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Guitar/Bass Amplifier Modeling Processor with Stereo FX Loop and Integrated 14-switch Remote - Black
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Guitar/Bass Amp Modeler with Integrated Remote

Players asked, and Kemper delivered — in a big way! The Kemper Profiler Stage gives you all the performance power of a full-size Kemper rack or toaster unit in a sleek and streamlined pedalboard format. Hundreds of the most carefully replicated amps, stomps, and studio effects await you in the Profiler Stage’s stock library with thousands more available in the free Rig Exchange cloud. You can even profile your own amps and cabs for an all-access pass to your favorite tones of all time. The Profiler Stage’s soft-touch switches make stepping through Performances (songs) and toggling virtual stomps simpler than ever. Around back, stereo effects loops, MIDI remote/expression pedal integration, and plenty of digital and analog I/O make the Profiler Stage one of the most powerful performance platforms to hit the market.

Preloaded with hundreds of choice Rigs

Right out of the box, the Kemper Profiler Stage includes hundreds of mouthwatering amps, stomps, and studio effects that are just itching to be played. Connect the Profiler Stage to your cab, PA, FRFR, or interface, and you’re all set to perform and record the second this board hits your doorstep.

Infinitely expandable

Need a Tweed-y clean or a British lead for a particular session? Locating the Rig of your dreams is as simple as searching and auditioning sounds from the free Rig Exchange. These user-generated Rigs are not models — they’re real-world amps and stomps from the most elite guitar/bass setups on the planet, precisely profiled using Kemper’s patented Profiling technology.

Optional Mission Engineering expression pedal (shown) not included

Three operating modes

The streamlined Kemper Profiler Stage is a fine-tuned machine built for the performance environment. Its two performance modes equip you for any playing scenario from casual jamming to television prime time, while its profiling mode permits access to virtual realizations of your personal amp collection, even thousands of miles from your home studio.

  • Browser mode — Navigate and select Rigs from your stored library. You can store up to 999 profiles on your Profiler Stage and cycle through at will for instant jamming and recording inspiration.
  • Performer mode — Map out entire songs’ worth of Rigs (125 songs, five slots per Performance) and step through tones using the five designated switches. This is the perfect way to access verse, chorus, lead, bridge, and solo tones — just as easily as traditional stompboxes — without having to cycle through presets.
  • Profiler mode — Kemper’s calling card is its ability to re-create your exact amp and effects chains in the digital realm, and the Profiler Stage proves to be no exception. Bring signals in through Return 1’s TRS port to store digital snapshots of all your favorite amps/cabs/effects chains.

Impressive I/O

The Profiler Stage gives you even more I/O — two effects loops (which can be run in stereo) and four dedicated pedal inputs — to interface with your outboard guitar gear in even more impressive ways. Kemper Rigs behave just like real amps: drive the input to unlock juicer, richer overdrives, or introduce ambient effects into the loops to create breathtaking repeats and washes. With the Kemper Profiler Stage from Sweetwater, what gear you take on the road and how you use it is entirely up to you.

Kemper Profiler Stage Pedalboard Features:

  • Kemper’s flagship amplifier modeling processor, now with integrated remote
  • Three operating modes: Browser, Performer, and Profiler
  • Preloaded with hundreds of the most requested guitar/bass Rigs
  • Thousands of free Rigs available in the Rig Exchange cloud
  • Dedicated stomps for Rig cycling, Performance stepping, and stomp toggling
  • Bright display holds up to indoor/outdoor stage environment
  • Loaded with digital and analog I/O
  • Stereo effects loops for integration with your stereo effects pedals
  • MIDI I/O allows for remote switching
  • 1/4" footswitch and expression pedal inputs unlock even greater hands-free performance control

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Tech Specs

  • Pedal Type: Amp Modeling Profiler, Multi-FX Pedalboard
  • Analog/Digital: Digital
  • Effects Types: Kemper Stomp FX, Delay, Reverb
  • Amp Modeling: Preloaded Amp Models, Kemper Rig Exchange Cloud, Capture New Profiles
  • Looper: 30 seconds (full speed), 60 seconds (half speed)
  • Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (instrument), 4 x 1/4" TRS (Return)
  • Digital Inputs: 1 x Coax (S/PDIF)
  • Outputs: 2 x XLR (Main L, R), 2 x 1/4" TS (Main L, R), 2 x 1/4" (monitor L, R), 2 x 1/4" TS (Send)
  • Digital Outputs: 1 x Coax (S/PDIF)
  • USB: 1 x USB-A (memory), 1 x USB-B (USB Audio)
  • MIDI I/O: In, Out
  • Headphones: 1 x 1/8" TRS
  • Expression Control: 4 x 1/4" (switching/expression pedals)
  • Software: Rig Manager, Rig Exchange
  • Compatibility: MacOS 10.14 or later, iOS 13 or later, Window 10 or later
  • Power Source: Standard IEC AC cable
  • Height: 3.35"
  • Width: 18.5"
  • Depth: 10.24"
  • Weight: 10.1 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: Profiler Stage

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Rated 5/5

Long Time Helix User

Ok, so I bought a Helix after being able to demo one at a store locally and was blown away and bought it the same day. Fast forward a year to meeting someone that had a Kemper Stage and I got to play around on it and WOW. The feel of this is inspirational to say the least. Very small learning curve with all the right amenities for guitar tone. Yes the helix has more effects but the ones you have with the Kemper are exactly the right ones. I own 4 Tube heads from Mesa's to Marshall's and find this to be exactly what I was looking for with its small footprint and tone that really is like playing my tube amps and don't get me started about the ability to track my guitars through it as a USB interface. Did I mention I use my iPad to interact with the Kemper wirelessly for editing. If you have a choice between the 2 units, do yourself a favor play a Kemper and a Helix before buying because I believe your ears and hands will make your decision for you. A true Kemper fan now and inspired more than ever to play.
Rated 5/5

Sounds great

I have been a fractal user for years, I had some time ago a Fractal FM3, and I had my doubts if Kemper was going to sound better, if it does, it sounds better to my ears, better dynamics and great tone , besides, You have many more button options. If it is in you budget just buy it, you won't get dissatisfied
Rated 5/5

Amazing!

