KEMPER PROFILER

MIDI Parameter Documentation 11

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 Table of Content 3

Table of Content
Legal Notice 2
Table of Content 3
List of Tables 6
Introduction 7
MIDI Commands 8
Continuous Controllers 8
Switches 9

NRPN Definition 12
Examples 13

MIDI Channel vs. Instance 14

Parameter Types 15
Continuous Parameters (e.g. Gain, Volume) 15
Switch or Section Parameters (e.g. Type, On/Off Switches) 15

Parameter List 16
Rig Settings (Address Page 4 ($04 hex)) 16
Input Section (Address Page 9 ($09 hex)) 16
Amplifier (Address Page 10 ($0A hex)) 17
Amplifier Equalizer (Address Page 11 ($0B hex)) 17
Cabinet (Address Page 12 ($0C hex)) 18
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Effect Module A (Address Page 50 ($32 hex)) 18

Effect Module B (Address Page 51 ($33 hex)) 23
Effect Module C (Address Page 52 ($34 hex)) 23
Effect Module D (Address Page 53 ($35 hex)) 23
Effect Module X (Address Page 56 ($38 hex)) 23
Effect Module MOD (Address Page 58 ($3A hex)) 23
Effect Module DLY (Address Page 60 ($3C hex)) 23
Effect Module REV (Address Page 61 ($3D hex)) 23
User Scales (Address Page 118 ($76 hex) 24
Looper and Effect Module Freeze (Address Page 125 ($7D hex)) 25
System / Global (Address Page 127 ($7F hex)) 26

SYSEX Definition 28
General Message Layout 28
Single Parameter Change 30
Multi Parameter Change 31
Morphed Multi Parameter Change 32
String Parameter Change 33
BLOB Parameter Change 34
Extended Parameter/Extended String Parameter Change 35
Request Single Parameter 36
Request Multi Parameter 37
Request String Parameter 38
Request Extended String Parameter 38
Request Parameter Value as Rendered String 39
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Appendix A (valid ASCII characters) 40

Appendix B (list of Effect Types) 41
Appendix C (string list) 44
Tags (Address Page 0 ($00 hex)) 44
 List of Tables 6

List of Tables
Table 1: MIDI CC continuous controllers ................................................................................8
Table 2: MIDI CC switches ...................................................................................................11
Table 3: Example communication for Performance Mode preselection ...... Fehler! Textmarke
nicht definiert.
Table 4: NRPN controller assignments .................................................................................12
Table 5: structure of a KEMPER PROFILER SYSEX message ............................................28
Table 6: function codes for KEMPER PROFILER SYSEX messages ...................................29
Table 7: message part for single parameter change .............................................................30
Table 8: message part for a multi parameter change ............................................................31
Table 9: message part for a morphed multi parameter change .............................................32
Table 10: message part for a string parameter change .........................................................33
Table 11: message part for a BLOB parameter ....................................................................34
Table 12: message part for a single parameter request ........................................................36
Table 13: message part for a multi parameter request ..........................................................37
Table 14: message part for a string parameter request ........................................................38
Table 15: message part for a string render request ..............................................................39
Table 16: ASCII characters allowed in tags ..........................................................................40
Table 17: Effect Type values ................................................................................................43
 Introduction 7

Introduction
This document reflects the state of KEMPER PROFILER™ OS version 11 or higher.

The PROFILER features more than 800 parameters – far more than can be addressed by a standard MIDI controller
message, where only 128 parameters can be reached. Therefore, the PROFILER supports the NRPN (Non -
Registered Parameter Numbers) protocol in addition to the proprietary SYSEX protocol.

However, for the most used functions, there are also MIDI commands with the standard controller range.

The PROFILER Player™ supports a subset of these controllers corresponding to its feature set.
 MIDI Commands 8

MIDI Commands
The PROFILER supports several simple MIDI Control Change (CC) commands that can be sent from third-party
MIDI-devices, to control effects and load Slots in Performance Mode.

Continuous Controllers
CC # Remarks

1 Wah Pedal

4 Pitch Pedal

7 Volume Pedal

10 Panorama

11 Morph Pedal

68 Delay Mix

69 Delay Feedback

70 Reverb Mix

71 Reverb Time

72 Gain

73 Monitor (Output) Volume

Table 1: MIDI CC continuous controllers

 MIDI Commands 9

Switches
CC # Value Remarks
16 any toggles all modules A-REV between on and off state
17 1/0 1: module A on
0: module A off
18 1/0 1: module B on
0: module B off
19 1/0 1: module C on
0: module C off
20 1/0 1: module D on
0: module D off
22 1/0 1: module X on
0: module X off
24 1/0 1: module MOD on
0: module MOD off
26 1/0 1: module DLY on
0: module DLY off (without spillover)
27 1/0 1: module DLY on
0: module DLY off (with spillover)
28 1/0 1: module REV on
0: module REV off (without spillover)
29 1/0 1: module REV on
0: module REV off (with spillover)
30 1/0 any value triggers TAP tempo
1: activates Beat Scanner
0: deactivates Beat Scanner
If your floorboard supports separate events on “pressing” and “releasing” a button, send 1
when “pressing” and 0 when “releasing”. If the floorboard can only send one event, use value
0.
When value 1 has been sent and no value 0 follows for 3 seconds, the Beat Scanner gets
activated automatically.
31 1/0 1: open Tuner Mode
0: close Tuner Mode
 MIDI Commands 10

