BOSS KATANA DISTORTION TUTORIAL- HOW TO GET A GREAT DISTORTION FROM YOUR KATANA Free Patch Download
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- Having trouble dialing in a good sounding distortion for hard rock or metal on your Boss Katana? You came to the right place. I'll show you how to dial in a great sounding distortion using the boost, delay, reverb and parametric EQ.
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Buy a valve Amp and stop wasting your time on this crap Amp.
I love my Silver Jubilee, Mesa Lone Star, Super Reverb, Hot Rod Deluxe, and my Katana Artist.... You sir, are the average guitarist, a complete and total uneducated idiot who believes in magic and fairy tales ;)
I used tone studio and a small laptop live but gave up, windows was just too glitchy, I've moved on to katana librarian app with an android tablet which has proved far more reliable
Whatever works for you to get the tones you want. I can use both, but the Librarian for Android is fantastic! It's well worth the $9. Thanks for watching/commenting!
@@Guitarnivore do you just connect it via a cable? Great video btw thank you 😊
@@NigelOdinson Thank you. To connect it to an Android phone you have to have the proper OTG (on the go) cable adapter. You can find them on Amazon fairly cheap. For iOS it takes some kind of blue tooth adapter to connect.
Agree 👍🏻
Ooh ty for the recommendation! I was debating a tablet for lyrics so if it could do both..
Just diving into tone studio. I just play for fun with a few other people. But having tone studio with the foot pedal and all the eq settings is just so awesome
👍🏻 1:00 - 1:30
Thank you !!!!
I agree!!
The software is a must and also makes this amp put out any tone you could ever want!
(I use the Katana Librarian app for android)
The best part for me is the accessibility to the additional amp models!
Was sit in headphones, playing with Tone Studio for an hour creating own pretty distortion sound. On next day happy load my preset and it sounds like crap :D
"A samurai has no goal, only a path"
Thank you for videos!
I have the same issues sometimes. It'll sound good one day and like crap the next. Even the tone tone in the video doesn't sound all that great to me anymore and I've been meaning to do a follow up with some better sounds to it. Thanks for watching.
I set my global EQ up and gigged it Friday night (Artist MKII combo). I ended up running on .5 watt and bumping the master up a bit. I liked it a hell of a lot. I don't do metal but the power and headroom was right there. We of course mic all of our instruments but me in particular really wowed the crown. Best sound so far. I LOVE the Katana and will probably never go back to tube. The Artist is a bit heavy to carry across the street and into the club but it's well worth it. Thanks for the great vid....made my amp really rock!
That's great. That Parametric EQ really opens up a lot of things for all tones. One tip I learned from another TH-camr is if you're not sure which grequency to use, crank the level and then adjust the frequency. The EQ setting in this video used to be my go-to, but his video helped me learn it and understand it better. Check out his video sometime. It might help you dial in better EQ's in the future. I loved the Artist, but yeah, it's big and heavy but that Waza speaker and the global EQ selector are great options, as well as the output option on the back.
Thank you so much. Haven't realized how important the EQ and the correct type of booster are. Great job!
I agree with you, this amp is all about the app. For the money, with a computer, it's great. But honestly most people would be better off buying a solid state amp that takes pedals. I recommend Orange or Peavey bandit. Solid state circuits are very responsive. And loud!
I have a brother, I couldn’t imagine him leaving me for more than a week, especially serving in military, his reaction is exactly how mine would be
You answered a bunch of questions for me even though I wasn't looking for distortion settings yet. One question I had after browsing the manuals is how to tell the difference between a USB-B cable just for charging versus one to charge and pass data. I will have lots of woodshedding to do on this thing!
Most USB A-B are data/power, unless they're like mini or micro USB.Your standard cable you get with a printer will work. USB cables are cheap and I don't know why they don't include one.
@@Guitarnivore Thanks for the prompt response! I am pretty sure I have one (or more) of these things in my cable drawer from old external usb drives. I think (aside from finding a cable) I have everything set up for when the foot pedal arrives. I wonder why the GC sales person did not mention it to me? He also had a problem explaining why two (almost) identical amps, with the same model number, and at the same price were not the same. One had an effects loop and the other just a line-out.
