13 MUST KNOW Kemper Profiler Tips & Tricks (For New Users)!
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- Hey everyone!
Thanks so much for watching this video. I love my Kemper amp but these are a few things I wish I knew early in my Kemper journey. I hope they help you out!
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Guide:
00:30 Tip #1
00:57 Tip #2
02:07 Tip #4
02:39 Tip #5
03:18 Tip #6
03:36 Tip #7
04:33 Tip #8
05:01 Tip #9
05:48 Tip #10
06:19 Tip #11
07:05 Tip #12
07:35 Tip #13
Gear I use:
Kemper Amp
Suhr Classic S
Suhr Alt T Pro
Warmoth Partscaster
Video gear:
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One point of clarification - when I say you can copy a rig in point #9 I am referring to the "stack" section which includes the amp, EQ, and cabinet from one profile to another.
How do you copy the entire rig with the Kemper Stage Profiler?
@@rustypickers9543 Hey Rusty! I'm fairly confident you can go to Store and then Store As new rig to create a copy!
Kemper user since 2017. Still learning stuff. Best Money iv'e ever spent.
kemper owner of a few years, what I've learnt recently is any tweaks you make to a rig within the "performance" mode does not effect the rig in "Browser " mode, all performances are duplicates of Browser Rigs and when edited leave the original as it is.
Also never add drive pedals to the front of the kemper, It has a Analogue to digital convertor like a sound card so the drive pedal or anything will clip the signal, add an insert after the input and put your pedal board in there on an insert loop send/return, makes all the difference.
Thanks for pointing some of that out!
This is awesome! I love my Kemper and buying some commercial profiles and performances really helped lock in that "dream" tone.
Two winks in one video? Best video ever. But seriously super cool to learn more about the kemper. Looks like a big toaster to me- it’s insane how much it does and how customizable it is!
Many great points, will try a couple that I hadn’t gotten into yet. Couple things learned after 4 years with Kemper.
1 - Stereo Widener makes the Kemper main outputs sound huge if your FOH is running stereo (or recording). I use in the X slot after the stack.
2 - Agree with the Gain comment in terms of increasing gain. Increasing over the profiled gain makes it sound very brittle and digital. However, decreasing the gain a bit seems to provide a bit more headroom in the profile. I don’t do it a lot but if a really good sounding profile is too hot, decreasing gain preserves the tone.
3 - I often copy entire performances to maintain consistency of stomps, effects and morph settings and just paste a new stack section in for the amp/cab.
4 - in addition to backing up, copy all of your profiles and performances to tour local libraries when using the rig editor. If you booger something up (a performance for example), you can pull it back from the local library without doing a global restore from the backups.
5 - manage the number of profiles in the browse pool. Like many, I’ve purchased a lot of profiles and grabbed many from the rig exchange. At least for how I’m using mine, it runs better and faster if I keep the number of profiles in the browse pool to 400 or below. You can always get them back from the local library if you copy there first but the premise is you’re not going to use a lot of what comes stock with the Kemper. I dumped around 200 of the originals.
Fantastic. Keep ‘em coming. Thanks
Thanks Zach, appreciate the tips!
Thanks for the tips man... awesome.
I have been a Kemper owner for about seven years now, and have hardly scratched the surface, even though I have bought a lot of top profiles. But find myself using my HX Stomp more, due to its simplicity. Great advice. I have subscribed and look forward to more tips. Thank you.
Thanks a ton Jim! The HX Stomp is such an awesome, compact rig. I've thought about buying one just for a change in tones.
Congratulations for your channel 🎉👌
Hey Zach, just bought myself a kemper stage, eagerly awaiting it's arrival, im sure these tips will come in handy! :)
Awesome to hear! The State is an amazing unit!
Great information. Thanks.
Glad you found it helpful!
Those are great tips. I have had mine for a few years now, did not know about the space parameter for headphones. Going to check that out right now, thanks
Glad you enjoyed them!
Your videos are fantastic. You are on the road to being a successful CZcamsr :) great job
Thank you so much!