33 1/0 1: Rotary Speaker fast

0: Rotary Speaker slow
34 1/0 1: Delay Infinity on (across all effect modules)
0: Delay Infinity off (across all effect modules)
35 1/0 1: Delay and Reverb Freeze on (across all effect modules)
0: Delay and Reverb Freeze off (across all effect modules)
47 [0,124] (Performance Mode only)
Preselected Performance index; can be set directly or scrolled via CC48/CC49. The
Performance will be loaded as soon as a Slot selection is sent (CC50-54)
48 1/0 Performance Mode
increases Performance index; values trigger two different modes:
• value 0 increases Performance index by 1
• value 1 initially increases Performance index by 1, after a timeout the PROFILER
starts to scroll Performances upwards. Value 0 stops scrolling.
Browser Mode
• value 0 loads the next Rig
• value 1 steps five Rigs up
• value 2 steps tp first Rig of next higher bank of five
Selected View and Sorting apply.
49 1/0 Performance Mode
decreases Performance index; values trigger two different modes:
• value 0 decreases Performance index by 1
• value 1 initially decreases Performance index by 1, after a timeout the PROFILER
starts to scroll Performances downwards; value 0 stops scrolling.
Browser Mode
• value 0 loads the previous Rig
• value 1 steps five Rigs down
• value 2 steps tp last Rig of next lower bank of five
Selected View and Sorting apply
50 1 Performance Mode
loads Slot 1 of current Performance
Browser Mode
selects 1st out of current 5 Rigs in list
51 1 Performance Mode
loads Slot 2 of current Performance
Browser Mode
selects 2nd out of current 5 Rigs in list
 MIDI Commands 11

52 1 Performance Mode
loads Slot 3 of current Performance
Browser Mode
selects 3rd out of current 5 Rigs in list
53 1 Performance Mode
loads Slot 4 of current Performance
Browser Mode only
selects 4th out of current 5 Rigs in list
54 1 Performance Mode
loads Slot 5 of current Performance
Browser Mode
selects 5th out of current 5 Rigs in list
75-78 1/0 emulate Effect Buttons I-IIII physically available at PROFLER Stage and Remote
80 1/0 emulates Morph button
1: triggers ramp to Morph Sound (Rise Time)
0: triggers ramp to Base Sound (Fall Time)

Table 2: MIDI CC switches

 NRPN Definition 12

NRPN Definition
NRPN supports 128 x 128 different parameters (which rounds up to an impressive total of 16384 parameters).
NRPN also supports a parameter resolution of 16384 values (14-bit) compared to only 128 values (7-bit) with regular
controller messages.

NRPN messages consist of a set of four controllers, sent in sequence. These four controllers are:

Decimal Hex Remark

99 $63 MSB* of the parameter number (“address page”)
98 $62 LSB* of the parameter number (“address number”)
06 $06 MSB* of the parameter value
38 $26 LSB* of the parameter value
*MSB: most significant byte, the upper 7-bit of the 14-bit number
*LSB: least significant byte, the lower 7-bit of the 14-bit number

Table 3: NRPN controller assignments

The MIDI specification requests that a manufacturer decides if the devices understand 7-bit or 14-bit values. All
NRPN controllers in the PROFILER are, by definition, 14-bit value controllers, so you’ll need to send both MSB
Control Change (or CC) 06 and CC38, in that order, to apply a change. The actual value will be set once CC38 has
been received. The PROFILER keeps the address selection present. So, if a pair of CC98+CC99 has been
transmitted, it does not need to be sent again for a further value change on the same parameter.

To support generic, programmable floorboards/controllers that only support 7-bit values, PROFILER OS version
2.0.0 introduces CC119 ($77 hex) to send a simple 7-bit value change instead of CC06 and CC38 combo. In this
case, the values are mapped internally to the correspondent 14-bit value (e.g. value 127 is internally 16383, 64 is
internally 8192).
 NRPN Definition 13

Examples
The parameter “Mix” of for example a Wah Wah effect in module A is at NRPN MSB (“address page”) 50 ($32 hex)
and LSB (“address number”) 4 ($04 hex).

