Boss Katana
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Purpleibby
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That's because from what I read you cannot turn off their speaker emulation(stupid decision on Roland's part to have speaker emulation that couldn't be turned off).JerEvil":q9b5sod0 said:
Did you try to run it from the effects send? Does the power amp section really impart that much character on the sound in an amp such as this? If not why not put a suhr line out box between the speaker and the amp to get a clean line out to run though a dedicated speaker emulator that sounds great?
moltenmetalburn
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EdMan57":3mwdi81o said:Ordering the 100 watt head in a week or two...Thanks guys. Do want to know if anyone's running a good delay or reverb through the amp's effects loop. If so...your thoughts on such.
Ed
Yes the fx loop works as well as any good tube amp loop i have used. Ive plugged everytging into it. Other amps preamp sections, preamps, effexts pedals analog and digital...
The loop is excellent, even has boosting/cutting capabilites at the send AND return in the app. Switchable from serial to paralell how i use it with fx.
Purpleibby
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That's very cool!moltenmetalburn":2vbxuk78 said:EdMan57":2vbxuk78 said:Ordering the 100 watt head in a week or two...Thanks guys
Ed
Yes the fx loop works as well as any good tube amp loop i have used. Ive plugged everytging into it. Other amps preamp sections, preamps, effexts pedals analog and digital...
The loop is excellent, even has boosting/cutting capabilites at the send AND return in the app. Switchable from serial to paralell how i use it with fx.
richardt4520
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Katana...the gift that keeps on giving. Has anyone else tried the sneaky amps in the Katana? Looks like they used the same chipset or similar from the GT100 for the Katana. Through sysex, some guys found out there are actually 28 amp models in the Katana. I'm currently using an Uberschall model for channel 2 and a really good Modern Dual Rec for channel 3. Not sure what I'm using for lead now. It's just called Power Drive or something but it's good. These amp models sound WAY better than the stock ones if you like modern stuff. This thing definitely can do full on metal. Oh and there's some hidden effects as well like the Tera Echo. Best $300 I've spent on a piece of gear in a long time.
https://github.com/katana-dev/docs/blob/master/tables/amp-types.md
https://github.com/katana-dev/docs/blob/master/tables/amp-types.md
moltenmetalburn
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richardt4520":1df6wgnh said:
Super fucking cool. \m/
richardt4520
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There are a couple of ways to get them. The easiest way is to download the zip of a liveset that has 27 of the 28 amps and can be loaded right into Boss Tone Center to upload to your Katana over USB. The other way is with a free 3rd party software. Links and instructions for both are here: https://github.com/katana-dev/docs/blob/master/how-to/use-28-amp-types.md#sneaky-amps-liveset
moltenmetalburn
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Ive been messing with the sneaky amps. Easy peasy to just drop the lifeset into the editor and save onboard with the real buttons.
My buddy who has it prefers the fender twin clean model and the bogner uberschall for his tones.
Both not available as is lol.
My buddy who has it prefers the fender twin clean model and the bogner uberschall for his tones.
Both not available as is lol.
richardt4520
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moltenmetalburn":hnz8k6lj said:
I have the Uberschall setup as channel 2 on mine and love it too. I think the Bright Twin is my favorite clean and sounds way better than the default JC120 clean but I kept the JC120 because with chorus on it, it seems to blend better with the Uberschall and the Dual Rec Modern channel I have set at channel 3. Awesome to have so many options
godgrinder
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Borrowed one from a friend and made some clips, including a few Sneaky Amps models:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=189336
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=189336
richardt4520
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godgrinder":2efbctqb said:
Heard that earlier. Sounds killer, man!
atrox
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Bxlxaxkxe":27gs23ix said:
It excels at it. Dave Friedman has had my BE-100 for a while now doing updates to it, so i have been using my Katana (rather my DSL i might add). I'd have zero issue gigging this thing and it sounds great at practice. Feels like a tube amp in every way. Especially in 100 watt mode and cranked.
MrDowntown
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Michael R/T made this with a 112, 100w combo in 1/2w power. Pretty good display of the dynamics, IMO.
richardt4520
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Bxlxaxkxe":3vpasbp7 said:
That's what sold me on it. It really does feel and sound like a real tube amp to me. I put it side by side with my Cameron and it hung in there. Wasn't better for sure but I felt it hung up against it well enough that I sold the Cameron and kept the Katana. I've been gigging with it and haven't regretted it for a minute, though I am using the Sneaky amps instead of the default ones it gives. That cheap toy really should not be as good as it is.