User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Legal Notice
- Table of Contents
- About this Main Manual
- Rigs and Signal Chain
- Front Panel Controls Head, PowerHead, Rack, and PowerRack
- Chicken Head Knob (1)
- INPUT Button (2)
- INPUT LED (2)
- Module and Section Buttons (3)
- OUTPUT/MASTER Button (4)
- OUTPUT LED (4)
- NOISE GATE Knob (5)
- Direct Control Knobs (6)
- MASTER VOLUME Knob (7)
- TAP Button (8)
- SYSTEM Button (9)
- RIG Button (10)
- QUICK Button (11)
- TYPE Knob (12)
- BROWSE Knob (13)
- Soft Buttons and Soft Knobs (14)
- ON/OFF Button (15)
- LOCK Button (16)
- COPY and PASTE Buttons (17)
- STORE Button (18)
- UNDO and REDO Buttons (19)
- EXIT Button (20)
Buttons (21) - RIG Navigation Cross (22)
- HEADPHONE Output (23)
- GAIN Knob (24)
- RIG VOLUME Knob (25)
- Front INPUT (26)
- USB (27)
- Back Panel Overview Head, PowerHead, Rack, and PowerRack
- Front Panel Controls Stage
- On/Off Button (1)
- Mode Select Buttons (2)
- INPUT Button (3)
- INPUT LED (3)
- Module and Section Buttons (4)
- OUTPUT/MASTER Button (5)
- OUTPUT LED (5)
- MASTER VOLUME Knob (6)
- SYSTEM Button (7)
- PEDALS Button (8)
- RIG Button (9)
- TYPE Knob (10)
- BROWSE Knob (11)
- Soft Buttons and Soft Knobs (12)
- MORPH Button (13)
- LOCK Button (14)
- EDIT Button (15)
- COPY and PASTE Buttons (N/A)
- STORE Button (16)
- Button (17)
Buttons (18) - GAIN Knob (19)
- Up/Down Buttons (20)
- Rig Buttons 1-5 (21)
- TAP Button (22)
- TUNER Button (23)
- Effect Buttons I-IIII (24)
- Looper (25)
- Back Panel Overview Stage
- Basic Setups
- Using the Tuner
- Rig Settings
- Working with Amplifier PROFILEs, Cabinet PROFILEs, Power Amps and Guitar Cabinets
- Separating Amps and Cabinets: CabDriver
- Browsing Amps or Cabinets
- Direct PROFILEs
- Direct Amp PROFILEs
- Cabinet Impulse Responses
- Merging Studio PROFILEs and Direct Amp PROFILEs
- Running a Guitar Speaker Cabinet from a Power Amplifier, “Monitor Cab Off”
- The Built-in Power Amplifier
- The Sound of Guitar Cabinets versus Mic'ed Speakers
- PURE CABINET
- Output Section
- Instrument Input and Reamping
- Expression Pedals and Foot Switches
- Stack Section
- Effects
- Wah Effects (Orange)
- Distortion (Red)
- Booster (Red)
- Shaper (Red)
- Equalizer (Yellow)
- Compressor (Cyan)
- Noise Gate (Cyan)
- Chorus (Blue)
- Phaser and Flanger (Purple)
- Pitch Shifter (White)
- Delay (Green)
- Delay Mix
- Mix Location Pre/Post
- Low Cut & High Cut
- Cut More
- To Tempo
- Delay Time & Delay Ratio
- Note Value
- Feedback
- Freeze
- Infinity
- Cross Feedback
- Reverse Mix
- Input Swell
- Smear
- Stereo
- Grit
- Stereo Modulation
- Flutter Intensity & Flutter Rate
- Single Delay
- Dual Delay
- Two Tap Delay
- Serial Two Tap Delay
- Rhythm Delay
- Quad Delay
- Legacy Delay
- Pitch Shifter Delay (Light Green)
- Reverb (Green)
- Effect Loop (Pink)
- System Settings
- Bass Players: Special Hints and Features
- Performance Mode
- PROFILER Remote
- MIDI
- Continuous Controllers
- Effect Switches
- Rig Change in Performance Mode
- Rig Change in Browser Mode
- MIDI Global Channel
- MIDI Clock
- Transmitting MIDI Commands to Two External Devices in Performance Mode
- Transmitting Pedal Controllers for Morphing, Wah, Volume, and Pitch to Two External Devices
- Transmitting User Interface to MIDI Global Channel
- NRPN
- Getting Organized
- Updates, Backups and Sharing Sounds
- PROFILING an Amp
- Trouble Shooting
- KEMPER PROFILER Specifications
- Dimensions
- Weight
- Analog Inputs PROFILER Head, PowerHead, Rack, and PowerRack
- Analog Inputs PROFILER Stage
- Analog Outputs PROFILER Head, PowerHead, Rack, and PowerRack
- Analog Outputs PROFILER Stage
- Power Amp PROFILER PowerHead and PROFILER PowerRack
- Control and Data Interfaces
- Digital Inputs and Outputs PROFILER Head, PowerHead, Rack, and PowerRack
- Digital Inputs and Outputs PROFILER Stage
- Electrical Requirements
- Environmental Requirements
- Electrical Approvals
PROFILING an Amp 274
PROFILING an Amp
Now we’re getting to the fun stuff! PROFILING™ your own amp, custom digital simulation, or favorite stomp box, is
what sets the KEMPER PROFILER apart from every other digital amplifier out there. We have spent years getting
our PROFILING system to deliver the goods in terms of sound quality, playability, and ease of use - all wrapped in a
user-friendly interface. So, while there’s a lot of science and technology behind the concept of PROFILING, you will
find that it’s quite easy to do; this guide can show you the basics and get you started right away.
General Considerations
To create a PROFILE
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, the original amplifier, which we will refer to as the “reference amp”, has to be connected to
the PROFILER using the DIRECT OUTPUT and the RETURN input on the back. PROFILER Stage users connect to
SEND 1 and RETURN 1. The PROFILER then sends various tones and signals into the reference amp - it will sound
like warbles and static at various pitches and intensities, in other words: not too musical! To get technical for a
moment: these dynamically changing sounds allow the PROFILER to learn about the nonlinear behavior of the tube
architecture, and the dimensions of the passive components in the original amp. The PROFILER then listens to how
the reference amp reproduces these sounds and analyzes the results. These characteristics are then recreated in
the virtual signal flow of the PROFILER. Even the characteristics of the guitar cabinet and microphones, including all
the frequency buildups and cancellations, are detected and become a part of the PROFILE.
If that sounds a bit complicated, don’t worry about it. The important thing to understand is that those weird sounds
are how the PROFILER determines the unique way that your reference amp changes the sound of your guitar,
dynamically, over time. This information is then used to create a digital PROFILE of your reference amp.
You can PROFILE solid-state amps, as well as software modeling amps, although the results from PROFILING
modeled amps can sometimes be underwhelming. The reason for this is that some emulations use techniques that
don’t necessarily match the analog reality.