To send a 14-bit high resolution value to 10000 of 16383, which displays as Mix at “61 %”:
$B0 $63 $32
$B0 $62 $04
$B0 $06 $4E
$B0 $26 $10

So, why $4E and $10? Because 10000 is 10011100010000 bin and:

a. the upper 7 of 14 bits 1001110 bin = $4E hex

b. the lower 7 of 14 bits 0010000 bin = $10 hex

Sending a 7-bit low resolution value to 100 of 127 ($64 hex), which displays as Mix at “78 %”:
$B0 $63 $32
$B0 $62 $04
$B0 $77 $64

$B0 is the MIDI start byte for controllers at MIDI channel 1. You may use “running status” transmissions.

The PROFILER will listen to the MIDI channel that is set as the “MIDI Global Channel” in “System Settings”. The
standard setting is “OMNI”, saying it responds to every channel1.

1
When set to OMNI, make sure the floorboard only sends on one channel. Some floorboards send 16 program
changes (one to each channel) which causes 16 real Rig switches then which might lag the PROFILER a bit.
 MIDI Channel vs. Instance 14

MIDI Channel vs. Instance

The global MIDI reception channel can be set up on the “MIDI Settings” page in System Settings. Note, that the MIDI
channel and the instance mentioned in the SYSEX definition are not the same. The instance in the PROFILER is
always 0, since it has only one part (“mono timbral”). Assuming the global MIDI channel is set to 5, NRPN controller
messages are only received on MIDI channel 5 but processed in instance 0.
 Parameter Types 15

Parameter Types
There are two types of parameters in the PROFILER with the following properties:

Continuous Parameters (e.g. Gain, Volume)

• These are fractional numbers and will always cover the whole value range.

• These will be smoothed upon reception of multiple continuous values. Thus, high resolution (14-bit) values are
not necessary for a smooth parameter movement - only for accurate target values.

Switch or Section Parameters (e.g. Type, On/Off Switches)

• Are integer numbers and will start counting from the least significant bit.

• Values out of range will activate the highest value in the range but should not be used due to future
compatibility.

• Switches are “off” at the value 0 (zero) and “on” at value 1 (one).

• If a 14-bit value is being used to set a controller to “On”, then the MSB byte is $00, the LSB byte is $01.
 Parameter List 16

Parameter List

Rig Settings (Address Page 4 ($04 hex))

0 Tempo bpm

1 Rig Volume

2 Tempo Enable

3 Panorama

4 Transpose range 28 – 100

64 Stomps Section On/Off

65 Stack Section On/Off

66 Effects Section On/Off

68 Volume Pedal Location values 0 - 4 in selection order

69 Volume Pedal Range

71 Parallel Path Enable

72 Parallel Path Mix

73 Rig Spillover Off

74 DLY+REV Routing

Input Section (Address Page 9 ($09 hex))

3 Noise Gate Intensity

4 Clean Sense

5 Distortion Sense
 Parameter List 17

Amplifier (Address Page 10 ($0A hex))

0 Amp Model values 0-37

2 On/Off

3 Amp Volume

4 Gain

5 Clean Compensation

6 Definition

7 Clarity

8 Power Sagging

9 Pick

10 Compressor

11 Tube Shape

12 Tube Bias

15 Direct Mix

21 Bright Cap Intensity

Amplifier Equalizer (Address Page 11 ($0B hex))

4 Bass

5 Middle

6 Treble
7 Presence

8 Position: Pre/Post
 Parameter List 18

Cabinet (Address Page 12 ($0C hex))

2 On/Off

4 High Shift

5 Low Shift

6 Character

7 Pure Cabinet

8 KEMPER Kone Imprint Select values 0 - 18 Speaker Imprints™ in selection order, 126 Full-Range, 127 Global
Imprint

9 Low Cut

10 High Cut

Effect Module A (Address Page 50 ($32 hex))

0 Type values see Appendix B

3 On/Off

4 Mix

6 Volume

7 Stereo

8 Wah Manual / Frequency Shifter Delay Pitch

9 Wah Peak

10 Wah Pedal Range

12 Wah Pedal Mode range 0 - 5 according to selection

13 Wah Touch Attack / KEMPER Fuzz Impedance LP

14 Wah Touch Release

15 Wah Touch Boost / Delay Cross Feedback

16 Distortion Drive / Reverb Formant Mix

 Parameter List 19

17 Distortion Tone / Reverb Mid Frequency

18 KEMPER Fuzz Octa / Compressor Intensity / Noise Gate Threshold / Auto Swell Compressor

19 Compressor Attack / Legacy Delay Bandwidth / Legacy Reverb Bandwidth

20 KEMPER Fuzz Transistor Shape / Modulation Rate / Auto Swell / Widener Tune

21 KEMPER Drive Definition / KEMPER Fuzz Transistor Tone / Modulation Depth / Micro Pitch Detune / Double
Tracker Looseness / Widener Intensity