I use the front panel Gain control only for reducing the gain and that seems to work fine for me. Increasing the gain beyond the original profile doesn't really do what you want, like what you've said. Reducing it is fine as it's a little like dialing back the input which is something the profiler knows how to do, as it's part of the profile - if you know what I mean. I'm terrible at explaining what I'm trying to say here :)
You can use the gain knob but you don’t want to use it to get from a clean sound to a distorted sound. But it works well if you go from a rock crunch sound to a more distorted version of it, or a slightly cleaner version
thanks Zach
Really useful tips!
Glad you think so!
Hey Zach - found this awesomely helpful - great quality video and you really helped me understand my Kemper better. Played guitar for 35 + years, but had the Kemper for 6 - and it's insanely good - but this video offered some aweome types. Liked / Sub'd and please do more Kemper videos. Loved it. - Finallyh - why does your short-cut list miss #3?
Thanks so much Aaron! Really appreciate you tuning in and subscribing to the channel! Next video is another Kemper one, actually!
Thanks for the video bro
Thanks for watching!
I never use the front tone knobs to shape a tone, i use the secondary parametric eq to shape the profile. And the front tone knobs for changing guitars and having options after the fact.
Great channel! I love your videos. I'm taking my first steps in the digital world - just bought a Kemper player. It would be great if you made a movie about that 😊 Greetings from Poland
thank you for watching and congrats on getting the Player!
Awesaome man! Great tips but I will disagree regarding the gain knob! Also no idea I could lock the gate button so thanks dude!
Thanks Hayden!
Maaan, that camera and lighting look amazing!
Thank you so much!
I think one thing most people don’t know is, you can morph between note values within the delay. For example, go between dotted .8ths and quarter note value on the repeats.
That's a good one too!
I got one recently, these are awesome tips. Need to try some packs beyond the stock profiles!
Definitely recommend doing that!
I've had my Kemper for a while - when I purchased my unit the stock profiles were terrible.. definitely not indicative of the units capabilities ! Don't know if the newer units come loaded with the same profiles from back in tha day ! Hopefully not !😁
@@Avatar7x7 honestly, they sound pretty decent. Even the worst Kemper profile sounds better than some of the best amp sims I’ve tried- I’m joking to some degree but ya know what I mean
Looking to buy one. Thx man!
You won't regret it!
#12 Gain Knob- the good people @ KEMPER HQ told me, it is sometimes easier to profile a High Gain Amp with lower Gain settings and than add the desired gain afterwards in the KEMPER.
Hey Zach--a two week newbie here, thanks for this vid. I have a rack version so it's a bit different (no modulation rate and intensity knobs) but I liked your tips. I thought I had done due diligence in seeing if there was any difference between the rack and toaster but I've read that it's not too big an issue. I got a great deal on my Kemper but was dismayed to see the guy shipped it without a power cord! Or bothered to tell me about it-who does that? Wow...Oh well, not that big a deal. The other thing that WAS a big deal was I don't really know what kinds of stuff this guy was playing, but he had only about 80 profiles on it and only about 4 of them had any effects on them! Okay, loud and proud, dry as a bone! (ha ha). Thanks for the advice on the front panel gain knob, good to know about that.
I knew from research before I even got it that I was going to have to buy the good profiles, why mess around? (as you mentioned as well) I already knew about the fantastic Top Jimi EVH Brown Sound pack (absolutely floored me and started the process of wanting to get the Kemper). The M. Britt and tone junkie ones seem to be excellent, haven't gotten any paid ones from them yet. So I just happened to see the Bert Meulendijk video and thought his samples sounded great. (From the European perspective). Have you used any of his stuff or know anybody who has? Sorry about the novel, definitely excited about finally having the Kemper! Haven't even tried it out with every guitar I have, it- sounds superb with my Strat and Charvel. Subscribed and glad to see you're already over the 1000 subs-appreciate the newbie help!
Hey Marcus! I have used Bert Meulendijk stuff before! He's got some free patches that I've used but not his paid product. From what I've seen I've definitely liked it!
