I believe it's been said before that it's a processing power thing / the way it works. The Kemper can only work in real time with one profile at a time.
This was also the reason given for not profiling stomp box distortions - whilst you can profile them on there own or with an amp as part of a complete chain, if you profile just the box it'll sound bad because it's not possible to run the stomp box AND the amp profile at the same time.
Gary
The reason is because KPA is basically an amplifier. You choose the profile you like and you play that amplifier.
In order to run 2 profiles you need 2 KPAs (exactly as if you had two different amps).
Still would be the most awesome update
SOMETIMES in studio recordings you'll run two amps. It isn't RARE as such, but definitely not the norm. Be aware, however, that often you'll roll off the highs of one amp and the lows of another - stuff like that - for it to work. Or mic it specifically for it to work. It's not necessarily as straight-forward as combining two profiles not meant to be used as this from the get-go.
I would not be interested in this, really.
however ....... is there any specific hardware reason / limitation that this cant be done ?
From what was said in the above referenced "stompbox profiling" thread, the hardware was not designed to support more than one profile at the same time. There also was a previous thread specifically about more than one amp profile at once, and it was stated that this could not be done with a software change.
SOMETIMES in studio recordings you'll run two amps. It isn't RARE as such, but definitely not the norm. Be aware, however, that often you'll roll off the highs of one amp and the lows of another - stuff like that - for it to work. Or mic it specifically for it to work. It's not necessarily as straight-forward as combining two profiles not meant to be used as this from the get-go.
In my opinion, it's something really only useable for home noodling and professional players with their own FOH engineer. In a studio, you can end up with phasing issues and most engineers would prefer you to double track it with the individual amps. Live, running your guitar in stereo is only worthwhile when the listener is in a decent listening position; which most of the audience aren't and is the reason why so many sound engineers run the PA in mono.
Would be an interesting upgrade opportunity if it was as simple as popping in another processor ....I asked Kemper about this as an upgrade a couple of years back but the option wasn't there
If processing power is an issue I hope they could come up with an offline solution with just a mix percentage. If not... Still not complaining!
