Doug and Pat on The Kemper Profiling Amplifier

syscokid said:
Very cool and very informative. The Kemper's technology and its results is mind-blowing. I don't know whether to love it, or hate it... :run:
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I truly think it is the best gear investment I ever made. Also, the upgrades are plentiful, free and useful. This purchase keeps giving
 
RVA said:
I truly think it is the best gear investment I ever made. Also, the upgrades are plentiful, free and useful. This purchase keeps giving
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One of these days, perhaps soon, a lawyer is going to represent the original manufacturer of their amps that have been "profiled" and demand royalties... :unsure:
 
syscokid said:
One of these days, perhaps soon, a lawyer is going to represent the original manufacturer of their amps that have been "profiled" and demand royalties... :unsure:
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Since there can be/are more factors to the profiling chain(mic’s, preamps, mixer, speakers, cab’s, room etc), the actual end resulting profile becomes the sum of many possible variable contributors. :) :cheers:
 
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In reflecting on this further, of al the amps we hold in such esteem, I do not know of a single one that has any patented parts. Dumble, Fenders, Marshalls, are all a combination of circuits which cannot be patented to my understanding. I would be interested to hear more about this from the members who know amp history.
 
RVA said:
In reflecting on this further, of al the amps we hold in such esteem, I do not know of a single one that has any patented parts. Dumble, Fenders, Marshalls, are all a combination of circuits which cannot be patented to my understanding. I would be interested to hear more about this from the members who know amp history.
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As of late manufacturers take to controlling analog signals in a tube amp with microprocessor chips. The chips are programmed with proprietary software that presumably is patented...
even though the same parts are used to build any tube amp, the maker has found a way to maintain some claim to "novelty or uniqueness" despite the antiquated basis of the underlying function that it performs.

The Bassman is the same as a Marshall or a Mesa Boogie....etc. They are all clones of the same design.
Nobody left living "invented" these designs. If they claim such they are lying their butts off.
But the minute somebody controls a Bassman with a computer chip, then it revives the possibility.

"I invented the master volume..."
"I invented the effects loop..."
" I invented the "cascade" gain stage..."
This is all a load of bullshit.
These things were invented before you or I were born.
 
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