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== Noise Gates ==
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|Kemper KPA Effects#Mono vs. Stereo|Mono/Stereo
|Kemper KPA Effects#Delay and Reverb|Delay/Reverb
|Kemper KPA Effects#Pitch Shifter Options|Pitch Shifter Options
|Kemper KPA Effects#Shapers|Shapers
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The Noise Gate controlled by the big Noise Gate Knob on the front of the unit is actually part of the Input block. If you lock Input (I recommend doing so), you will always use that Noise Gate setting. Also, it is not a traditional noise gate but more of a noise remover or noise suppressor, which can leave artifacts when set fairly high. For these reasons, I like to use a rather low value here - just enough to suppress ''some'' noise when muting the guitar strings.
== All those Wah Choices ==
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|Kemper KPA Effects#Noise Gates|Gates
|Kemper KPA Effects#All those Wah Choices|Wah
|Kemper KPA Effects#Mono vs. Stereo|Mono/Stereo
|Kemper KPA Effects#Delay and Reverb|Delay/Reverb
|Kemper KPA Effects#Pitch Shifter Options|Pitch Shifter Options
|Kemper KPA Effects#Shapers|Shapers
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== Mono vs. Stereo ==
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|Kemper KPA Effects#Mono vs. Stereo|Mono/Stereo
|Kemper KPA Effects#Delay and Reverb|Delay/Reverb
|Kemper KPA Effects#Pitch Shifter Options|Pitch Shifter Options
|Kemper KPA Effects#Shapers|Shapers
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Although Stomps A-D, X, and Mod can all load the same effect types, some of them will function differently depending on placement. The Stomps section is limited to mono effects. Their stereo nature would have to be mixed down to mono to get processed by the Stack section anyway. For such effects, you may notice an extra Stereo Separation parameter when using them in the X or Mod slots. These use various techniques to "widen" their sound. Many effects, such as the Air Chorus and Stereo Widener, will not sound correct unless used as stereo effects.
== Delay and Reverb ==
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|Kemper KPA Effects#Mono vs. Stereo|Mono/Stereo
|Kemper KPA Effects#Delay and Reverb|Delay/Reverb
|Kemper KPA Effects#Pitch Shifter Options|Pitch Shifter Options
|Kemper KPA Effects#Shapers|Shapers
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The KPA's Delay and Reverb blocks are special in that they can only load those types of effects (Delay will actually open up for general purpose usage in OS/FW 4.0). This is for good reason - the KPA's design treats them special. The wet portion of the combined Delay and Reverb blocks is accessible through the "Delay/Reverb Wet" output option that can be assigned to the Main or SPDIF outputs.
== Pitch Shifter Options ==
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|Kemper KPA Effects#Mono vs. Stereo|Mono/Stereo
|Kemper KPA Effects#Delay and Reverb|Delay/Reverb
|Kemper KPA Effects#Pitch Shifter Options|Pitch Shifter Options
|Kemper KPA Effects#Shapers|Shapers
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The KPA offers chromatic and intelligent (harmony) pitch shifting effects, which function like traditional [[Pitch Shifting|pitch shifters]]. The Harmony Shifter goes a step beyond and allows custom user scales to harmonize against. But even beyond these functions, the KPA's shifters offer somewhat unique options to adjust how the shifters work:
== Shapers ==
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|Kemper KPA Effects#Mono vs. Stereo|Mono/Stereo
|Kemper KPA Effects#Delay and Reverb|Delay/Reverb
|Kemper KPA Effects#Pitch Shifter Options|Pitch Shifter Options
|Kemper KPA Effects#Shapers|Shapers
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While most effects are more common for guitarists, the "shaper" effects may seem a bit confusing. Essentially, they attempt to "shape" the waveforms of the input audio signal. This is essentially what distortion is, but most distortion circuits use ''clipping'' to reshape the waves. These do something different entirely, but most end up adding harmonic overtones. The best advice is to try all of them at mild and hot settings, run both into a clean amp profile as well as crunchy one.