User Manual
KEMPER PROFILING AMPLIFIER8
The deeper view
Welcome to the reference part of the KPA documentation. We assume that you have already read the first
part of the documentation (“The Basics”) by now, and therefore know your way around the product fairly
well. Most of this section is dedicated to the description of all the parameters for the Stomp modules and
eects; however, we will also provide additional details about certain aspects of the product and try to
give you a deeper understanding of how things work in our amplifier.
Volume
The VOLUME knob on the right side of the lower panel is the individual volume of the currently-selected
rig. Note that this parameter does not drive the sound into any power amp distortion, so it will not change
the character of the sound, only the volume. The setting is stored with the rig.
If you want to modify the overall volume of your Kemper Profiling Amplifier, use the MASTER VOLUME in-
stead.
The KPA is designed so that every profile, distortion or compression will produce approximately the same
loudness, thereby avoiding any extreme volume drops or peaks when you browse through the rigs. All the
factory rigs come with VOLUME set to the center position, which is the unity or default volume.
If you feel that clean rigs sound softer or louder than distorted rigs, please don’t try to fix it by adjust-
ing the volume of the rigs! Instead, you should readjust the “Clean Sens” parameter in the INPUT menu to
match your guitar to the KPA.
Try using the VOLUME knob to adjust the level of each rig to suit a particular song in a set list, rather than
to balance the level between all the rigs. Be sure to store the rig afterwards, if you want the volume change
to be permanent for that specific rig.