@@timjoseph887I have them, they are insane. One of the best ones he makes is in his free pack on rig manager, its like a 69 super lead thats boosted , great for zztop especially into greenbacks or whatever that speaker was on master of puppets
wow. I should have looked at this a while ago. This thing is impressive and intriguing! First off it sounds incredible AF, and second the way you got a volume swell out of hitting the boost mod instead of an interruption, and then blast of volume...thats everything!
After watching about a dozen or more Kemper reviews on UA-cam, this is by FAR the best one!! Thanks for getting down to brass tacks and just showing how useable this thing is (or not). I have the Fractal FM3 and the Helix Floor. I love the Helix form factor. It's simply the best in that regard. Though, I played a Kemper Stage at NAMM, and it feels and sounds so natural. In spite of the weak display, I think the Kemper may be my one!! It sounds and feels right!
I'm looking forward to your thoughts after you really get into the Kemper. I've gotten frustrated with my Helix sound and feel a bit. My toaster should arrive Wednesday.
Nice review, Chris. Finding amps can be hard (like you trying to find the Dumble), but I found that keeping the amp sorted by gain makes it a lot easier for me... not sure how you have it sorted.
@@sasmitha8446 It has its limitations. I have to toggle between a couple of presets to make it work. Basically I have three scenes for clean, rhythm, and lead tones. This doesn't allow me to turn effects on and off on the fly. The additional presets are for pitch shifts for alternate tunings. It works... but it is a designated backup unit. My AX8 is my main rig when I decide to use this type of rig rather than an amp. Hope that helps!
Interesting review from a first time Kemper user. I laughed at the "there aren't many effects" and then you scroll through a few dozen variations of wah alone. Kemper has almost any effect you want but it is conceptually different than Helix. Helix thinks more in pedal emulations vs Kemper, which is more like rack effects. For instance helix may have 4 different chorus pedal emulations. Kemper will allow you to adjust a main Chorus algorithm in a ton of different ways. It's just two different approaches, neither is better than the other.
THere aren't a ton of effects, but there are a ton of effects presets. The effects themselves are power full enough to do a lot of different things though--I'm happy with my kemper.
I had a hard time making the transition from Helix to Kemper. Not a lot of tutorials to the Stage yet, but the amps are superior....I am told Kemper is coming out with Kemper Editor....that ought to make the transition a little smoother....
Great video, great playing too. It would be cool if they would put a video line out so a person could connect a video monitor. I have trouble seeing a small video display on some of the floor effects units, and I remember you saying the screen on this one was crap. That might be doable with the usb line and a laptop. Great sounds.
sounds great. the wah and VH tone seem exceptional. but great playing BTW. The thing/interface looks like a mess at first glance but makes sense as you explained it....(but I'll keep the Helix.)
hell ya! VH tone is awesome! I just ordered my kemper stage profile, I've been a helix floor user for 6 years, need that amp feel that everyone is talking about concerning the Kemper stage profile..
For me, sound quality is 100% the most important thing--I don't expect that for everyone else, I guess. But it's hard to rationalize worrying about UI and ins and outs and all of that stuff. I don't think either is really harder to use unless you get locked into the mindset or don't understand how each works from the onset.
Great video. Have you tried the Pasadena Proud presets from LIne 6? I've heard lots of comments on those presets. What I have learned about the Kemper is that it all comes down to the initial profile. I learned to never edit a profile, just select until I find one that I like Once you find the profile, you are done. The tones you have in the Kemper sound fantastic. New subscriber and I hit the like buttons.
If it had a bigger colour display and an expression pedal I would buy this but will probably go with boss gt 1000...would love to hear your thoughts in the gt 1000 and if I should go for something else ?
For a modeler it sounds fantastic. What are you using to move air with this thing. Love these things for home recording but the FRFR stuff never jived with me.
Glen Stadig the TopJimi sounds weren’t free but cheap like $14.99 or something. It was the first thing I did within 20 mins of plugging it in I installed those sounds.
