Kemper Profiler MK 2

[MirrorProfiles]

I totally get it . I think you just need to say “ do I like the results “ and if the answer is yes it has its place. I think the player experience is better on the kemper than most other platforms but I still play tubes 95% of the time.

You see, my issue is that I can make a model of a Rectifier and a JCM800 and the profiles end up sharing characteristics that the real amps don't. Similarly, models of amps like Selmer T&B and Peavey Triple XXX/JSX or Krank Revolutions struggled to capture correctly.

For my needs, playing experience ranks pretty low because I can have a good playing experience on equipment I think is "bad". A Marshall Valvestate and Alesis Reverb is just as much fun to me as any of the fancy gear, and I'm similarly agnostic with digital.

I did like that the Kemper had buttons to quickly turn things on/off, but I hated the menu scrolling, typing, tiny screen, bang average converters etc. Theres a lot that a Mark II could have improved but they essentially left most of the low hanging fruit alone.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Depends how you do it. Set the amp up in the studio and profile it then fine tune it through the same cab without moving it. You can get very close. Some amp types work better than others but it’s mostly good.

Except for high gain. Otherwise, it’s super.

 

[mbenigni]

ONLY FULL DEFINITION FOR THIS GUY
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#legend

 

[madmarcus1960]

" German Jizz " .... now if that isn't a name for a Euro Ultra Metal Band I don't know what is

Great name for a modeled germanium fuzz

 

[RiffDuck]

Except for high gain. Otherwise, it’s super.

High gain is the hardest thing to perfectly model and/or capture across the entire digital amp world.

I'm starting to suspect that true high gain partially comes from some sort of etherial chug dimension that we cannot access via technology

Maybe DMT holds the answers, as usual

 

[paisleywookiee]

High gain is the hardest thing to perfectly model and/or capture across the entire digital amp world.

I'm starting to suspect that true high gain partially comes from some sort of etherial chug dimension that we cannot access via technology

Maybe DMT holds the answers, as usual

Fractal, Neural, NAM, and Tonex all figured it out, in very different ways.

 

[RiffDuck]

in very different ways

Exactly; they all figured something out, but they haven't figured IT out, otherwise they'd all sound the same

Edit: feces cannot bury the truth @paisleywookiee

 

[RiffDuck]

Hey !

-> go to the Kemper Rig Exchange
-> in the Filter Box enter "Dill "
-> then Un-check everything under the Filter Box -except- Author
-> then you will see the 3 x Peavey 6505 Thomas Dill Profiles all uploaded on 05 March 2026
-> D/L as you wish

Hope this helps

I'm waiting on the MBritt 2.0 Liquid Packs before turning on my boxed up Kemper Player as this sounds and tones are basically exactly what I prefer and exclusively used for a few years back when I ran the MK1 Kemper.

Given Orvillain said above they sound pretty good ... I take that as a potentially promising sign for 2.0 ... given these types of tones aren't ones I ever use or play with.

All the best !

Okay so I played on them for a bit, and it's definitely an improvement over 1.0. There's a little more "space", and it doesn't have as much of that upfront Kemper midrange. However, there still isn't the dynamics I can get out of pretty much anything else nowadays. But again the gain and built-in OD just aren't right; it's also far too tame for showcasing a freakin' 6505. I feel like the Kemper community is filled with the types of guitarists that will be like "oh you want some EVH 5153? Check this out" and upload 6 profiles of the green channel through a Fender 1x12

 

[Tanax]

Exactly; they all figured something out, but they haven't figured IT out, otherwise they'd all sound the same

Edit: feces cannot bury the truth @paisleywookiee

I don't get this. I'm in no way a modeler champion, but why would they sound the same? Just like different real amps make high gain sound different, so does modelers/capturers.

 

[RiffDuck]

I don't get this. I'm in no way a modeler champion, but why would they sound the same? Just like different real amps make high gain sound different, so does modelers/capturers.

Maybe I worded it poorly? I meant the gain structures are all slightly different - every modeler has its own flavor. They're all their own interpretation of high gain amps, none being exact replicas of the real thing. If they all totally and conclusively nailed it, then you could line up the same amp settings for each modeler using the same DI through the same cab, and it would all ideally be virtually identical. But they're not. Fractal has its own thing, Kemper has its own thing, NDSP has its own thing, and so on.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Exactly; they all figured something out, but they haven't figured IT out, otherwise they'd all sound the same

Edit: feces cannot bury the truth @paisleywookiee

Except the good ones do sound similar. And stop with the truth bullshit, unless you’ve got actual evidence to back things up with. It’s my opinion just as much as it is yours.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Jesus chill tf out - what's some of you guys problem? I thought this place was chill

You’ll get over it.

 

[Mongillo19]

Jesus chill tf out - what's some of you guys problem? I thought this place was chill

 

[RiffDuck]

Except the good ones do sound similar.

So anyways, I already agree they're similar. I said they all have their own flavor; none are identical to the real thing.

unless you’ve got actual evidence to back things up with.

I don't even know what you mean here. Evidence that modelers are at all different from the real amp?

 

[Digital Igloo]

Trying to catch up a little bit - well, it becomes more and more clear that CK is one creepy dude (reflected by his company and forum as well).

This is unfair. Christoph is super chill, extremely nice, and is genuinely passionate about gear. Have hung out with him and the Kemper team multiple times and there's nothing creepy about him.

 

[Sascha Franck]

This is unfair. Christoph is super chill, extremely nice, and is genuinely passionate about gear. Have hung out with him and the Kemper team multiple times and there's nothing creepy about him.

Well, maybe he just had a bad day then - I kinda "met" the guy many moons back (when Frankfurt Musikmesse was still a thing). In quotes because I actually just listened to him talking to a smaller group of folks I was among and instantly didn't feel like getting involved.
And honestly, the way their forum is operated doesn't exactly speak for them, either (no idea how much of an impact he has, though).

 

[RiffDuck]

And honestly, the way their forum is operated doesn't exactly speak for them

I keep seeing this mentioned. What's the deal with their forum?

 

[Deadpan]

I keep seeing this mentioned. What's the deal with their forum?

They like threads to stay on topic so when new users are browsing they can find info easy.

They can sometimes be heavy handed but I dont think it is intended the way it feels sometimes.

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

It's almost like Kemper want to have their cake and eat it - hey guys, it's a profiler, capture your amps, it is super accurate! But also it's a modeller, and you can craft a unique tone

Considering Stadium with Proxy, makes sense they'd start trying to push that angle.

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

Except for high gain. Otherwise, it’s super.

Or anything relying on power tube distortion