Profiler MK 2 Rack

The all-in-one solution for electric guitar and bass

The PROFILER MK 2 Rack comes as a 3U/ 19" Rack device that comfortably and nicely fits into touring racks and of course as well into your dedicated studio rack furniture. It offers the unique PROFILING and FX technology.

The PROFILER Rack MK 2 features the full PROFILER experience with Amp PROFILE s from the best studios, a preamp section with 6 Fixed FX plus 4 flexible effect modules, AMP and CABINET followed by 2 more stereo Fixed FX plus 4 more flexible stereo effect modules. The arsenal of FX belongs to the most complete and best FX collections in the entire industry.

Performance switching and FX activation is seamless and unique. The also unique Morphing technology allows for smooth control of unlimited continuous parameters to blend amp settings, FX, and levels.

The PROFILER Rack features a number of also industry leading routing possibilities: MAIN OUTPUT in Stereo, MONITOR OUTPUT optionally stereo, 2 x guitar inputs, SEND / RETURN (loop for ext. FX), MIDI, S/PDIF (slave or master at 44.1, 48, 88.2, or 96 kHz at 24-bit), USB (4 channels in plus 4 channels out), 2 x for switches / expression pedals.

PROFILER Rack can be remotely controlled with either the PROFILER Remote pedal or MIDI. Connected to a WiFi router the PROFILER Rack can also be controlled wirelessly from an iOS, Android or FireOS device with Rig Manager. The complete librarian and editing software Rig Manager for Windows and for macOS connects via USB and makes organizing and editing your personal Rigs and Performances a breeze.

Features:

• KEMPER PROFILING technology.
• Amp PROFILE s from various top studios and tone designers.
• Studio grade FX.
• Most comprehensive output section features full-range, guitar cabinet and KEMPER Kone modes.
• Performance Mode with seamless preset switching.
• Unique Morphing.
• Wireless remote editing with iOS, iPadOS, Android, and FireOS devices.
• The Best Amps in the World.

What can we say? Everything is in there — all the tones the PROFILER is famous for. A huge collection of Rigs from the world's best tone creators.
Studio-grade and stomp FX, featuring the big machine-type delays and reverb FX that are unparalleled in sound and versatility.

Create your own PROFILEs

Own some great sounding amps? Just go ahead — mic 'em up and create your own PROFILEs. Tweak them to your liking and play them at home, in the rehearsal room, and on stage. Share the PROFILEs — maybe even sell them.

Unique Real-time Control and Morphing feature

Connect up to four expression pedals and morph seamlessly between even the most extreme sound settings. Your performance will become more dynamic and organic than you ever believed possible!
If you'd prefer to use fewer pedals, functions can be combined without limiting your creativity.

Include your Pedals and/or Rack FX units

Need to bring in external effects? Just activate the internal FX loop for your external gear. It works with both line and instrument levels for perfect.

Create your own profiles from your own amps:

• If you happen to have access to tube amps, feel free to make your own profiles. You will probably feel more familiar with profiles of your own gear, than with those other people have made.
• It might be also a nice idea to hire a professional studio for a day or two, where you can create your signature profiles with the help of an experienced sound engineer. You then have the luxury of being able to use these profiles wherever you like, and with no time constraints.
• If you are tracking in a studio, you should profile the guitar amps that you record with. Later, you simply take these profiles with you and know that you can recreate the exact sound of the recording, both in the rehearsal studio and live on stage.

Share your own creations

If you are looking for a particular sound, search the Rig Exchange database on the Kemper website, and download profiles and rigs from fellow users.

So much more than just flicking channels.

Play completely different amp models rather than just switching amp channels on stage! Imagine playing the verse with a sparkling profile of a 1965 black-faced 2x12" combo, done in a premiere studio in Nashville, while burning through the solo with a hot-rodded, British 100Watts monster, driving a 4x12" cab you just profiled last week in your buddy's rehearsal space:

• The Amplifier Section.

The Amplifier section is the heart of the Kemper Profiler. The sound of the amplifier is based on the profile loaded into the rig. A great selection of intuitive and powerful macro parameters empowers you to perform modifications which are impossible with an traditional hardware amplifier.

Many things become possible from changing the age of the virtual hardware to the response to your play. You gain direct access to tube settings, such as the tube symmetry:

• The Equalizer Section.

The Kemper Profiler is equipped with a traditional bass / mid / treble / presence equalizer similar to what you already know and love from many amp heads. Kemper found that many equalizers used in the tone stack section of more or less famous amplifiers lack of grip and blur your sound in an unnecessary fashion.

That's why they decided to go with their own, original design which is based on a traditional tone stack but is designed to deliver what you expect from a modern pro-grade equalizer:

• The Cabinet Section.

The Kemper Profiler captures the cabinet as a part of a profile. Thanks to digital alchemy we can distinguish in between the cabinet and the amp head within a profile and therefore enable you to mix and match both in which ever way you like. Imagine you can exchange cabinets freely in between amps, even though those amps were combo amps before. You can even warp cabinets from "tiny as a cigarette box" to "larger than life" with one parameter:

• The Stomp Boxes.

The Kemper Profiler offers 4 independent stomp effects slots which can host a full arsenal of stomp box effects including painstakingly modeled famous overdrive and distortion stomp boxes, compressor, reverb, several delays, and a beautiful rotary speaker emulation.

We've also created accurate models of classic retro modulation effects such as a variety of chorus, phaser and flanger pedals. All stomp effects can be edited and copied conveniently between presets. And for your overview and convenience, we use color coded LEDs indicating which type of stomp has been used per slot:

• Looping In and Out External Effects.

The Kemper Profiler includes an external effects loop which you can patch in anywhere among the virtual stomps boxes. The location and other details can be stored per rig. The monitor outputs also can serve as a pure analog buffer amp for re-amping:

• The Master Section.

The master effects section features reverb, delay and additional slots for stomp boxes and studio effects to refine your amplifier's tone. The six knobs on the front panel offer convenient access to the most important settings. The reverb section features a dense and lively reverb algorithm which won't mask the original signal. The delay section features several tape and stereo delay algorithms which can be synched to MIDI clock. A special control allows for continuous crossfade between a serial and parallel routing of the delay and reverb. Both delay and reverb feature a full spillover when switching between rigs. Tails are never cut off at any time, even when the upcoming rig features totally different effects:

• The Input Stage.

Thanks to a Hi-Z input optimized for passive guitar pickups, the Kemper Profiler offers a crystal clear signal path. We use only professional-grade analogue components to ensure that your guitar tone remains unchanged.

We include a single-knob smart noise gate on the front panel that is completely transparent. It's faster than any other noise gate we have experienced and doesn't need an adjustment of the release time. Damping a string results in immediate silence:

• The Output Stage.

The Kemper Profiler features two independent main outputs which can be used in multiple ways. The mains feature a balanced studio level connection and a parallel pair or TSRs. The monitor output optionally provides the amplifier's sound without the cabinet. This proves beneficial for musicians with an existing power amp / cabinet on stage.

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