@@ZachBrobstMusic Alright-so you have used some Meulendijk patches! Yeah, I was pretty impressed with his Marshalls and some others. The one pack I looked at had all of these European amps I'm not familar with. Might be worth paying to check them out but will also look for his free ones. It's becoming apparent that there is a virtual treasure trove of tones available for the Kemper.
I’m gonna shadow ya. Keep up the tips and info. Blessings to you. I’ll subscribe if you keep up the Kemper content.
Hey Mark! Got another Kemper video coming out next week! Thanks for watching.
OK OK I finally subscribed. Please keep up the tips and tricks. Do you use an acoustic guitar with the Kemper? If so, PLEASE give us a video on your thoughts tips and opinions on this. I am seeing more and more people use the Kemper for acoustic instruments.
Thanks for subscribing Mark! I have only ever used my acoustic through the Kemper once and I found that the acoustic simulator in the Kemper actually sounded far better than my Taylor 214!
I do but i turn off the cab and amp and just use the fx. i have had some good luck finding acoustic sounds online and i make sure to show up early for a soundcheck to choose whatever acoustic preset i have for the PA and the room i have to play in that night.
About the morph feature: If i had a expression pedal connected and assigned to morph. What would happen if i switch to another rig? Will it automatically use the morph-state that the pedal is currently at?
Gain knob: yes, you CAN use it but only to LOWER gain, not to increase it. Basically this is like lowering the volume on your guitar. It is only when you try to INCREASE the gain on the Kemper that the Kemper dies not know how the according amp would react naturally because that gain states above a certain point had not been profiled in the profiling process. But yes, the prifiler knows all the below gain stages up to that specific gain stage the profile was created. I hope this makes sense...
i'm a real newbie, couple of weeks in and I did take note of Zach's advice on that. Your additional info makes sense to me, appreciate the tip. I've got such a long way to go...I'm quite amazed at everything that Kempers can do!
Super video thanx
Oh man I just bought the stage profiler and am in WAY over my head. This is total Greek to me, coming from the analog world.
Please expand on locking the clean and distortion sense then locking it. How do you approach the same gig when using single coils and humbuckers. Personally I current have different performances to suit each guitar type
Hey Jason, I do still have different performances/rigs for SC and Humbucker guitars as I typically update the definition/clarity to fit each guitar but the clean/dist sens can be locked at the input section of the amp (just make the adjustment and then hit lock)
Thanks Zach for all the tips here, new subscriber! I got a question here: I just got an used kemper profiler head that came with a bunch of profiles. If I change ownership to register the product as my own, will I lose those previously purchased profiles?
Hey there! Thanks for the sub. You will not lose the profiles if you switch the registration to a new user. But, if you are scared about it you can always backup your Kemper in Rig Manager quickly and then swap the registration over!
@@ZachBrobstMusic thank you!!
Great Video!
How do you set the tap tempo for the kemper stage? It seems like it doesnt do a thing when playing live.
Hey Aaron! Just now seeing this. Have you gone into the "Rig" or "system" tab and enabled tap tempo for that rig?
Hello!! Great video!! Can I ask you a question? My band does around a 100 tunes. My question is that it seems that each rigs output volume to the board is never consistent. Our sound person has to tweak my volume on virtually every song. Any thought on how to level that out so it behaves like a miked amp? Thank you!!
Hey Kevin! This is one of the problems with the Kemper IMO and is something that the community has asked for years. However, my recommendation is to plug your Kemper into a DAW and start by comparing profiles/performances and their overall output in terms of decibels. This will give you a solid starting point for ensuring your volumes are consistent.
Then from there adjust based off "perceived" volume - IE. a clean tone at -6db will feel different than a distorted tone at -6db and adjust by preference!
Hope that helps get you started!
