Yep.
From my perspective, there are only
two customer problems that ML amps and IR cabs solve:
- "I don't know how perfectly recreate the sound of my personal tube amps and cabs so I don't have to lug them around."
- "I don't have enough variety of real-world tube amp and cab sounds."
It appears as though Kemper was originally focused on the first problem. The toaster granted artists and studio engineers the ability to recreate their own library of amps and take them on tour or to other studios. Later, it sorta morphed into #2: "Look at me! I have every amp ever made. It takes me an hour to find the perfect one, but it's here
somewhere."
Making cool and original guitar sounds should be fun and fast; it shouldn't require file management. To me, ML and IRs almost... sorta... kinda feel like browsing a million LEGO sets (mostly based on film franchises from the 60s-80s) on Amazon, except all the sets are fully completed and superglued together.
What if I'm more interested in building things no one's seen/heard before?