DAY 4 (
Katana diaries )
I jumped back into the deep end of the pool today, and got busy.
I started with what I knew was bad, and took care of that first. ( Which was levels, and EQ issues )
I was moving in the right direction... things started sounding better.
So I re-visited my effects settings. Pulled some back, pushed others forward.
Things started sounding better! ( I was getting this mess ironed-out. )
I decided to experiment with some of the other effects. Some of them are quite strange.
They don't always do.... what you "think" they should do.
Case in point: THE PITCH SHIFTER.
I adjusted the Pitch Shifter, and it didn't sound like a "pitch shifter". INSTEAD.... it totally smoothed-out
the high-gain LEAD sound! ( Think, fluid liquid legato shredding stuff. )
So BOOM! I saved that to Channel 3!
I got the "boomy" low-end out of the mix, and now it all sounds way more balanced at both low and higher volumes.
I managed to get a very nice clean sound, that uses CHORUS, REVERB, and the Parametric EQ.
It sounds lush and huge. Especially when you turn-up the master volume.
SO.... I made great progress in the right direction today!
I learned more about the KATANA, and how "strange" it is. It's an odd duck. You have to think "outside the box" in
order to make it do what you want it to do. Now that I have some of it figured out, I am starting to have FUN with it.
( Which was the whole reason for buying it in the first place! )
I got a ( dare I say ) killer metal rhythm tone out of it. And also a really sweet CLEAN tone.
Those are in CHANNEL 1 and 2 respectively.
Channels 3 and 4 will be for experimental LEAD tones. I have two in there right now that sound really good.
One has the "legato pitch shifter" effect on it, and the other uses a combination of "reverb" and "delay".
I am not using the BROWN or CRUNCH channels at all.
I have 1 channel for CLEAN, and the other 3 use the LEAD amp setting.
The BROWN setting is like a dirtier "crunch" setting to my ears. The LEAD setting is higher gain, and it's smoother.
So I am married to it.