Bored, awaiting my NGD. Any Kemper tips for a noob?

[maddnotez]

Decided to try the Kemper out. Kind of exciting and now just playing the waiting game.

I have been researching tons of profiles and have an idea of a few to start with but what about general hardware/user tips?

I got this advised to me by one user:

"do an initiate globals in the system menu. Make sure Purecab is off in the output menu. Initiate globals will turn this back on."

Any other tips or tricks I should know?

Edit: Got a powered toaster and will be using it through a guitar cab to start with.

 

[cardinal]

Congrats! I'm very interested in this as well. Thinking of doing the exact same thing: using a Powered Kemper to direct profile my own amps and going through guitar cabs.

 

[maddnotez]

Congrats! I'm very interested in this as well. Thinking of doing the exact same thing: using a Powered Kemper to direct profile my own amps and going through guitar cabs.

I will definitely try to profile but I will probably end up leaving it to the experts. I believe it takes a lot of practice and skill and that not all profiles are equal. Could be wrong though.

 

[MrDowntown]

profiling really isnt that difficult...mic'n can be tricky but it's pretty dang accurate

on the powered rig you're getting, the out "out to cab" 1/4" may bypass the cab sim...dunno...but make sure the cab sim is off.

what cab will you be using?

 

[maddnotez]

profiling really isnt that difficult...mic'n can be tricky but it's pretty dang accurate

on the powered rig you're getting, the out "out to cab" 1/4" may bypass the cab sim...dunno...but make sure the cab sim is off.

what cab will you be using?

I have a Mills Afterburner with Vintage 30s. I also have a Peavey Valveking 4x12. Will test them both but for my tube amp the Mills is by far the clear winner. I am wondering the flatter sound of the Sheffields in the Peavey may work good with the Kemper idk.

 

[cardinal]

Congrats! I'm very interested in this as well. Thinking of doing the exact same thing: using a Powered Kemper to direct profile my own amps and going through guitar cabs.

I will definitely try to profile but I will probably end up leaving it to the experts. I believe it takes a lot of practice and skill and that not all profiles are equal. Could be wrong though.

Yeah, I'm hoping to take a "direct" profile to take the practice/skill part out of the equation. Assuming the Kemper does what it's supposed to do accurately, a direct capture should be a replica of my exact amp heads exactly the way I use them, and then I'd put that amp-head profile into my exact cabs. So there should be zero tweaking or guess work. But that's assuming Kemper does what it says it does.

 

[maddnotez]

Congrats! I'm very interested in this as well. Thinking of doing the exact same thing: using a Powered Kemper to direct profile my own amps and going through guitar cabs.

I will definitely try to profile but I will probably end up leaving it to the experts. I believe it takes a lot of practice and skill and that not all profiles are equal. Could be wrong though.

Yeah, I'm hoping to take a "direct" profile to take the practice/skill part out of the equation. Assuming the Kemper does what it's supposed to do accurately, a direct capture should be a replica of my exact amp heads exactly the way I use them, and then I'd put that amp-head profile into my exact cabs. So there should be zero tweaking or guess work. But that's assuming Kemper does what it says it does.

Nice...And yeah I know the difference between miked and DI by definition but have no real world experience just yet. Should do exactly what you think. I guess I will test with my amp as well once I get the Kemper.