Couldn't the Mono or Stereo Loop, with mix set appropriately, be used in this way already? The only hitch is that you have additional FX post-loop, and therefore shared by both rigs
I was thinking of using the (mono) loop for adding external effects to the KPA rig, while using the Alternative Input to introduce an external second rig.
Thus, two rigs in parallel.
I can do this now using a mixer. This would just be easier.
I can do this now using a mixer. This would just be easier.
And a mixer is more flexible - tone, volume, multiple inputs (instead of just 1) ...
And a mixer is more flexible - tone, volume, multiple inputs (instead of just 1) ...
Just looking for one less piece of equip 
Just looking for one less piece of equip
Yeah, it would be great to simply carry a lunchbox on stage and have it do everything, but if you consider it as just "the amp" then you get a different perspective ... 
anot - The DSP56301 is 208pin though which fits, but it's odd if the DSP56720 is only 144pin, because that begs the question - what's happened to the extra pins? It's meant to be two DSP563xx cores.
The other issue is that the 56301 is a max 100MHz chip/core, so that means the quoted 200MHz on Motorol's website is the combined frequency already i.e. 2x100MHz, so again it doesn't fit unless the chip has been massively overclocked.
Here's an (alleged) pic of the 56720 : http://0.tqn.com/d/hometheater…ervsx1020dolbydtschip.jpg
Which doesn't look the same at all to me, the one in the KPA looks more like the DSP53xxx range though, but overclocking to 400MHz equivalent would surely burn these things out ridiculously quickly, especially as there's no heat-sink, and ruling out the 56720 they're all single core. They can't be the MSC chips either as you point out the starcores require a mount with the pins underneath.
The chip on the left looks like the RAM.
It would be nice if Christoph could comment to clear up the confusion.
Anyone heard anything about this lately? Picked up my kemper the other day and would love to be able to mix two amps but all the posts on here are more than a year old and I can't find much else on it.
This is VERY unlikely to happen with the current generation of the profiler (and the next generation is years away I assume).
Exploit the potential of the current profiler first... 
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Not sure where you got the DSP56/Symphony from, do you have a source? The current freescale lineup is more likely to be the MSC8122/MSC8126 or MSC8133 (which are 4 and 3 core chips respectively) as far as I can see.
You might also want to compare like for like, if you use the high end of the graph for the TigerSHARC you should do the same for the Freescale (the DSP5672x ranges from 590 to 740 while the TigerSHARC TS201s ranges from 5330-6400) otherwise it could be
AxeFX II : 5330
MSC81xx: 5610
Also when comparing bear in mind that the scores are for the whole die rather than per core. I believe the KPA only has a single processor rather than two, which gives the Axe a considerable processing advantage.
Unfortunately AFAIK Christoph hasn't stated exactly which DSP is in use (would be fun to have an MSD814xx or 825xx which start at 9520 and 12330 btdimark scores respectively), however it's still not actually relevant. The issue is that it's apples and oranges, the efficiency of the algorithm and it's use of available resources (and memory handling) is more important than the hardware that it runs on. It's very easy to bring any machine from your phone through to a TESLA based supercomputer to it's knees doing the most trivial of tasks with a poorly constructed or bloated algorithm or one that simply doesn't correctly utilize the architecture correctly. Conversely an efficient algorithm can give you perfect results while leaving plenty of processing time to spare on some of the most amazingly complex tasks such as physics and fluid simulations on the lowliest of hardware.
Therefore we simply don't know how heavily those DSP's are being worked in either the AxeFX or the Kemper, you can try to guess based on heat dissipation, but again a lot of that's down to circuit and enclosure design, sure the Kemper remains relatively cool to the touch and needs no fan, but it might just have a very efficient heatsink and airflow design (and the chip may just be very efficient), while the Axe's airflow may just be limited by the Rack space shape. So the only people that could tell us how much room for growth there is in either product would be Christoph and Cliff, and they're both going to tell us that there's plenty of room to grow.
Not to counter the logic that more processing power is better, I think it should be pointed out that implementation of code is more critical. It can be seen in simple cellphones with similar specs, with one being smoother to operate than the other, better at multi-tasking, etc. In that sense, I often feel it is easy to be misled by specs, in the case of a guitar for example.
The real proof of the pudding is in the eating. Doesn't matter how good it looks in the recipe book.
Anyway, didn't Mr CK say somewhere he doesn't plan to implement dual profiles because there isn't enough processing power available? Pretty sure I read that somewhere.
Is there enough power to have one cab in the left channel, and another cab in the right channel ? Could be awesome.
Not sure where you got the DSP56/Symphony from, do you have a source? The current freescale lineup is more likely to be the MSC8122/MSC8126 or MSC8133 (which are 4 and 3 core chips respectively) as far as I can see.
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