Evaluating The Profile; Refining The Profile - Kemper PROFILER Grundlagen Anleitung

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A 4-band equalizer is available on this page to shape the signal returning from your reference amp, similar to how
you would equalize the microphone signal on a mixing desk, before it is returned. Tweaks of this EQ will be inte-
grated into the resulting Profile.
As soon as you select "Start profiling", the Profiler will send measurement signals (those weird sounds we talked
about at the beginning of this guide) to the reference amp.

Evaluating the Profile

Once the Profiling procedure has ended, you can make the first A/B comparisons between your reference amp
and the new Profile. Use the soft buttons to switch between the reference amp and the "Kemper amp" Profile.
You might notice that your reference amp is not muted when you listen to the internal Profile; this is intentional,
as the acoustic signal of your reference amp will always mix with the sound of your studio monitors, even if you
have it in a separate room. While this may influence your perception of the sound through the studio monitors, it
shouldn't affect the A/B comparison. However, if your reference amp was muted every time you switched back to
the Profile, a valid A/B comparison would be impossible.
When you are satisfied with the A/B comparison, you may wish to evaluate the pure Profile; in this case, it would
make sense to mute your reference amp. Press the ON/OFF button to mute the reference amp; any other action
will unmute it again.

Refining the Profile

After the automatic profiling procedure, the Profile is nearly done and very close to the original already. Now it's
time to give it the final polish: press "Refine Profile" and play your guitar for about twenty seconds. This is no
time for a meaningful solo - you need to play several chords, with attitude! This will generate inter-modulation in
the distortion that the Profiler needs to do its refining. Be sure to strum especially hard so that the Profiler has a
chance to analyze the transients. When you feel that you have refined the Profile enough, press the blinking soft
button to stop the process. Now make another A/B comparison to check the result. Repeat the process until you
are satisfied.
The refining process is actually independent of the type of your guitar. It is about adapting the distortion char-
acteristics, as well as polishing the attack and dynamic response. The resulting Profile will act and respond accu-
rately no matter what guitar or pickup you use.