Thank you for the great advice. Liked & Subscribed. And I'm glad you stopped using the music bed under your dialog in your newer videos.. Incredibly annoying. 😁
One thing to be mindful of is when stepping through performances while connected to rig manager if you randomly turn effects off & on & move to next slot to tweak & then save as a performance; all your other slots in the performance with be saved in that state as well. Ie: you may have turned a delay on in slot 1 & then went on to change a whole bunch of tweaks in slot 2.
Oh that's a really good one Jason. I honestly get tripped up by this one still and I have to remember to edit slot 1, SAVE, edit slot 2, SAVE, etc.
Yes, I have to learn to slow down. 🤣
@@jasonalexander5253 It's hard when you get into a groove to remember those little nuances!
I hear ya. I do love my Kemper stage & I like to get it doing as many things as I can possibly throw at it. Morphing & pedal assignment are very powerful. I think it is the perfect gigging pedal. It seems to me it has be designed for the live player even more than the studio guy (which I am both).
@@jasonalexander5253 I think the Stage was absolutely designed for live usage more than the studio setting. Glad it's held up so well for you! I've toyed with the idea of buying the stage but I like having the powered head so much.
tried to use the new feature in rig manager renaming rigs, (right hand side button wit three dots rename in drop down), but it changes back to the original name as soon as i move to another rig. any ideas on how this occurs and is there a fix...?
Hey Jim, are you saving the change or updating the profile once you've changed the name?
Hi there, I’m currently using a Headrush Prime for my live rig and the band uses a closed in ear system, I’ve been thinking about a Kemper for a while now, just wondered what your thoughts are on this? Cheers, Paul.
Hey there! Honestly, I think you’ll find the experience to be pretty similar. The headrush prime is solid from what I’ve heard with a good interface! I’ve not been able to play one yet but I’ve heard good things. The only thing I’ve heard from people who’ve tried both is they like the Kemper better for amp tone/feel
The most important tip is: disable the global pure cabinet - after doing that Kemper gets so much better!
I actually noticed I had mine enabled my default. You think turning that off helps out quite a bit?
@@ZachBrobstMusic it is enabled by default from factory - it makes the biggest difference on Kemper tones to turn it off. After I turned it off, especially the high gain tones started to work like they are supposed to. Many commercial profile makers suggest to turn it off to achieve the tones that they were after when making the profiles
@@CT79chroma Nice! I think I may do that to help dial in only specific profiles to my preference!
@@ZachBrobstMusic yeah - I would say that it is a must to turn the global off and you can add it to certain rigs only - it may help some certain profiles to sound better but usually it does the opposite
@@CT79chroma Thats good to know! I'll give it a try!
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Could show people how to calibrate the morph button. Can’t use it if it isn’t set up.
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Love this but I have to disagree with not touching the front gain control. That's a bit of a myth that gives the Kemper a bad name. Take the popular Morgan AC20 rig on Reig Exchange, for example, and experiment with the gain at varying levels whilst tweaking the EQ to taste, with each change, and you'll see that the front gain knob is incredibly powerful and can still sound great whilst transforming your favourite Profiles. All the best.
I'll play around with it! In my experience using the front gain knob just adds this "plastic" kind of "sterile" sounding distortion but I'll try it on that Morgan profile!
@@ZachBrobstMusic If you get it to work in a usable manner, I think that's a great follow up video idea, where you can show us your findings. Remember to EQ to taste as you go through the gain range. 🙂
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Great Tips! Another Tip Is The Background Music This Loud Is Annoying!
ive had mine for a few years and had serious problems with any distorted metal tone it sounds even crappier when recorded direct into my DAW it always sounds like fizzy broken digital crap and i have spent 100's on commercial packs and ir's over the years they ALL on ALL of my different guitars have this problem and yes i have tried EVERYTHING and spent years discussing it in the forum even with kemper customer services and still no fix.
Well that's a bummer dude. No idea why you'd be having issues like that!
