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Kemper profiling amp

Started by Leevibe, February 09, 2016, 04:55:18 PM

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Leevibe

A good friend of mine just dropped 4k on a Kemper profiling amp and peripherals. HOLY SMOKES! I don't like to admit it, but this thing is legit. Playing his SG into a Marshall plexi model was intoxicating. I've really never seen or heard anything like it. It has the ability to let you profile your own gear too. It's something like the way a convolution reverb works. You mic up your cab and run this thing into your amp. It plays a bunch of crazy tones and next thing you know, you have a virtual version of your rig, the quality of which depends upon how well you mic'd up etc.


gtr2

4k?!?!?

I have a rack mounted.  They are fantastic.  Longest standing modeling device I've owned.  It's all about the quality profiles though...Mbrits are great IMO
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Leevibe

Quote from: gtr2 on February 09, 2016, 05:25:24 PM
4k?!?!?

I have a rack mounted.  They are fantastic.  Longest standing modeling device I've owned.  It's all about the quality profiles though...Mbrits are great IMO

I thought that's what he said. He got the 600w power head version + the kemper floor board and a pretty decent monitor.

HamSandwich

Wait wait wait wait.

So you plug it into your amp, hook a mic that goes in to the unit as well, it goes 'beep boop', then your amp is modeled?

What?!

That's amazing. So then you plug in to this unit, plug it into a power amp and cab? Or just cab? Headphone?

Leevibe

Quote from: HamSandwich on February 09, 2016, 06:21:59 PM
Wait wait wait wait.

So you plug it into your amp, hook a mic that goes in to the unit as well, it goes 'beep boop', then your amp is modeled?

What?!

That's amazing. So then you plug in to this unit, plug it into a power amp and cab? Or just cab? Headphone?

Yeah, something like that. I'm sure Josh can answer better than I. I think you can turn the cab sim off and run it through a guitar cab, or you can hook it straight into a PA. This one has the power amp built in, but you can get an unamplified version.

selfdestroyer

Quote from: HamSandwich on February 09, 2016, 06:21:59 PM
Wait wait wait wait.

So you plug it into your amp, hook a mic that goes in to the unit as well, it goes 'beep boop', then your amp is modeled?

What?!

That's amazing. So then you plug in to this unit, plug it into a power amp and cab? Or just cab? Headphone?

Same concept as IR (Impulse Response) recording
http://designingsound.org/2012/12/recording-impulse-responses/

Its fun to make them of spaces and add them to the mix. I once made one of the garage at my parents house and added it to all my tape mixes thinking I can keep that "garage" sound I had as a kid. lol It was fun but not really functional to say the least. It has come a LONG way since then but the concept is the same.

Cody

madbean

This isn't the Kemper (although he uses one sometimes) but here's a demo of doing impulse response on a cab:


nzCdog

Quote from: madbean on February 10, 2016, 01:03:04 AM
This isn't the Kemper (although he uses one sometimes) but here's a demo of doing impulse response on a cab:



Cool.  man I want to try that