Kemper Profiling Amplifier Bedienungsanleitung
Kemper Profiling Amplifier
The Basics & Profiling Guide
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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
Eects
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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Master button (14)
Master volume knob (15)
Volume knob (16)
21 Back panel overview
Master out 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)
25 Using the tuner
Stack section
Amplifier module
EQ button
Cabinet button
Eects section
Tap tempo
33 Configure your system preferences
System button
Module button behavior
Using a MIDI pedal to switch rigs
Rig button
Quick button
35 Using performance mode
Editing performances
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36 Updates, backup and sharing sounds
Updating the operating system
Creating and restoring backups
Importing rigs, performances and local presets
38 KPA and MIDI
Profiling Guide
40 Profiling an amp
General considerations
44 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
48 Taking a profile
Refining the profile
The resulting profile
Under the hood
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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 Profiling Amplifier — KPA 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 Kemper Profil-
ing Amplifier to be a complete solution for all your guitar playing needs. You can use it just like you would
a regular amplifier, or you could use it as a multi-eects unit or even as the front end for your guitar-based
studio.
Nearly all digital guitar amps available today oer the same features — simulations of classic and modern
guitar amplifiers and stomp boxes, usually with some digital and studio eects thrown in for good mea-
sure. The KPA 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 KPA — as well as load profiles of other
guitarists’ amplifiers into your KPA, which gives you not just a simulation, but their exact digital sound!
We hope you’ll find operating the KPA straightforward, but if you need more information please check out
the three included guides. We call the guide you’re reading Kemper Profiling Amplifier: 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 your KPA right in front of you. This way
you can instantly try out what you’ll just have learned. The Kemper Profiling Amplifier: 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. The Kemper Profiling Amplifier: Reference Manual contains a reference to every
single parameter of the Kemper Profiling Amplifier.
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 KPA apart from all the other amps: The Profiling
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 KPA, and not have to bring your amp to the rehearsal, gig or stu-
dio? The method by which you can get that favorite sound into the KPA is what we call “profiling”.
If you want a more technical description: the KPA analyzes the sonic characteristics of a reference ampli-
fier. 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.
Maybe you’re thinking “what if, after the KPA does its analysis, I’m not entirely satisfied with the results?”
Don’t worry, we provide a complete set of parameters that allow you to control the way the tubes sound
and react to further define and modify the profile. When you’re finished profiling and tweaking, you’ll have
exactly what you want.
With the KPA 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 KPA doesn’t just capture the sound of your guitar
amp head alone; you can also capture the sound of the cabinet and the microphones (including the micro-
phone distance and angle). This means that the complex sound of a specific setup can be analyzed, rec-
reated and stored. In other words, the resulting KPA 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.
That’s it! It’s time to start browsing presets and playing some guitar.
More on connecting your gear
The KPA 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 en-
sures that you’ll get the best sound quality into your speaker rig. You’ll notice that the KPA oers 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 KPA as a central hub in your studio to connect your guitar
to a variety of other amps, eects and recording gear and use the KPA 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 KPA 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 eects loop of an external amp, or to connect any external eect unit, such as
your favorite stomp box.
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