22 Modulation Feedback / Formant Reverb Vowel

23 KEMPER Drive Slim Down / KEMPER Fuzz Definition / Modulation Crossover / Octaver Low Cut

24 Modulation Hyper Chorus Amount

25 Modulation Manual / Reverb Formant Offset / Spring Reverb Spectral Balance

26 Modulation Peak Spread / Wah Phaser Peak Spread / Reverb Formant Peak

27 Modulation Stages / Wah Phaser Stages / Legacy Reverb Room Size

30 Rotary Speed (Slow/Fast)

31 Rotary Distance

32 Rotary Low-High-Balance

33 Compressor Squash / Legacy Delay Frequency / Legacy Reverb Mid Frequency

34 Graphic EQ Gain 80 Hz

35 Graphic EQ Gain 160 Hz

36 Graphic EQ Gain 320 Hz

37 Graphic EQ Gain 640 Hz

38 Graphic EQ Gain 1250 Hz

39 Graphic EQ Gain 2500 Hz

40 Graphic EQ Gain 5000 Hz

41 Graphic EQ Gain 10000 Hz

42 Studio EQ / Metal EQ / Metal DS Low Gain / Acoustic Simulator Body

43 Studio EQ Low Frequency

44 Studio EQ / Metal EQ / Metal DS High Gain / Acoustic Simulator Sparkle

 Parameter List 20

45 Studio EQ High Frequency

46 Studio EQ Mid1 / Metal EQ / Metal DS Middle Gain / Acoustic Simulator Bronze

47 Studio EQ Mid1 / Metal EQ / Metal DS Middle Frequency

48 Studio EQ Mid1 Q-Factor

49 Studio EQ Mid2 Gain / Acoustic Simulator Pickup

50 Studio EQ Mid2 Frequency

51 Studio EQ Mid2 Q-Factor

52 Wah Peak Range

53 Ducking

54 Mix 2 (Pitch Mix / Octaver Mix / Delay Mix Serial / Crystal Mix / Space Intensity)

55 Voice Balance / Delay Balance

56 Voice 1 Pitch / Toe Pitch / Transpose Pitch / Quad Delay Voice Pitch 4 / Delay Crystal 1 Pitch

57 Voice 2 Pitch / Heel Pitch / Quad Delay Voice Pitch 3 / Wah Formant Pitch Shift / Delay Crystal 2 Pitch

58 Pitch Detune / Detune except Micro Pitch

60 Smooth Chords

61 Pure Tuning

62 Voice 1 Interval / Quad Delay Voice 4 Interval values according to selection

63 Voice 2 Interval / Quad Delay Voice 3 Interval values according to selection

64 Key values according to selection

65 Formant Shift Freeze

66 Formant Shift Offset

67 Equalizer Low Cut

68 Equalizer High Cut / Reverb High Cut

69 Mix 3 (delay and reverb effects)

70 Mix Pre/Post (delay / reverb effects and effect loop)

71 Delay Time / Delay 1 Time / Reverb Room Size / Reverb Attack Time / Spring Reverb Spring Size
 Parameter List 21

72 Delay 2 Time / Reverb Predelay Time

73 Delay 2 Ratio / Quad Delay Delay 3 Ratio / Rate Flanger Oneway / Phaser Oneway

74 Quad Delay 2 Ratio / Delay Ratio Serial

75 Quad Delay 1 Ratio

76 Delay Note Value 1 / Quad Delay Note Value 4

77 Delay Note Value 2 / Quad Delay Note Value 3 / Reverb Predelay Note Value

78 Quad Delay Note Value 2 / Note Value Serial

79 Quad Delay Note Value 1

80 To Tempo (delay and reverb effects) / Equalizer Steep Low

81 Delay Volume 4

82 Delay Volume 3

83 Delay Volume 2

84 Delay Volume 1

85 Delay Panorama 4

86 Delay Panorama 3

87 Delay Panorama 2

88 Delay Panorama 1

89 Voice Pitch 2 / Crystal Pitch

90 Voice Pitch 1

91 Voice 3 Interval values according to selection

92 Voice 4 Interval values according to selection

93 Delay Feedback / Delay Feedback 1 / Reverb Decay Time

94 Infinity Feedback

95 Infinity
96 Feedback 2 / Feedback Serial / Reverb Low Boost / Echo Reverb Feedback / Ionosphere Reverb Buildup

97 Delay Feedback Sync

 Parameter List 22

98 Delay Low Cut / Reverb Low Decay / Reverb Low Damp

99 Delay High Cut / Reverb High Decay / Reverb High Damp / KEMPER Fuzz True Impedance at PROFILER Stage

100 Delay Cut More / Equalizer Steep High / Full OC HP/LP / upper and lower effect loop at PROFILER Stage

101 Modulation (delay and reverb effects)

102 Delay Chorus

103 Delay Flutter Intensity / Reverb Modulation (standard reverbs)

104 Delay Flutter Rate / Reverb Early Diffusion / Spring Reverb Dripstone

105 Delay Grit / Reverb Brass / Spring Reverb Distortion (Dwell)

106 Reverse Mix

107 Input Swell (delay and reverb effects)

108 Smear

109 Ducking Pre/Post

 Parameter List 23

Effect Module B (Address Page 51 ($33 hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A