I own the Kemper rack for many years and I can tell you that that small screen in enought. Also as a player I know what my presets are...it is very simple. And the tones are killer
Thanks for the video! I've been on the fence between axefx 3 and the Kemper. From the sound comparisons that I've listened to, I've favored the Kemper for amp tones. I was leaning towards the axefx 3 for the amps and effects because the Axefx 2 and 3 still sound pretty good. However, the Kemper sounded so close to an actual amp that I couldn't tell the difference. This Kemper Stage has effects built in, so now I'm considering this over the others. I could use my personal pedal board with a Kemper, but it would be nice to not need all of my individual pedals anymore. That's why this Kemper Stage is so appealing. Can it do a A+B dual signal, and run line B as Midi? Or can I program Midi into it when it's hooked up to my computer?
I would get the Kemper and Fractal Axe FX III as backup- best of both worlds. Helix is ok but not in same league as Kemper or Fractal which are professional quality level.
I am not a pro but I have played guitar for 45 years. I have both a Helix LT and a Kemper (toaster version, with Remote floor unit). I have to say, the Kemper is the nuts. Yes, it falls down on the display, and they are only just delivering decent editing software, but it is so worth going through the (small) learning curve. This is not a modeller - it's a different concept entirely, it's about real-world amps and cabs. I also have found a superb Van Halen tone! Now the Helix is great for effects, and I have used it as a backup amp when my 'real' amp (Mesa Boogie no less) failed at an outside gig, and it was Ok, but really, the powered Kemper (600W amp inside, not all models have this) with a real guitar cabinet just feels and sounds like a true amp. I can bypass the cab for the real cabinet behind me, and include it when sent to front of house. And I am really not into tweaking, I am into playing guitars with amps and effects. I will be gigging with it when lockdown is over, no question. Also, I have recorded with it into my PC - not with USB - use the S/PDIF output. It is superb. I promise you.
@@cragginshred Sorry, just seen your reply. Yes, the Top Jimi one. But I've since discovered the Bert Meulendijk BE100 pack and it is so good, I have set up three performances around that alone (except for acoustic patch), different gain stages from clean to leads. I am playing with others, but keep coming back to that pack.
@@iansimmons735 owned a real BE deluxe 100w head. No Kemper or fractal versions come cloes. they are all dark compressed (amp is too) and sterile. Is the Bert profile free? share it so I'm not searching, thanks!! Top Jimi Marshall ones have been my go to
the reason the two sound different is the way they model amps, kemper is basically a sample of a real amp that is known to sound good already, while helix models the circuitry of a amplifier for a schematical perspective. so imagine lets say its modeling a plexi, well it would be like a brand new plexi right out of the box and not broken in, out of 10 brand new plexi's it would sound like the average of them, not the one that sounds best. thats why you have to tweak the power/sag and eq effects of the amp in order to properly compare it with a kemper, because the kemper is a sample of a broken in and warmed up amp run at the correct voltage (110/220 etc), and most likely the best amp out of say 10 off the line.... Theres downsides to both. For the Helix it means you have to tweak it. The downside for the kemper is, when you want to tweak it or change the eq, its like manipulating a wav file on a track, so when i add bass or take away treble, it will react like using the eq on a mixer, where as the helix models the circuitry and potentiometers of the original amp and you will get a different sound effect. to better explain that imagine this, if i have a real plexi in the room and i turn up or down the bass knob, you should know that it sounds completely different then if i leave the bass knob in place and just alter the bass with a parametric eq pedal. Also the kemper will have a hard time mimicing the amp when different input gains are applied(ex: turning your guitar volume down to 6 or 7 on a cranked plexi gives you an awesome clean tone). To sum it up, the kemper models an amp at its peak performance at the point in time where it was captured (where the knobs were set) but a helix can model the organicness of an amp
hey Chris - I love every sound that you have on here.....where can i get them so i can have the exact sounds.....lol....yeah call me lazy...BTW you are an excellent guitarist and have inspired me....lol
I've held off from getting the Helix. I was thinking about getting the Kemper, but I think I will not like the same things you mentioned. I want the large screen, and routing options. But the Kemper seems like it will have better sounding amps. Almost want both and put the Kemper in a effects loop in the Helix. Just used as an amp. Kind of seems a waste.
