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Post by lcr on Dec 15, 2018 12:30:24 GMT -6
Not really, (click bait?) Occasionally I come up with an idea and it works out. So far my Kemper tweak is bringing me fast good results. I picked up a Micro Amp + Custom Shop Addition. Apparently better signal to noise ratio along with the addition of a bass & treble boost/cut compared to the original micro amp. I have the toaster Kemper sitting in a rack slightly pushed to the left creating just enough space to cut a rack mount ear velcroing the pedal top facing you right beside the input jack of the Kemper. Im using a panel mount guitar input at the bottom of the rack wired to the input of the pedal. Now I have additional boost and tonal controls into the Kemper. Jumping from patch to patch guitar to guitar this is great to quickly fine tune the tone. Sure, I could insert a Kemper eq stomp, but this is fast and somehow more fun instantly turning knobs. How do you post pics here? I have a beautiful pic of a Orange Ford Pinto I would like to share (kidding!) I could post my DIY pedal mount Kemper work of art if any gives two nickels.
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Post by Johnkenn on Dec 15, 2018 12:41:06 GMT -6
Strangely, I don’t think I’ve ever tried a pedal before the Kemper. I’ve read that it works great. Just wondering if that might add even a bit more realistic touch.
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Post by lcr on Dec 15, 2018 13:01:29 GMT -6
When researching a tonal shift pedal for this I read that the Kemper somehow takes pedals well. So I then thought the micro amp + could be a good possibility. I push it maybe to 10 oclock at most (micro amp fully down is no boost) and it sounds good for more hair on my favorite patches. You mention more realism JohnK, I like the pedal always on even set to flat settings. If I like it better then its really not flat, right? No longer own guitar pedals except for this one. I promised myself this would not be a gateway pedal to more. I could MAYBE fit a mini tube screamer sideways above the micro amp + ?
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Post by the other mark williams on Dec 15, 2018 13:47:28 GMT -6
If I were to get a Kemper, I would almost certainly be running my pedalboard in front of it, just as I do with my real amps.
I still haven't decided which route to take: Kemper or Two Notes Torpedo Studio. I'm a bit more convinced by the sounds out of the Torpedo, but the Kemper seems like such an eaaaaaaaaaasy setup. It's very tempting.
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Post by lcr on Dec 15, 2018 14:04:41 GMT -6
Kemper is I think the cheapest, most efficient, fast way to get a variety of guitar sounds recorded. The upkeep, direct, its so easy. I think it gets a bad rap when people use old youtube examples as to how it sounds. I’ve watched videos of real amps, bought the amps, played it with my stuff, my way, me playing and it doesnt sound like the youtube demo. I think it requires a proper test drive to really see if you dig it. Or you might need to buy and sell 15 of them to realize its pretty cool, ha!
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Post by lcr on Dec 15, 2018 14:10:02 GMT -6
If I had multiple pedals for use with the kemper I would use a 3 sp rack blank below the Kemper and velcro the pedals similiar to my micro amp +, easy knob grabbin’. Any easy knob grabbin’ jokes? Anybody?
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Post by indiehouse on Dec 15, 2018 14:55:27 GMT -6
I use my pedal board in front of my Kemper.
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Post by the other mark williams on Dec 15, 2018 14:58:41 GMT -6
I have a couple different pedalboards that I use regularly for different gigs. Or at least, I gigged them regularly before my son got sick. I would always have one of them running before an amp (or Kemper). And yes, the Torpedo offers fewer amp choices in that you have to use a real amp in front of it, but at this point in my career, I've collected a few amps that I love because they match the sounds I typically need. I can't think of the last time I needed a Mesa in a production. Maybe 15 years ago? But your points are well taken, lcr. There are no amount of YouTube videos that could possibly replace testing a Kemper for an hour in my studio space. I'm sure I could get some good sounds out of it. Hell, I got some damn good sounds out of a PODxt for a couple years back in the day when I needed to. I just enjoy getting every bit of three-dimensionality out of every track possible these days, because there are so many spots in a modern-day production where things can get flattened to 2D. Micing an amp is still king for me, but that's not going to be possible for quite awhile in my current life situation, so I have to make a decision of which route to go. |
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Post by lcr on Dec 15, 2018 15:24:50 GMT -6
I use my pedal board in front of my Kemper. Have you tried a 808/screamer or clone compared to the Kemper screamer? Would you share any pedals you would struggle not having with your Kemper? |
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Post by indiehouse on Dec 15, 2018 15:43:18 GMT -6
Meh. I use whatever sounds good, or gets me whatever sound I have in my head. I've got a Bearfoot Honeybee, Timmy, Trombetta Mini-Bone, Wampler Black '65, Skinner Klone, Analogman Sunface white dot, Catlinbread Belle Epoch Deluxe, Memory Man DTT1100, Strymon, El Capitan and Strymon Flint.
All good.
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Post by lcr on Dec 15, 2018 15:55:35 GMT -6
Ahh.. a bunch of cheap stuff. Lol, thats a NICE pedalboard sir!
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Post by donr on Dec 16, 2018 0:53:32 GMT -6
Kemper takes pedals well. You think you don't want to overload the front end a/d, but it seems there's quite a bit of headroom there, and the profiles react the way you might expect an amp would. I have never profiled an amp with pedals in front of the Kemper however. Gotta try it.
On the other end, a Two-Notes Torpedo taking line out from the Kemper with the cab section of the profile off is another color of good.
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Post by sirthought on Dec 16, 2018 4:17:58 GMT -6
If I were to get a Kemper, I would almost certainly be running my pedalboard in front of it, just as I do with my real amps. I still haven't decided which route to take: Kemper or Two Notes Torpedo Studio. I'm a bit more convinced by the sounds out of the Torpedo, but the Kemper seems like such an eaaaaaaaaaasy setup. It's very tempting. There is also this new Suhr Releases the Reactive Load I.R. to check out. |
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