James Freeman
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I'd be willing to bet this is what is happening.I found the Power Amp In on my Katana 100 head to have hyped highs and lows. Switching to an ISP Stealth Pro was almost boring sounding at first, until I realized it was actually more neutral, with less of Katana "enhancement" (insert Farley meme).
Similar experience with real cabs. I sometimes bump the high end even. I would not take the Kat power amp input result as representative or power amp-> cab in the general case. You'd probably need to compare a bit that thing is tweaked for a specific application and input.No hi cuts for me going into regular cabs, but like JT said, I often have to suck a lot of low end out, especially last week going into a pair of Orange 2x12’s.
Someone please measure the frequency response of the Katana's power amp.
Someone please make an IR of the Katana standing on the floor and provide mic'ing info (mic, positioning).
These data points would make us able to answer the OP more objectively.
If it sounds good, it is good.I’ve noticed issues with the high and low end that have been mentioned. I know this is sacrilege to a lot of folks here, but I found turning on the speaker modeling even when I go into a guitar amp gets me where I need to go.
The Katana 100 MkII has an fx return before the internal fx and a dedicated post fx power amp in.Given there are "cab resonance options" and series/parallel options for the loop in the Katana, my guess is going into the return isn't after all the DSP and there is some sort of EQ/processing happening post loop. This was a similar issue with the old Tech 21 Trademark 60, their analog cab modeling came after the loop in the circuit. Unless you know the schematic, an amp's loop return isn't guaranteed to be clean power amp to speaker.
The Katana 100 MkII has an fx return before the internal fx and a dedicated post fx power amp in.
Yeah. loops can be tricky... signal level, tone suck, noise, impedance mismatches, etc. A lot of them require messing around to get straight and some are inherently flawed.Given there are "cab resonance options" and series/parallel options for the loop in the Katana, my guess is going into the return isn't after all the DSP and there is some sort of EQ/processing happening post loop. This was a similar issue with the old Tech 21 Trademark 60, their analog cab modeling came after the loop in the circuit. Unless you know the schematic, an amp's loop return isn't guaranteed to be clean power amp to speaker.
Agree totally. Have to say, I'm a little confused regarding what has been talked about in the thread.I’ve noticed issues with the high and low end that have been mentioned. I know this is sacrilege to a lot of folks here, but I found turning on the speaker modeling even when I go into a guitar amp gets me where I need to go.
I used to just keep that dirty secret to myself, but John Nathan Cordy did a video a little while back showing that he does the same thing. So I guess I’m not totally insane.
You wouldn't put a cab sim/IR on a mic'ed guitar cab, would you? Not trying to start a fight, but this doesn't make sense to me.