Effect Module C (Address Page 52 ($34 hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A

Effect Module D (Address Page 53 ($35 hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A

Effect Module X (Address Page 56 ($38 hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A

Effect Module MOD (Address Page 58 ($3A hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A

Effect Module DLY (Address Page 60 ($3C hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A

Effect Module REV (Address Page 61 ($3D hex))

Same parameters and address numbers as effect module A
 Parameter List 24

User Scales (Address Page 118 ($76 hex)

0 User Scale 1 Step 0*

1 User Scale 1 Step 1*

2 User Scale 1 Step 2*

3 User Scale 1 Step 3*

4 User Scale 1 Step 4*

5 User Scale 1 Step 5*

6 User Scale 1 Step 6*

7 User Scale 1 Step 7*

8 User Scale 1 Step 8*

9 User Scale 1 Step 9*

10 User Scale 1 Step 10*

11 User Scale 1 Step 11*

12 User Scale 2 Step 0*

13 User Scale 2 Step 1*

14 User Scale 2 Step 2*

15 User Scale 2 Step 3*

16 User Scale 2 Step 4*

17 User Scale 2 Step 5*

18 User Scale 2 Step 6*

19 User Scale 2 Step 7*

20 User Scale 2 Step 8*

21 User Scale 2 Step 9*

22 User Scale 2 Step 10*

23 User Scale 2 Step 11*

*All User Scale steps have value range 26 – 99.

 Parameter List 25

Looper and Effect Module Freeze (Address Page 125 ($7D hex))
88 Looper Record / Playback / Overdub

89 Looper Stop*

90 Looper Trigger*

91 Looper Reverse*

92 Looper Half Speed*

93 Looper Cancel/Reactivate Overdub*

94 Looper Erase Loop*

*To simulate functionality of Remote/Stage Looper buttons correctly, send value 1 for push button and value 0 for
release button.

107 Effect Module A Freeze

108 Effect Module B Freeze

109 Effect Module C Freeze

110 Effect Module D Freeze

111 Effect Module X Freeze

113 Effect Module MOD Freeze

114 Effect Module DLY Freeze

115 Effect Module REV Freeze

 Parameter List 26

System / Global (Address Page 127 ($7F hex))

0 Main Output Volume

1 Headphone Output Volume

2 Monitor Output Volume

3 Direct Output / Send 1 Volume

4 S/PDIF Output Volume

8 Monitor Cab. Off

12 Main Output EQ Bass

13 Main Output EQ Middle

14 Main Output EQ Treble

15 Main Output EQ Presence

16 Output Filer Low Cut

17 Monitor Output EQ Bass

18 Monitor Output EQ Middle

19 Monitor Output EQ Treble

20 Monitor Output EQ Presence

21 Output Filter High Cut

32 Aux In >Main

33 Aux In >Monitor

34 Aux In >Headph.
36 Space Intensity

37 Space Routing

38 KEMPER Kone Mode

39 KEMPER Kone Bass Boost

40 KEMPER Kone Imprint Select range 0 - 18 according to collection

41 KEMPER Kone Directivity

 Parameter List 27

42 KEMPER Kone Sweetening

44 Input Source range 0 - 3 according to selection

50 Pure Cabinet Enable

51 Pure Cabinet Level (Global)

52 Looper Volume

53 Looper Location

59 Aux >Mono
 SYSEX Definition 28

SYSEX Definition

General Message Layout

The KEMPER PROFILER can also be addressed via MIDI SYSEX. A PROFILER SYSEX message comprises the
following parts:

$F0 $00 $20 $33 $00 $7F Message $F7

SYX ACCESS/KEMPER Product Type Device ID the actual EOX
Manufacturer ID $00 = KEMPER $7F = OMNI message
PROFILER (See System page)

Table 4: structure of a KEMPER PROFILER SYSEX message

 SYSEX Definition 29

The message itself starts with a function code plus additional bytes, depending on the given function code.

