Kemper 101 - Explaining the Basics of the Kemper - Kemper Tips and Tricks 

This was an excellent video - so informative. You are such a great member of the Kemper community. Many thanks!

"You've never heard their amps" PERFECT statement! Spot on!

Jeff Lee - something worth mentioning. You can also save and name your stomps as a preset in the stomps section. this way you can save numerous combinations of fx and bring them up instantly for different profiles. The way to do this is to hold down the STOMPS button (in this screen you can also easily rearrange the order of your fx) and press store. you will then have a "STOMPS section" option press that button and name and save your preset, done. The way to recall this preset is to again HOLD the STOMPS button, and while in this screen turn the browse knob. you will see any saved STOMPS presets. This same process works for the EFFECTS section. This is a HUGE time saver. Hope that is helpful to people Cheers

Great video! Thank you

A great tutorial would be how you input the kemper to the DAW as it’s sometimes a mind field to newbies (I have reaper and a scarlet 18i8). It took me a while to get it sorted.

“I’m not gonna explain what master volume is.” *Proceeds to explain what master volume is*

I'm new to Kemper. Coming from Helix. Your tutorial is excellent. Thank you! I'm sure I'll be checking into your profiles soon.

so where is the Kemper output going?.....into a PA system in your room?.....what amp is finally driving your speakers in that room?.....does the Kemper infact contain it's own output amp?....Line level?

If someone tells me "You're too loud" I just turn it up louder.

Really cool thoughts and concepts. My passion is recording and you have provided info I’ve been trying to figure out for the past year! Great teaching about the Kemper, the best and most practical video I’ve seen. And of course, many of your tones are quite awesome. Thank You and Bless You Sir!

Is your kemper connected to your computer and coming out of the visible monitors? Or do you have it connected to a speaker cab?

Just got a Kemper yesterday...its an AWESOME unit. Amp heaven for guitar players, a true game changer.

Thank you! Very well done video, straight to the point! Any recommendation for what kind of Cab you'd use, that's probably another whole different topic , but did you try a few and have a preference and if so why? thanks much, Chris!

I'm literally at 1:30 and love this episode already! Huge shout out to Rob BGLT from the Kemper Stage group for sharing this link with me! :)

I love my Kemper so much more because of what I’ve learned from you!

How does a Kemper take regular effects pedals? I seem to never want to use the built in presets since I have a vast pedal collection. Thanks

What speakers are you using? Studio monitors? Can you use thus thing with a combo amp ( for the speakers anyway ). Which type of speaker works best with Kempers?

You explained the kemper perfectly, thanks for the insight. Great help

do you need an amp for it? or does it release sound by itself??

Crazy well done video. Really nice. One Q, do you like the stage or the lunchbox? The lunchbox version seems easier to learn and tweak.

Do I need a cabinet obligatorily to play the Kemper or can I plug it to a Focusrite audio interface and record it in logic?

How come you load a profile and BOOM , Amazing sound regardless ? , Ive downloaded your free pack and have over 360 rigs in the kemper stage I’ve just bought, every single one sounds awful , the only ones that sound fab are the ones I’ve built up from scratch , I’m clearly missing something, , seems you have to choose , amp, cab , separately , then mix a rig with effects to get any kind of result ! Not one video on RU-vid explains HOW to build a great tone ! , all you guys do is talk forever , select a tone and boom ! play ! , I’m really regretting buying this kemper stage , it can’t come close to any of my tube Amos with just a TS9 and a delay ! , but you guys get great tones , mine doesn’t , it’s beyond awful at the moment ! Still,searching for a video on RU-vid that actually shows me how to use this .

This may sound like a stupid question, but what else do I need besides the Kemper unit itself? I want to use this for practice mostly and have been using modeling amps since I started, I don't need ground shaking power but i would like to be able to crank it if I want. Do I need something like a headrush 2000 watt speaker to plug it into as well or at least some headphones to use the Kemper?

This video deserves a huge like. As a kemper user I must say it helps a lot to get started with this great device. Being completely honest, I didn't go too much through settings in two years I've been using the kemper, but this video definitely gave me some hints to get more out of it. Great job dude! Greetings from Italy.

Hey , you did a great job. Very informative, educational and you have a good delivery. Subbed bro, Thanx

NewbieSetup Question : Do you need to buy a load box /cab emulator like the Two Notes Torpedo to play this thing live without a DAW? Or is the standard way to plug the line out to a Scarlett I/F for example, use a DAW and use a cab IR plugin of some sort just to be able to play live?

Dude, I can't thank you enough for this video! I've had my Kemper Toaster for 3 days (32 hours of that, just playing with it!), and the "kraftwerken" manual made no mention of "how to get to these parameters" (e.g. Sag...) which was the main reason I bought this. I don't learn well from videos (I'm a Technical Writer in my "day job", and as a Austrian, I recognize the "kraftwerken" mindset when I encounter it!), but by listening to you a couple of times, and then really eyeing the camera shots, I've found the mysteries I sought. Thanks again for the time and effort in creating this - it is much appreciated!