Correction: Kemper has a global noise gate. You only need to add a gate to a specific profile if the gain of that profile exceeds your global gate setting and creates noise.
Love the content, great review! Does it feel more like a tube amp than the Helix w/IRs? I’m very happy with the Helix but I wouldn’t say no to Stage if it offers something in the amp department that the Helix doesn’t.
Seems to me as far as usability, especially in a live setting, the Helix’s screen read outs showing the pedal, etc that is set for each foot switch is significant. This is exemplified by your statements during the course of the video expressing uncertainty as to what was saved in each foot switch. With a standard individual pedal set up you know what your stomping by the recognizable markings on the pedal itself. I wish you would have shown more about how it would be used in a live gig set up, such as can you assign a different footswitch to activate different effects and amp models programmed for each song in your set?
I own both the kemper and the helix they both are awesome gear, however I just got suhr pt 15 ,no Comparison I sold my Kemper.,I'm running A-line 6HX with the pt15 my amp. My modeling day are over.
How can you have this hanging half (the pedal even more) over the abyss??? Boy, my OCD kicked in really hard!!! ;-) The live tuner is the one thing i miss with the Helix - and don't understand why it's missing. Even much older/cheaper units have that.
Thank you for a very honest assessment. I know the Kemper sounds amazing. When I initially got my Helix I was torn.. I had also just got an AX8 and thought about a Kemper instead. But I jumped at the Helix because I didn't want to buy an extra board to play live at the time. The AX8 was great but very complicated. There are almost too many parameters and like the Kemper, had an original Gameboy screen that sucked. I could not seem to make my own patches. They always sounded like crap. But thanks to a couple of great makers I had usable ones. As a first batch Helix guy, I actually used the AX8 live for awhile and even though the Helix was a ton easier it was lacking models of amps and effects initially and sounded nice but not great. After a couple updates I realized Helix was going to keep getting better so I sold the AX8. A good friend has recorded numerous albums with his, Kemper and I have heard it in oersin many times. I agree it is a bit more amp like and sounds fantastic. The interface scares me in the floor unit. My vision is bad and I seem to tweak often in church and I am not sure how practical it would be. I still may get one down the road. Maybe trade a guitar or wait til used units, start to hit the street.
I have the helix rack …this guys is selling kemper rack for dirt cheap was thinking of putting in same rack with helix and running kemper into helix 5 cable method cuz I run in stereo … what u think boss ..too much I have the three spaces
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Best review I’ve seen, so honest and felt really unbiased! Thank you just what I needed
9:10 "As far as effects go, there's not that many in here" ...then proceeds to spend over a minute scrolling thru effects.
After several years of yearning for a Kemper, I finally ordered this model today. Top Jimmy Brown Sound is going to melt my brain. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
How is it ?
EXCELLENT! The brown sound pack is perfect for Van Halen!!!
@@timjoseph887I have them, they are insane. One of the best ones he makes is in his free pack on rig manager, its like a 69 super lead thats boosted , great for zztop especially into greenbacks or whatever that speaker was on master of puppets
Nice review. Really appreciate it. I’m a helix guy but eventually will get the Kemper.
It sounds incredible. Congratulations, I love mine.
Great review! Especially for folks that want to possibly get this to replace their Helix. Great playing, and I truly appreciate your time with this.
I have no desire to replace my Helix, BUT .. I do want one of these as well.
Thanks man!
great video. very informative.
i love your honesty.
and yeah great guitar playing
wow. I should have looked at this a while ago. This thing is impressive and intriguing! First off it sounds incredible AF, and second the way you got a volume swell out of hitting the boost mod instead of an interruption, and then blast of volume...thats everything!
That Van Halen tone is exactly like the album. Wow.
