Well, probably. It's certainly easier. At the very least you need a way to get a good amp tone, and hear that tone monitored through your Kemper with as little bleed as possible. The more bleed, the less accurate what you're hearing is going to be.
And that's why I think most people who profile with the Kemper aren't happy with the results. In my nearly two years of profiling, 99% of the tones I could hear with a mic, the Kemper grabbed. The few times I tried to profile in the same room, I wasn't happy with the results because the sound of the 'real' amp blended or overpowered with what the Kemper was giving me.
So, best results in my opinion - put your amp/cab in one room, kemper in another, listen to the kemper outputs when profiling so you can compare the original and kemper profile, refine until it sounds exact. Ok, so some of you don't have the room to do this. You can always put an amp in a closet. Or a bathroom and the Kemper in a hallway. Sure it's not the most convenient thing to do, but if you don't have the room you're going to have to get creative. If you put a blanket over the cab and microphone, you might be able to get away with using the same room.
And that's why I think most people who profile with the Kemper aren't happy with the results. In my nearly two years of profiling, 99% of the tones I could hear with a mic, the Kemper grabbed. The few times I tried to profile in the same room, I wasn't happy with the results because the sound of the 'real' amp blended or overpowered with what the Kemper was giving me.
So, best results in my opinion - put your amp/cab in one room, kemper in another, listen to the kemper outputs when profiling so you can compare the original and kemper profile, refine until it sounds exact. Ok, so some of you don't have the room to do this. You can always put an amp in a closet. Or a bathroom and the Kemper in a hallway. Sure it's not the most convenient thing to do, but if you don't have the room you're going to have to get creative. If you put a blanket over the cab and microphone, you might be able to get away with using the same room.
Headphones are another option, but the problem with doing that is - you're likely not going to be using your kemper profiles with headphones all the time, so if you dial in a tone for headphones - you're screwed if you want to use them with say a FRFR or for recordings. It's not impossible, but what sounds good on headphones may not translate to another output device.
The bottom line is, get a great tone happening through your kemper when 'reference amp' is selected during profiling, and you should be able to capture it. If you don't like what it sounds like there, change an amp setting, move a mic, change a cab, whatever - if the reference amp tone isn't there, you're not going to be happy wi
The bottom line is, get a great tone happening through your kemper when 'reference amp' is selected during profiling, and you should be able to capture it. If you don't like what it sounds like there, change an amp setting, move a mic, change a cab, whatever - if the reference amp tone isn't there, you're not going to be happy wi