Posts by JAC

  • What would be your killer feature for a Kemper 2 ?

    Yes, you would have to also display the (unique?) name of the parent rig, and then there is the UI problem of actually accessing the parent rig from a child rig to edit it. Furthermore you would have the headache of multiple levels of inheritance, or disallowing such a thing. Probably a lot of development work for relatively little gain. Thanks for talking me through it.


    Ok, double the number of fx blocks, add a physical rate knob for delay, and add some synth fx, and we'll call it a day!

  • What would be your killer feature for a Kemper 2 ?

    I don't know if it's already been mentioned but rig inheritance could be useful.


    When Rig B extends Rig A, it takes all the parameters of Rig A. If you adjust parameters of the parent rig (A), all parameters of the child rig (B) that haven't been modified directly are also changed.


    For example, Rig A is the parent of Rig B and Rig C. The user modifies Rig B's gain directly. If we modify the gain on Rig A, Rig C's gain is automatically adjusted, but Rig B's gain is unaffected.


    In this way you could modify multiple performance slots from a single parent.

  • teach me about drives

    The mix control on the drives can be useful. I found an 85% mix on the Green Scream to sound pretty much identical to my Ibanez TS Mini. That might depend on the profile you use it with; I'm not really fanatical about drive stuff.

  • USB Audio on Linux

    Running Linux Mint 21.1 here, and it was plug-and-play. I'm able to record guitar onto Audacity, and hear music from youtube or wherever.

  • Should I Update...?

    Download the latest update and check out the changes since your unit's current version that are listed in the Addendum.pdf. If there's nothing there that is required by your bass player, there may not be a solid reason to update.


    On the other hand, if you have any kind of problem with the unit in the future, you may be expected to update the firmware to the latest version by support. Also, you may be required to update the firmware to be able to use the latest versions of the Rig Manager software on different platforms.


    If the current OS is from 2018, you will have to install two updates to get it up to date. As per the instructions:

    If current OS installed is older than 7.3.2, install 7.3.2 first.


    For what it's worth, I have a kemper since 2013, and have profiles on it from around that time that still work. I've also updated the firmware at least a dozen times without any damage to existing profiles. I consider installing via USB the safest option, since you don't have to worry about the connection to your computer going down during the process, for whatever reason.

  • Tremolo // Square Wave tremolo.

    Quote from blewis
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    I know this is a low priority - but how in the world can this be taking so long?!

    I guess it was considered a lower priority than the delay, reverb and drive updates. Hopefully our cries have been heard and version 9 of the firmware will be here soon with an upgraded tremolo effect.

  • KEMPER expectations

    As a bedroom player, I find myself enraged that Kemper has not yet acquiesced to my demands for a square tremolo... but then again, they have released 16 beta updates since this time last year, which is very active in my book.

  • Look how awesome Kemper users are.

    Another option would be to:

    1. find a forum user with similar taste in music, User X

    2. get them to send you a full backup of their kemper (minus any profiles)

    3. make a backup of your own kemper

    4. load up User X's backup, and load your profiles, and see if it makes a difference


    5 - You could also send them a full backup of your kemper (with profiles that you want checked) to compare


    I know what it's like to spend a lot of money on something and have it not perform as expected. Hopefully you'll find your ideal solution, one way or another.

  • A question about selling my Kemper Stage

    Yes, they could certainly claim that such an example falls under US law. I don't know how much effort the authorities would put into enforcement though. I could be wrong here, but attempts to extradite the offender to face US courts seems to be only for very high-profile, big-money cases (see Megaupload).


    For some cases, the accussed is apprehended when they set foot on US soil, but I don't know if TopJimi or whoever have that kind of sway!

  • A question about selling my Kemper Stage

    Yes, here's some text from a relatively recent EU document that seems to confirm that:


    "Under EU law, once a good protected by an intellectual property right has been put lawfully on the market within the European Union (i.e. by the right holder or with his or her consent), the rights conferred by that intellectual property right in relation to the commercial exploitation of the good become exhausted. In that case, the right holder can no longer invoke the intellectual property right in question to prevent the further resale, rental, lending or other forms of commercial exploitation of the good by third parties" https://commission.europa.eu/s…haustion-ip-rights_en.pdf


    That's as clear-cut an explanation as I've been able to find. However, a lot of the material covering this area is murky, with talk about physical copies, and, in the US, whether you've been presented with the license before buying or not. A lot of it has got to do with not just with sellers trying to prevent resellling or counterfeiting, but also buyers demanding support on resold goods.


    Some interesting (but old) links here:

    https://serverfault.com/questi…ftware-licenses-be-resold

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-p…-for-first-sale-doctrine/