Hi,
On the FB Kemper group it's been suggested that getting a commercial rig pack and then using the cabs on other "3.0.x / Merged Profiles" would yield good results.
I'm unclear on:
1. How I know which profiles on my profiler and Rig Exchange are Merged ones?
2. What the difference would be in using these commercial cabs on non-Merged profiles?
Here is the FB link https://www.facebook.com/groups/363954780291903/ The post is from me "Andy Gelband" 
Cheers,
Andy
1. Currently there's no way to know for sure. This is a popular feature request but Kemper haven't implemented it. Many of the merged profiles have the word merged somewhere in the title or comments though.
2. Amp/cabinet separation doesn't work completely authentically for non-merged profiles, so the results will be hit and miss.
What the difference would be in using these commercial cabs on non-Merged profiles
Do not mix up "merged" with "commercial", merged profiles can be free as well. This issue is not related to commercial profiles only.
On the FB Kemper group it's been suggested that getting a commercial rig pack and then using the cabs on other "3.0.x / Merged Profiles" would yield good results.
I'm unclear on:
2. What the difference would be in using these commercial cabs on non-Merged profiles?
Sharing rigs using a commercial component wouldn't be allowed.
...it was just that in that FB post I linked to...it was suggested that the quality of the cab elements of the merged profiles might transform how other profiles I use sound....
The general idea behind the suggestion is to simply profile your direct amp and leave the art of proper microfoning your amp to the pro's and therefore getting better results with a direct amp profile of your amp x plus the commercial cab y.
I'm not saying that this will always yield better results but I can see what's appealing in this idea as mic placement really is the difficult part of profiling.
mic placement really is the difficult part of profiling.
Mic placement on a cabinet for a specific amplifier's settings is not necessarily the same as it would be for different amplifier settings, or especially if a completely different amplifier was attached to the cabinet.
So, the results from adding the cabinet from a Merged Rig to a Direct Amp Profile will depend on the similarity to the original amplifier and settings.
Mic placement on a cabinet for a specific amplifier's settings is not necessarily the same as it would be for different amplifier settings, or especially if a completely different amplifier was attached to the cabinet.
So, the results from adding the cabinet from a Merged Rig to a Direct Amp Profile will depend on the similarity to the original amplifier and settings.
Yes, true, but I've seen the posts of people hoping to increase the quality of their profiles by doing a direct amp profile of their own amp combined with a professionally miked cab portion of another amp.
(Which of course will not be 100% accurate to the real thing unless it is combined with its original amp.)
I can't comment myself if the results of these combinations are better than previously but according to some posts it seems so.
I was considering the suggestion of purchasing merged profiles and then seeing how the cab elements of those commercial profiles would work against any of the other rigs I currently have access to.....eg swapping the cabs...
You can get a good idea of how well this idea works (or doesn't work) with specific Studio Profiles. using the cabinets included in the 49 Merged 3.0 Profiles.
You can get a good idea of how well this idea works (or doesn't work) with specific Studio Profiles. using the cabinets included in the 49 Merged 3.0 Profiles.
Yeah, I know, but frankly speaking my sound/running system is so awesome that I haven't tinkered with the new options yet.
I need to do this soon to be able to take part in all the conversations.
I'm right there with you - I need to make new Direct Amp and Merged profiles of my Marshall and Fender amps, so I can include my real cabinets in my cabinet swapping observations.
I was considering the suggestion of purchasing merged profiles and then seeing how the cab elements of those commercial profiles would work against any of the other rigs I currently have access to.....eg swapping the cabs...
Got it
I was suggesting that you won't need to buy anything X)
(See paults')
You CAN buy some to get more variety, if you want, but you have 49 reasons to start with free cabinets first;)
