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20 KEMPER PROFILER
Besides the DI box, it helps if you own either a Profiler with built-in power-amp, or a separate solid-state power-
amp, for capturing a Direct Amp Profile. Otherwise, it is not possible to immediately play and check the Profile
that has been captured.
How to setup Direct Amp Profiling:
• Connect your guitar to the Profiler's INPUT and the DIRECT OUTPUT/SEND to your reference amp (this part is
identical to regular studio profiling).
• Use a speaker cable to connect the speaker output of your reference amp to the speaker input of the DI box.
• Use another speaker cable to connect the speaker bypass output of the DI box to your speaker cabinet.
• Finally, connect the line output of the DI box to the RETURN input of the Profiler.
• Switch off the optional speaker simulation of the DI box, if it has one.
It is not mandatory to connect the MAIN OUTPUT to a monitor speaker system, or to use headphones, as you
would end up listening to the Direct Amp Profile without a profiled speaker cabinet. This sound is very harsh and
unnatural. A valid A/B comparison is only possible by connecting your speaker cabinet to the Profiler's power
amp, once the Profile is captured.
• Enter the Profiler Mode.
• Play your guitar, and check if the LED of the Output Section shows a signal.
• Adjust the "Return level" parameter so that the LED shows green at input signals. An exact adjustment is not nec-
essary, the correct volume will be found automatically by the profiling algorithm.
Now you can start the profiling procedure, as explained earlier in the chapter "Taking a Profile".
The recommended refining procedure, which comes after the automated part of the process, is a bit of a shot-
in-the-dark, as you will continue to hear your reference amp through the cabinet only. Still, it's a good idea to go
through with it by playing chords on your guitar, as explained in the chapter "Refining the Profile".
When the profiling is done, it's time to listen to the result!
• Turn down "Monitor volume" for the Profiler's power amp.
• Put your reference tube amp into standby mode, as it should not run without a speaker connected.
Unplug the speaker cable (the one going to the speaker), and plug it into the SPEAKER OUTPUT of the Profiler's
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power amp.
• Play, and turn up "Monitor volume" carefully.
• Done! When played through your guitar speaker, the Profiler and your tube amp will sound identical.
• Save your Direct Amp Profile.