KEMPER PROFILER Main Manual 5.5 Legal Notice 2
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Legal Notice 1 Direm KEMPER PROFILER Main Manual 5.5 Legal Notice 2 Legal Notice This manual, as well as the software and hardware described in it, is furnished under license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. The content of this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice and should not construed as a commitment by Kemper GmbH. Kemper GmbH assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book. Except as permitted by such license, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, by smoke signals or otherwise without the prior written permission of Kemper GmbH. KEMPER PROFILERTM is a trademark of Kemper GmbH. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. All features and specifications subject to change without notice. (Rev. July 2018) © Copyright 2018 Kemper GmbH. All rights reserved. www.kemper-amps.com Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents Legal Notice 2 Table of Contents 3 About this Main Manual 15 Rigs and Signal Chain 16 Effect Modules 17 Effect Categories, Types and Presets 18 Stack Section 19 Front Panel Controls 20 Chicken Head Knob (1) 21 INPUT Button (2) 21 INPUT LED (2) 23 Module and Section Buttons (3) 23 OUTPUT/MASTER Button (4) 23 OUTPUT LED (4) 24 NOISE GATE Knob (5) 24 Direct Control Knobs (6) 25 MASTER VOLUME Knob (7) 25 TAP Button (8) 26 SYSTEM Button (9) 26 Table of Contents 4 RIG Button (10) 26 QUICK Button (11) 27 TYPE Knob (12) 27 BROWSE Knob (13) 27 Soft Buttons and Soft Knobs (14) 28 ON/OFF Button (15) 28 LOCK Button (16) 28 COPY and PASTE Buttons (17) 29 STORE Button (18) 29 UNDO and REDO Buttons (19) 30 EXIT Button (20) 30 PAGE Buttons (21) 30 Rig Navigation Cross (22) 30 HEADPHONE Output (23) 30 GAIN Knob (24) 31 Rig VOLUME Knob (25) 31 Front INPUT (26) 32 USB (27) 32 Back Panel Overview 33 MAIN OUTPUTS (1) 34 MONITOR OUTPUT (2) 34 DIRECT OUTPUT/SEND (3) 35 Table of Contents 5 RETURN and ALTERNATIVE INPUT (4) 35 POWER (5) 36 USB (6) 36 NETWORK (7) 36 SWITCH/PEDAL (8) 36 MIDI (9) 37 S/PDIF INPUT and OUTPUT (10) 37 SPEAKER OUTPUT (11) 37 Kensington™ Lock Connector (12) 37 Basic Setups 38 Using the Tuner 40 Rig Settings 42 Tagging 42 Favorites 44 Rig Spillover Off 44 Snapshots 44 Panorama 45 Transpose 45 Rig Volume 45 Tempo 45 Tap Tempo 47 Beat Scanner 48 Table of Contents 6 MIDI Clock 48 Volume Pedal 48 Parallel Path 49 Morph 51 Working with Amplifier PROFILEs, Cabinet PROFILEs, Power Amps and Guitar Cabinets 52 Separating Amps and Cabinets: CabDriver 52 Browsing Amps or Cabinets 53 Direct PROFILEs 54 Direct Amp PROFILEs 56 Cabinet Impulse Responses 57 Merging Studio PROFILEs and Direct Amp PROFILEs 57 Running a Guitar Speaker Cabinet from a Power Amplifier, “Monitor Cab Off” 59 The Built-in Power Amplifier 62 The Sound of Guitar Cabinets versus Mic'ed Speakers 64 Pure Cabinet 65 Output Section 67 Output Volumes and Output Volume Link 67 Output Sources 68 MAIN OUTPUTS 76 MONITOR OUTPUT 76 Output Equalizers 77 Table of Contents 7 Space 77 Auxiliary Input 78 Constant Latency 80 Instrument Input and Reamping 81 Input Source Select 81 Reamping 83 Alternative Procedure for Input Leveling 87 Expression Pedals and Foot Switches 88 Pedal Controllers 88 Expression Pedal Recommendation 90 Connecting Pedals to the PROFILER Remote 90 Four Pedals: Luxury 91 Three Pedals: Comfortable 92 Two Pedals: Mainstream 93 One Pedal: Purist 94 Additional Switches Required? 