Hello fellow Kemperites,
I am trying to better understand how to best take advantage of the new Direct / Merged profiling possibilities.
Now, just to be clear, I do understand the differences between Direct, Studio and Merged Profiles. What I still am a bit confused with, is how to best audition, combine and/or change a given amp profile with different cab profiles. In reading other threads related to "Merged" profiles, I see a lot of people making a Copy of the Cabinets from the Merged Profiles (contained in the Factory Profiles of the new Firmware release), and pasting them onto studio profiles (whether free or commercial). However, if I understand the Direct -vs- Studio profiling methods, the only way to authentically switch and swap Cabinets contained in a Merged Profile, is to match them only with a bona-fide Direct profile. If I understand this correctly, it is because the KPA can only separate the cabinet profile from the amp profile, with 100% accuracy, when working with Merged profiles (since they were made separately by combining a Direct profile with a Studio profile).
However, Studio profiles are a mixture of an amplifier and cabinet profile, and involve the Kemper's CabDriver algorithm. So, wouldn't copying a cabinet from a Merged profile onto a Studio profile (versus a Direct profile) be less then "authentic"/"accurate", since there is no way that the Kemper can remove the cabinet contribution from the Studio profile, without invoking the CabDriver algorithm??
If (and this if a big "if") what I have stated above is correct, then this seems to go against and contradict the following statement from the Kemper Profiler Addendum 3.0 Manual, page 14:
QuoteYour Merged Profile now features the authentic “amp with cabinet” sound of the Studio Profile, whenever the Cabinet Module is active. If you switch off the Cabinet Module, you will get the authentic, “amp only” sound of the Direct Amp Profile to be fed into a physical guitar cabinet. The original Direct Amp and Studio Profiles are now fully contained in the Merged Profile, so you are safe to delete them now, if desired.
A positive side-effect is that the Cabinet of the Studio Profile has become an “authentic” cabinet, comparable to one based on an imported impulse response. If you copy a “merged” Cabinet Profile such as this into another Studio Profile later on, it will not undergo the usual approximation of the CabDriver algorithm.
In other words...how the heck can the KPA purely and authentically subtract the already incorporated cabinet contribution from a different studio profile, when combining it with just the cabinet profile of a Merged profile. I mean, it seems like the CabDriver algorithm would still come back into play, in order to perform this subtraction process. Which means, combining a cabinet from a Merged profile with a Studio profile will never be as "accurate" / "authentic" as doing the same, but with a bona-fide Direct amp profile.
Hoping you experienced Kemper users can set me straight, here, and I would appreciate anyone thoughts on this.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
John