Suggetions for Kemper / PA speaker rig set up

I plug mine into the Alt Input in the back, 1/8" to 1/4" adapter is all you need.

You will need 1/8 stereo trs Jack to dual 1/4 ts inputs to go to return and alternative inputs on kemper back to get stereo

Direct profiles exclude the cab, using a DI box to profile a head as an example. As for profiles I'd go over all the factory rigs first, I use quite a few of them even now years later, they're some truly great profiles in there. After that I'd check out rig exchange, I always seem to be able to find great amps there. I have bought commercial packs but only when I need a specific amp that I can't find anywhere else. Not against the commercial side at all I just like to hint to newcomers that you don't have to buy anything more to get great tones, it will just take more effort to weed through the masses out there. There are also many recommendations for profiles and top notch profilers here in the forum. Cheers!

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2) Can anyone recommend the "best" (subjective I know) profiles (free or not) for heavy stuff?

It depends on style you prefer, but I CAN'T recommend 95% of factory and exchange rigs cause they sounds very poor compared to profesional profiles.
JUST try to buy some cheap packs from MICHAL BRITT or TOP JIMI and you should feel the difference. Anyway, it take some time until you find the right ones for your demands.

I don't think that list exists. All free profiles you will probably find on exchange, but it is complete jungle. Anyway, I have just 2 or 3 FREE profiles in my kemper cause I didn't like the others much.
The comercial profiles you must find in google or check forum posts.

Good ones for few bucks are
* Michael Britt
* Top Jimi
* Soundside

I don't like anymore
* TAF (The Amp Factory) but Andy is cool guy

YOU CAN TRY free packs from M. Britt a Top Jimi and youll see

Here is a thread contains comercial profiles:
https://www.kemper-amps.com/fo…Commercial-Announcements/?

Tone is subjective (and, so is the term "heavy stuff"). You can use Rig Manager to quickly audition sounds from the Rig Exchange. Perhaps searching for a particular amp is the way to narrow things down there.

The Kemper Factory Content that comes loaded on a KPA (and is updated with pretty much each release) has a wide variety of sounds in it. In addition to the sounds commissioned by the folk at Kemper, it also includes Rig Packs from Commercial Profile sellers. They are also available as separate downloads in the Kemper site.

Rather than a Google search, it may be much simpler to look at the "Commercial Announcements" section of the Commercial Rigs area on this message board.

You'll find soundclips, free sample rigs, links to the sellers' websites, and more.

Guidoist profiles are about the cheapest and very good too, don't forget him. Rig busters have lots of freebies to try on their site too, also great;)

For Hi-Gain I'd try Guidorist, Soundside and Sinmix stuff.

You can always download the factory pack. Generally - just try to browse through all Kemper site (not only forum) and gain some infos. Manager is great, you can create different sets with files and arrange it as you wish. Very useful.

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Thanks everyone! Also, is there a way to move the factory profiles to rig manager and off the Kemper so I can start with a clean slate? Or do I have to delete them for good. If so, is there a way to get the factory profiles back if I ever decided to?

Rig Manager doesn't really hold any rigs from your Kemper, it just reads what you have and displays it. You can go into the System menu and "delete non-favorites" which deletes all rigs you have not hit the Save button on. From the System menu you can also reload the Factory content anytime you want.

You can delete profiles stored in Kemper directly from Rig Manager. And you can ADD too. This couldnt be done in previous versions of OS and Rig manager. But NOW, its great!