Leberbs
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Is it best to just get the powered version?
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look into commercial profiles from guys like sinmix, pete turley, reampzone, deadlight studios, etc . A lot of them do merged profiles iirc.Just got a great deal on a Mesa Stiletto Ace 1x12 Combo! I ran the Kemper through it and checked out some Merged Profiles and the results were quite promising. Any of you guys kind enough to provide some info on where I can find profiles meant to be played through a power amp and actual guitar cab. I only saw about 3 pages of 'merged profiles' on the rig exchange which netted me like 20 profiles. Am I missing something or is there just not that many?
if you want to use it with a real cabinet then yes.Is it best to just get the powered version?
...studio or merged profiles? ...I am curious as to how it would sound through a power amp and cab.
From my experience, it depends entirely on the profile+Cab combo.how come when running my Kemper into a real cabinet, with the cab slot disabled obviously, it still only sounds great with the "true cab" or whatever its called, feature ON and around 3?
If I also turn off the true cab feature, it sounds so fizzy/static'y through my real cab? (a 4x12 V30 + K100 x pattern)
Provided that I never tried to make an A/B comparison between merged and studio profiles (also cause it's really hard - you'd have to have merged and studio profiles for the very same setup, for the comparison to make sense...), I use my (powered) KPA with a guitar cabinet, most often with studio profiles with cab sims off, and it sounds great ;-) in that sense I wouldn't worry too much.
On the other hand, I take it you're auditioning profiles through a PA or the like. First of all, when you use a real cab you get the amp-in-the-room feel (which is only a plus to me - but it might depend by what you are expecting), and additionally if it's not the same cab used on the rig chances are that it will change your tone A LOT - I find that cabinets have a tremendous impact on the tone. Not to mention that the rig you're auditioning now also went through a mic, which again changes things up.
TL;DR: don't worry, it will sound different, but most likely better because amp-in-the-room
I honestly thing the difference in price between non powered and powered, means I would always go non powered then buy a separate poweramp for less than the difference.
For example, Thomann sell a 1U 400 watt stereo poweramp for £156.
A Non powered rack Kemper = £1399
Non Powered Kemper + Harley Benton GPA400 = £1555
powered Kemper with built in poweramp = £1799
so.....
Really depends on what you're after. For me, lightweight and compact as possible was a priority, so having the powered kemper in a 4u (or even 3u) case was more ideal than wasting a rack space just for a power amp. If the non powered kemper were 2u that might be a different story.
The main downside to the powered version IMHO is that its mono
I think I'm in the 1% minority when I say this, but I LOVE the built in KPA Green Scream.also,
Green Scream, Treble Boost or the Mouse (RAT)
what wins for snarly modern metal?.
Thinking either of the latter?. Not that sold on the green scream personally.
anyone had awesome Mouse boost results for twang/chime
Mmm SS functions differently that tube power, and by that I mean that sometimes huge numbers like 400 watts going into a 120 Watt cab work quite fine with no issues.I forgot what was the relation/calculation used to determine how SS power ends up "converting" into tuber power, but there is one haahI was going to try a crown xlt 3500 amp with my kemper into a mesa 4x12 but was wondering if that is too much power to run through the cab? I haven't tried it yet because im worried that it may be too much.
Dunno why this was posted twice. This post can be deleted!