I find that the Kemper drives are not that great and feel that an analog drive pedal is great to have in the effects loop. Since there is only one loop, and an analog pedal has static settings I use 2 slots as follows:
- one for the loop itself with Mix Pre
- one studio EQ to alter the characteristic of that single drive pedal to suit a certain RIG
Suggestion:
Have one new "Loop Drive" - type to have all these two in one:
- the loop
- studio EQ
This way you could do wonders just having one analog drive of your choice in the loop, retaining Kemper in control of the drive level and the wanted characteristic of the distortion.
What do you think?
EDIT: Noise Gate could be there too...