Posts by netguy

Quote from Finally

Since you already think "chords", that's a big part of the battle. Playing those as single note lines, combined with major, minor, chromatic, etc, etc will get you started. Modes are the next step, to truly "paint" interesting and relevant stuff you might not otherwise think of.

Both of the things you've said are valid (to me). I come from fretting *very* hard on acoustic. I need to learn a lighter touch on electric. I often do go sharp. I've already looked at lessons like justinguitar, yousician, guitar tricks - and need to check out the solo app mentioned above too. One of the more frustrating things is what you said - I already think in chords and am fine with runs/hammer ons/pull offs/any advanced acoustic finger style. Just need to find a place that will let me run with scales/lead practice. Thanks everyone for all the responses.

Right after I posted this I found in the Output settings - DAW Volume. I swear I already looked there and didn't see that setting before. If anyone else is looking at the same problem or issue, I was able to normalize everything with that. Now the iPad comes in over the headphones (plugged into the Kemper headphone out) at a much lower volume, allowing me to turn up the master volume and hear the guitar better.

I used a usb B to usb C cable on my stage to connect to an iPad. This works great, and I can record in any app.
What doesn't work well is monitoring the iPad audio at the same time as the kemper. I'm using the headphone out on the kemper stage to monitor.

Guitar -> kemper stage -> USB iPad

Kemper Stage -> headphone out -> headphones

For example, if I have an app up that has jam tracks/lessons - I can play along. But the app/iPad is way too loud. I have to to turn the Master volume way down.
But if I do that, I can barely hear the guitar over the app volume in iOS.

Am I going about this wrong? Should I get an external audio interface? The usb function of the kemper is working fine, but the iPad audio is just too loud in the headphones.

I have a Jam+ from Apogee I dragged out of a drawer and that works better, but doesn't sound the same. Also I have to change a 1/4 out to mono to feed into the Jam+ and then plug my headphones into the Jam+ while the Jam+ plugs into the iPad.

Clearly I'm missing something obvious and am going about this the wrong way. I'd love to just native USB into the iPad from kemper, while having my headphones plugged into the kemper.
Whats everyone else doing? Using something else external (like apogee/focusrite/MOTU/etc?)

Quote from Ruefus

Personally - I wouldn’t spend a dime on Profiles for a while. If ever. The factory content, free rig packs in Rig Manager and the community-created Rig Exchange have plenty to explore and sort out what you like/don’t like.

As for iOS apps for learning - Tom Quayle and David Bebee released an app called Solo.

App Store Link

Not cheap, but not tragic. A great tool for ‘seeing’ the fretboard as more than just patterns.

Thanks for the app link, I'll check that out!

I've mostly played acoustic guitar, and recently added to electric guitar to pick up new styles/lead.

I'm very proficient in acoustic/finger style/slap - but electric is an entirely new game.

I used helix for a few months and casually liked it. When I first plugged in, I spent awhile trying to 'find' things that sounded good. I bought some presets and IRs - that helped. But I got encouraged to try Kemper. I just got my stage. The difference is night and day (to my ear). I spent time on every factor preset - just playing around. The tone/warmth different was extremely noticeable. To each their own. I'm happy to join the community.

A few questions:
#1. Everyone says buy other IRs/peformances like mbritt. Are there others? Right now I'm pretty happy with the factory presets. They blow away the helix factory.

#2. Anyone have advice on iOS apps/etc to work on lead/scales/electric style? There are *tons* out there, and there wasn't in the past. I'm proficient in theory, but am not a good 'jammer' or lead person yet. Rhythm was my main game for many years.