@@stephenmitchell7915 It sounds like they were showing you the 50 (without fx loop) and the 100.
Even with instructions I have never been able to load the tone studio (due to my own challenges with all things digital.) I opted instead to plug into an eq pedal (Wampler Equator) before the amp along with a Keeley 4 knob comp and a boost pedal (Soul Food.) I also run an extra delay and reverb in the effects loop. I hate not having the tone studio and being able to save presets, but the amp sounds great with the pedals. Equalizing patches is so important on this amp to get it sounding right.
The EQ is the key! But have you tried MY instructions? The files you'll need are in a link to my dropbox in the description. th-cam.com/video/7kOdWBHUJHU/w-d-xo.html
@@Guitarnivore Thanks, I'll check that out.
One thing I have noticed about the Katana and digital amps in general, is that 500k pots do not sound as good as 250k pots for any style of music, particularly hard rock and metal. The 250k pots are pretty standard with single coils, but the really get rid of the harshness and brittle tones digital amps often produce with humbuckers when using high gain. Another set up that just sounds killer on the Katana is a strat or Nashville Tele with the bridge and middle series. If you like a warmer more tube like tone for hard rock, this really gets you there and without the mushy tone that playing in series on a valve amp is associated with if you EQ it.
zoom g3n ,has a ms800 amp sim, run that through the brown , wind the bass ,mid,treble BACK,crank up the presence on the zoom ms800...i dont HAVE A P.C. ONLY A PHONE...SO THE WHOLE CRAZY TONE STUDIO MAZE AND THE "youre missing out"crap...give it a rest mate...also the zoom has a noisegate...AND A GOOD TUNER...and a heap of drives ,effects ,eqs, and all y do is plug it in ,footswitchable patches...no mouse, no screen, no internet ,no problem....PLUS, you can run MORE THAN ONE DRIVE, run as many delays,effects etc as you decide...PLUS a choice of cabinets...all via footswitchable autosaving sturdy pedal
amen,brother thats a wonderful tone
Thanks! Play with the high-mid and high cut in the Parametric EQ to really fine tune it. I've been playing with that a bit and it makes it even better!
The more I play with the tone the more I realise how powerful EQ setting is, and you just proved it again sir. Thanks for sharing!
I use tonestudio all the time. Is the only way to get the most from the amp. I use the crunch channel for everything. Boosters I use - blues driver - clean boost - centaur od. And then I also use the limiter which is superb.
The Blues Driver is an awesome and very versatile boost, just like the pedal. Thanks for commenting!
Love the Centaur OD. What do you do with the limiter?
I was trying to get close to my strymon sunset 2 stage gain drrive with TS going into it. i think I was close with the Klon centor and compresser needs alot of EQ tinkering....funny how Ive had a bunch of these drives and wasnt crazy about them and now they sound pretty good in the studio....but easy to compare them to one another with a click in the studio...instead of putting them on the board or trying to remeber what a pedal sounded like after you sold it.
Finally something helping me with this damn amp
Check out the rest of my channel. I have a tone of videos for the Katana, including a ridiculously long user guide.
@@Guitarnivore Iv had mine for over a year and been very frustrated because I’m a plug and play self taught musician. Finally can learn to get good tones
@@Sinfullybliss97 Glad I can help. With this particular tone, I had a tone on my Spark 40 that I really liked and I wanted to emulate that on the Katana, so I started to explore the settings of the Spark and other Katana patches and it all started to make more sense and it probably will to you too once you start really learning different settings and combinations.🤘
I’m finding Lead and brown channel could sound fizzy with high gain distorted stuff. So I put the channel on either crunch or clean specially clean and turn on booster to metal zone you’ll get great result at least for me.