Great stuff, amazing support coverage, really glad to have it in my home now.
Music background: 8 years playing guitar, currently playing for Eris Devotion band, working in our debut album
Rated 4.5/5

Yes, it's that good!

I was pretty optimistic when I ordered the Kemper Stage, and I’m happy to say it exceeds my expectations!

Brand X modeling amps have been very popular, and I’ve heard a ton of them, recorded several, played through a couple, and never liked a single one. They just don’t sound right to my ears. The Kemper might seem at first like another digital re-creation all-in-one package that’s too good to be true, but it’s completely different from those modelers.

The amp profiling system Kemper has developed is genius, and sounds much better than modeling. If a great modeling amp gets you 80 percent of the sound of the real amp, the Kemper is more like 95 percent. If you feel like a good modeler gets you 95 percent there, then the Kemper is more like 99.9 percent. Some have written that the Kemper profiles do a better job with distorted amp sounds than with clean sounds, but all the amp profiles I’ve heard are fantastic, and right now my favorite rig that I’ve created in my Kemper is based around a clean Fender Super Reverb profile.

Some have written that the amp profiles are great, but the other effects are just ok. The effects are excellent sounding, they’re just not always convincing re-creations of classic effects. The reverbs, delays, chorus, flangers, and phasers are all top-notch. They can tend to be on the cool side, although the chorus is very rich and lush and completely satisfying to me as a more convenient alternative to my AnalogMan Small Clone chorus. The delays are just as good sounding and way more flexible than the popular green pedal everyone has. The wah and filter effects seem to require a good amount of tweaking to bring them to life, but I’ve gotten some great results after a bit of work. The distortion and fuzz effects sounded a little off to me at first, but after doing a software upgrade they sounded much better. They’re not perfect imitations of classic stomps, but they do a great job, and with so many wonderful overdriven amp profiles that you can switch to instantly, you really only need the distortion effects if you want their sound.

Aside from the fabulous sound in a small and powerful package, the Kemper Stage sports some surprising, refreshing, and highly professional details. The layout is clean and easy to understand and use. Browsing through profiles, rigs, and presets is a bit clunky in some ways, but the controls and display work together to make it very workable, if a bit slow sometimes. Mapping effect slots to bypass switches is easy and even fun, and you can map it so one switch turns on one effect while turning off another, or toggles two effects together. All the hardware is solid as a rock, the lights and display are bright and clear without being blinding. The built-in tuner is a super-precise virtual strobe tuner, which is a real surprise in an all-in-one. The input-output labels are helpfully located both on the back AND the top, so it’s easy to find the right place to plug something in - I wish everyone did that. One of my favorite details is that you have to hold down the power button for four seconds to turn it off - no accidental shutdowns in the middle of set! The handling of external foot controllers is also easy and effective. I had a volume and wah pedal both working almost instantly, and I was able to tweak them to my liking with only a cursory glance at the relevant manual pages. The output configurations possible are amazing and well thought out, with the ability to use a guitar cabinet on stage for monitoring while sending the sound with profiled cabinet to the PA or recording input, plus ground lifts on every output, very powerful volume control options, and so many more details I just don’t have the time to list them all.

There are a few areas that could be improved. First, while the unit itself isn’t hard to figure out, the manual is not super clear in all places. It’s far from the worst manual I’ve ever read, it’s just that for a device with so much thought and care in it, I feel like the manual is not up to the same level. One thing I feel is very lacking is you can’t put any effects into the effect loop of an amp profile. I’d really like them to upgrade the entire profiling system to allow separation of the preamp, power amp, and speaker cabinet, as opposed to just amp head and speaker cabinet. The SPDIF IO is a bit confusing and I didn’t get it working on my first try. And there’s a lack of flexibility in assigning external foot switches that is disappointing.

One big possible improvement they could make is adding DSP to make it possible to run two amp profiles, or to make mini-profiles of distortion pedals and use those instead of the included distortion effect. Being able to run two amp profiles in parallel would be HUGE, but I can see it as also requiring a much more expensive unit.

My advice: Get one of these. Get 1 - 4 of the Mission Engineering pedals to go along with it. Upgrade the firmware to the latest version. Install the Rig Manager software, connect the profiler to your computer and browse the online rig library and just go through profiles. You’ll be amazed at the quality and selection of the amps. Load your favorites into your profile, spend a couple hours making a clean rig, a broken up rig, and a highly distorted rig, and then start enjoying yourself. If you’re in a small apartment, like me, the ability to have silent practice, small footprint, everything in one box, and excellent sound will make you smile and play for hours without realizing it.

Oh, one last thing: It’s great for bass!! Again, no time to go into all the ways that you can use this for bass, but there are plenty of great bass amp profiles available along with some surprising DI profiles, plus you get all the flexible effects and options to use a cabinet profile or go direct. Bass players should definitely check it out.
Music background: Composer, Musician, Teacher
Rated 5/5

This thing is the best piece of guitar equipment period!

I've bought gear for years searching for tones. I had a crazy pedal board that I curated over years of testing pedals to get the sounds I wanted. Then I bought a Kemper stage. This unit replaced every pedal and amp I had prior (and I had quality gear. All tube fender and mesa amps, high end pedals like strymon). It's just amazing. There isn't a sound it can't nail. This is the best piece of gear I've ever bought for the guitar after 30 years of playing.
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