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
Working with Amplifier PROFILEs, Cabinet PROFILEs, Power Amps and Guitar Cabinets 90
captured in the PROFILE. In regular Studio PROFILEs, the interaction is simulated. Only a solid-state amp can play
back your PROFILE in an authentic way, and imprint the original impedance behavior to your speaker, without
adding additional, unpredictable interactions and the colorations of another tube power amp.
The Built-in Power Amplifier
The optional built-in power amplifier allows you to connect your PowerHead or PowerRack to 4, 8, and 16-ohm guitar
cabinets, as well as unpowered full-range cabinets. It is cabled to the MONITOR OUTPUT internally, so all features
of the MONITOR OUTPUT are applied to the internal power amplifier as well. Please refer to the MONITOR
OUTPUT chapter of this manual for more detailed information.
You will find controls for the power amplifier on the dedicated page of the Output Section:
Power Amp Switch
“Power Amp On” activates the built-in power amp. There is no specific need to switch it off when not in use; unlike a
tube power amp, the built-in Class D amp is not in any danger when you have no speaker connected. Nevertheless,
you may want to switch it off to reduce energy consumption.
Power Amp Booster
As mentioned, the power amp is internally connected to the MONITOR OUTPUT, which provides enough headroom
to support even the loud attacks and transients of clean guitars. However, this comfortable headroom will naturally
lower the signal volume for the power amp, so you might not achieve the desired loudness. Turning up the "Power
Amp Boost" will increase the volume loudness by up to 12 dB, in addition to the other volume controls in the signal
flow, such as "Monitor Volume" or "Rig Volume". The "Power Amp Boost" has no further impact to the sound or
dynamics of the power amp. When the power amp is switched off, the "Power Amp Boost" is deactivated, thus
returning the full signal headroom to the MONITOR OUTPUT.