95 Connecting a PROFILER Switch 95 Single and Dual Switches of Other Brands 95 Connecting Pedals and Switches to the PROFILER 96 Volume Pedal Function 98 Morphing 99 Monitor Volume Pedal (MIDI Control Change #73) 103 Table of Contents 8 Stack Section 104 Amplifier 104 EQ 108 Cabinet 109 Effects 110 Delay (Green) 113 Single Delay 121 Dual Delay 122 Two Tap Delay 123 Serial Two Tap Delay 124 Rhythm Delay 125 Quad Delay 127 Legacy Delay 128 Reverb (Green) 128 Wah Stomps (Orange) 133 Wah Parameters 136 Compressor (Cyan) 138 Noise Gate Stomps (Cyan) 139 Noise Gate 2:1 139 Noise Gate 4:1 140 Distortion Stomps (Red) 140 Booster Stomps (Red) 142 Shaper Stomps (Red) 143 Table of Contents 9 Bit Shaper 144 Recti Shaper 144 Chorus Stomps (Blue) 145 Vintage Chorus 145 Hyper Chorus 146 Air Chorus 147 Micro Pitch 148 Vibrato 149 Rotary Speaker 149 Tremolo / Auto Panner 151 Phaser and Flanger Stomps (Purple) 152 Phaser 152 Vibe Phaser 154 Flanger 154 Phaser Oneway & Flanger Oneway 155 Equalizer Stomps (Yellow) 155 Graphic Equalizer 155 Studio Equalizer 155 Metal Equalizer 156 Stereo Widener 156 Effect Loops (Pink) 156 Pitch Shifter (White) 159 Transpose 160 Pedal Pitch 161 Table of Contents 10 Pedal Vinyl Stop 162 Chromatic Pitch 162 Harmonic Pitch 164 Analog Octaver 168 Pitch Shifter Delay (Light Green) 169 Chromatic Type 169 Harmonic Type 169 Loop Pitch Type 169 Crystal Type 170 Crystal Delay 170 Loop Pitch Delay 171 Frequency Shifter Delay 172 Dual Chromatic Delay & Dual Harmonic Delay 173 Dual Crystal Delay 174 Dual Loop Pitch Delay 175 Melody Delay 176 Quad Chromatic Delay & Quad Harmonic Delay 177 Space (Green) 178 System Settings 179 LCD / HW Setup / Brightness / User Interface 179 Audio Setup 181 Pedal Links 181 Pedal 1-6 182 Table of Contents 11 Remote Settings 182 MIDI Program Change Assignments and Settings 182 Date and Time 183 Device Information 183 Bass Players: Special Hints and Features 184 Performance Mode 187 Setting up Performances 187 Loading Performances 188 Foot Control 189 PROFILER Remote 190 Up/Down Buttons (1) 191 Rig Buttons 1-5 (2) 191 TAP Button (3) 191 TUNER Button (4) 192 Effect Buttons I-IIII (5) 192 Locking Effect Buttons 194 Looper (6) 194 Workflow 197 Advanced Looper Functions 199 Connecting Expression Pedals and External Switches 200 Remote Settings 200 Cabling 201 Table of Contents 12 MIDI 203 Continuous Controllers 204 Effect Switches 205 Rig Change in Performance Mode 206 Rig Change in Browser Mode 210 MIDI Global Channel 210 Transmitting MIDI Commands to Two External Devices in Performance Mode 211 Transmitting Pedal Controllers for Morphing, Wah, Volume, and Pitch to Two External Devices 211 Transmitting User Interface to MIDI Global Channel 212 NRPN 212 Getting Organized 213 Views 213 Favorite Rigs 214 Erase Non-Favorites 215 Rig Manager 215 Updates, Backups and Sharing Sounds 216 Operating System Updates 216 Creating Backups 218 Restoring Backups 218 Importing Rigs, Performances, and Presets 218 Selective Export 219 Table of Contents 13 PROFILINGTM an Amp 220 General Considerations 220 PROFILING with Effects in the Recording Chain 221 Monitoring While Taking PROFILEs 221 Considerations Regarding Noise and Hum 222 Other Considerations 222 Making Connections 223 Connections for PROFILING a Guitar Amplifier 223 Connections for PROFILING a Combination of Amp and Stomp Box 226 Connections for PROFILING a Computer-Based Guitar Amp Simulation 227 Taking a PROFILETM 227 Levels 228 Evaluating the PROFILE 229 Refining the PROFILE 229 The Resulting PROFILE 230 How to PROFILE an Amp without a Cabinet (Direct Amp PROFILEs) 232 How to Create Merged PROFILEs 235 PROFILING a Rotary Speaker Cabinet 236 Under the Hood 237 Trouble Shooting 239 Customer Support 240 KEMPER PROFILER Specifications 242 Table of Contents 14 Main Manual About this Main Manual 15 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. Rigs and Signal Chain 16 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. Rigs and Signal Chain 17 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.