@@ZachBrobstMusic Yeah man its an odd situation indeed. I guess im just so used to my Rockerverb and its sound/feel that using a digital representation or a snapshot of an amp just always sounds a little...i wouldnt say "off" but different and im still trying to get my head around that lol im not giving up though as ive invested 1000's in this unit over the years haha maybe now im subscribed to your channel your content can help me out with stuff :) rock on dude! \m/
@@adammassacre1981 Thanks a ton man! Absolutely love a gained up Rockaverb amp. Keep pluggin' away too!
Number 14 - Don't load Beta versions of Rig Manager, they are almost always buggy, stay with the production version.
List of where to buy pro profiles would be cool....use affiliate links you deserver it for your time.
Thanks Jeff! I get a lot of my stuff from Tone Junkies, Worship Tutorials, or Selah Sounds. I'm also trying out a new company called Alter Ampworks but haven't played their profiles quite yet.
I would have liked to know that i had to volume match profiles after making a preformance. that's a job i don't like..
I honestly forgot about that and I really hate that process too!
why not use the editor?
there is no morph button. I know what you mean but others may not.
It took me a second to figure out what you meant by this but I guess it's a "function" and not a button so good call!
I cannot figure out how to get to the FAVORITE screen. 3:33
Hop into the Rig section and scroll through the pages until you see a "favorite" option!
#14
Save your favourite Cabinets as presets in the Cabinet section.
Also, adjusting the Distortion Sense is the same as using the Gain knob...so, never adjust the Distortion Sense, ignore it.
1:17 - Surely if Kempers ‘clone’ a actual amps then these Controls would very much be like turning the knobs on an amp surely?🤷♂️
Yes and no. The Kemper profiles how that amp sounds at that exact moment in time with those specific EQ settings in place. When you tweak the Kemper EQ you only need to adjust minor settings to get it sounding like you want. The only downside, is you don't have total freedom like you do with a real amp.
@@ZachBrobstMusic thank you for both your swift replies May I ask you to elaborate (or maybe do a video?!) On how the KEMPER is “not like a real amp“, please?
I think comparing the KEMPER on CZcams with a real amp but not bothering with how accurate it sounds & instead on how user friendly it is would be a real coup for a channel like yours…?😉
@@BeesWaxMinder Definitely can be something that comes out in a future video! A few videos to consider would be some done by Paul Davids where he compares the Kemper and Quad Cortex and also his Matchless/Kemper video.
I've found that a real amp normally sounds more open and airy when compared directly against the Kemper. The Kemper also tends to add a bit more gain and compress the mid range frequencies a bit. It gets 99.8% accurate but I believe a real amp will ALWAYS sound better when directly A/B'd but the Kemper is dang near perfect enough and I can have any amp I want at the click of a button. Hope that helps!
@@ZachBrobstMusic Thanks so much!
@@ZachBrobstMusic it does
Thanks 🙏
What? Gain knob. Not using it is a bit ridiculous. The profiles are such that they records the gain as the amp is profiled louder. People here act like "digital" has a sound. Sheesh, I'm old varnish also has a "tone."
Brillient unit for it's time and I thought currently. Not a fair comparison but Got an Axe FX 3 last weekend and quickly realised just how far far behind the Kemper is. I had no idea just how much things had moved on. Theres literally nothing the Kemper shines at over what I have now. :/ Should have ditched it like 5 years ago.
I still really want to try out an FM3 sometime!
Hope there was more actual guitar playing in your vids.
Definitely is in my other ones. This one was meant to be more informative!
Kemper warning - Be prepared to dive into the downward spiral of tone chasing. You'll spend far too much time chasing tones and effects rather than practicing and writing.
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First of all, how dare you?
no thanks. I bought a quad cortex. I know, you wish you were me...
Why do people always tell the audience to like and subscribe BEFORE the content? What if they do, then the content sucks? As a result, ya get a thumbs down, buddy. Wont even watch your video. Tone Junkie will cover anything you have to say and then some more.
Honestly, I appreciate the feedback. As a newer channel I haven't found that balance of asking for the help + keeping the viewer engaged. Quite frankly, I ask up front because most people click away from a video sooner than later. However, that's obviously a double edged sword because in order for me to gain subscribers I have to portray value. Thanks again J!