Do you think Kemper profiling MKII will fix these issues?

[Dimiguitar]

Sure. Just takes ages with my Macbook Air.

I mostly use a MacBook air M1 with 8gb ram. Leave it overnight to process captures. But often enough it hasn't even finished the process by morning lel

 

[Sascha Franck]

I mostly use a MacBook air M1 with 8gb ram. Leave it overnight to process captures. But often enough it hasn't even finished the process by morning lel

Well, I actually don't feel I need much anymore, now that I have all the stuff from the groupbuy and from Tonex Max. Plus then some from ToneNET. The most important patches I wanted are sorted already (clean clean, pedal platform clean, classic Marshall, classic Dumble-ish), so anything else would be just a bonus anyway.

 

[DrewJD82]

It wasn't a heinous crime against humanity, but it wasn't a 'mistake,' either. It was protracted, calculated fraud. He walked back his crocodile tears apology many times since. He still is exactly what he was.

I’d be interested in seeing a walk back of his apology, I haven’t come across that as of yet.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I’d be interested in seeing a walk back of his apology, I haven’t come across that as of yet.

A bigger question is what value does he add, being on this or any forum?

 

[DrewJD82]

A bigger question is what value does he add, being on this or any forum?

What does someone who builds professional rigs and designs pedals for a living have to offer on a gear forum?

Had he not fucked up and did the dumbass wah pedal thing, I don’t think that would even be a question.

And don’t worry, I won’t be inviting him here because I don’t want to deal with all the bullshit.

 

[paisleywookiee]

What does someone who builds professional rigs and designs pedals for a living have to offer on a gear forum?

Had he not fucked up and did the dumbass wah pedal thing, I don’t think that would even be a question.

And don’t worry, I won’t be inviting him here because I don’t want to deal with all the bullshit.

Probably for the best. It'd be a lot more interesting to have someone who builds professional rigs, and doesn't have a rich history of being a con artist/grifter.

 

[Whizzinby]

I like the dudes he does a podcast with. Bryan Omillion does some sick pedalboard & rack builds, and the Goodwood Audio guy seems cool and makes some nice custom junction boxes.

 

[JiveTurkey]

This sidetrack is how lame the "upcoming" Kemper "update" is

 

[paisleywookiee]

This sidetrack is how lame the "upcoming" Kemper "update" is

At least until Mason goops and repaints a Kemper, and calls it the Vertex Capturing Amplifier.

 

[JiveTurkey]

At least until Mason goops and repaints a Kemper, and calls it the Vertex Capturing Amplifier.

"Is this V2 goop?"

 

[paisleywookiee]

"Is this V2 goop?"

*V2 goop to ship sometime in November/December/Early 2026

 

[JiveTurkey]

I wonder if the mods could do Kempturd forum update?

 

[Chocol8]

The secret is: once you configure everything - don't update.

As long as the laptop is never connected to a network, that's OK. Otherwise, most of those updates you get contain security fixes for exploits that are known in the wild. The first time your laptop goes down from a hack or virus, or even gets slow and laggy because of a botnet running on it, you will wish you had a dedicated device.

 

[DrewJD82]

Probably for the best. It'd be a lot more interesting to have someone who builds professional rigs, and doesn't have a rich history of being a con artist/grifter.

I think that’s actually the opposite of “for the better”, but my social circle is filled with people who used to fuck up, a LOT and a hell of a lot worse than putting stickers on wah pedals, so my perspective is quite different.

 

[Chocol8]

I think that’s actually the opposite of “for the better”, but my social circle is filled with people who used to fuck up, a LOT and a hell of a lot worse than putting stickers on wah pedals, so my perspective is quite different.

He took another prouduct and rebranded it, which a ton of companies do. It's not like he sold wah pedals that didn't work or didn't sound OK. They sounded the same as they did before rebranding. Yes, he lied about what it was and what he was doing, but many other pedal and amp builders have taken money and not delivered products at all.