I agree. They can sound a bit compressed if you're not careful with them.
what a great amp..unless you have like 3k + to get a soldano, evh or a mesa boogie this is the amp
Well... I get why it's more current to watch a video. Having worked on a Helpdesk all I can say is that the term used to be RTFM and now it's WTDV. From "Read the F'ing Manual' to "Watch the Damned Video"
Great video's man, bought my Katana today after watching the 3 hour version of your vid last night and I was up and running in no time. Well worth a thumbs up and a follow. Having started playing after seeing The Blues Brothers in 1980 because Princess Leia was in it, all I can say is that I'd love a vid about how to get a great Blues tune out of it though🤘👍
(PS : I was 12 when seeing Jake and Elwood bring it, and that movie was the best music education a kid could ever get, yet another reason to love Princess Leia)
Welcome and thanks! Try the link below for blues. If you like it, try changing the chain to chain two and throw a compressor after the boost, but before the preamp or before the boost with one of the lower chains where that's possible. Another viewer pointed out that I had the chain on 1 when I tried adding the compressor, so I changed the chain and it made the tone a little more spankier! th-cam.com/video/mj8cPORI7UY/w-d-xo.html
@@Guitarnivore Naaaah, just wanted to give you a compliment for what you're doing for new players. I've been playing for 43 years, I got my tone locked in... just wanted to give a compliment and maybe a gentle nudge to you and others to check out Jake and Elwood Blues. 😌 Still, it's a killer amp as to not wake up the neighbors and get the cops around even if it's just for the Wattege switch going to 0.5
I mean, seriously. You don't want anything 'harder' if you're twelve and alone in a theater and hear this, that opening drone on the on A# on upstrokes by Matt 'Guitar' Murphy and the horns is enough to want everyone to learn how to play rythme (and it got me hard at 12, so that helps) Beats the orchastral opening of Star Wars any day of the week : th-cam.com/video/o5xexv-dMrM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the video, it really helps.
Thanks for the video. I was about to give up on this thing. I’ll try the tone studio
Thanks. It's essential to dial in a really detailed tone!
You did change my life !!!! lol. thanks man
Great video man, I had no idea the stock crunch channel could sound so tight! When it comes to a metal rhythm tone, I like to use the R-fire Modern patch, via the Sneakyamps liveset. With a mid-boost, graphic EQ, and both parametric EQ’s engaged I can get really surgical about what I’m boosting and cutting. I’d be happy to share the liveset too. Cheers bro, subscribed!
There is just so much you can do with these things in Tone Studio. I've had four different models since the beginning of 2020 and I'm still learning things.
Intersted in what you used for parametric. R fire is good, but I found the rectify me patch much better to start with if you haven't already
@@RiffGod So I found that patch on Guitarpatches.com and honestly, that is one I would just leave alone. I tried playing around with the Parametric EQ and the 10 band and it made it either too muddy or to fizzy sounding. Plus I think it sound good as it is. I would probably try to roll the gain back a bit and maybe try to tweak it with the panel EQ.
@@RiffGod I haven’t, I’m not familiar with that patch. Definitely going to check it out now though, thank you. I actually use 2-3 parametric EQ’s at once at varying positions (in vs out). I prefer slight, surgical cuts and boosts across the frequency range that, sadly, can’t be achieved with just a single parametric EQ in Tone Studio.
@@HughJassill here are my patches. There should be 3 of em.
drive.google.com/file/d/1WNW19AQQuP4G2RfL6GUM7GCwlH_PiFwX/view?usp=drivesdk
This is cool! I use the Katana for my bridge pickup for my Alembic Bass and I want eq this thing even more!
Cool. Do you have the Katana bass amp?
No, The Katana 100 watt is dedicated to my bridge pickup and that gives me superb highs/treble!! For my neck pickup I'm using the Little Mark 800 and 2 custom 12 cabinets made by Kenny Wittman and that gives me earthquake-like lows! I use this particular set up for the smaller gigs.
The problem with the Katana is that in order to set it properly and take full advantage of its capabilities, you really have to have a trained ear. You need to be able to hear those "bad" freqs and know how to dial them out with the parametric EQ. The traditional EQ doesn't have the flexibility to isolate and remove the bad frequencies, especially one in particular that shows up when in the amp's hi gain settings. Its a "sizzle" in the upper frequencies that only shows up when the gain is turned up. Its irritating once you hear it because you can't unhear it and its not a good sound either. I've narrowed it down to the factory speaker and the fact that this irritating sound is not present during any of the clean tones.