After watching about a dozen or more Kemper reviews on UA-cam, this is by FAR the best one!! Thanks for getting down to brass tacks and just showing how useable this thing is (or not). I have the Fractal FM3 and the Helix Floor. I love the Helix form factor. It's simply the best in that regard. Though, I played a Kemper Stage at NAMM, and it feels and sounds so natural. In spite of the weak display, I think the Kemper may be my one!! It sounds and feels right!
Very informative and practical. Thanks for posting.
I love this presentation, great job!
I'm looking forward to your thoughts after you really get into the Kemper. I've gotten frustrated with my Helix sound and feel a bit. My toaster should arrive Wednesday.
Another cool feature, I believe is that you can load profiles from external sources, just like any Kemper.
Nice review, Chris. Finding amps can be hard (like you trying to find the Dumble), but I found that keeping the amp sorted by gain makes it a lot easier for me... not sure how you have it sorted.
Great demo and tasty playing. Thanks for sharing!
dude you nailed eddie's tone on the kemper
Great demo/review! Really making me consider one. I currently play an AX8 and really like it. I also have a Helix HX stomp as a backup.
Do you have any problem with having just three switches with the stomp?
@@sasmitha8446 It has its limitations. I have to toggle between a couple of presets to make it work. Basically I have three scenes for clean, rhythm, and lead tones. This doesn't allow me to turn effects on and off on the fly. The additional presets are for pitch shifts for alternate tunings. It works... but it is a designated backup unit. My AX8 is my main rig when I decide to use this type of rig rather than an amp. Hope that helps!
Interesting review from a first time Kemper user. I laughed at the "there aren't many effects" and then you scroll through a few dozen variations of wah alone. Kemper has almost any effect you want but it is conceptually different than Helix. Helix thinks more in pedal emulations vs Kemper, which is more like rack effects. For instance helix may have 4 different chorus pedal emulations. Kemper will allow you to adjust a main Chorus algorithm in a ton of different ways. It's just two different approaches, neither is better than the other.
THere aren't a ton of effects, but there are a ton of effects presets. The effects themselves are power full enough to do a lot of different things though--I'm happy with my kemper.
Ditto.. I only need Delay, Chorus, Wha & Verb for 90 percent of the gig. The rest, I can get in pedals.
I had a hard time making the transition from Helix to Kemper. Not a lot of tutorials to the Stage yet, but the amps are superior....I am told Kemper is coming out with Kemper Editor....that ought to make the transition a little smoother....
I found with my Kemper the more I learn about it the better I can make it sound, which is obvious, but often only after someone says it again.
Great video, great playing too. It would be cool if they would put a video line out so a person could connect a video monitor. I have trouble seeing a small video display on some of the floor effects units, and I remember you saying the screen on this one was crap. That might be doable with the usb line and a laptop. Great sounds.
sounds great. the wah and VH tone seem exceptional. but great playing BTW. The thing/interface looks like a mess at first glance but makes sense as you explained it....(but I'll keep the Helix.)
Never mind the looks, it sound great. EVH tone sounds awesome.
I love this review, very honest and to the point.
hell ya! VH tone is awesome! I just ordered my kemper stage profile, I've been a helix floor user for 6 years, need that amp feel that everyone is talking about concerning the Kemper stage profile..
Great video! I'm looking forward to giving one a blast.
gonna have to wear magnifying glasses to see the screen at a gig, and bring back the old sticker labels to label functions
Good review. Thank you!
Good guitarist and demo. Did good job of discussing the tool.
Nice playing ! Nice touch. Thanks for the review
Cool vid! Great style, BTW!
congrats bro sounds epic
Hi Chris. Which profiles are you using for the Van Halen tones? Sounds pretty awesome - of course being able to play as well as you do does help too 👏
Sounds like a real amp!
For me, sound quality is 100% the most important thing--I don't expect that for everyone else, I guess. But it's hard to rationalize worrying about UI and ins and outs and all of that stuff. I don't think either is really harder to use unless you get locked into the mindset or don't understand how each works from the onset.
Hey Chris! Love that VH preset! Was that in the Kemper or did you purchase or program it?
