Kemper Profiler MK 2

[texhex]

Every time I see that new Kemper Head with the new slanted front and bigger top, all I can think about is this.

 

[Orvillain]

Every time I see that new Kemper Head with the new slanted front and bigger top, all I can think about is this.

That looks way cooler than the Kemper does!
<ducks>

 

[OneEng]

Every time I see that new Kemper Head with the new slanted front and bigger top, all I can think about is this.

I wonder how that does on the NULL test?

 

[hunter]

Hey riffy !

No drams's - sorry for the late response ... time differences from here to the rest of the world .... firstly I shall put on my whole body fire and flame proof suit.

After years of selling and buy "all in one units" I decided to go modular digital

Here goes:-

-> Base is a Joyo RDB2 Pedal Board
-> MacBook Air M4
-> Tahoe OS
-> GigPerformer 5 Pro
-> 2 x Genome Instances for Pre and Post EFX
-> Scuffham s-Gear for Amps - runs everything internally at 8x Oversampling
-> Whole rig runs at 96k
-> Numerous other AU Plugins of choice
-> MOTU M2 for HiZ Guitar [Pic below is an older pic with my old Focusrite Solo 4th Gen]
-> Morningstar MC6 Pro + 2 x Auxilliary Midi FSW
-> Real world measured I/O latency with everything turned on is ~ 2.6 ms
-> Racks / Presets switch instantly and seamlessly
-> Full spillover
-> The Mac M4 runs Gigperformer 5 at a steady %26, and total CPU use on the M4 is less than %8
-> Used it for numerous gigs and rehearsals - both of which are basically non-stop 3 x 45 sets
-> Absolutely stable and glitch / pop / stutter free
-> Shut the lid between sets - lift the lid again and go
-> Joyo Board is compact and everything fits on it perfectly except for the Exp Pedal off to the side
-> All fits in my old Helix LT padded gig bag
-> Seee pic below of it on my desk below - shit and leads everywhere because am in between gigs.

After trying Helix Native, 8 x NDSP Demos [for "load testing" purposes] and Nembrini, Polychrome etc..., I was recommend S-Gear and it is far and away - to me - the most natural sounding and feeling Amp sim I've ever used - only about 5 amps, but man.

F.w.i.w, I've emailed Mike Scuffham directly about a few things and thoughts and he responded back in detail each time within a day or so.

If I want to change and use different plugins / sims etc..... its easy. If I want a better HiZ I/O its easy. If want more or less Midi FSW its easy. If I want a different Exp Pedal is easy. If ever I need more cpu power and juice - almost unimaginable to be honest - I sell the M4 and buy an M5 or M6 or M7 - there are zero cpu processing limitations even with the M4.

Its the Mac M4 and Gigperformer 5 Pro that makes this all possible and work

You can see now why my gut is telling me the KPA Player V2 is facing some very stiff competition which I think it will struggle against even though Im going to give it a go .... the "modularity" of this rig is good and easy and flexible - it would be very hard to beat.

Actually .... having now explained and laid it out, I'm starting to think the Player might end up on FB Marketplace much sooner than I thought :)

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I‘ve done the exact same about 5 years ago (during covid I remember).
Big fan of GigPerformer, too. I loved the Softube Marshalls the most.
Nowadays I‘d probably be all over the UAFX plugs though.

Curious to try that S-Gear thingy.

 

[Gary_W]

I’m not sure how (accuracy wise) Kemper Mk2 compares with the initial release of Proxy on the Stadium but…. From a functionality perspective, I’m again glad I jumped.

I’ll be having a go at cloning a fuzz pedal or two on the Stadium at the weekend which I’ll be able to do independent of the rest of the chain. I could never actually do this on the Kemper Mk1 *unless it was burnt in as part of the overall capture with an amp and cabinet*. On Stadium, I can now run 4 captures in a single preset with some other fx in there too. Or mix and match with legacy or Agoura amps (they’re saying right now that a proxy capture takes about the same amount of oomph as an Agoura amp but they’re optimising).

You never really got stomp captures out in Kemper land other than profiles someone did with (say) a tube screamer built in. Having the ability to get hold of a library of unusual stomps is very welcome. As with profiles, they won’t behave exactly like the real thing if you tweak them but I’ll live :)

 

[madmarcus1960]

I‘ve done the exact same about 5 years ago (during covid I remember).
Big fan of GigPerformer, too. I loved the Softube Marshalls the most.
Nowadays I‘d probably be all over the UAFX plugs though.

Curious to try that S-Gear thingy.

SGEAR3 may be the most underrated amp VST due to its limited offering. But what is does well, F, M, and V style amps, it does incrediblely well.

 

[hunter]

SGEAR3 may be the most underrated amp VST due to its limited offering. But what is does well, F, M, and V style amps, it does incrediblely well.

To be fair I only spent about half an hour and compared it to the Softube JMP (switching back and forth and using Celestion Speaker Mix Pro as cab sim).
It was Ok IMO. I preferred the Softube JMP though mostly. Going to Kemper after that one felt better than both plugins.

 

[madmarcus1960]

Mecuriall Spark is a great Marshall VST, as well.