It lives in the upper freqs and once you hear it, you can isolate it and remove it if you know how to use the amp's parametric EQ. Note: this cannot be removed by using the amp's traditional EQ that has a fader for each frequency interval. So, if you want to get rid of this irritating noise, you have to learn how a parametric EQ works and how to use it. Both are not easy.
If you record a lot or make a living with your instrument, you're going to need something a bit better than the Katana. Its a good practice amp, however. If you're a casual player or a weekend warrior, this amp is just fine, with the exception of that irritating noise.
Interesting i never knew any of this great video
Very Helpful awesome video!
Thanks!
All overdriven metal sounds. That can be accomplished with a $50 amp and. $10 pedal. Would be nice to hear the beauty of the amp.
Thank you a lot...🤘
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Your my Expert :))
Dude, you should be in radio because you talk and talk and talk and state the obvious and nothing at all. You never did SHOW a metal tone. Thanks for reminding everyone to do what they are inevitably going to do. 🤘
You're welcome. 😎
Do you have tutorial on Neil Young Tone ?
Like a dirty tone like Rockin' in the Free World or a clean acoustic tone. I don't have either, but a dirt tone should be fairly easy to do some time.
I clicked on ACOUSTIC and I found that to sound better. The problem is that I'm not interested in hard rock, but death metal, so I can't do anything with this video.
Hard rock? Whatever dude. Find your own shit then.
@@Guitarnivore That's what I'm doin. You're the one who recommended this.
Once you create sounds in Tone Studio, can you assign them and access them from the panel? Or do you have to open Tone Studio every time to access them?
You write them to a channel on the amp and use them without tone studio.
Does this baby have a harmonizer?
It sure does. It's called the Harmonist and it's in the FX/Mods section.
Cool, thanks. What do you think of the GT-100?
@@FlightSimDude I haven't had a chance to use one.
how do i get the tone shape/ global eq knob? mine doesnt have it. i jumped around some so i may have missed something.
It sounds like you haven't updated to the latest software 2.0. Here is a video on how to do that. th-cam.com/video/7kOdWBHUJHU/w-d-xo.html
do you use a similar eq setting like this with all your tones, more or less?
Yes! I even have that parametric EQ setting in my global EQ so I can go to it any time I want. I've mentioned it in my other videos that I'll start with that Parametric EQ setting and then dial things up or down on the from there, usually on the low gain or the high cut where it seems to make the most difference. With clean tones it doesn't always work out though.
@@Guitarnivore my favorite patch so far is the rectify me patch. Parametric was weren't touched so I messed with it yesterday with these settings more or less. I'd really be interested to see what YOU would EQ it at.. is that something you could check out? It's def beefier now, but I'd love to compare what you think soinds good vs what my ears thought was acceptable
@@RiffGod I'll have to find that patch. Have a link? What your ears think is acceptable may be totally different than mine. I'm not professional by any means. If you find a sound you like, stick with it. It's all subjective to the player.
@@Guitarnivore EQ pedals are worth the money and time. Those and compressors. Not fun like a fuzz or delay but you will see a difference
Hey man, i got the artist mk2 combo, im struggling to get a nice chrisp, chuggy distortion. I've even used your patches, and it's so bassy and muddy. Do you have any advice? Im using a strat with a seymour ducan SH4
Check that you don't already have a global EQ on at the same time as the patch parametric EQ.
Hey man! Very insightful video! Would you know if I can connect my katana to focusrite audio interface? If yes, will this affect the tone of the katana? Or will I run into any problems? Thanks so much. 🙏
Sure you can. Use the Phone/Rec Out on the back. You may have to dial it down a bit on the Focusrite. Sometimes it's better to have a Direct Inject (DI) box with a ground lift to plug into and then an XLR cable from that into your interface to level and filter it out a bit. This reduces noise and overload.
That's awesome! Keep posting videos man. Very helpful. You got a new subscriber. 😎🤘
would you recommend the GAFC or the ex for live use?
They both do the same thing now, from what I understand, with the exception of the extra output features of the EX. But the old GA-FC doesn't have green LED's to show the distinction between modes. If you have the extra $20, I'd get the EX. That way you can always expand it later with another one or with an old GA-FC.
