Posts by Bryan Daste

    Easiest way to do this IMO would be:


    Set Monitor output to stack. Send this to your recording system via 1/4".

    Set Main outputs to DLY/REV Wet, which will give you just the stereo delay and reverb after the amp stack.


    That way you will hear the delay and reverb while tracking, and you can adjust its level later in the mix (or remove it completely).


    This can also be done with the SPDIF outputs, so mix and match to find the best solution for you. For example, when I track I like to do it this way:

    SPDIF outputs: Git/Stack

    Main outputs: DLY/REV wet


    I record the the SDPIF outputs to two separate mono tracks in my DAW. One is just a pure DI in case I want to reamp later. The other is the Stack, my main "amp" signal. The Main outputs are recorded to a stereo track in the DAW. I group these tracks together for editing, so even if I punch in, comp takes, etc. it will all work together. This is a really nice workflow, and clients I record tracks for love the flexibility for mixing on their end. The only drawback is that you have to use delay and reverb after the amp stack for this to work - any effects in front of the amp (stomps) will be printed as part of the Stack signal.

    You are tight that the mic is integral to the IR. However, CK has already shown an incredible ability to think outside the box and solve problems in a unique way. Prior to merged profiles it was widely assumed that the only way to separate the amp and speaker portions of a profile was throught the KPA algorithm that tried to guess the part cntributed by each. CK and the team saw a different option by comparing two different profiles and subtrating one from the other. I would put money on it that the team have found a way to compare an IR/Cab with a real cab and subract the effect of the mic somehow. No idea how they coud do that but they have a great track record of producing radical solutions that nobody thought possible so I am really looking forward to seeing what they come out with.

    It might be the other way around - mic cabinets with a "known" microphone, then subtract the effect of the microphone. Save as presets, and boom - Kemper Cone! Cabs without the mic influence. It's a guess.

    Couple things I noticed after installing 5.7.0.14099B:


    Any morphed reverb parameters I had on Performance have disappeared. Bummer as I use this a lot, but I wanted to try out the new verbs anyway, so I made new presets and morphed those.


    SPDIF Input Reamp is not working at all. I recorded some stuff yesterday, and I was able to go from KPA -> interface via SPDIF no problem. But trying to reamp by going interface -> KPA gave me nothing - no input light, no sound. I used an analog output from the interface as a workaround, but this is a big part of my recording workflow, so I hope it gets straightened out. Will send support ticket. I tried swapping cables, since I knew my output cable was working fine....no change.

    Well many things can turn bad when we gig right? The bassman is one hour late , you break a string, the soundman is a newbie and he makes everything sounds bad, the singer got a sore throat etc etc etc so I dont bother about the new Kemper reverb too much you know...

    Yeah, I know, but I've been champing at the bit so long waiting for these reverbs, I couldn't resist!

    This is from the Kemper manual (pg 52). Basically, the Kemper guesses where the line between amp and cab should be. It works surprisingly well IMO :) Direct profiles will give you just the amp (preamp/tone stack/power amp) without the cab. Merged profiles are specially made with a 2-step process to achieve perfect separation of amp from cab - basically a Studio and a Direct profile in one.

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    Separating Amps and Cabinets: CabDriver

    Regular Studio Profiles are created using a guitar amp and a guitar cabinet, captured by a microphone (or several microphones). The resulting Studio Profile is split into two portions: Amplifier and Cabinet Profile, with the sound of the microphone becoming an integral part of the Cabinet Profile. Since the Studio Profile is taken in one go, it is complete and perfect as it is. While there is no exact information about the separate sound of the amp or cabinet, the Profiler uses an intelligent algorithm to create the best approximation of a separation line between the Amplifier and Cabinet Profiles. This algorithm is called CabDriver. CabDriver makes it possible to separate the Amplifier and Cabinet Profiles of a Studio Profile and combine them with those chosen from another Rig or Preset. It also allows you to switch off the guitar cabinet simulation (“Monitor Cab Off”) to drive a real physical guitar cabinet. The typical interactions between the original tube power amp and the cabinet are captured within the Amplifier Profile. The result is thus highly authentic, and ready to be amplified by a solid-state amp, or the optional, built-in class D power amp of the models PowerHead and PowerRack.

    ?Fully authentic results can be achieved by taking or using so-called Direct Amp Profiles.