You are exactly right saying we have never heard the actual amp sounds that we love because of the processing after them. Drums are even more processed than guitars. Modelling should have been the next evolution, but the Kemper is the real deal evolution. Personally, I would just buy profiles from the pro's. They KNOW how to mic up, use the BEST equipment and you are pretty much guaranteed to get a very convincing sounding amp, cab, effect etc. You will never need more than a dozen or so variations, but if you want to store 500, go ahead. The only Thing I am a peeved about with the Kemper is the cost of the dedicated foot board. You need this to access a lot of features, the looper to name a major one. But take a gamble, with this guy showing you the best way to get set up, you'll be leaving your big rigs at home and selling the van!!!

Good video mate, and I like your presentational style. I'm obviously really dumb but it hadn't even occurred to me that the top row is a visual left-to-right representation of the entire signal chain. Keep up the great work.

thanks for the review! which headphones do you suggest for use it at home? thanks

I don't get anybody who doesn't pay for profiles. You're paying $2500 for an amp, can't a couple more $ for profiles? It's a profiler amp ffs.

Do you need a PC?

how many FX does the kemper ship with...before Tones??

great video bro!

I love that in the first minute you came right out and hit the nail on the head about the sound of these things. Has the sound of a "captured" amp you hear miked through monitors. Summed up perfectly.

great video! i want to buy the kemper, there are some jazz (Benson style) profiles?

Hey man what is the name of the profile you were playing in teh beginning ?

Great video bro! Was thinking about getting a Kemper. I'm going to get one now!!

This is an excellent tutorial about Kemper Profiler. I am new with guitar and your tutorial is understandable even me. Can you show how to create Neal Schon Guitar tone "Caruso"? I would appreciate it. Subscribed and Like

Selah Sounds make lovely profiles! Agreed!

Do you plug this into a cab like an amp or into an amp itself

Good stuff! Just subscribed Do you know how to send a dry signal on spdf out to use for reamping?

Absolutely the BEST video on the kemper, you explain it perfectly over the series, thanks man! (Enjoyed the playing too)

Excellent. Thanks for taking the time to break it down. Just placed my order

This was very informative, thanks a lot! Question: I'm about to buy my own Kemper - I'll only use it at home and to record, not on stage. So am I good to go with the classic Kemper Head, connecting it to my active studio monitors (or rather connecting the Kemper to my Mac)? Or is there any need for me to get the PowerHead? Thanks in advance!

Great video - looking forward to kemper 201. Keep the vids coming. Love the podcast rant by the way...quality and so true.

I wish I had Kemper money

A great intro, perfect if you're new to the Kemper, delivered in a fun and accessible way. Many thanks.

You don't have to use a mic with the Kemper, since firmware v3 you can tap off the direct amp sound from the speaker cable using a DI Box, Kemper make one of these units precisely for this purpose shop.kempermusic.us/profiler-di-box.html, this 'direct' profile still behaves correctly in the sense that the impedance curve of an amp driving a speaker is captured, but no speaker tone is captured, these profiles sound fantastic if you want to drive a guitar cab directly from the Kemper, they sound much closer to using a tube amp in the room, they sound a lot better than turning off the cab on the kemper using a mic'ed up profile, And it gets even better than that, you can create a 'merged' profile of an amp by using a mic'ed profile and also a DI profile, so that when you turn off the cab on the Kemper you get the genuine DI profile sound ,not the pseudo cab removal algorithm, how cool is that! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ff5Zx10S1Ao.html you don't have to use the Kemper DI box there are lots of others that will work using a speaker line level signal

I gotta say: today I got hold of an Orange Pedal Baby and plugged my Mesa 2x12 and Kemper into it and it just knocks the Kemper into the stratosphere. Forget FRFR cabs. When you're playing a Kemper through a real cab, amps become completely redundant. It doesn't sound liked a miced-up amp: it just sounds like an amp.

Hey man! I just got my Kemper a week or so ago and you helped me out SOOOO much. Thank you. I do have a question though . I plugged my Kemper into my cab. Unfortunately my expression pedals aren’t working and I feel like sone of the effects could be working better. Help? I don’t know if it’s a settings thing or what. Otherwise it sounds great.

Exactly what I was looking for as a Kemper newb. You got a new sub.

I’m just about to buy a Kemper so I’ve been trying to learn as much as possible, this is the best video I’ve seen so far by a mile. Great job.

What is your Kemper plugged in to? I.E., What is the sound we are hearing on RU-vid coming from? Are you recording into ProTools or Studio One? If so, is that recording without any EQ? Thanks much for your tutorials.

21:00 In the case of players like Hendrix, what he played in the studio was for the tone - the recorded tone - and could well be nothing like what he played on stage - which was for projection and volume. Also, if Hendrix WAS using a cranked Marshall in the room in those days, the engineers would have been in 'survival' mode for their equipment and putting all sorts of compression and mike techniques to stop the sheer monstrous volume destroying the equipment. So the recorded tone would have been very mild compared to what they were hearing standing besides the amp in those circumstances..