@@Guitarnivore Thanks for the quick reply Scott
I really need some dirty patches that sounds good with headphones. I mainly use a strat with a bridge position hot rail pickup, so I'm already dealing with a lot of strong mid frequencies. It sounds weird when I use headphones. It will sound fine when I use the speaker, but it sounds way too saturated when I plug the headphones in, and then it sounds thin if I turn the gain down. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Have you tried adjusting the line out settings in system settings of tone studio? Maybe using the IR and playing with the different mics and distance settings?
im trying to understand channel settings and memory on my amp. I dont understand this computer screen. Sorry!
Are you using Tone Studio or are you just trying to work from your panel?
@@Guitarnivore just from the panel on the amp
@@tennesseejed884 perhaps this video will be more help. th-cam.com/video/7EQA2xxO2YA/w-d-xo.html
my mkII doesnt have that tone shape global eq knob on it...
It's in the Boss tone studio now for all amps. You'll have to update your amp firmware and tone studio software. I have a video for that if you don't know how to do it. This video was done with an Artist MK2, but it's the same process for all Katana MK2 amps. th-cam.com/video/7kOdWBHUJHU/w-d-xo.html
@@Guitarnivore okay but how do i set an equalization to play on my amp without tone studio if i don't have that knob on my amp? how do i change just the eq set phisically?
@@nicolasspray Unfortunately you can't. There are other options besides Tone Studio. You can buy the Katana Librarian app and an adapter to connect a USB cable to your phone.
I'm looking to buy this amp, is the Tonestudio software included or do you have to buy it separately?
It's free to download from Bosses website. When you get one, check out my other videos for updating the firmware, downloading and installing the Tone Studio. I also have a huge guide to it.
@@Guitarnivore thanks for the info and thanks for the vids, sub'd!
With these settings my tone sounds very muffled for some reason.
Do you have a global EQ turned on? If so, you may want to turn it off. Also which Katana are you playing through?
@@Guitarnivore playing on 50 watt katana, maybe thats the reason. Turned on crunch variation and sounds alot clearer.
@@sledgehammer3989 it could be. I use the 100 and it's crazy how the difference is between the speakers. I had the head and 2x12 cabinet and all my patches I had on my artist sounded like shit unless I cranked it up.
For me, if I’m going to be sitting at my computer, I’d rather use plugins.
Once you get it set and saved to the amp, you don't need the computer anymore.
Spelled distortion wrong
This video has been up for over a year and you're the first person to bring that to my attention.🤣 I wonder if I still have the raw thumbnail to fix it.
I'm not a fan of the boosters
Like the clean and mid boost and the muff are the only decent ones. The rest sound like shit
I have found that playing with the direct mix in the boosters makes a big difference. A lot of the drives need to be used with a crunch amp on the edge of breakup too.
Jesus! You spend half your life chasing a “tone”. 😊
Professionals do the same thing until they find their tone. Just have fun with it and if it stop being fun, stop doing it.
ed van halen spent his entire life chasing tone
I came here to say the same thing. They can say EVH or SRV or CPO or... chased a tone, but did they REALLY spend decades finding their tone? No, they did not. You can listen to EVH change his signature brown sound over the years from album to album. You can also hear a cornucopia of tones on each album, if you just listen for them.
It all reminds me of the people that played Hammond synths and would keep their settings for the resonance rods super secret. In the end though, a good player sounds good regardless of the settings. Just like back then, finding some good setting for your tone widgets is important, but it is still secondary to your skills at composition and playing.
And that brings me to the real tone setting. How you play. People have obsessed with EVH and his brown tone for decades. I probably had a half dozen guitar player mags that discussed how to get his tone. What I find to be more important is copying his techniques of song writing/composition. I can throw the brown sound on any tune that plays well with distortion and it will sound just fine. It wont sound like EVH though. For that you need to imitate how he writes songs, and maybe how he plays as well.
But if you spend more than a few minutes looking for the tone you want (in one sitting), then you are "Ross looking for his sound."
Mine still sounds quite dampened. Even though I got the same settings as you do. What could that be? It is brand new though, do i got to play a bit more until it sounds les dampened?
