The Kemper is fine. Zero desire to revisit. Still.
Yeah I am basically out at this point. Touchscreen would be nice for people who use it still but I am out of that loop for the forseeable future.
I always loved the FX as much as anything else actually. Different vibe than the state of the art space age vibe of FAS stuff but still dig it \m/
free profiles from tone junkie....
Bedtime story:
- Not 100% happy with my sound at a gig playing kpa.
- Started the old “compare my analog stuff” A/B…bring in the boutique overdrives/preamps..yadyda etc.
- Got a much better sound than my KPA presets..f@#€€#!!!…..nothing beats analog!
- Had a cup of coffee
- Took 10 min to direct profile the sounds of the analog rig I set up
- Could not tell the difference between profile / real.
- Boy has 5 new sounds in a performance he’s gonna use in the foreseeable future.
Null tests and proofs of accuracy are relevant if you are about to make purchase decisions…cause they are quantifiable, and user experiences are not…unless you really trust the person.
For me as a user..,kemper profiling will be good no matter how old it is, no matter what the competition does, no matter measurements…cause I verified that I can’t tell profile from real..what more could I wish for?
Would I buy again? Probably, cause it’s still the only one out there with profiling and mature HQ efx in one box. I’d rather use a platform that also offers a full speced small unit also…unfortunately they choked the efx on the player…that does release thoughts of other brands.
I would consider QC also, great size, modeling and capturing in one…but atm I am not confident the delays in there meet my needs…so for now I’ll probably stick to the green dinosaur
Yeah... I´ve got that same feeling. All of them with deal-breaker features (at least for me). If I could combine the best from each unit, I´d pay the flagship price. Otherwise, I always keep on returning to my setup based on analog pre effects (wah, compressor and OD), with post digital ones (Zoom G1X Four... honestly, those effects are great and you also get volume pedal, tuner and a fantastic noise gate, so don´t see the need for spending more), all commanded by a looper-switcher (G-Lab GSC2) that also changes amp channel.
Yes, I´m really happy. It has MIDI (completely configurable), amp channel switches, and it´s very safe in terms of footswitch distance and alternate position of them, so it´s fairly complicated to stomp in the wrong place. It also has six 9V sockets to feed pedals (I have no power supplies, just the power cable of the GSC), and selectable buffer.
There is a segment display indicating the preset... but you know, it´s that kind of "P08"... in the Boss ME-90 style, which I don´t find very useful. I much prefer reading in the Zoom display the typical "LEAD" thing.
Well, I usually don´t look at it... but I think it can be well read, yes. When I come home I´ll turn it on and will check it. I would have liked more to have a led lit on the last footswitch pressed, because I find it useful and visual for knowing my preset without reading the Zoom screen. But they are all lit all the time.
C´mon, mate... no problem at all.
I can perfectly understand you...
I would’ve paid full-size Kemper price for a seriously spec’d small unit. That said, ten years ago my green box earned its price back in the first couple days, and eventually many, many times over — all before the delay, drive and fuzz fw rebuilds were even implemented. So I’m guessing the Player is gig and record-worthy, even if for many of us it does seem, on paper, like a technical rewind. Anyway I thought the current effects are eventually coming And the player is the coolest looking or only cool looking mini unit.
