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It's not inspiring me to buy my 8wtfeverth Kemper ; but all of this, 100%.….but seriously.
Adding more useful options at no additional end user cost to the platform is a win.
It's not inspiring me to buy my 8wtfeverth Kemper ; but all of this, 100%.….but seriously.
Adding more useful options at no additional end user cost to the platform is a win.
….but seriously.
Adding more useful options at no additional end user cost to the platform is a win.
It's not inspiring me to buy my 8wtfeverth Kemper ; but all of this, 100%.
I'm not expecting it to make the bass, middle, treble and gain controls magically give us authentic full range to match those controls on all the tone stack permutations of the source amps. I'm guessing they have however found a way to make those controls much more effective at working to mimic those characteristics. I don't think he would include this feature if it is a mere gesture of a fix.
No USB and ineffective tone stack are the two things that I always thought were the weak spots of the design so if the improvement is significant it will be enough for me. I don't want it to be hybrid component modeling control of a profile because then it opens me up to the rabbit hole problem. I like plugging into a Kemper or ToneX and knowing I can easily find some quality examples of the amp I want to play with but sometimes I just need to make minor adjustments to it and the current controls toward that end quickly fall apart.
By a quick look it seems to talk about the same exact thing, and the application is from a few months after yours, same for the date they've been approved and granted.. I wonder if those who check these patents before approval did their job properly.interesting because that patent infringes on my patent:
US11164551B2 - Amplifier matching in a digital amplifier modeling system - Google Patents
In one example, a method to match a digital amplifier model to a real guitar amplifier comprises obtaining an amplifier output filter and an amplifier input filter for the real guitar amplifier, using the amplifier output filter and a model output filter to obtain a corrective output filter...patents.google.com
Low+high level input test signal then pre+post eq matching 'trick' is old news, I've been using this trick long before I've seen any patent application.By a quick look it seems to talk about the same exact thing, and the application is from a few months after yours, same for the date they've been approved and granted.. I wonder if those who check these patents before approval did their job properly.
I would assume a lot of patents get granted because they are about something so highly specific that you need to understand the subject matter to interpret the application.By a quick look it seems to talk about the same exact thing, and the application is from a few months after yours, same for the date they've been approved and granted.. I wonder if those who check these patents before approval did their job properly.
That's the whole point, isn't it?I tried reading through both and honestly have a hard time understanding
Well well well....this is getting interesting!interesting because that patent infringes on my patent:
US11164551B2 - Amplifier matching in a digital amplifier modeling system - Google Patents
In one example, a method to match a digital amplifier model to a real guitar amplifier comprises obtaining an amplifier output filter and an amplifier input filter for the real guitar amplifier, using the amplifier output filter and a model output filter to obtain a corrective output filter...patents.google.com
A whole boatload of all of this.I like Kemper, because it's a continually innovative product, even though I'm generally not a fan of the "capture someone else's s**t" workflow. Certainly like them more than NDSP. f**k those guys.
Agreed. I think we're looking at "tone knobs that don't make profiles unrecognizable (as quickly)". Makes sense. (Like @Will Chen, I remember requests for and discussions of amp-specific tonestacks on the KPA forum going back many years.) Whether this new feature will also convincingly emulate non-linearities in gain from any given control remains to be seen.I'm guessing they have however found a way to make those controls much more effective at working to mimic those characteristics. I don't think he would include this feature if it is a mere gesture of a fix.
At the end of the day; it's still going to sound like a Kemper. For better (for some) or worse (for others). Cool though either way \m/Agreed. I think we're looking at "tone knobs that don't make profiles unrecognizable (as quickly)". Makes sense. (Like @Will Chen, I remember requests for and discussions of amp-specific tonestacks on the KPA forum going back many years.) Whether this new feature will also convincingly emulate non-linearities in gain from any given control remains to be seen.
Agreed, Kemper wouldn't add this if it weren't, at a minimum, a significant improvement. Definitely something for Kemper owners to celebrate (and non-owners to consider...)
Neither Kemper nor Fractal invented anything worth patenting here, how the patents were granted so easily is the real question.
I read that Kemper viewed the unit as a professional device where users would already have a preferred interface.I am really surprised to hear that USB audio was ever a possibility from a hardware perspective. It seems odd that this wasn't leveraged in a firmware update much sooner.
As a non-owner but my buddy has one I have played through a few times, makes me wonder if the amount of competition in the marketplace is the only reason for the update? Since this is a possibility, as a non-owner, I wouldn't consider ever getting one.Agreed. I think we're looking at "tone knobs that don't make profiles unrecognizable (as quickly)". Makes sense. (Like @Will Chen, I remember requests for and discussions of amp-specific tonestacks on the KPA forum going back many years.) Whether this new feature will also convincingly emulate non-linearities in gain from any given control remains to be seen.
Agreed, Kemper wouldn't add this if it weren't, at a minimum, a significant improvement. Definitely something for Kemper owners to celebrate (and non-owners to consider...)
I presume a lawsuit is not going to happen between Fractal and Kemper, I think the customers are different enough to not step on each others turf.it's self enforced via lawsuit.
I presume a lawsuit is not going to happen between Fractal and Kemper, I think the customers are different enough to not step on each others turf.
For Fractal it's just one small new feature but for Kemper it's the main thing, Kemper has everything to lose, and I don't think Fractal will try to kill Kemper just to be able to use a small new tone matching feature.