BOSS KATANA DISTORTION TUTORIAL- HOW TO GET A GREAT DISTORTION FROM YOUR KATANA Free Patch Download 

Buy a valve Amp and stop wasting your time on this crap Amp.

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 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

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.

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

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!

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

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!

👍🏻 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!

Thank you so much. Haven't realized how important the EQ and the correct type of booster are. Great job!

I've only been using tone studio on my phone. Videos like this makes me realize I need to get it on a laptop

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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.

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.

Very helpful indeed. HUGE thanks for this!

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.

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!!!!

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.

amen,brother thats a wonderful tone

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!

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. 🙂

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 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

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.

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)

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.

Thanks for the video. I was about to give up on this thing. I’ll try the tone studio

Exquisite stuff isn’t it! See you at the gig. 🤟🏻

Finally something helping me with this damn amp

This is cool! I use the Katana for my bridge pickup for my Alembic Bass and I want eq this thing even more!

Thank you for the video, it really helps.

You did change my life !!!! lol. thanks man

Interesting i never knew any of this great video

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.

what a great amp..unless you have like 3k + to get a soldano, evh or a mesa boogie this is the amp

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.

Very Helpful awesome video!

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?

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

Thank you a lot...🤘

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?

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.

Do you have NS on for this video? Thanks, great stuff in these katana vids.

Your my Expert :))

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. 🙏

Do you have tutorial on Neil Young Tone ?

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?

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?

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

Do you have, or have you tried an aftermarket speaker in the Katana before?

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

do you use a similar eq setting like this with all your tones, more or less?

Whats the best way to curve feedback on this amp?

What app do you use? How can i coonect it in my PC

I'm looking to buy this amp, is the Tonestudio software included or do you have to buy it separately?

would you recommend the GAFC or the ex for live use?

how do i get the tone shape/ global eq knob? mine doesnt have it. i jumped around some so i may have missed something.

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.

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.

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. 🤘

Does this baby have a harmonizer?

im trying to understand channel settings and memory on my amp. I dont understand this computer screen. Sorry!

my mkII doesnt have that tone shape global eq knob on it...

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

With these settings my tone sounds very muffled for some reason.

Spelled distortion wrong

For me, if I’m going to be sitting at my computer, I’d rather use plugins.

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

Jesus! You spend half your life chasing a “tone”. 😊

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?

Jesus

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.