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The video I put up a few weeks ago had the gain on the crunch channel about 2/3 of the way up, but if you run the channel volume flat out and use the gain control as a volume it is a proper clean, up to fairly loud levels for a 20w amp.
You can get a certain amount of clean out of the old one, but it sounds really pants unless you have the gain up and drop the level from the guitar which isn't how I play.
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Seriously mate, try the od1x, d1x and da2.
I don't know how much you'll personally like them (the da2 is fairly amp like, in a tight controlled way, but the d1x is a million miles from it!) but they sound great and they don't "annoy" or "buzz".
The best digital amp I've had was an old valvetronix, which was excellent and served me through several gigs. Not because it sounded just like a valve amp, but because it sounded good digital or not.
I'm not sure if those pedals use cosm but whatever it is, it's very pleasing on the ear.
Two questions, would this be much of an upgrade? The Line 6 has some cool features but my impression is that the tone is really not up to scratch. Clean tones sound a bit thin and lifeless and the distortion is just plain muddy, no getting around it.
Secondly, only 2 presets for the 50W, that's not cool is it? If the 50W came with 4 presets as the 100W it would be an easy buy, but as it is I'm thinking I might have to go for the 100W, even though the extra power isn't really that useful.
Presets-wise, yes I would prefer to have more, but the way I see it, is that I have 3. Channel 1 I have set as a really nice warm clean tone with a touch of reverb and delay, channel 2 is my higher gain hard rock and metal preset, and then you have the 'panel' button. I keep the Amp set to a crunch with booster setting and don't play with the dials, so go preset 1, 2 and panel...that's my logic anyway
On a separate note, can you use the Katana as an all in one amp and PC audio interface? The manual says 'You can use a commercially available USB 2.0 cable to record the sound of the KATANA into your computer. You can also use dedicated software to edit the settings of the internal effects (p. 8).' Does this mean you can record your playing using only the amp and bundled software? Or will this be a pretty low end solution that doesn't properly capture dynamics very well?
Yeah, you can use it as a DI for recording. I haven't tried this myself yet, but im not sure you would get the absolute 'Best' possible quality doing it this way. Its just one of the conveniences I suppose. I will use it, but only because I cant be arsed to set up a separate audio interface and mic etc. Im not going to be recording for anything other than my own enjoyment, but if that changes, the option is there I guess.
I think what you get with the Katana, is a real stripped down version of the newer modellers. I looked at the Code, and have watched various videos on the new Spider, and also owned a Vox VT20 for a while. I like things simple/clean, and for me there was just too much stuff/options on the others. Don't get me wrong, if id preferred the sounds I could get from the Code etc compared to the Katana, I would have gone for something else, but this Katana really is a great little thing...and bloody loud.
I appreciate these amps are getting great feedback, but even 4 seems insufficient in the modern world and in my view both should offer more. I would have expected a min of 4 on the 50w and 8 on the 100w.
Really can't make up my mind between the 50 and 100, I don't need the extra 50W at all but the extra features seem like they might be worth it.
On the rear of the amp, can anyone explain the difference between 'Line Out' and 'Phones/Rec Out'. Let alone the USB out for recording as well...
Phones out will cut the speaker, so pretty useless if you need the amp speaker to monitor on stage.
I looked at the MIDI implementation and I think you are limited to switching between the 4 presets (and whatever the front panel is set to) and engaging and disengaging effects.