So, who's testing the Kemper Power Rack?

[steve_k]

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Gsxrbusa]

There is one in the trunk of my car. Just came in today. Will let you know tomorrow. It's the lunchbox powered version but same difference. This one is owned by the other guitarist in my band. I have the non powered rack version because I got tired of waiting for the powered version.

I'm running a 1000w Matrix single space amp. It sounds alright but I like the front of house sound better. May end up just running a powered monitor(at the suggestion of Stratotone).

 

[tlingen]

Gsxrbusa, did you try out that powered Kemper yet?

 

[Gsxrbusa]

Gsxrbusa, did you try out that powered Kemper yet?

At band practice right now. Loaded up a few of my personal profiles and it actually sounds pretty good. Better than I thought it would. Need more time but so far so good.

 

[LeftyCatton]

We've just got ours at work. Hooked up to a recto 4x12 and with a little tweaking it sounds huge! Need to sit down with it now and look at the deeper parameters that can be adjusted, but initially im very impressed! It's super light as well do perfect for the gigging guitarist with no car ( ....Me ).

Luke

 

[steve_k]

Anymore at there?

 

[rlord1974]

Nah, that's it.

 

[steve_k]

Nah, that's it.

what I figured.....

meanwhile, it will be aging like wine, or cheese in the box until such time that someone wants to get their digitaljams on.

 

[rupe]

until such time that someone wants to get their digitaljams on.

What ever happened to him?

 

[tlingen]

Gsxrbusa, did you try out that powered Kemper yet?

At band practice right now. Loaded up a few of my personal profiles and it actually sounds pretty good. Better than I thought it would. Need more time but so far so good.

Any more updates from practice with the Kemper?

 

[Gsxrbusa]

It sounds good. Have a show on the 9th so we can both run FOH with them. Hopefully it works out. I actually like the powered version slightly better than my Matrix GT1000w amp. Mine has a shitload more power but his sounds a little more natural. Idk. They are both cool.

Tube amps still rule. Lol.

 

[squank]

Anymore at there?

I'm planning on getting one, but don't have it yet.


That's a damn fine avatar you've got there, Steve.

 

[DADA]

Bookmarked this thread. Close buying the non-powered one but only after the KPA footboard is out. After that the Ractal stuff will be for sale

 

[DADA]

I do not know if this was published already but I find this also very interesting:

Dino from Fear Factory:
Dino uses the Kem­per Pro­fil­ing Amp. “They have new ones out. It’s rack mount­able and it has a dig­i­tal power amp in it. A 600 watt dig­i­tal power amp. But the beauty of the thing is you’re able to cap­ture sounds. If you have a Mar­shall head, a Diezel, a 5150, an EVH what­ever, and you like that tone but you don’t want to bring that head with you, you can record it and cap­ture that tone that you like and put it into your Kem­per.” Some play­ers have even gone so far as to use the Kem­per to pro­file sounds they’ve cre­ated on their AxeFX, a sim­i­larly flex­i­ble device. “Of course! Do you really want me to get into that too?” Dino laughs. “I can get into that! Every­thing that I have, I’m in the process of dump­ing every­thing into the Kem­per. Let’s say you add more than a thou­sand amps or dif­fer­ent tones of amps in your Kem­per: you can store it on a USB stick. You can trade it with any­body with a USB stick! It’s amaz­ing! But the beauty of it is that you can cre­ate your own tone. Not a tone that some­body else already cre­ated for you that you can just tweak a lit­tle bit dif­fer­ent, no. This is where you can cre­ate your own tone and record it into the Kem­per. All the patches I had on my AxeFX: in the Kem­per. All my patches that I’ve had on other stuff like the AxeFX: in the Kem­per. Other heads that I have: in the Kem­per. And now I just travel with a Kem­per and it’s much more cost-effective, it’s eas­ier to travel around the world, and your tone is there!”

Would love to know from Dino what he use for poweramp and cabinet/drivers.

DINNNOOO ARE YOU HERE?????

 

[Gsxrbusa]

Would love to know from Dino what he use for poweramp and cabinet/drivers.

