Posts by stonedzep

  • Boss Katana 100 as a powered (almost) FRFR

    Follow up on using katana 100 as active speaker:


    Yesterday I carried my Katana100 at reharsal and HOLY S#*T!!!
    I used the preset I made on acoustic mode+parametricEQ, turned cab character all the way to -5 and used full profiles including CAB section.


    Great sounds, wide ranges and the cabs make all the difference in the world.
    Loudness was amazing, 100w mode was too much I switched to 50w mode, master at 11o'clock, volume&gain at noon, kemper master volume @6,5.(we play hard&heavy covers with loud drumming)


    Amazing with Kemper full profiles, amazing on its own but will have to try more OK Katana alone( target of the experiment was to male Katana100 as close as I can to a Frfr)

  • Boss Katana 100 as a powered (almost) FRFR

    OK so after a little bit of reading, tweaking, experimenting etc... I was sold on the Boss Katana amp. I read here of a guy that was able to use the acoustic mode of the amp and tweak the EQ to make it close to a FRFR powered speaker so I decided I was on the hunt and trackd a 2nd hand Katana 100 for a few bucks.


    ALL OF THIS IS AIMED TO USE THE PROFILES WITH CAB SECTION OF THE KEMPER-->BOSS KATANA INPUT -->ACOUSTIC MODE/CHANNEL
    (going into return of the amp is easy and great sounding, but you miss the cabs of your profiles)


    Mind the the amp itself is great, and I mean really great with amazing clean-crunch-lead-BROWN!! modes+ built in boss effects, so it is a solid backup.


    I started tweaqing the eq section in acoustic mode and did not seem to achieve anything close to what I wanted ( had a yamaha studio monitor to compare), then I read again about this guy and noticed he had been tweaking a parametriq eq of the amp, which is one of the many virtual stomps you can program in the Katana chain, so I started tweaking, I got close enough with that, the image attached is to show the settings of katana'sparametric eq.


    But still there was something quite not right, some high mids that I could not dial out, then playing with the cab section of the Kemper I found the sweet spot I was looking for: Character to be dialed out to -5 (far left).


    I perfectly know that a FRFR powered speaker would be the proper and accurate way to go, but if you have one of those amazing Katana as a backup try this trick and tell me what do you think of it

  • Boss Katana 100 watt 212

    Quote from rundoverdog

    Or the front and use acoustic channel. sounds great with a bit of eq

    I am really courious how this settings is working out for you @rundoverdog, I came across a 2nd hand katana 100 I am going to get asap. Using the cab section of the profiles is a huge advantage, did you try this at drumming volumes?And also how you adjust the eq in acoustic mode to get what you like with cab on?