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HereIn the most basic sense, there are only 2 main kinds of profiles:* 's ''Amp Profile''' - a list profile designed to emulate the response, compression, basic EQ, and distortion of an amp. This kind of profile is created by all profiling processes. It may be modified by the different terms used for merging process.* '''Cab Profile''' - a profile designed to emulate the phase relationships and frequency response of a mic'ed cabinet (or the different kind general sound of some device). Generally, these are only created as part of profilesa Studio Profile, but it can also be created from a Direct Output profile. This can be modified by the merging process. Given the way the profile(s) are made, they are referred to by the following terms:
* '''Amp Profile''' - a profile designed to emulate the response, compression, basic EQ, and distortion of an amp. This kind of profile is created by all profiling processes. It may be modified by the merging process.
* '''Cab Profile''' - a profile designed to emulate the phase relationships and frequency response of a mic'ed cabinet (or the general sound of some device). Generally, these are only created as part of a Studio Profile, but it can also be created from a Direct Output profile. This can be modified by the merging process.
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However, a couple key things stood out. A key part of the sound of a real rig (as well as Kemper profiles) are the ''interaction between the amp and cab'', which forms a unique impedance. Disabling the cab and using the same real cab as was used for the profile didn't quite get the same sound as the real amp and cab. So Kemper introduced a new profiling method in FW 3.0 to create another type of profile, called '''merged profiles''', which required making 2 profiles: one of the full rig (amp + cab) and one of just the amp (without cab) by using a DI box. The cab profile from the first gets copied onto the DI profile of just the amp, and the merge process is performed when the new [[#Rig|rig]] is saved. The merged profile uses the combined data to get a faithful reproduction of the profiled amp connected to the real cab used to profile, allowing identical sound while running simultaneously to a real cab and to a PA system.
* '''Studio''' - a set of amp and cab profiles created using the traditional profiling process
* '''Direct Amp''' (often called a '''DI Profile''') - an amp profile created by taking the feed from a DI box connected to the speaker output of an amp (with the speaker cab or a load box connected after the DI box) - this process does not create a corresponding cab profile
* '''Merged''' - a set of amp and cab profiles resulting from merging the cab profile of a Studio profile with a Direct Amp profile. This kind of profile faithfully recreates the sound of the amp attached to the profiled cab while the Cab block is disabled, allowing dual output for live situations
* '''Direct Output''' or '''Preamp Profile''' - can be a set of amp and cab profiles or just an amp profile after FW 3.0. This is a profile of an amp pre-amp, returning the output of the pre-amp (often the effects loop send) to the KPA.
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