87 Mars 2.0 KEMPER© PACK

✓ 13 DI 2.0 PROFILES (Liquid)
✓ 13 MERGED 2.0 PROFILES w/ Celestion® Greenback 25 (Liquid)
✓ 13 MERGED 2.0 PROFILES w/ Celestion® Vintage 30 (Liquid)
✓ 2 Performance Banks for Head, Stage & Rack
✓ 2 Performance Banks for Player
✓ Matching DI and Merged Captures
✓ Carefully captured and balanced for a consistent, authentic amp response
✓ Compatible with all Kemper® PROFILER models, including Head, Rack, Stage and Player. 2.0 PROFILES run on PROFILER MK 1 series at standard definition.

The Marshall® 1987X is a loud, raw 50W Plexi with no Master Volume (damn that amp is loud!), delivering that classic British sound. I captured its sweet spot across 3 different gain stages, pushing the amp hard to capture the natural saturation, dynamics, and powerful Plexi character it is known for. Notice how the tone and gain evolve as you push the Volume knob of the amp. A lower Volume (H1) gives you less gain and more high-end. When pushing the volume, the amp doesn’t get really louder, but offers more gain and bass while rolling off the top end. I found three positions that really let this amp shine and added an old Ibanez® TS808 Tube Screamer from the 80s to boost the amp. The TS808 and the 1987X work like a charm together.

(1) Amp

87 Mars = Marshall® 1987X Plexi

(2) Channel

N = Normal Channel
H = High Treble Channel
J = Jumping the High and Normal Channels together

(3) Gain

1 = Low Gain (2)
2 = Medium Gain (4)
3 = Higher Gain (5,5)
4 = Even Higher Gain (7, probably too much for my personal taste)

(4) Booster

TS1 = Booster enabled (Booster Settings: Level: 10 Tone: 5 Drive: 0)
TS2 = Booster enabled (Booster Settings: Level: 10 Tone: 5 Drive: 4)
TS3 = Booster enabled (Booster Settings: Level: 10 Tone: 5 Drive: 6)

It´s my beloved Ibanez® TS808 from the 80s. They are a great match!

(5) Speaker

DI = Direct Amp Profile (no speaker cabinet)
30 = Vintage 30
25 = Greenback 25

All profiles were captured using two Shure© SM57 and a Royer© R-121.
Every sound has its own optimized mic position and mic balance. Only high-end equipment was used in order to create the profiles.

These are Kemper® profile files. You will need a Kemper® to use those profiles – any Kemper® will work (Head, Rack, Stage, Player, MK1/MK2).  No audio files, impulse responses, or plugin versions are included.

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