Function Functionality
Code
$01 Single Parameter Change
$02 Multi Parameter Change
$03 String Parameter
$04 BLOB
$05 *reserved*
$06 Extended Parameter Change
$07 Extended String Parameter Change
$08 Morphed Multi Parameter Changed
$41 Request Single Parameter Value
$42 Request Multi Parameter Values
$43 Request String Parameter
$47 Request Extended String Parameter
$7C Request Parameter Value as Rendered String
$7E *reserved*
$7F *reserved*

Table 5: function codes for KEMPER PROFILER SYSEX messages

 SYSEX Definition 30

Single Parameter Change

The “message” part for a single parameter change for parameter with 14bit NRPN address:

Function Instance Controller Controller Value Value *Value2 *Value2

Code MSB LSB MSB LSB MSB MSB
The Addresses the The upper The lower The The The The
function instance of the 7-bit of the 7-bit of the upper 7- lower upper 7- lower 7-
code parameter. The 14-bit 14-bit bit of 7-bit bit of bit of
($01) PROFILER only NRPN NRPN the 14- of the morphed morphed
supports one instance address. address. bit 14-bit value. value.
which is always 0. value. value.

Table 6: message part for single parameter change

Example: To set the value of Mix of a Wah Wah in effect module A to 50% the controller NRPN MSB $32 hex
(address page of module A) and LSB $04 hex (address number of Mix parameter) needs to be set to a value of
8192. According to the explanation on page 13, the upper 7 bit of the value are $40 hex and the lower 7 bit are $00
hex:

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 01 00 32 04 40 00 F7

Since the introduction of the Morphing feature, there is a second value (called “B Value”) that spans a range within
which a controller can morph. So, the message can be optionally extended by another 14 bit value. This example
sets the parameter to be morphable from center value to maximum.

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 01 00 32 04 40 00 7F 7F F7
 SYSEX Definition 31

Multi Parameter Change

To change a whole bunch of parameters you can send multiple values for a whole range of parameters by using
function code $02 and repeating the value MSB/LSB bytes in a message:

Function Instance Controller Controller Value MSB Value LSB Value MSB* Value LSB*
Code MSB LSB
The function Addresses The upper The lower The upper The lower The upper The lower
code for a the instance 7-bit of the 7-bit of the 7-bit of the 7-bit of the 7-bit of the 7-bit of the
single of the 14-bit 14-bit 14-bit 14-bit 14-bit value 14-bit value
parameter parameter. NRPN NRPN value. value. of the next of the next
change is $02 The address. address. NRPN NRPN
PROFILER address. address.
only supports
one instance Repeat with Value
which is MSB/LSB for more values
always 0. (up to 128 values)

Table 7: message part for a multi parameter change

Example: To set the values for all (numeric) module A parameters starting with address page $32 hex and first
address number $00 hex send:

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 02 00 32 00 00 03 00 01 4C 04 .. .. F7
 SYSEX Definition 32

Morphed Multi Parameter Change

To change a whole bunch of parameters you can send multiple values for a whole range of parameters by using
function code $08 and repeating the value MSB/LSB bytes in a message:

Function Instance Controller Controller Value MSB Value LSB Morphed MSB* Morphed LSB*
Code (always 0) MSB LSB
(Repeat until block is (Repeat until block is complete)
$08 complete) must be the same number of
uint16_T as before in “Value”

Table 8: message part for a morphed multi parameter change

 SYSEX Definition 33

String Parameter Change

A number of parameters present text (“string”) values. These string parameters have their own batch of controller
numbers, which are listed on Appendix C.

The string controllers can be encoded using function code $03 and character bytes using ASCII encoding:

Function Code Instance Controller MSB Controller LSB Characters… $00

The function Addresses The upper 7-bit of The lower 7-bit of A 7-bit value A null byte ($00)
code for text the instance the 14-bit NRPN the 14-bit NRPN representing an terminating the
value: $03 of the address (string address. ASCII character. string.
parameter. controller) Concatenate as
The many characters
PROFILER being necessary.
only supports Use only valid
one instance characters (see
which is Appendix A (valid
always 0. ASCII
characters))

Table 9: message part for a string parameter change

Example: to set the string “Hello” as current Rig Name (string #0001) send:

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 03 00 00 01 48 65 6C 6C 6F 00 F7
 SYSEX Definition 34

BLOB Parameter Change

A number of parameters present binary objects (“BLOBs”). These BLOB parameters have their own batch of
controller numbers. They exist in parallel to the numeric and string parameters.

The content of a BLOB is, by definition, “hands off” and should not be altered.

Function Instance Controller Controller Start Start Size Size Content

Code MSB LSB MSB LSB MSB LSB
The Addresses the The upper The lower The The The The N times a 7-
function instance of the 7-bit of the 7-bit of the upper 7- lower 7- upper 7- lower 7- bit value
code for parameter. The 14-bit 14-bit bit of bit of bit of bit of where N is
text PROFILER only NRPN NRPN the 14- the 14- the 14- the 14- the number
value: supports one address address. bit start bit start bit size bit size given in the
$04 instance which is (BLOB offset offset size
always 0. controller) attribute.