Where do you have it connected?
to studio monitors, CLR, FRFR ..... real amp cab ?? It sound amazing
Great video. Have you tried the Pasadena Proud presets from LIne 6? I've heard lots of comments on those presets. What I have learned about the Kemper is that it all comes down to the initial profile. I learned to never edit a profile, just select until I find one that I like Once you find the profile, you are done. The tones you have in the Kemper sound fantastic. New subscriber and I hit the like buttons.
EVH tone way on point. You have a patch in the Kemper Library thing? I have a powered toaster
If it had a bigger colour display and an expression pedal I would buy this but will probably go with boss gt 1000...would love to hear your thoughts in the gt 1000 and if I should go for something else ?
For a modeler it sounds fantastic. What are you using to move air with this thing. Love these things for home recording but the FRFR stuff never jived with me.
Agree on most of your points and the EVH tone is phenominal - If you could share it are point out settings that would be cool. - great walk through
Glen Stadig it’s probably in there for free. It’s from TopJimi.
Glen Stadig the TopJimi sounds weren’t free but cheap like $14.99 or something. It was the first thing I did within 20 mins of plugging it in I installed those sounds.
@@peterdentremont7296 top Jimi and Britt are ready to go from the zip file. I rarely have to tweak them. Occasionally I'll dial gain back though.
I own the Kemper rack for many years and I can tell you that that small screen in enought. Also as a player I know what my presets are...it is very simple. And the tones are killer
The Van Halen tone though 😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Craig Willis feel Your Love Tonight off the 1st album. It’s spot on.
Craig Willis it does. Just without the slides up to the notes. I’d concur with yourself 👍🏻
Hey man great video thanks. Are you sending the audio to your studio monitors? Or to what are sending the audio?
Great review! :) Thanks!
Short question pal, over what can u play this pedal? I mean u need a PA or Monitors or an amp ..But can u play it over a passiv Box?
Man that thing sounds soooo good!!!
Sounds perfect for 80’s hair metal!
I believe there was some Dokken in there😁
This review is great but I want to talk about how awesome you are at guitar for a second!
Thanks! I’ve been doing it for awhile. :)
Nice guitar work sounds grate, so as of today how has it been working no problems with yet.?
Thanks for the video! I've been on the fence between axefx 3 and the Kemper. From the sound comparisons that I've listened to, I've favored the Kemper for amp tones. I was leaning towards the axefx 3 for the amps and effects because the Axefx 2 and 3 still sound pretty good. However, the Kemper sounded so close to an actual amp that I couldn't tell the difference. This Kemper Stage has effects built in, so now I'm considering this over the others. I could use my personal pedal board with a Kemper, but it would be nice to not need all of my individual pedals anymore. That's why this Kemper Stage is so appealing. Can it do a A+B dual signal, and run line B as Midi? Or can I program Midi into it when it's hooked up to my computer?
Appreciate the review. The Kemper is on my shopping list. Maybe, a Helix later.
I would get the Kemper and Fractal Axe FX III as backup- best of both worlds. Helix is ok but not in same league as Kemper or Fractal which are professional quality level.
I disagree. I’ve had all three and I sold the Kemper and AX8. They are all good units but in the end Helix wins.
What amp should I use with kemper/helix?
I am not a pro but I have played guitar for 45 years. I have both a Helix LT and a Kemper (toaster version, with Remote floor unit). I have to say, the Kemper is the nuts. Yes, it falls down on the display, and they are only just delivering decent editing software, but it is so worth going through the (small) learning curve. This is not a modeller - it's a different concept entirely, it's about real-world amps and cabs. I also have found a superb Van Halen tone! Now the Helix is great for effects, and I have used it as a backup amp when my 'real' amp (Mesa Boogie no less) failed at an outside gig, and it was Ok, but really, the powered Kemper (600W amp inside, not all models have this) with a real guitar cabinet just feels and sounds like a true amp. I can bypass the cab for the real cabinet behind me, and include it when sent to front of house. And I am really not into tweaking, I am into playing guitars with amps and effects. I will be gigging with it when lockdown is over, no question. Also, I have recorded with it into my PC - not with USB - use the S/PDIF output. It is superb. I promise you.
