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I've not gone mad on buying commercial profiles but the Michael Britt ones are excellent. I've just got one of the packs that contain a variety of amps, and I'm using them at least 80% of the time now.
But no, I've not created any of my own profiles, and don't intend to. I just find it very convenient for home use especially and it sounds great IMO through headphones or for recording. I tend to use just a handful of good profiles. Of course it is great to have lots of choice, but after the initial honeymoon period of experimenting, I really just use a few different core sounds.
What I do like is that on my (toaster) version, it is really easy to tweak the settings, just like on a real amp. Whether this is gain, tone controls, reverb level, it is really intuitive and easy to do on the fly.
I can't offer any comparisons with other similar products, but I've no complaints!
Used mine at rehearsal for the first time in a while last night. Difference this time is I used my own profiles and appear to have got close to sonic nirvana.
I used to use commercial profiles (Top Jimi, Amp Factory) through the band EV PA system and monitors and it sounded kind of OK, but lacked a certain something.
I then wired it into my guitar cab and Marshall 20 20 power amp - disabling the cab sim on the Kemper with the same commercial profiles. Got a bit more of a roaring guitar sound out of it but it lacked a certain wallop.
Last night I used my own profiles made through the cab I actually use and yes yes yes; nailed it. With a bit of EQ (shelving some fizzy top end and bumping up what would be the resonant frequency at the bottom end a little) this thing is finally kicking some serious butt. Sound wise it so close to the actual amp, but a little bit easier to cut through the band mix.
Dave's conclusion - if you're getting mixed results with commercial profiles have a go at sticking a SM57 in front of your rig and have a go.
Just got one recently, and found your Swart profiles on the rig exchange last night (6v6SE high and low I think) thanks for those, very nice indeed!
I've mentioned in other threads but I'm using mine with a stereo Camplifier into a Fender Vaporizer amp that I've rewired as a stereo cab (Vape amp section bypassed and cabs off on the KPA) it sounds bloody amazing in a "where have you been all my life?" kind of way...
Strangely I assumed merged profiles would work better using this method but I seem to be getting just as good a results with the studio profiles and whatever algorithm Kemper use to subtract the cab sound.
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I have rehearsed with it for a couple of times through a nice 10k PA rig and without to much grief got the profiles I had been using to sound pretty epic.
I still dont know it inside out and have not really gone to the latest firmware as I am getting what I need out of what I have and its been stable but then my needs are pretty simple.