No. Try downloading the patch from Boss Tone Exchange and see if that sounds any better. I've got better sounding distortion patches too. The BLS and Motley Crue ones are overall good sounding distortions. bosstoneexchange.com/liveset/972967ba-e3e0-450c-8e5e-213c57839fbb/
@@Guitarnivore Thank you so much for your quick response!! I will try it and let you know how it worked out👍
I've got the mk2 100 btw.
@@peterscissorbike2405 same. Check that you don't have a global eq turned on too.
@@Guitarnivore Wierd that it stays muffeled even though I use your patch. But I've set my eq settings to;
All bass/mid/high on 12 o’clock
EQ (using parametric EQ)
Low gain: 0
Low-mid gain: 0
High-mid gain: 7
High Gain: 16
Level: anywhere from 3-7
Low-mid freq: 500hz
Low-mid Q: 1
High-mid freq: 10.0Khz
High-mid Q: 1
Now it is pretty clear sounding like in your video. I don't know what it could be though. But I wont ever give up on this amp since I am not a preforming artist or anything. I just like to play at home ( for 10+ years by now). I'll keep tweeking it at the settings until I get it just right.
I appreciate it so much that you have replied to my question. I use your patch settings with my E.Q. settings and it is nearly perfect to my ears.
Thank you so much!!
@@peterscissorbike2405 I don't understand it either, considering I double checked it today before I uploaded it. That's why I mentioned the global EQ being on, maybe. If you have a global EQ set in tone studio, it'll stay on in the amp, regardless of the tone you're using. Also, what guitar/pickups are you using? Sometimes that can make a difference too. I use mostly high output humbuckers, so that might be making a difference. Check out some of my other patches from the Boss Tone Exchange. The BLS and Motley Crue patches are really good, all around distortions too.
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Do you have, or have you tried an aftermarket speaker in the Katana before?
I have not, but the speaker isn't bad at all. Still I'm curious and have been looking at different speakers. I just haven't decided which one I want. I have been looking at the Eminence Manowar though.
@@Guitarnivore , I've got a new pair of EVM 12Ls in an oversized Port City 2x12 cabinet. I'd like to try the Artist head with them.
@@shovington67 I'm eager to hear how the Artist herad sounds. I love the Artist when I had it. It was just so damn big though!
Thanks dude. I'm a beginner player (month 8) and just got a MK2, and it's a lot to take in. This is a huge help.
About to watch the comprehensive tone studio vid. Subscribed.
Awesome@ Enjoy and let me know if you have any questions.
Same here. Im getting my first amp The Boss katana 50 mk 2 and im looking for all the tips and help i can to know how to use it
same here, I'm 8/months behind you and just got the MK2 100 along with a boss looper pedal, GAFC-EX and the airstep kat...they all got delivered at once LOL. I didn't know where to start
Mk1 Owner.... Top Panel works. Tone Studio is a bonus, if you don't own your own effects.
Too much "devil in the detail".
If you know how to dial in a "good" Amp, Tube or not, the Katana works. Its no different. It's just "A Good Guitar Amp". Loud and costs F*** All. No Brainer.
New subscriber. Im hoping to get some education on the mk2 100 I just got. I'll be honest I opened the box very carefully. Out of the box I want to put in straigh back in and send it back. If I get some tones out of this thing I'll be suprised. Thanks Scott.
The factory tones out of the box are garbage. You have to dig in to tone studio and the EQ's to get good tones. If you have a problem updating your firmware, check my tutorial and that should get you up and running.
@Guitarnivore Thanks I'll be digging into your content. I purchased the me90 along with. I know it's gonna take a minute to figure it out.
@@RichardLuna2025 The ME-90 is awesome. I have a review in the works for that. It seemed like a lot to figure out at first, but once you jump into the parameters manual, you realize it's not nearly as complicated as you think.
The CHAINx-2 chains are necessary if you want to use a compressor and have it sit in front of the overdrive/distortion effect, which I personally prefer.
I used to do that with my tube amp and pedal board. I haven't tried it with this amp. Might have to experiment a bit. Makes me also think about putting a GE-10 before the boost too. 🤔
Very helpful indeed. HUGE thanks for this!