You do a good job on most thing's, yet it is sad that you can not answer a few question's at times. I do realize that you are busy … yet if just a few more answers to some questions. Would be wonderful. The reason I will not like or subscribe. Pick up the pace Hire someone, to do what you can't Do! You are making $ spend them to help you're Business. Keep up the good work, just a suggestion. before a like and subscribe from me. Teach someone how to help you... Spend that $

Super helpful and very well done. Thanks!

Great tutorial !!! Much appreciated. The way you set up your sounds is very similar to how I set mine up, not excessively bright and ice-picky. Smooooooooth.............!!!!! Cheers to you.

I am very tech phobic.......this was a fantastic ,easy to follow and clear instructional vid.........even I can now use the thing.Excellent and informative.

Just Got My Kemper Today! Great Video!!

Great video, is it that speaker monitor’s has a crucial role in tone? I mean if you compare cheap to expensive and both has a wide range in hz to Khz and knowing that a guitar spectrum is mostly in the mid range. Cheers

Thank you man.

Does the Kemper come with full range amplifiers already installed? What I mean by full range, is there a BE-100 amp on it with options to go into HBE, FAT or Saturation modes like the Helix offers? Also if I purchase the 600w power head, are there any issues with using a real 2x12 or 4x12 cabinet? Thanks

Please less playing and more showing of the Kemper that's what the video supposed to be about, I appreciate the video and the effort you put into making it but every time I watch an instructional video of the Kemper 80% of it is guys playing solos and rhythm we know what that stuff sounds like we want to know how to work the amp that would be very helpful

Thanks. Just got my Kemper yesterday and this helped me to quickly get up to speed.

Great video! However, I’m still confused as to how you actually download profiles! Where can I find that information?

Actually, shouldn't the first thing we need to know is how, exactly, we need to hook this up to hear what comes out of it? This is great content for using the controls and what they do. But when you first unbox it, I would think the first things to know are what are the options of hooking it up to a device(s) to actually hear it. This tutorial starts after those initial steps.

Great video, so much flexibility in this amp. Great job in showing so much in this video!

You said you would be doing the next video on using the Kemper live. Did that never happen?

are you going into a interface and then into some recording software? or how are you running the sound for this video?

yeah as a matter of fact ,Ive seen clapto and hendrix ,Im old .They sounded like the old records and about like my old marshall sounds. Nothen all that special Alot less delay ,rev, .About the same as todays amps .Prosessors sound a little more like a toy.

No one cares about your playing or the different tones. Show us through the Kemper. Do you teach Kindergarten? I ask because you talk to us like we are in Kindergarten.

Just got mine and purchased the Everything Pack and several M Britt packs.

This is perfect! Thank you, HW.

Hi there! Once I select one amp and one cab, can I choose two different mics and record simultaneouly the guitar to 2 different tracks to my DAW?? Thanks for your videos. Cheers

Great info, thanks ! I was hoping a basics vid would include the back but oh well I'll keep looking,.

How do you boost for solos or boost and layer another level of distortion for solos? completely unknowing at this point about the Kemper and haven't watched the entire video..forgive it it goes over this

Thanks for taking the time to provide this introduction. I purchased the Kemper for my middle school Music Club. I chose the powered version. I have two options for speakers. I could use our Orange 2x12 cab or a QSC powered 12.2 main. Is one configuration preferred over another?

Only 1,000 profiles wow……………….. I’m gonna go buy one now…

This was great man! Trying to find the Kemper 201 foot switch tutorial!!!

I’d love to hear an HW ambient album

Just a big long commercial.

I didn't see you showing how to look up authors without going through 100 rigs to find.

Nice job explaining. I don't understand the thumbs down.

thanks for making this-what do you think of that desk ? I have been looking at it on their site

Was there ever a Kemper 201 video?

Great Video, thank you!!

Kemper Arrives tomorrow. Can't fucking wait.

Great video. But how is it set up? Are the sounds going through your speaker monitors? Do you need a power amp? Anyone?

Does it respond to guitar volume knob? It cleans the sound when i turn down the volume on the guitar?

Love it man! You sound really good. Excellent playing. Your instruction has dummied down reading the manual. God I hate reading those! Subscribed!

Hey HW, love your videos. Thinking of getting a Kemper. Curious what you are using in this video for your sound out. mulling studio monitors or cabinet. thanks.

was that sound coming pout of those Yamaha monitors? and thank you for the excellent video.

Can you send the Kemper straight to your studio monitor, I have the Yamaha HS5, thanks!

Lol Kemper for dummies. I'm in the right place apparently

Probably good info in there somewhere. He's a bit long winded, and it takes a while to get to the good stuff.

Fantastic tutorial thank you!

Subscribed! Man, thanks for this! I just got my Kemper home yesterday and it's completely updated but honestly it's been a bit daunting just getting through the menus and stuff. This really helped.

Yeah I think I’m gonna need a Go Fund Me Kemper Page.

Is there a way to adjust reverb settings with the remote and the kemper?