Kemper PROFILER Remote Owner's manual

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KEMPER PROFILER
Main Manual 5.5

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Table of Contents
Effect Modules 18
Effect Categories, Types and Presets 19
Stack Section 20
Chicken Head Knob (1) 22
INPUT Button (2) 22
INPUT LED (2) 24
Module and Section Buttons (3) 24
OUTPUT/MASTER Button (4) 24
OUTPUT LED (4) 25
NOISE GATE Knob (5) 25
Direct Control Knobs (6) 26
MASTER VOLUME Knob (7) 26
TAP Button (8) 27
SYSTEM Button (9) 27
Legal Notice 2
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About this Main Manual 16
Rigs and Signal Chain 17
Front Panel Controls 21

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RIG Button (10) 27
QUICK Button (11) 28
TYPE Knob (12) 28
BROWSE Knob (13) 28
Soft Buttons and Soft Knobs (14) 29
ON/OFF Button (15) 29
LOCK Button (16) 29
COPY and PASTE Buttons (17) 30
STORE Button (18) 30
UNDO and REDO Buttons (19) 31
EXIT Button (20) 31
PAGE Buttons (21) 31
RIG Navigation Cross (22) 31
HEADPHONE Output (23) 31
GAIN Knob (24) 32
Rig VOLUME Knob (25) 32
Front INPUT (26) 33
USB (27) 33
MAIN OUTPUTS (1) 35
MONITOR OUTPUT (2) 35
DIRECT OUTPUT/SEND (3) 36
Back Panel Overview 34

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RETURN and ALTERNATIVE INPUT (4) 36
POWER (5) 37
USB (6) 37
NETWORK (7) 37
SWITCH/PEDAL (8) 37
MIDI (9) 38
S/PDIF INPUT and OUTPUT (10) 38
SPEAKER OUTPUT (11) 38
Kensington™Lock Connector (12) 38
Tagging 43
Favorites 45
Rig Spillover Off 45
Snapshots 45
Panorama 46
Transpose 46
Rig Volume 46
Tempo 46
Tap Tempo 48
Beat Scanner 49
Basic Setups 39
Using the Tuner 41
Rig Settings 43

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MIDI Clock 49
Volume Pedal 49
Parallel Path 50
Morph 52
Separating Amps and Cabinets: CabDriver 53
Browsing Amps or Cabinets 54
Direct PROFILEs 55
Direct Amp PROFILEs 57
Cabinet Impulse Responses 58
Merging Studio PROFILEs and Direct Amp PROFILEs 58
Running a Guitar Speaker Cabinet from a Power Amplifier, “Monitor Cab Off” 60
The Built-in Power Amplifier 63
The Sound of Guitar Cabinets versus Mic'ed Speakers 65
Pure Cabinet 66
Output Volumes and Output Volume Link 68
Output Sources 69
MAIN OUTPUTS 77
MONITOR OUTPUT 77
Output Equalizers 78
Working with Amplifier PROFILEs, Cabinet PROFILEs, Power Amps and
Guitar Cabinets 53
Output Section 68

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Space 78
Auxiliary Input 79
Constant Latency 81
Input Source Select 82
Reamping 84
Alternative Procedure for Input Leveling 88
Pedal Controllers 89
Expression Pedal Recommendation 91
Connecting Pedals to the PROFILER Remote 91
Four Pedals: Luxury 92
Three Pedals: Comfortable 93
Two Pedals: Mainstream 94
One Pedal: Purist 95
Additional Switches Required? 96
Connecting a PROFILER Switch 96
Single and Dual Switches of Other Brands 96
Connecting Pedals and Switches to the PROFILER 97
Volume Pedal Function 98
Morphing 100
Monitor Volume Pedal (MIDI Control Change #73) 104
Instrument Input and Reamping 82
Expression Pedals and Foot Switches 89

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Amplifier 105
EQ 109
Cabinet 110
Delay (Green) 114
Single Delay 122
Dual Delay 123
Two Tap Delay 124
Serial Two Tap Delay 125
Rhythm Delay 126
Quad Delay 128
Legacy Delay 129
Reverb (Green) 129
Wah Stomps (Orange) 134
Wah Parameters 137
Compressor (Cyan) 139
Noise Gate Stomps (Cyan) 140
Noise Gate 2:1 140
Noise Gate 4:1 141
Distortion Stomps (Red) 141
Booster Stomps (Red) 143
Shaper Stomps (Red) 144
Stack Section 105
Effects 111

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Bit Shaper 145
Recti Shaper 145
Chorus Stomps (Blue) 146
Vintage Chorus 146
Hyper Chorus 147
Air Chorus 148
Micro Pitch 149
Vibrato 150
Rotary Speaker 150
Tremolo / Auto Panner 152
Phaser and Flanger Stomps (Purple) 153
Phaser 153
Vibe Phaser 155
Flanger 155
Phaser Oneway & Flanger Oneway 156
Equalizer Stomps (Yellow) 156
Graphic Equalizer 156
Studio Equalizer 156
Metal Equalizer 157
Stereo Widener 157
Effect Loops (Pink) 157
Pitch Shifter (White) 160
Transpose 161
Pedal Pitch 162

