Texhex
Inspired
Just jumped on the wait list and once they arrive I’ll have come full circle. Journey evolved as follows:
- I went from a HD500X to an AX8. I loved the AX8 but sold it for a Mesa Mark V and Captor running through Helix Native. I wanted to try a real amp but use it in a little different way.
- Sold the Mark V (man I still regret selling that amp, I was even a little depressed for a few days after and I’m still kicking myself) and got a powered Kemper rack. I wasn’t even really excited to get the Kemper but wanted to give it a try. I pretty much knew that being limited to profiles would be the deal killer and it was. I made a few profiles of one of my amps and it does get pretty close but I wasn’t all that thrilled. As far as controlling the Kemper goes, using the ToastME editor via MIDI is as good as it gets for now. It works but can’t do everything you want it to do and you also really need to have Rig Manager open along side it if you want to browse around for profiles. Kemper could be doing a much better job in this area IMO. I know they have their own editor in the works but from what I’ve seen it looks fairly limited. I will say that with the latest beta the effects on the Kemper are pretty stellar.