Tremble – Mosaic MSC – Kemper Performance

In this demo Bradford is using a Suhr Classic T

This Kemper Performance file re-creates the guitar tones from the song ‘Tremble’ as recorded by Mosaic MSC. It is designed to be used with the Kemper Remote, and all effects are included in the Kemper.

Profile by Tone Junkies

The profile used in the Kemper is an ‘Empire’ profile from Tone Junkies – this is a premium profile from their Empire pack. It is a profile of the Tone King Imperial amp. Tone Junkies makes incredible profiles of many amps – you can see their full line-up here.

Slots and effects

We’ve set up the different song sections in the different slots on the remote (Rig Buttons 1-5), and we’ve mapped effects that you’ll likely want to access on the effects buttons (Effects Buttons 1-4).

Rig Buttons (Slots) and effects button assignments associated with each rig

1. Swells: Ambient swell tone
   1. Effects 1: Vintage chorus (off)
   2. Effects 2: Pure Booster (on)
   3. Effects 3: Green Scream + Wah Pedal Booster (off)
   4. Effects 4: Single delay 1/4 (on)
2. CH1/V2:Clean with reverb
   1. Effects 1: Vintage chorus (off – use this for leads in VS2 as desired)
   2. Effects 2: Pure Booster (off)
   3. Effects 3: Dual Delay (1/8d + 1/8) (on)
   4. Effects 4: Hall Reverb (on)
3. Big CH/BR: Drive tone with verb and delay
   1. Effects 1: Vintage chorus (off)
   2. Effects 2:
      1. State 1: Pure Booster (on)
      2. State 2: Green Scream + Wah Pedal Boost (Use this for the bridge)
   3. Effects 3: Dual Delay (1/8d + 1/8) (on)
   4. Effects 4: Hall Reverb (on)
4. Ambi Cln: Clean tone with chorus
   1. Effects 1: Vintage chorus (on)
   2. Effects 2: Pure Booster (off)
   3. Effects 3: Single delay 1/8d (on)
   4. Effects 4: Dual Delay (1/8d + 1/8) (off) – turn this on if you want to get swirly (‘swirly’ is Bradford’s word)
5. Rhy 1/2: Big rhythm tone – this uses the ‘Morph’ functionality
   1. Original state: Green Scream mix is at 0 (it’s essentially off)
   2. Morph State: Green Scream mix at 65% (bigger drive), Delay 2 and Verb get dialed down
      1. Effects 1: Green Scream + Pure Booster (both on)
      2. Effects 2: Single delay 1/8d (off)
      3. Effects 3: Dual Delay (1/8d + 1/8) (on)
      4. Effects 4: Hall Reverb (on)

Effects:

These are the effects used in this performance to create the sounds for the slots above:

1. Stomp A:Compressor (always on)
2. Stomp B: Chorus
3. Stomp C: Pure Booster
4. Stomp D: Green Scream
5. Stomp X: Wah Pedal Booster
6. Stomp MOD: Single Delay (dotted 8^thor Quarter for the swells rig)
7. Stomp DLY: Dual Delay (1/8d + 1/8)
8. Stomp REV: Hall Verb

You can map these various effects to the effects 1-4 buttons on your KPA Remote as desired.

How to tweak this performance for your guitar

We tested this performance with multiple guitars, but ultimately you may want to tweak it a bit for your guitar, which will most likely have a different output level and pickup tone than our guitars.

Start with the ‘Definition’ and ‘Clarity’ controls on the amp

These two controls have an enormous impact on the overall tone, and are very efficient at adjusting the gain structure and clarity/tone of the sound, all without straying too far away from the base tone. They’re perfect for tailoring a patch made with humbuckers to a single coil guitar (or vice versa). We always recommend starting here rather than EQ or Gain controls.

EQ Controls:From there, adjust the EQ controls (in the amp stack). If the tone is a bit dark or bright, adjust the EQ to compensate.

Gain control (proceed with caution). We recommend adjusting the gain on the amp last – especially raising the gain. This will introduce digital gain, which sounds pretty gross – it does not behave like a gain knob on an amp. If you need more gain, either adjust the definition control or increase the level control on the compressor. If you need less gain, turn the gain control down works well.