Table 10: message part for a BLOB parameter

Currently, only a start offset of 0 (null) is supported. If the content size doesn’t match the announced size, the
message will be ignored.
 SYSEX Definition 35

Extended Parameter/Extended String Parameter Change

The “extended” function codes $06/$07 are equal to those for $02/$03, except that the controller number and value
are not encoded in 2, but in 5 bytes – this allows an address range of 231 and a value range of 2 32 for numeric
controllers. The encoding is Big Endian, and additional bits are ignored. The encoding looks like this:

Given a 32-bit value:

Bits 24-31 Bit 16-23 Bit 8-15 Bit 0-7

MSB LSB

Figure 1: 32 bit values and their bytes

Will be encoded to 5 bytes:

MSB LSB
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Byte 0: _ _ _ _ 7 6 5 4
Byte 1: _ 3 2 1 0 7 6 5
Byte 2: _ 4 3 2 1 0 7 6
Byte 3: _ 5 4 3 2 1 0 7
Byte 4: _ 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

Figure 2: 32 bit numbers encoded to 5 MIDI data bytes

This way, bit 7 (MSB) is kept clear for MIDI transmission.

 SYSEX Definition 36

Request Single Parameter

The function code $41 can be used to request a single numeric value for an NRPN parameter. The requested value
will be returned with function code $01.

Function Code Instance Controller MSB Controller LSB

The function code for a Addresses the instance of The upper 7-bit of the The lower 7-bit of the
single parameter request is the parameter. The 14-bit NRPN address. 14-bit NRPN address.
$41 PROFILER only supports
one instance which is
always 0.

Table 11: message part for a single parameter request

Example: Request the value of the effect type currently residing in module C. The address page is $34 hex (effect
module C) and the address number is $00 hex (effect type):

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 41 00 34 00 F7

If a parameter is requested that does not exist, the request will be ignored, and nothing will be returned.
 SYSEX Definition 37

Request Multi Parameter

The function code $42 can be used to request a number of numeric values for an NRPN parameter block. The
requested value will be returned with function code $02. You might notice that there is no size attribute defined. The
response covers all parameters of the requested unit. Expect up to 128 values.

Function Code Instance Controller MSB Controller LSB

The function code for a Addresses the instance of the The upper 7-bit of the The lower 7-bit of the
single parameter request parameter. The PROFILER 14-bit NRPN address. 14-bit NRPN address.
is $42 only supports one instance
which is always 0.

Table 12: message part for a multi parameter request

Example: Request the current values of all parameters in effect module MOD (address page $3A hex) starting with
first address number $00 hex:

F0 00 20 33 02 7Ff 42 00 3A 00 F7

If the controller does not exist, or the request does not address the first controller number in a unit, the request will
be ignored. No data will be returned.
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Request String Parameter

The function code $43 can be used to request a textual value for a string parameter. The requested text value will be
returned with function code $03.

Function Code Instance Controller MSB Controller LSB

The function code for a Addresses the instance of the The upper 7-bit of the The lower 7-bit of the
single parameter request parameter. The PROFILER 14-bit NRPN address. 14-bit NRPN address.
is $43 only supports one instance
which is always 0.

Table 13: message part for a string parameter request

Example: Request the current values for the current Rig Name:

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 43 00 00 01 F7

See Appendix C for tag addresses.

Request Extended String Parameter

The function code $47 can also be used to request a textual value for a string parameter. The requested text value
will be returned with function code $07 or $032. The controller number needs to be encoded with 5 bytes (instead of
2). Encoding can be found on page 35.

2
If the encoded controller number is lower than 16384 (the range of 14-bit) the response might use function code $03.
 SYSEX Definition 39

Request Parameter Value as Rendered String

Function code $7C is a bit special, as it allows you to retrieve the string representation for a specific value of a
parameter.

Caution: this function can be costly in terms of CPU time.

Function Code Flags Controller MSB Controller LSB Value MSB Value LSB
The function *reserved* The upper 7-bit of The lower 7-bit of The upper 7-bit The lower 7-bit
code $7C the 14-bit NRPN the 14-bit NRPN of the 14-bit of the 14-bit
address. address. value. value.

Table 14: message part for a string render request

Example: To request the character string for a value of 8192 for the parameter Ducking in module DLY, send:

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 7C 00 3C 35 40 00 F7

The response will look like this:

F0 00 20 33 02 7F 3C 00 3C 35 40 00 3C 30 2E 30 3E 00 F7
< 0 . 0 >

Function code of the response is $3C. After the flags, the controller MSB/LSB and value MSB/LSB, the actual string
is then available, terminated by a zero-byte. In this case, the rendered string is “<0.0>”.
 Appendix A (valid ASCII characters) 40

Appendix A (valid ASCII characters)

Valid characters for strings parameters (“tags”). For Rig and Author Names no space shall be followed by another
space.

