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PROFILING AN AMP 9
will all be accurately profiled as a part of the reference amp sound. However, there are a few exceptions: some
distortion pedals use a special design that cannot be profiled accurately, for instance the Tube Screamer™.
If you do include your effects chain with your Amp Profile, but are not happy with the result, try again without
the distortion pedal. Remember, you can always use one of the modeled distortion pedals in the Profiler instead,
when building your Rig.
Other effects should be bypassed during the Profiling process because they will adversely affect the result, mak-
ing it sound less natural, and different to the original amp tone. These include: compressors, noise gates, and
time/modulation/reverb effects such as delay, reverb, chorus, and so on.
You might also run into trouble when profiling a sound in which both the pre- and power amps of the reference
amplifier are driven into distortion. If the resulting Profile sounds unsatisfying, try to reduce the volume of the
power amp. This will make the sound somewhat more transparent, without significantly reducing the amount of
distortion. The same is true for those modeling amps which offer a separate gain control for pre- and power amp.
The Profiler only allows for mono Profiling. Stereo Profiling is not currently supported, but really, how many clas-
sic guitar amps feature true stereo circuitry, anyway?
Since the Profiler sends its own test-tones into the reference amp during Profiling, it should be obvious that the
sound of your guitar isn't part of the result. The Profiler is designed to react to any guitar in an identical way to
the reference amp that was profiled.
Monitoring While Taking Profiles
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The output of the reference amp can be monitored through the outputs of the Profiler. This way, you can switch
between listening to the original reference amp signal and the profiled version, using the soft buttons in Profiler
Mode. In fact, to avoid confusion, we recommend that you only monitor the reference amp using the Profiler. It's
a good idea to place the speaker cabinet of the reference amp in a different room (in other words, somewhere
you won't hear it) and away from the monitor system you are using for the Profiler. Keep in mind that this will not
change the result of the profiling process in any way, but will make A/B comparisons between the reference amp
and the Profiler much easier.
If you want to make Profiles of computer-based amp simulations, but without using any kind of external mixer for
monitoring purposes, you need to be careful not to create a feedback loop. One easy way to avoid this is by us-
ing only headphones to monitor the output of the Profiler while profiling. You can also make appropriate settings
in your DAW to prevent the Profiler from being routed back into itself.