That's what I doo, a real cab is a must!! What EVH profile are you using? The Top Jimi sounds good until you hit the low E then it farts out
@@cragginshred Sorry, just seen your reply. Yes, the Top Jimi one. But I've since discovered the Bert Meulendijk BE100 pack and it is so good, I have set up three performances around that alone (except for acoustic patch), different gain stages from clean to leads. I am playing with others, but keep coming back to that pack.
@@iansimmons735 owned a real BE deluxe 100w head. No Kemper or fractal versions come cloes. they are all dark compressed (amp is too) and sterile. Is the Bert profile free? share it so I'm not searching, thanks!! Top Jimi Marshall ones have been my go to
the reason the two sound different is the way they model amps, kemper is basically a sample of a real amp that is known to sound good already, while helix models the circuitry of a amplifier for a schematical perspective. so imagine lets say its modeling a plexi, well it would be like a brand new plexi right out of the box and not broken in, out of 10 brand new plexi's it would sound like the average of them, not the one that sounds best. thats why you have to tweak the power/sag and eq effects of the amp in order to properly compare it with a kemper, because the kemper is a sample of a broken in and warmed up amp run at the correct voltage (110/220 etc), and most likely the best amp out of say 10 off the line.... Theres downsides to both. For the Helix it means you have to tweak it. The downside for the kemper is, when you want to tweak it or change the eq, its like manipulating a wav file on a track, so when i add bass or take away treble, it will react like using the eq on a mixer, where as the helix models the circuitry and potentiometers of the original amp and you will get a different sound effect. to better explain that imagine this, if i have a real plexi in the room and i turn up or down the bass knob, you should know that it sounds completely different then if i leave the bass knob in place and just alter the bass with a parametric eq pedal. Also the kemper will have a hard time mimicing the amp when different input gains are applied(ex: turning your guitar volume down to 6 or 7 on a cranked plexi gives you an awesome clean tone). To sum it up, the kemper models an amp at its peak performance at the point in time where it was captured (where the knobs were set) but a helix can model the organicness of an amp
A VERY ILLUSTRATIVE COMMENT! Thank you for a marvelous clarification.
The Kemper is mostly for those that immediately want the sound to be just right, while the Line 6 Helix and the Fractals are more of for the tweakers.
Are u still using the alto ts312 ? One or two at your house? Sounds really good.
Hi Chris! Thanks for this tone demo, great EVH tone and playing. Can you please confirm the profile is CT-MeBo Heartat 44 from ChopTones?
I have one of these on the way! Nice Extreme at the end.
hey Chris - I love every sound that you have on here.....where can i get them so i can have the exact sounds.....lol....yeah call me lazy...BTW you are an excellent guitarist and have inspired me....lol
Did you install the USB driver for it? Also it should most likely be an Asio device
I've held off from getting the Helix. I was thinking about getting the Kemper, but I think I will not like the same things you mentioned. I want the large screen, and routing options. But the Kemper seems like it will have better sounding amps. Almost want both and put the Kemper in a effects loop in the Helix. Just used as an amp. Kind of seems a waste.
Get the Kemper and use real pedals. The only negative is the small window. Just my opinion.
Correction: Kemper has a global noise gate. You only need to add a gate to a specific profile if the gain of that profile exceeds your global gate setting and creates noise.
I found that after. :)
What are you playing this through? A guitar cab?
Are your sounds using cab sim or impulse responses?
What speaker/speakers are you playing through in the video? Sounds great! Thanks
Alto TS312
Love the content, great review! Does it feel more like a tube amp than the Helix w/IRs? I’m very happy with the Helix but I wouldn’t say no to Stage if it offers something in the amp department that the Helix doesn’t.
It definitely plays like a real amp.
@@christaggart2084 Is the Van Halen tone a preset on the Kemper? Thanks
Which speakers do people use with this in a room or on stage, sth like a headrush?