Character ASCII Code Character ASCII Code Character ASCII Code

A-Z $41-$5A ( $28 \ $5C
a-z $61-$7A ) $29 = $3D
0-9 $30-$39 * $2A : $3A
! $21 + $2B ; $3B
$ $24 - $2D _ $5F
& $26 . $2E # $23
‘ $27 / $2F ? $3F
(SPACE) $20

Table 15: ASCII characters allowed in tags

 Appendix B (list of Effect Types) 41

Appendix B (list of Effect Types)

Effect Type Value MSB Value LSB combined
empty 0 0 0
Wah Wah 0 1 1
Wah Low Pass 0 2 2
Wah High Pass 0 3 3
Wah Vowel Filter 0 4 4
Wah Phaser 0 6 6
Wah Flanger 0 7 7
Wah Rate Reducer 0 8 8
Wah Ring Modulator 0 9 9
Wah Freq Shifter 0 10 10
Pedal Pitch 0 11 11
Wah Formant Shifter 0 12 12
Pedal Vinyl Stop 0 13 13
Bit Shaper 0 17 17
Octa Shaper 0 18 18
Soft Shaper 0 19 19
Hard Shaper 0 20 20
Wave Shaper 0 21 21
Kemper Drive 0 32 32
Green Scream 0 33 33
Plus DS 0 34 34
One DS 0 35 35
Muffin 0 36 36
Mouse 0 37 37
Kemper Fuzz 0 38 38
Metal DS 0 39 39
Full OC 0 42 42
Compressor 0 49 49
Auto Swell 0 50 50
Noise Gate 2:1 0 57 57
Noise Gate 4:1 0 58 58
Space 0 64 64
 Appendix B (list of Effect Types) 42

Vintage Chorus 0 65 65
Hyper Chorus 0 66 66
Air Chorus 0 67 67
Vibrato 0 68 68
Rotary Speaker 0 69 69
Tremolo 0 70 70
Micro Pitch 0 71 71
Phaser 0 81 81
Phaser Vibe 0 82 82
Phaser Oneway 0 83 83
Flanger 0 89 89
Flanger Oneway 0 91 91
Graphic Equalizer 0 97 97
Studio Equalizer 0 98 98
Metal Equalizer 0 99 99
Acoustic Simulator 0 100 100
Stereo Widener 0 101 101
Phase Widener 0 102 102
Delay Widener 0 103 103
Double Tracker 0 104 104
Treble Booster 0 113 113
Lead Booster 0 114 114
Pure Booster 0 115 115
Wah Pedal Booster 0 116 116
Loop Mono 0 121 121
Loop Stereo 0 122 122
Loop Distortion 0 123 123
Transpose 1 1 129
Chromatic Pitch 1 2 130
Harmonic Pitch 1 3 131
Analog Octaver 1 4 132
Dual Chromatic 1 9 137
Dual Harmonic 1 10 138
Dual Crystal 1 11 139
Dual Loop Pitch 1 12 140
Legacy Delay 1 17 145
Single Delay 1 18 146
Dual Delay 1 19 147
 Appendix B (list of Effect Types) 43

Two Tap Delay 1 20 148

Serial TwoTap Delay 1 21 149
Crystal Delay 1 22 150
Loop Pitch Delay 1 23 151
Freq Shifter Delay 1 24 152
Rhythm Delay 1 33 161
Melody Chromatic 1 34 162
Melody Harmonic 1 35 163
Quad Delay 1 36 164
Quad Chromatic 1 37 165
Quad Harmonic 1 38 166
Legacy Reverb 1 49 177
Natural Reverb 1 50 178
Easy Reverb 1 51 179
Echo Reverb 1 52 180
Cirrus Reverb 1 53 181
Formant Reverb 1 54 182
Ionosphere Reverb 1 55 183
Spring Reverb 1 65 193

Table 16: Effect Type values

 Appendix C (string list) 44

Appendix C (string list)

Tags (Address Page 0 ($00 hex))

1 Rig Name

2 Rig Author

3 Rig Creation Date

4 Rig Comment

10 Amp Name

11 Amp Author

14 Amp Location

15 Amp Manufacturer

16 Amp Comment

18 Amp Model

19 Amp Channel

20 Pickup Type

21 Year of Production

32 Cabinet Name

33 Cabinet Author

36 Cabinet Location

37 Cabinet Manufacturer

38 Microphone Model
 Appendix C (string list) 45

39 Cabinet Comment

40 Microphone Position

41 Speaker Configuration

42 Cabinet Model

44 Speaker Manufacturer

45 Speaker Model