switchable since I mainly use AC 30 style rigs). The one in the middle (switch 2) also does different things dependent on the rig (e.g. switching a compressor on/off, switching a chorus, or a wet delay). Switch 3 on the right I mainly use for tap tempo/tuner.
All in all this is a VERY powerful and versatile rig despite morphing and more switches missing.
With the Stage I'm often morphing between different wetness of delay. With the KPP I find I get excellent results using the ducking parameter more (which I totally neglected with the Stage).
As others already have stated: The KPP is a great addition to the Kemper family.
The prices of the 50‘s Gibsons are over the top as expected.
Everything else is quite reasonable.
Link to the auction:
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Yes, it is just that one profile. I will post it on Rig exchange too, but as i realized things cannot be deleted from it (at least i have not found a way) and i want to make sure it is as good as i can make it before loading it up.
Thanks, your feedback would be much appreciated!
Welcome, Karlis!
I love your ToneX captures.
Now do your magic with Kemper profiling.
Also note that you can put everything you upload to Rig Exchange to "private" and it will disappear to the public.
Air Chorus is your friend.
It’s based on the same principle as the chorus in the JC (which I also own), i.e. one side is dry and unaffected, the other side chorused.
Just try it it in stereo and there you go. Pretty much nails it.
Use it - don't use it. Completely up to you. As time goes on, Profile makers will probably create fewer 'regular' profiles, opting for the added features.
You aren't even willing to try it? This is something Kemper intended the unit to have from Day 1, but it took this long to figure it out.
What he said. It's another GREAT option to have.
Leave the profile "generic" and everything will be as you are used to.
I remotely watched the sale.
The Profilers sold fast, and they managed to sell these used items for prices that you pay for new ones IIRC.
Celebrity bonus I guess.
Display Moreadding one aspect here: I tend to use IRs to have more consistency across different rigs - easier to combine multiple amps (clean, dirty mid-gain, high-gain) for a gig and not have to suffer from sonic whiplash...
I pick a "generalist" speaker IR that works well with a broad range of amp types (fender-y, marshall-y vox-y) and use DI or merged profiles. I get the difference in feel across the amps, but retain a more homogenous sound characteristic across them. This way I can use profiles from different sources / vendors and make them play together nicely.
The other advantage: this helps me with consistency across my recording setup (mostly plugins and IRs) and live setup (Kemper / QC). I can just pick the cab IRs that work best in the finished mix and transplant them to my live setup.
BTW: My main sources for IRs are currently SuperCabinet by Overloud and Mikko2 by ML Soundlabs - both allow you to "mix" your own cab from multiple cab and mic IRs and export the result to an IR that I can use elsewhere. Beyond this, there is Ownhammer's Rockbox that I've come to like a lot recently.
I totally get what you’re saying about consistency, but exactly the same could be achieved by using one cab with different amps to have a common EQ demoninator (which is exactly what a cab is).
E.g. Greenback cabs play nicely with Marshall, Vox and even Fender amp tones.
Guys
One more question: Did they ever implement an effect similar to the FreqOut?
Getting a but excited to be back in the Kemper Camp.
Sadly, no. The Freqout is the only external pedal I still use.
Thanks for your post and be welcome to the fun.
It‘s always refreshing to read from a guy who knows what matters.
Muse are certainly not retiring.
For a touring band like Muse it makes perfect sense to unload gear that they have no more use for.
And I highly doubt they‘ll achieve celebrity prices for their Profilers only because they leave their rigs on it.
But I could be wrong. 😎
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Das Rig muss dem Performance Tempo folgen.
Benvenuto e buon divertimento!
I also miss the stack selection in the same way you miss stomp selection. Why is it not at least included in the editor? This must have been a deliberate move, but I don't understand why.
Yep. It would be handy to recall Stack Presets in RM.
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Ingolf, Bist Du mit den erzeugten Harmonien zufrieden? Hab den VE-500 selber nie probiert aber im Netz schreiben einige sie kommen damit nicht klar.
Thx!
Ja, bin absolut zufrieden. Ich hatte vorher Voicelive 2 und 3. Die waren mir schlußendlich etwas zu groß, da ich auch noch ein Pedalboard mit Kemper Stage und einigen Gadgets habe. Ich wollte etwas mit kleinerem Footprint.
