HW, you have opened up an entire new world to me and I am forever grateful! I am new to Kemper after decades of being a "purist" and now with these tutorials I am 100% committed to Kemper for recording and live use. Yet, I have only scratched the surface and have so very much to learn nd i am looking forward to every minute of it! Thank you and God Bless ya pal! 🙏
I have been using Helix for 6 years. Just ordered a Kemper stage and it should arrive in a few days. Your 101 and 201 videos have been immensely helpful to help me see how the Kemper can do the things I have been doing using snapshots on the Helix, and even ( I think!) more - like easily swapping out the amp but keep the effects, or to save an entire group of effects with their settings to use over and over again... I never knew this was possible before. I'm even more excited about my decision to try the Kemper (which I should have done 7 years ago... live and learn). Thanks!
Likewise, I used Helix for six years, fantastic piece of gear. Now seemed like a good time to try the Kemper though. Don't think I'd have gone anywhere near one pre Rig Manager. The prospect of Liquid Profiles is what convinced me to migrate from helix.
Super, super helpful. Just bought a Stage and trying to get my head around it all as it is pretty baffling at first. But this and the 101 video really helped!
@@timjoseph887 yes, definitely! Still feel like I’m only scratching the surface. I don’t experiment an awful lot with the amps but use a few basic clean ones as a starting point. The quality of the effects, particularly reverbs and delays are the hidden gems. I had an HX FX prior and a controversial opinion but I think Kemper effects leave Helix in the dust. The Kemper is gradually replacing my 4x Eventide stomp boxes and they’re pretty untouchable still. The gamechanger is plugging the Kemper into a computer for the Rig software - so much easier!
HW, this was very helpful! Can you do a similar version of this but use the Stage, instead? I feel like there’s a shortage of tutorials for the Stage, and the ones that are out there are hit-or-miss. I know Kemper has tutorials but they’re a bit dull and long, and I have ADD ;) lol
Nice HW I know my Kemper pretty well but I always learn something watching you. I always play in performance mode but I set up banks per guitar not per song unless I need a specific delay or effect. I like to use morphing mostly for gain to push a crunchy sound into a high gain sound. I use my Kemper powerhead different than most people I use a 112 Orange cab with a 90 watt Celestion Creme it sounds awesome call me old fashioned but I just can't get away from that amp in the room sound.
I was thinking of setting up my performances (for live application) based on amps but some songs could definitely call for multiple amps? I am trying to go from being used to tube amps and a pedalboard live to the best way to use the kemper. Seems like the difference with Kemper is I can use any effect and any amp in one performance so maybe limiting it to one amp per performance may not be the best approach. For example, I use a 1962 Fender Bandmaster profile for a ton of my clean tones but may want to have an overdrive option and the Bandmaster might not be a good amp to add some overdrive to. Maybe in this performance I include a Fender Deluxe with a couple of options. I am trying to keep it simple yet versatile and wanting to use about 5 to 6 different amp profiles. Great video it really helped me out.
First thanks so much for the video - it really was very helpful! Tip, if I could be so bold... wear white socks! The black ones blend in and didn't always catch my attention when you hit a button on the foot switch. I just received my power rack and foot switch in an attempt to lighten my performance load. (I am getting kind of old - 66) I think this rig really has potential. I hope I can fully understand it before I meet Jesus. Seriously though, I appreciate the effort you put into making this video, great job!
I just bought a Kemper Stage. I would love for this video to be remade for that particular model, since it has a different selection of buttons. (No copy/paste for example)
I just purchased the power rack model. I'm already blown away by it. Your tutorials have been very helpful Have you done a tutorial on profiling an amp? getting ready to profile my ENGL Victor Smolski head. I'm using my Egnator over-sized 112/Celestion Vintage 30 cab. going to try 3 mics/Sennheiser/MXL/and good old SM57. MXL is a large diaphragm model, Sennheiser 421, and the Shure beta 57 is for the back of the cab. (it has the option of removing partial back cover.) I've recorded here in the studio this way, and have had good results in the tone dept. here's where I am a true newbie. I am assuming I'll need to profile them one at a time? Thanks again for the videos!
What if I create a performance and I want to delete one or more of the slots?? How do I delete a slot to replace it with a new tone? I can see how to MOVE them.But not sure how to delete and replace.HELP!!
Great content, HW! You mentioned that there’s a way to take your sounds (rigs) from performance mode and edit them in browser mode, so they can live in browser mode. Is there a way you could explain how to do this? I would truly appreciate it 👍🏼
When I import a number of different amps into a single performance rig, so that I have say a Vox AC 30 clean tone in slot 1 and a Mesa Mark V in slot 2, they both seem to share the same gain and EQ settings. So if I clean up the Vox and take the gain down to 9 o'clock, then switch over to the Mesa, its gain is also down to 9 o'clock. Can someone sanity check that this is correct? If so, presumably, you'd need to use something like a stomp box to make slot 2 heavier? Thanks. 🎸
So when you say you're allowed 5 rigs, that means only 5 separate starting points? What if you have a ton of songs in a set with vastly different tones? Is it possible to have different rigs, for say, 15 songs where you could customize each section (verse, hook, solo, etc) not unlike how a bradshaw midi setup would be?
You can have 5 rigs per bank. You also have 127 banks, I think. It's like a 5 Button per Bank PC-Midi swichter + a row of CC switches to turn on and off the individual effects, or whatever. In the end, you have more than enough sounds avaiable on your feet ;)
This is great, but you’re going wayyy too fast in a lot of parts. I still don’t understand how to save a rig to each switch, and you’re over here grouping the effects chain...slow down
this is a 201 video, not 101 like some others. There are points in which he assumes you already understand basic functions of the Kemper. Not trying to insult you, but starting with the 101 vids might be helpful.
Why do you need this swamp of sounds and amps?, Isn't it better to find "your own sound" and create music using one amp some pedals, technique creativity?.