Love your thoroughness and deep dives! More than a metal distortion, I'm looking for that Joe Satriani sound...crunchy but more body, sustain and delay and reverb. Ex is Crying by him. Any pointers on how to get that highly appreciated sir
I find myself just using the blues drive at lower gain and then driving it with a DS-1 into the amp. Add in compressor sustain and maybe the drive from the delay section... what more could you want?
That contour setting affects the tone dramtically. Yours is on 3. That is pushing your mid-highs hard. If it was set to OFF you wouldnt need to -34 the tone
That's assuming the contour 3 was the same as factory settings on type 3, but my 3 was set at type 1 on this patch. Either way, that could have sounded better with an EQ tweaking. This video is a year old and I've been meaning to do a follow up.
Whats the best way to curve feedback on this amp?
With the built in noise suppressor or an external one.
Thanks for the video, especially showing how the global EQ works. I've had my Katana for some time now but not really understood how to utilize the global EQ. I use my Katana live for acoustic and electric performances in a Duo, so I can see the usefulness of having quick "go to" Global EQ settings for acoustic and electric. Rock on!
Glad I could help!
Excuse my ignorance but can you use the sounds you mod/eq back on the app back on the amp speaker?Or is it just to record/reproduce inside the actual app interface?
The ap and amp work side-by-side. The app stores your presets outside of the amp and also edits and writes the patches to the amp. You don't need the app to record. Once you have a preset saved to the amp, you can close the app and use the amp alone to play, record, etc. I hope that answered your question.
@@Guitarnivore Thank you so much!
I've only been using tone studio on my phone. Videos like this makes me realize I need to get it on a laptop
and that might depend on whether or not you're using it for live playing. A big screen tablet looks like the way to go from what I've read so far. Right now, I'm just working on saving settings in Tone Studio to see if they're still there when I plug my laptop back into the amp again...lol.
What app do you use? How can i coonect it in my PC
Here is a videos users guide to the amp and The Tone Studio software. You can download the software from boss. There are also two mobile apps that work great and connect easily to an Android phone or tablet. You can connect to the mobile app to iOS, but it requires blue tooth adapters. th-cam.com/video/cThJ9cwZdwo/w-d-xo.html
My tones have sounded either horrible or horrid. From this video, I got some good troubleshooting ideas to help. I wish I could find a really good video on the EQ. I know that will do good things to the tone.
Thank you for the video!!!!
Can you tell me more about your settings?
@@Guitarnivore I did some more testing and followed the config you did on the video. I did the same thing to replicate the settings on the gt1000. I've come to the conclusion that the duncan humbuckers are the problem. I used a strat with emg pickups and it was a world of difference.
What you said in the beginning, the guitar DOES matter. I didnt think it mattered *that* much. Also, with my problematic humbumbuckers, I will just need to do ALOT more experimenting. :(
@@jasonwojcik I use a bunch of different Seymour Duncan. I love them. Do you know what model of the Duncan's you have? Do they sound muddy? Also, do you know the capacitor value you're using in that guitar?
@@Guitarnivore I figured it out (sort of 🤣). I updated the firmware and did a factory reset of the amp. After following your settings, I am able to get a gnarly, chunky metal tone that this dean v should be making. I am sure I set something a long time ago and no telling what that was.
I am a random nobody, but I really appreciate you reaching out and helping. That is really awesome of you doing that. Thank you! If you have a tip jar, I'd be glad to put some money in it.
@@jasonwojcik I'm a random nobody too! Glad you got it figured out. 😁
Dear Scott, I did not try this yet and there is no excuse for me... but I am pretty beginner with guitar learning and got Katana MK2. I thought its only like big speaker that can do little effects that dont change "the game" so I wanted to buy overdrive effect... for my Zombie - The Cranberries, but with this video you saved me and all I need is long USB cable so I can try this studio. Maybe some mechanic pedal for switching and I will be happy, just few bucks. Hitting that sub button and gonna check more in this series. 🙂
Not only get to know tone studio, but check out the Boss Tone Exchange. I just saw a Cranberries Zombie preset there the other day. Bosstoneexchange.com. I have tutorials on how to use the tone a studio as well.
