Kemper PROFILER Remote Installation guide

KEMPER PROFILER
The Basics & Profiling Guide 2014

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Table Of Contents
8 Okay, so what did I just buy?
9 What is profiling?
10 Getting started
More on connecting your gear
Choose your rig
Stomps
Stack
Eects
14 Front Panel controls
Rig navigation section (1)
Type knob (2)
Browse knob (3)
Page navigation (4)
Exit button (5)
On/O button (6)
Lock button (7)
Copy and paste buttons (8)
Store button (9)
Gain knob(10)
Input button (11)
Input LED (12)
Noise gate knob (13)

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Output/Master button (14)
Master volume knob (15)
Volume knob (16)
USB (17)
25 Back panel overview
Main Output section (1)
Monitor Out section (2)
Direct Output/Send (3)
Return and Alternative Input (4)
Power connector (5)
USB (6)
Pedals and switches (7)
MIDI (8)
S/PDIF digital I/O(9)
Speaker Output(10)
Kensington Lock™ Connector(11)
29 Power Amplifier
Power Amp Switch
Power Amp Booster
31 Using the tuner
32 Building a rig
Stack section
Amplifier module
EQ button
Cabinet button
Eects section

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38 Tempo
TAP Tempo Button
Beat Scanner
MIDI Clock
41 Configure your system preferences
System button
Module button behavior
Using a MIDI pedal to switch rigs
Rig button
Quick button
43 Performance mode
Editing Performances
Switching Performances with a MIDI Foot Controller
45 Updates, backup and sharing sounds
Updating the operating system
Creating and restoring backups
Importing rigs, performances and local presets
48 PROFILER and MIDI
Profiling Guide
50 Profiling an amp
General considerations

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54 Making connections
Connections for profiling a hardware guitar amp
Connections for profiling a combination of amp and stomp box
Connections for profiling a computer-based guitar amp simulation
58 Taking a profile
Evaluating the Profile
Refining the profile
The resulting profile
Under the hood
Legal
66 Communications and Safety Regulation Information
Declaration of conformity
Communication Statement
Important Safety Instructions
Warranty regulations
Notiz/Note

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The Basics

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Okay, so what did I just buy?
First of all, thank you for choosing the KEMPER PROFILER — “PROFILER” for short. We’ve no doubt that
once you realize everything it can do, you’ll be as thrilled with it as we are. We designed the PROFILER to
be a complete solution for all your guitar playing needs. You can use it just like you would a regular ampli-
fier, or you could use it as a multi-eects unit or even as the front end for your guitar-based studio.
Nearly all digital guitar amps available today oer the same features — simulations of classic and modern
guitar amplifiers and stomp boxes, usually with some digital and studio eects thrown in for good mea-
sure. The PROFILER is the first digital guitar amp that doesn’t simply include digital versions of guitar
amps, but lets you make a “profile” of your own guitar amp to use inside the PROFILER — as well as load
profiles of other guitarists’ amplifiers into your PROFILER, which gives you not just a simulation, but their
exact digital sound!
We hope you’ll find operating the PROFILER straightforward, but if you need more information please
check out our manuals. We call the guide you’re reading “The Basics” because it will show you around and
give you all the information you need to get started and find your own tone. We recommend that you read
through this with your guitar and PROFILER right in front of you - this way you can try out everything as
soon as you learn it. Later in this book, the Profiling Guide will help you become an expert in creating your
own amp profiles, and is a must read if you want to add your own amps and guitar rigs. Lastly, check out
the Reference Manual for an explanation of every single parameter, and a deeper insight into many of the
features. It does not repeat the information contained here, in The Basics, so both documents should be
considered essential reading. The Reference Manual is available as a .pdf (English language only) from our
website, and will be updated regularly alongside any software updates.
We update our documentation on a regular basis. The latest and greatest can be found here:
www.kemper-amps.com/start/
We recommend you check back frequently. But before we start to explore the exciting possibilities of this
technical miracle let’s have a word about what sets the PROFILER apart from all the other amps: The Pro-
filing process!

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What is profiling?
Do you have a favorite setting on a favorite amp that produces your favorite sound? Would you like to be
able to get that identical sound from the PROFILER, and not have to bring your amp to the rehearsal, gig
or studio? The method by which you can get that favorite sound into the PROFILER is what we call “profil-
ing”.
If you want a more technical description: the PROFILER analyzes the sonic characteristics of a reference
amplifier. This process allows it to faithfully recreate the characteristic sound of virtually any guitar amp,
and adopt the behavior and interaction of the components of the analyzed amplifier.
With the PROFILER it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to match the sound of the original amp — or even
enhance the original sound by using onboard features. And the PROFILER doesn’t just capture the sound
of your guitar amp head alone; you can also capture the sound of the cabinet and the microphones (in-
cluding the microphone distance and angle). This means that the complex sound of a specific setup can
be analyzed, recreated and stored. In other words, the resulting PROFILER profile is all you’ll need to take
your entire guitar rig with you everywhere you go.

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Getting started
Okay, enough talk — let’s plug in and get playing!
1. Connect your guitar to the INPUT on the right side of the front panel.
2. Connect the MAIN OUTS on the rear side to the inputs of your mixer.
3. Power the unit on by bringing the chicken head switch to the BROWSE position.
Immediately after the startup screen you will be prompted to set the time and date and enter your name.
Do not skip this procedure, because any new sound that you store in the device memory will be tagged
with both your name as the rig author and the correct date; this will help it to be found easily later and to
be listed in an appropriate order. That’s it! It’s time to start browsing rigs and playing some guitar.
More on connecting your gear
The PROFILER is equipped with a studio-grade analog input section followed by a state-of-the-art A/D
stage to get the best possible sound. Once your guitar signal has been processed, the high-quality D/A
stage ensures that you’ll get the best sound quality into your speaker rig. You’ll notice that the KEMPER
PROFILER oers multiple inputs and outputs in both analog and digital formats, which we’ll describe in
more detail down below. We included all this connectivity so you can use the PROFILER as a central hub in
your studio to connect your guitar to a variety of other amps, eects and recording gear and use the PRO-
FILER to switch among them.
In case you have any hum-related issues in your studio or stage, we provide ground lift switches for the
analog outputs.
If you want to use the PROFILER on stage you can connect a power amp to the MONITOR OUTPUTs.
If you want to make your own profiles you will need to connect your reference amplifier using the DIRECT
OUT and the LOOP RETURN inputs. More details on profiling are provided both later in this manual, and in
more detail in the Profiling Guide. In addition, the DIRECT OUTs can be used in conjunction with the LOOP
RETURNs to connect to the eects loop of an external amp, or to connect any external eect unit, such as
your favorite stomp box.