When an electric guitar or bass player is practicing over headphones, it needs to get the same feeling as generated by the actual amplifier and speaker in a room, including with all the gain that generates the actual tone, but without blasting the volume. The Katana:Go personal headphone amp allows that exact sound, with access to the Katana amp emulations, and to the BOSS Tone Exchange, a sound library that offers access to infinite sound chains on any musical style.
Katana:Go drives sessions with genuine sounds from the best-selling Katana stage amp series. Guitar mode features 10 unique amp characters, including clean, crunch, the high-gain BOSS Brown type, two acoustic/electric guitar characters, and more. There’s also a dedicated bass mode with Vintage, Modern, and Flat types directly ported from the Katana Bass amplifiers. Each mode includes a massive library of BOSS effects to explore, with deep sound customization available in the companion BOSS Tone Studio app for iOS and Android.
This way, the BOSS Katana:Go headphone amp delivers that premium sound for everyday playing without the hassle of amps, pedals, and computer interfaces. Users can simply plug it into their instrument, connect earbuds or headphones (wired or wireless), call up a memory, and go. Onboard controls provide access to volume, memory selection, and other essential functions, while the built-in screen displays the tuner and current memory. The rechargeable battery offers up to five hours of continuous playing time, and the integrated 1/4" plug folds down to create a pocket-size package that’s ready to travel anywhere.
But wait, there's more. According to the Roland division, the new BOSS Katana:Go now features advanced spatial technology that not only provides a rich 3D audio experience over headphones, it actually allows a guitar player to place other virtual sound sources he is playing with, anywhere in a virtual stage. Roland called this "Stage Feel," a feature that provides an immersive audio experience with "advanced BOSS spatial technology." Presets allow the user to position the amp sound and backing music in different places in the sound field, giving the impression of playing with a backline on stage or jamming in a room with friends.
The guitar and bass modes in Katana:Go each feature 30 memories loaded with ready-to-play sounds. BOSS Tone Studio allows the player to tweak preset memories, create sounds from scratch, or import Tone Setting memories created with stage-class Katana guitar and bass amplifiers. The app also provides integrated access to BOSS Tone Exchange, where users can download professionally curated Livesets and share sounds with the global BOSS community.
Pairing Katana:Go with a smartphone offers a complete mobile solution to supercharge daily practice. Players can jam along with songs from their music library and tap into BOSS Tone Studio’s Session feature to hone skills with YouTube learning content. It’s possible to build song lists, loop sections for focused study, and set timestamps to have Katana:Go switch memories automatically while playing with YouTube backing tracks.
The versatile Katana:Go ($129.99) also functions as a USB audio interface for music production and online content creation on a computer or mobile device. External control of wah, volume, memory selection, and more are also supported via the optional EV-1-WL Wireless MIDI Expression Pedal and FS-1-WL Wireless Footswitch.
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