Joined a 3/pc punk band as a new guitar player (only 6/months) and only have a Yamaha THR10II. Heard this is the best amp for the money there is… didn’t own a computer just an iPhone. So I took your advice and bought a MacBook Air M2 laptop yesterday, which is nice and portable. My new Fender Player Plus Strat has the new (SSS) noiseless pickups. Hopefully I can get a Offspring, Greenday/blink182-ish tone with the MKII 100. Ive heard people say the distortion at loud band/drummer volume it gets muddy and you lose definition and clarity? But I’ve also heard people say you can fix that changing some EQ settings inside the amp… could I get by volume wise with the 50 MKII or should I get the 100?
Edit: Do you wanna join our band?
The speaker in the 100 sounds sooo much better than the 50. The 50 sounds thin and weak. I did a Green Day tone last week you might want to check out. Noiseless pickups are awesome. I have some in a Squier Tele and you can crank up the gain and they sound very close to a humbucker, yet close to a strat single coil when used clean or slightly overdriven.
Exquisite stuff isn’t it! See you at the gig. 🤟🏻
Reading the chart is a breeze than messing with tone studio.
Tone studio is a headache 🤕 AND if you mess up , the whole katana program will be deleted/lost and you’ll need to ship it to Boss for reprogramming..
My next amp will be orange crush 100 watt amp , I like easy to do things , rather than be a computer programmer to figure out katana amps .. that just me
Yeah that’s the only thing keeping me from this amp. As a guitarist in a theee piece I need some bigger than my Yamaha THR10II to cut through the drummer. However the Yamaha THRII series amps are so easy to get good tones! I wish they made a 50w solid state version
If you would do a deep dive into using Tone Studio, I would buy it! I'm NOT using this amp near it's full capacity.
This video covers just about everything, maybe too much. But Tone studio is free. It's the Librarian app that you need to buy if you want to use it on your tablet or phone. I have a ton of videos on this channel using Tone Studio. th-cam.com/video/cThJ9cwZdwo/w-d-xo.html
Awesome content this all goes well with the artist as well. How well do you think the Jeff Loomis Devils Triad would sound through the Katana 100
I wish I still had my Artist. I've never tried the Devil's Triad. Only heard it on Ola Englund's channel. That pedal has a lot going on.
Do you have NS on for this video? Thanks, great stuff in these katana vids.
I do. It's probably set at about 50/50. Thanks.
I bought recently katana mk2 100w, discovering this amp. Thanks for this video is really informative, and I agree with opinion that this amp has big disadvantage that there is no option for smartphone/ipad. I know about the airstep but I would expect this from BOSS
There is an option for smartphone or tablet. Katana Librarian. It's not free, but it's only about $9 and it works great! All you need is an OTG usb cable adapter and you can hook it up with no problems at all. The only thing you can't do with it is upgrade the firmware on the amp.
@@Guitarnivore Thanks, will check this up - actually would be great to see yt from you about this app.
@@marius53891 I got you one right here! 🙂 th-cam.com/video/efk--GTwp7k/w-d-xo.html
@@marius53891 by the way in the video I say that I'm not sure if they have it for iphone/ipad yet, but they do now.
Thanks very much! I've always played around with the Katana at the music store, but felt it was gimmicky and thin. You've opened up the amp for me, and I'm kinda excited to try it again.
To be fair, I was confused when the music store said they had no adapter cables to plug up to an iPad. That should’ve been a red flag. I bought the bass katana 210. And the MK2 artist. Because I don’t have a computer computer after wasting much money doing what the boss website told me to do Apple lightning cord all that bullshit it’s still wouldn’t hook up I had to buy the Kat Airstep Which is very limited, but at least I can mess with most of my tone studio, although it’s not through tone studio!! I go to hook it to my bass amp, and it will not recognize it at all!! I had a fire and lost all the music equipment. I have been collecting for 40 years I didn’t feel like replacing a computer. I was bullshitted when I bought that bass or I would’ve just use the Eden preamp I had left over I just needed an amp and a four cabinet… if I am wrong, please, someone help me with some advice I have looked on the Internet, and have found nothing as it pertains to the bass version of katana without using a computer. I don’t think I can even file save because I can’t connect to the amp. I’m so disappointed the artist is awesome. The bass amp I got ripped off on.
I wish I could help you out, but I'm not familiar with the Katana Bass.