Kemper Profiler MK 2

[Schelotto]

Liquid profile... Kemper wins.

 

[Orvillain]

Liquid profile... Kemper wins.

nah

 

[OneEng]

Posted this before - and I realize what I am running is heresy for a live rig around here, but for the last 4 - 6 months, I've put together and run a modular digital system - as is:-

-> Joyo RDB2 Pedal Board
-> MacBook Air M4
-> Tahoe OS
-> GigPerformer 5 Pro
-> 2 x Genome Instances for Pre and Post EFX
-> UAD Guitar Paradise [replacing Scuffham S-Gear for Amps]
-> Whole rig runs at 96k
-> Numerous other AU Plugins of choice
-> MOTU M2 for HiZ Guitar [Pic below with my old Focusrite Solo 4th Gen - now replaced with Motu M2]
-> Morningstar MC6 Pro + 2 x Auxiliary Midi FSW
-> Real world measured I/O latency with everything turned on is ~ 3.3ms 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 or 4 x 45 min 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
-> See pic below of it on my desk below - shit and leads everywhere - its a pre-Motu M2 Pic.

Only issue I've had in its whole time is having to uninstall and reinstall the UAD Guitar Paradise AU Version [not VST3] - the AU version somehow (?) got corrupted in the initial install.

All the separate hardware and software is fully updatable and fully replaceable to anything I want .... the M4 will run huge numbers of multiple plugins and stupid numbers of Amp Sims to the point of being just ridiculous.

I just got sick and tired of being tied into "one" environment hoping that "one" system would have and do what I wanted.

Having now got this running and sounding so good, and being totally modular, I cant ever see myself going back to a L6 or Fractal a.i.o unit.

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You my friend are a true guitar geek. Put me to shame .

Last month there were around 350-400 new profiles uploaded to rig manager by around 35 individual users. Makes sense a surge of enthusiasm as the vs.2 firmware finally was available.
20 days into this month maybe 10% of that number were uploaded, mostly by some of the people who uploaded the month previously. Maybe 5 or 6 new users among the total joined in.

In the last 5 days I’m seeing zero uploads.
So am I somehow not able to see new activity or has activity died?

I believe that this is a result of the fact that there is reportedly very little difference between V1 and V2 profiles. Honestly, my biggest hope was that we would get more new profiles that were done with LP and new effects since I am currently not a believer that V2 profiling is going to make much difference (I think LP and new effects actually DO make a noticeable improvement in sound quality and ability to tweak more effectively).

Unfortunately, as you point out, because V2 hasn't really raised the bar much, people don't want to take the time to profile.

As @BenIfin points out, lots of people (like me as well) sold their amps (or never had them in the first place).

This is disheartening for an old Kemper user really. I was hoping to get another 1000 new profiles up there that covered all amps again, but with refreshed features.

I am still hearing about too many glitches with Stadium to trust it for gigs..... but by next summer? I'm thinking Stadium is going to be a pretty tough contender to beat. Perhaps Fractal will have released their next gen product as well?

There has been a lot of movement in this space lately. It's a good time to be a guitar player :).

 

[Deadpan]

Kemper V2 Monomyth Modded Marshall 1987x with just a splash of reverb.

Dropbox

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[crispsandwich]

I have been playing lots of my favourite collected V1 profiles and some great V2 ones. There is a definite sonic improvement from the V2s (low-mid thing removed, more detail in the sound and advanced parameter tweaks seem to do more), but the V1s still sound and feel spectacular. I could gig with a Player full of just V1 profiles and be very happy. The V2 launch does seem to have had a few issues (lack of content and RM problems), which is a shame because Kemper really got it right all those years ago.

 

[mbenigni]

I suppose I started on stuff that really did have a shit incomprehensible UI so this seems totally obvious. I can’t see how this is complicated.

It's not a question of its being complicated. Quite the opposite. Yes, the Kemper is most like an amp head and a few pedals, and it's easy to work with if that's precisely what you need. But a lot of people get into modelers for the very purpose of setting up more complex virtual rigs. When you try to bend Kemper in that direction, it often proves inflexible.

 

[mbenigni]

The one thing I am missing is the morph function with an expression pedal. If QC could mimic this with scenes, I'd be 100% good to.

 

[Orvillain]

Yes, the Kemper is most like an amp head and a few pedals

nah

 

[mbenigni]

This is assuming your QC doesn’t crap out.

That's fair :)