Quad Cortex / Kemper guys… doing some market research

[JerEvil]

So, I decided to throw my hat in the ring with Neural Captures and Kemper Profiles. A little late for Kemper as I’m not sure there’s much gold left in them there hills.

Anyway, I’ve got some really interesting builders (both amps and pedals) l will be working with for some official packs. That said, I’ve been making DI and full captures so far.

What do people actually prefer these days?

https://wickedtones.bigcartel.com/

 

[Monkey Man]

Merged Kemper Profiles, Brother Jez.

That way the user has the choice of using fully-captured amp->cab->mic setups or amp-only.

 

[JerEvil]

Merged Kemper Profiles, Brother Jez.

That way the user has the choice of using fully-captured amp->cab->mic setups or amp-only.

Yeah the nice part with merged is you only have to make one profile.

 

[Monkey Man]

No, that's Studio Profiles Jezza.

For Merged, you make a Studio (amp + cab & mic) and then a Direct (amp only) without touching anything to alter the exact setup. Then when you merge them, the Kemper "mathematically subtracts" the Direct from the Studio Profile, thereby rendering the cab component of the Merged Profile an exact representation of the cabinet's response.

If you disable the Cab section of a Studio Profile, the Kemper intelligently guesses what the cabinet component is. It's pretty good at this, but technically the resulting, remaining Direct component isn't as accurate as the one you'd have created when making a Merged Profile.

So, a Merged Profile contains the raw Direct Profile as well as a super-accurate Cab component. It'll still sound the same as a Studio Profile created in just one go, but it doesn't have to guess where the Direct and Cab components begin and end if you turn the Cab section off.

Make sense?

This is what makes Merged ideal IMHO. You get to use the full-blown setup (amp + cab) as-Profiled, the raw Direct-amp Profile or the Direct plus any cab you like (on the Kemper), confident that when you swap cabs out you're not eating into the Direct component one iota 'cause no guesswork was involved in determining where one ends and the other begins.

 

[JerEvil]

No, that's Studio Profiles Jezza.

For Merged, you make a Studio (amp + cab & mic) and then a Direct (amp only) without touching anything to alter the exact setup. Then when you merge them, the Kemper "mathematically subtracts" the Direct from the Studio Profile, thereby rendering the cab component of the Merged Profile an exact representation of the cabinet's response.

If you disable the Cab section of a Studio Profile, the Kemper intelligently guesses what the cabinet component is. It's pretty good at this, but technically the resulting, remaining Direct component isn't as accurate as the one you'd have created when making a Merged Profile.

So, a Merged Profile contains the raw Direct Profile as well as a super-accurate Cab component. It'll still sound the same as a Studio Profile created in just one go, but it doesn't have to guess where the Direct and Cab components begin and end if you turn the Cab section off.

Make sense?

This is what makes Merged ideal IMHO. You get to use the full-blown setup (amp + cab) as-Profiled, the raw Direct-amp Profile or the Direct plus any cab you like (on the Kemper), confident that when you swap cabs out you're not eating into the Direct component one iota 'cause no guesswork was involved in determining where one ends and the other begins.

Ah gotcha!

 

[Monkey Man]

Thank God man.

I think that's the best I've ever 'splained it.

 

[Metlupass2]

Direct for the guys who play through a 4x12 instead of monitors otherwise any profile sounds like dogshit imo.

 

[RockyStar]

There is plenty of Gold left in Kemper profiles as long as you have a great capture and a great amp that hasn't been done to death (or at all). Nobody needs another 5150 profile. Bringing something rare and unique in the heavy realm I can see getting some traction.