Kemper Profiler Stage MK 2

Like its predecessor, the Profiler Stage MK2 offers the ability to accurately "profile" the sound characteristics of real guitar and bass amplifiers and save them as presets. In addition, users can access thousands of professionally created rigs – from boutique amps to the classics. The MK2 version expands the concept with seven additional effect slots, meaning users can run complex signal routing right through the device itself. It's operated using the integrated footboard, which has a clearly structured user interface, four pedal inputs, a brightly lit colour display, and direct access to all relevant parameters. One new feature is the integrated eight-channel USB audio interface for recording and re-amping – a huge plus for DAW users. Send/return options, headphone output, MIDI, S/PDIF, and XLR and jack outputs – as well as extensive routing options – will put the Stage MK2 straight at heart of any setup.

German firm Kemper Amps, or rather its founder Christoph Kemper, is no stranger to the music industry. His very first product, the virtual-analogue Access Virus synthesizer, was far ahead of its time and brought the company both unexpected success and an impressive reputation within the music profession. Continuing the momentum of this success, the company then developed the “Profiler” technology, which allows an astonishingly realistic reproduction of the sound of a miked amplifier to be made and thus represents the dawn of a new era in digital amplifier simulation. This technology is currently available in different variants of the Kemper Profiler system: As a basic head, as a top with a powerful Class-D power amp integrated, as a rack-mountable unit, and even as a floorboard.