DINNNOOO ARE YOU HERE?????

I can field this. I saw Fear Factory a couple months ago. Dino was in fact using the Kemper but no cabs or power amp. He was just using powered floor monitors to hear himself and Direct FOH.

I may end up going this route. This way you can just use cab sims. This sounds much better to my ears than using a power amp and cab.

 

[steve_k]

Would love to know from Dino what he use for poweramp and cabinet/drivers.

DINNNOOO ARE YOU HERE?????

I can field this. I saw Fear Factory a couple months ago. Dino was in fact using the Kemper but no cabs or power amp. He was just using powered floor monitors to hear himself and Direct FOH.

I may end up going this route. This way you can just use cab sims. This sounds much better to my ears than using a power amp and cab.

Same as the Axe FX. Just messes things up.

 

[Gsxrbusa]

Would love to know from Dino what he use for poweramp and cabinet/drivers.

DINNNOOO ARE YOU HERE?????

I can field this. I saw Fear Factory a couple months ago. Dino was in fact using the Kemper but no cabs or power amp. He was just using powered floor monitors to hear himself and Direct FOH.

I may end up going this route. This way you can just use cab sims. This sounds much better to my ears than using a power amp and cab.

Same as the Axe FX. Just messes things up.

Steve, elaborate please. Do you mean a power amp just messes things up or?

 

[animal]

I do not know if this was published already but I find this also very interesting:

Dino from Fear Factory:
Dino uses the Kem­per Pro­fil­ing Amp. “They have new ones out. It’s rack mount­able and it has a dig­i­tal power amp in it. A 600 watt dig­i­tal power amp. But the beauty of the thing is you’re able to cap­ture sounds. If you have a Mar­shall head, a Diezel, a 5150, an EVH what­ever, and you like that tone but you don’t want to bring that head with you, you can record it and cap­ture that tone that you like and put it into your Kem­per.” Some play­ers have even gone so far as to use the Kem­per to pro­file sounds they’ve cre­ated on their AxeFX, a sim­i­larly flex­i­ble device. “Of course! Do you really want me to get into that too?” Dino laughs. “I can get into that! Every­thing that I have, I’m in the process of dump­ing every­thing into the Kem­per. Let’s say you add more than a thou­sand amps or dif­fer­ent tones of amps in your Kem­per: you can store it on a USB stick. You can trade it with any­body with a USB stick! It’s amaz­ing! But the beauty of it is that you can cre­ate your own tone. Not a tone that some­body else already cre­ated for you that you can just tweak a lit­tle bit dif­fer­ent, no. This is where you can cre­ate your own tone and record it into the Kem­per. All the patches I had on my AxeFX: in the Kem­per. All my patches that I’ve had on other stuff like the AxeFX: in the Kem­per. Other heads that I have: in the Kem­per. And now I just travel with a Kem­per and it’s much more cost-effective, it’s eas­ier to travel around the world, and your tone is there!”

Would love to know from Dino what he use for poweramp and cabinet/drivers.

DINNNOOO ARE YOU HERE?????

I like the part where he says "you can trade it with anyone on a USB stick" .....sure Dino....if you want to share with me I'll take it!!!
I thought his main tone now was a mike fortin 800 that was profiled?

 

[steve_k]

Would love to know from Dino what he use for poweramp and cabinet/drivers.

DINNNOOO ARE YOU HERE?????

I can field this. I saw Fear Factory a couple months ago. Dino was in fact using the Kemper but no cabs or power amp. He was just using powered floor monitors to hear himself and Direct FOH.

I may end up going this route. This way you can just use cab sims. This sounds much better to my ears than using a power amp and cab.

Same as the Axe FX. Just messes things up.

Steve, elaborate please. Do you mean a power amp just messes things up or?

Yes, I think so. Had better results as an overall rig using just FRFR monitors and power amp sims (with the Axe). No experience with the Kemper. This way you are polluting the Axe output with the voicing of a power amp or the issues with cabs. You would want to hear on stage, what the audience hears.

This is my opinion only.

 

[Marshall Freak]

Couldnt you mic the cab just like you do with a regular head/cab?