 

[JiveTurkey]

As long as the laptop is never connected to a network, that's OK. Otherwise, most of those updates you get contain security fixes for exploits that are known in the wild. The first time your laptop goes down from a hack or virus, or even gets slow and laggy because of a botnet running on it, you will wish you had a dedicated device.

Not to mention pretending like a laptop rig consisting of software plug-ins and an interface is some walk in the park to get running vs. turning afew knobs on an amplifier with a couple of pedals is hilarious. To say the least.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I think that’s actually the opposite of “for the better”, but my social circle is filled with people who used to fuck up, a LOT and a hell of a lot worse than putting stickers on wah pedals, so my perspective is quite different.

If only it was limited to just putting stickers on wah pedals.

 

[Blix]

He took another prouduct and rebranded it, which a ton of companies do. It's not like he sold wah pedals that didn't work or didn't sound OK. They sounded the same as they did before rebranding. Yes, he lied about what it was and what he was doing, but many other pedal and amp builders have taken money and not delivered products at all.

Oh boy, he did a lot more, here's a greatest hits:




Mason Marangella's Greatest Scams!!!

0) “I’m sorry to be chiming in so late but I must warn all you fellow gear nerds to stay away from Vertex effects and pedalboard services. Mason is not truthful nor is his work good or in most cases his own. He had me on his site without permission as a user and happy customer. I am/was neither happy nor do I use any of his products. My pedalboard sounded awful, took tons of gain away, and added a huge ground hum. It also cost $1400 and that was after I pitched a fit when the $2000 bill came to my tour manager all the while seeing unauthorized You Tube videos of my " new rig" a rig I never tried nor signed off on. Fortunately Dave Friedman at Rack Systems came in and saved the day for $400. All I wanted and asked for was to have some cables cut to size. I didn't want to waste Dave's time so I gave it to Mason. BIG MISTAKE.... I am very disturbed by his actions and have heard recently that he has been called out on some Wah Wah pedal stuff. Bad News Bear that cat is unfortunately.” -Joe Bonamassa

1a.) BBE wah scam ($85 pedal resold for $400, rebranded, gooped)


*1b.) Cease and desist letters to individual who exposed the scam


*1c.) “All of my customers got their product. They just got a product that wasn’t what they thought it was.” - Mason, Vertex


*1d.) “I was too oblivious to admit or acknowledge that I was selling a lie.” - Mason, Vertex


2.) Belden cable scam


3.) Dynamic Distortion SD9 scam (hat tip @Jim Marciano )


4.) “Mason came to me (LA Sound Design, RACKDOCTOR) as a client to have a board done. He never even soldered before. He then represented the board we built him as his work on his website and started his company and thus the lies began.”


5.) Passing off a Paul Trombetta fuzz as the Vertex 109 Fuzz


6.) Vertex Boost expression jack design lie: “out of the audio path”


7.) Boss FV-500 volume pedal mod scam


8.) “I’ve got a EE from Berkeley“


*8a.) “I did go to the University of California, Berkeley and graduated with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Education. I do not have a degree in electrical engineering and did not clearly represent this to my customers, dealers, and artists.”


9.) “Berkeley d/c’d their EE program”


10.) “I modeled this pedal after the Dumble” (not a real Dumble)


11.) “I modeled this pedal after a Dumble” (actually a Jack Orman circuit design)


12.) Name-dropping/claiming artist endorsement where there is none


13.) Demoing dangerous amp mods, showboating as the RIGDOCTOR


14.) rinse, lather, repeat without remorse"

 

[jay mitchell]

Dang, it looks like the pedal/pedalboard/boutique amp business attracts almost as many criminals as the used sports/exotic car one. Gives the handful of honest/ethical players a bad name.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Dang, it looks like the pedal/pedalboard/boutique amp business attracts almost as many criminals as the used sports/exotic car one. Gives the handful of honest/ethical players a bad name.

I’ve been saying this for years.