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Pedal Vinyl Stop 163
Chromatic Pitch 163
Harmonic Pitch 165
Analog Octaver 169
Pitch Shifter Delay (Light Green) 170
Chromatic Type 170
Harmonic Type 170
Loop Pitch Type 170
Crystal Type 171
Crystal Delay 171
Loop Pitch Delay 172
Frequency Shifter Delay 173
Dual Chromatic Delay & Dual Harmonic Delay 174
Dual Crystal Delay 175
Dual Loop Pitch Delay 176
Melody Delay 177
Quad Chromatic Delay & Quad Harmonic Delay 178
Space (Green) 179
LCD / HW Setup / Brightness / User Interface 180
Audio Setup 182
Pedal Links 182
Pedal 1-6 183
System Settings 180

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Remote Settings 183
MIDI Program Change Assignments and Settings 183
Date and Time 184
Device Information 184
Setting up Performances 188
Loading Performances 189
Foot Control 190
Up/Down Buttons (1) 192
Rig Buttons 1-5 (2) 192
TAP Button (3) 192
TUNER Button (4) 193
Effect Buttons I-IIII (5) 193
Assigning an Effect Module 193
Unassigning an Effect Module 194
Assigning a Second Effect Module 194
More Assignments 194
Toggling Effects 195
Storing Assignments 195
Assignments without Remote 195
Bass Players: Special Hints and Features 185
Performance Mode 188
PROFILER Remote 191

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Keeping Oversight 195
Action & Freeze 196
Latched / Momentary 196
Locking Effect Buttons 196
Looper (6) 197
Workflow 199
Advanced Looper Functions 201
Connecting Expression Pedals and External Switches 202
Remote Settings 202
Cabling 203
Continuous Controllers 206
Effect Switches 207
Rig Change in Performance Mode 208
Rig Change in Browser Mode 212
MIDI Global Channel 212
Transmitting MIDI Commands to Two External Devices in Performance Mode 213
Transmitting Pedal Controllers for Morphing, Wah, Volume, and Pitch to Two
External Devices 213
Transmitting User Interface to MIDI Global Channel 214
NRPN 214
Views 215
MIDI 205
Getting Organized 215

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Favorite Rigs 216
Erase Non-Favorites 217
Rig Manager 217
Operating System Updates 218
Creating Backups 220
Restoring Backups 220
Importing Rigs, Performances, and Presets 221
Selective Export 221
General Considerations 222
PROFILING with Effects in the Recording Chain 223
Monitoring While Taking PROFILEs 223
Considerations Regarding Noise and Hum 224
Other Considerations 224
Making Connections 225
Connections for PROFILING a Guitar Amplifier 225
Connections for PROFILING a Combination of Amp and Stomp Box 228
Connections for PROFILING a Computer-Based Guitar Amp Simulation 229
Taking a PROFILETM 229
Levels 230
Evaluating the PROFILE 231
Refining the PROFILE 231
Updates, Backups and Sharing Sounds 218
PROFILINGTM an Amp 222

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The Resulting PROFILE 232
How to PROFILE an Amp without a Cabinet (Direct Amp PROFILEs) 234
How to Create Merged PROFILEs 237
PROFILING a Rotary Speaker Cabinet 238
Under the Hood 239
Customer Support 242
Trouble Shooting 241
KEMPER PROFILER Specifications 244

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Main Manual

About this Main Manual 16
About this Main Manual
Welcome to the KEMPER PROFILERTM Main Manual. We assume that you have already read the PROFILER and
Remote Quick Starts. This Main Manual starts with a description of Rigs and their signal chain followed by all front
panel controls and connections on the back panel. Most of this Main Manual is dedicated to the description of all
parameters for the effects; 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 the PROFILER. Last, but not least, you will find a
dedicated chapter on how to create a PROFILE of an amp.

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Rigs and Signal Chain
A Rig and its signal chain
A complete signal chain comprising amplifier, guitar cabinet and potentially multiple effects is called a “Rig”.
The signal chain of any Rig begins at the Guitar Input, passes through four effects modules, the stack section, and
then followed by another four effects modules. From there, the signal is sent to the outputs. The sequence of the
modules and sections from left to right represents the signal flow inside the PROFILERTM and is reflected by the
corresponding controls on the upper row of the front panel.
Each of the buttons in the signal flow provides a unique and intuitive way to manage your sound. By pressing a
corresponding button, you activate that module or section. Hold the button a little bit longer to focus the module and
show its parameters in the display. The lower line of the display shows up to four parameters that can be controlled
by the soft knobs underneath. Tweak the soft knobs to change your sound. If the module offers more than four
parameters, you can move between pages using the PAGE buttons. To return to the home screen, press Exit.