Seems to me as far as usability, especially in a live setting, the Helix’s screen read outs showing the pedal, etc that is set for each foot switch is significant. This is exemplified by your statements during the course of the video expressing uncertainty as to what was saved in each foot switch. With a standard individual pedal set up you know what your stomping by the recognizable markings on the pedal itself. I wish you would have shown more about how it would be used in a live gig set up, such as can you assign a different footswitch to activate different effects and amp models programmed for each song in your set?
What are you playing through? Amp or direct?
Is it sounds better than helix onstage?
Awesome tone. Are you connected to an Amp? What kind? Also what did you use for video/audio Recording? Thanks.
Alto TS312 speaker, and I record everything on my iPhone. Super hi-tech. :)
That was a killer profile...what amp was that?
I run my Kemper Stage into a HX Stomp, the Stomp acts as my audio interface into Reaper, works great :-)
Kemper now has USB audio interface inbuilt...
how do you set up the tuner for half step down?
kemper should make a small stomp like helix did that way could run it with a helix hx effects for best of both worlds)
what is the actual amp emulated in your prized VH tone?
I own both the kemper and the helix they both are awesome gear, however I just got suhr pt 15 ,no Comparison I sold my Kemper.,I'm running A-line 6HX with the pt15 my amp. My modeling day are over.
Chris, Is that Van Halen tone a preset? Thanks
Awesome review
Is your Van Halen tone from TopJimi?
How can you have this hanging half (the pedal even more) over the abyss??? Boy, my OCD kicked in really hard!!! ;-)
The live tuner is the one thing i miss with the Helix - and don't understand why it's missing. Even much older/cheaper units have that.
I am afraid to use this on stage. People having a lot of problems with switches. Any long term experience about that?
What's the best way to use this live ? What kind of cabinet is best to use as a monitor on stage?
ValveTrain Amplification PowerTrain Stage 50
What are you connecting to for this video, a regular Guitar Cab or a FRFR?
Alto TS12
You absolutely need to share where you got that EVH profile. It's dead on.
WHat is the loud white noise through the whole video. Is that from the unit?
Great sound.
So around 8:45 minutes in you play your VH tone. Is this a stock preset?
What speaker are you using?
Did you record with spdif? Very nice playing dude!
Great video thanks
Thank you for a very honest assessment. I know the Kemper sounds amazing. When I initially got my Helix I was torn.. I had also just got an AX8 and thought about a Kemper instead. But I jumped at the Helix because I didn't want to buy an extra board to play live at the time. The AX8 was great but very complicated. There are almost too many parameters and like the Kemper, had an original Gameboy screen that sucked. I could not seem to make my own patches. They always sounded like crap. But thanks to a couple of great makers I had usable ones. As a first batch Helix guy, I actually used the AX8 live for awhile and even though the Helix was a ton easier it was lacking models of amps and effects initially and sounded nice but not great. After a couple updates I realized Helix was going to keep getting better so I sold the AX8. A good friend has recorded numerous albums with his, Kemper and I have heard it in oersin many times. I agree it is a bit more amp like and sounds fantastic. The interface scares me in the floor unit. My vision is bad and I seem to tweak often in church and I am not sure how practical it would be. I still may get one down the road. Maybe trade a guitar or wait til used units, start to hit the street.
Horrible, horrible, horrible screen for sure.
sounds better than my helix for sure
You were just piddling around and pulled up a very convincing SRV tone. Was that a stock preset? Pretty impressive to me (Helix owner 3+ years)..
Thanks man! It’s just a random MBritt profile. Called SRV.
so it doesnt do dual amp chain?
No it doesn't run audio through USB. You can however just use an XLR from the main output to the interface or board.
I have the helix rack …this guys is selling kemper rack for dirt cheap was thinking of putting in same rack with helix and running kemper into helix 5 cable method cuz I run in stereo … what u think boss ..too much I have the three spaces
Can you connect this device to a tube amb (for example a Fender Deluxe Reverb)? I don’t like the heavy gain sounds either. Good demo.
Sjaak Strik thru the return FX for power. It’s powerless otherwise.
ValveTrain Amplification PowerTrain Stage 50
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can you profile your favourite helix patches?
Yes