The KEMPER PROFILER is an innovative industry leading digital guitar amplifier and all-in-one effects processor.

Hailed as a game-changer by guitarists the world over, the Kemper PROFILER is the first digital guitar amp to realistically replicate the full dynamic sounds of a tube guitar or bass amp. This is made possible by accurately capturing the way an amp sounds and reacts to inputs in a process called Profiling.

For decades, the electric guitarist has been shackled to the tube amplifier as the only means of achieving "that sound". This magical combination is by no means ideal - the challenge to achieve a consistent sound from the practice room to the studio, and especially to the stage, continues to frustrate guitarists, just as it has since the early 1940s.

PROFILER Head White – The Original
The all-in-one solution for electric guitar and bass

The PROFILER Head™, is the original offering of the unique PROFILING™ and FX technology. All packed comfortably in one convenient Head device that looks great on both, studio desks and on guitar cabinets in the rehearsal room and on stage.

The PROFILER Head features the full PROFILER™ experience with amp Profiles from the best studios, a preamp STOMPS section with 4 Slots, EQ and CABINET plus 4 more slots for stereo EFFECTS. The arsenal of FX (STOMPS and stereo EFFECTS) is constantly updated and 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 Head features a number of also industry leading routing possibilities: 2 x MAIN OUTPUT in stereo, Monitor Out, 2 x Guitar In, Send/ Return (loop for ext. FX), MIDI, S/PDIF, USB, 2 x for Switches/ Expression Pedals.

PROFILER Head can be remote controlled with either MIDI or the PROFILER Remote™ Pedal. Connected to a router device the PROFILER Head can also be controlled wirelessly from an iPadOS compatible tablet with the Rig Manager. The complete librarian and editing software Rig Manager works via USB and makes organizing and editing your personal Rigs and Performances a breeze.

Recording Studio

The PROFILER revolutionizes the typical workflow of a recording session. Guitarists can now move freely between projects - the PROFILEs of their guitar rigs allowing them to do overdubs or alternative takes whenever they like. You could rent a professional studio for a day or two to create the best PROFILEs of your amps, and then record in your project studio later - you'll have the exact sound of the professional studio, but with all the time in the world.
Think reamping … Imagine you're working on the final mix of an album - wouldn't it be great to reamp tracks with the exact same sound and response, without having to rebuild the entire recording setup for each song?
 
On Stage

Playing live is where the PROFILER really comes into its own - just spend a little time making PROFILEs in the studio, and you can play live with the exact same sound that you used on your blockbuster hit, only without the need for multiple amp setups on stage. You will sound better than ever before through the PA.

Since the sound of the cabinet you mic’ed in the studio is immortalized in the PROFILE, there is no need to mic a speaker cab on stage. In fact, you don't have to carry a cabinet up on stage at all! You can monitor yourself via the common stage-monitor wedge and save a lot of backache and cargo costs. Not to mention your band mates (and mixing engineer), who might just love you for leaving this very loud sound source at home!

Of course, you might still be drawn to the raw energy that a real cabinet can bring to the rehearsal room and live stage. The KEMPER PROFILER is well prepared for this as well - you can still drive a cabinet by an external power-amp, fed by the monitor outputs of the PROFILER. Or, for ultimate convenience, our 'powered' PROFILER versions are equipped with a built-in Class-D amplifier with up to 600W output. To prevent the amp sound going through two guitar cabinets in a row, the virtual cabinet can be switched off for the outputs feeding the monitor and speakers, while remaining active for the main outputs feeding the PA.

Now, as the real cabinet is only being used as your personal monitor, you can adjust your volume on stage independently, without affecting the signal volume going to front-of-house.
 
At Home

Let's face it - rocking-out at home is difficult for most of us. Analog tube amps only start to sing at levels where the only neighbors who’ll enjoy your 10min rock’n’roll extravaganza will be the ones who live half-a-mile away! The PROFILER, however, sounds great at any level.
Play it through your home stereo or through headphones. Use the dedicated ‘Space’ effect to make headphones a more pleasurable experience, and to reduce ear fatigue. Play along to your favorite music by connecting your MP3 player to the auxiliary in, and then mixing it with the amp signal.