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If you changed a parameter setting, but want to return to the previous value, you can use the UNDO button on the
left side of the display. It will always revert your most recent action. The REDO button will revert the action of the
UNDO button –this is a great way to compare two settings.
In Browser Mode, you can select the desired Rig using the buttons of the RIG navigation cross on the right side of
the front panel. Press left/right to advance in single steps, or up/down to jump to the next group. Another way to
scroll Rigs is by using the BROWSE knob located above the right-hand side of the display. The advantage of using
the BROWSE knob method is that it allows you to view eight Rigs at once - the RIG navigation cross can then be
used to move the cursor around the list. You can change the sequence of Rigs by using the soft button labelled Sort
Order to sort them by date or author, and then load the selected Rig with the “Load” soft button.
Once you have found a Rig that you like, you have immediately control over the gain, which displays its current value
on the LED collar around the dedicated knob. You can also use the soft knobs below the display to change the tone
of the amplifier in the Rig.
Effect Modules
Each Rig contains eight effect modules. The first four labeled “A, B, C, and D”, are all mono, and are applied before
the signal reaches the stack section. These are best suited to stomp boxes like distortions or wah effects. Once the
signal has passed through the amplifier and virtual cabinet, you can add four stereo effects in the modules labelled
“X, MOD, DLY, and REV”.
The list of available effect types in modules A, B, C, D, X, MOD, DLY is identical. The REV module is different in that
it has dedicated types and presets.
The DLY and REV modules have a predefined position and purpose. The knobs beneath these modules give you
direct access to the Delay Feedback and Mix parameters and the Reverb Time and Mix parameters.
If you intend to use a modulation effect in your Rig, we recommend placing it in the MOD module, as both the Head
and PowerHead provide two additional knobs for controlling the Rate and Intensity parameters.

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Effect Categories, Types and Presets
You will notice that the effect LEDs aren't simply lit or unlit but have many different colors. That’s because these
LEDs use color to indicate which effect category and type is being used. A detailed description of all available effect
types and their corresponding colors can be found in the Effects chapter.
If one of the effect modules is open, you can rotate the TYPE knob above the left side of the display to choose one
of the effect types listed. Example: Lead Booster.
When you switch between similar effect types, you will notice that parameters common to these stomps will retain
their values; this is to make the choice of algorithms easier. For example, you can make a dedicated setting for a
wah effect, and then step through the various wah types - the overall effect will change, but settings for the various
ranges, including wah pedal control, will remain the same. You can also switch between a phaser and a flanger, to
check the different impact of these two algorithms, and the modulation scheme will remain unchanged.
The BROWSE knob, above the right side of the display, can be used to select from the list of effect presets in the
right column of the screen. Effect presets contain an effect type and custom settings for all its parameters and are
treated as user data in the same way that Rigs are. You are free to create presets of your own, delete any you don't
need, or import them from your USB memory stick. While a Rig always includes the complete signal chain from the
Input Section to the REV module, a preset consists of just one module or one section. Each PROFILER comes with
a set of factory presets preinstalled for demonstration purposes. These can be excellent starting points when you
intend to configure a specific effect setting - just find a preset that comes close and then fine-tune its parameters to
your needs.
Presets allow you to store your preferred Rig building blocks under a name of your choice, so your favorite wah wah,
booster, delay, etc., can be immediately available for you to use in any Rig.
There are two ways to load presets via soft button above the right side of the display: either manually by pressing
“Load” when the soft button is blinking, or by selecting the “Autoload” option. In this case, presets are loaded
automatically a couple of seconds after they have been selected.
Let’s summarize the two methods of selecting a stomp:
•Select an effect type. In this case, only the type changes while all parameter settings are maintained.
•Select one of the factory presets, or one of your own, and then load it either manually or via autoload. In this case,
the type will be loaded along with all its parameter settings as stored in the preset.

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Stack Section
In the middle of this signal flow, you will find the stack section with the buttons for AMPLILFIER, EQ (equalizer) and
CABINET. The stack section represents the raw, virtual guitar amplifier and cabinet, as defined by the PROFILETM.
All the powerful possibilities to further fine-tune Profiles are explained in a dedicated chapter about the stack section.
In the stack section, you can freely combine amps and cabinets. Hold their respective buttons to bring them into
focus. Then use the BROWSE knob to either:
•select soft button labeled “Presets”, to browse through the list of amplifier or cabinet presets stored on your
PROFILER,
•or select soft button labeled “From Rigs”, to load an amplifier or cabinet from another Rig in the browse pool of your
PROFILER.
While the stack section is in focus, you have the same choice of either selecting stack presets or loading stacks from
other Rigs.
As with effect presets, the presets in the amplifier, cabinet modules and the stack section are also user data that you
can save with a relevant name or delete as you see fit. The PROFILER ships with several examples onboard. If you
have a favorite Amplifier PROFILE with settings that you like, and want to reuse later, storing it as a preset could
prove very useful.