#katana stopped working, help with REAPER/FL Studio?

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placid walrus
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I was using my boss katana head mk-ii but after being gone for a month its not being recognized, updated, installing it's driver, etc, so i figured i'd go the virtual route finally but i dont have a clue on how to set up these DAWs to where I could recreate my tone(s), and get my desktop audio to come through like before
If anyone has any sources I can use or can just bite the bullet and help me themselves let me knowww pls thx

sharp tinsel
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turn off your head, open up device manager make sure the head is plugged in but still off, turn it on and see if it appears in the device manager. If not, its likely a problem with the firmware on the head itslef

placid walrus
red pollen
placid walrus
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i just ordered another usb b cable

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off doordash

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so maybe another hour or so and i'll try the new cable

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all my usb ports work, tone studio redownloaded etc

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but the katana driver wouldnt show up

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usb wouldn't show a notification getting set up or anything etc

red pollen
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Unusual, might be the cable yeah

placid walrus
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factory reset is so heartbreaking i had amazing tones mannnn

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and i cant seem to get reaper or FL right

red pollen
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It's a last ditch effort

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Hopefully you can rebuild them!

placid walrus
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right </3

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i think i know how i made the ones i usually use tbh

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if the cable works though that means i can still fuck around on voicemeeter instead of

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trying to get chains right and parametric eq

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all that shit is 6th dimensional being technology to me

red pollen
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Everything you need is in there

placid walrus
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na i mean uhh

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like if i was just to use reaper or fl

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putting whatever vst up in whatever order and etc

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figuring out how to put the puzzle pieces together

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on a totally virtual setup

red pollen
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Yeah, it's the same thing, might as well get 99% of it built on Katana

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It can do that

placid walrus
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i never messed with the chain on tone studio

red pollen
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Use Tone Studio for sure

placid walrus
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i just left it as is and then twisted knobs and allat

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i used tone studio for

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delay reverb and pedal fx

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the simple stuff

red pollen
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The only exception to this situation for a DAW I'd say, is if you're re-amping and processing the same DI

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Can be useful

placid walrus
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is re-amping the same as looping

red pollen
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But that's most ideal for VSTs like Archetypes

placid walrus
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not looping wrong term

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mb

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yea i downloaded fortin nameless and

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tse 50 some shit

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pro q

red pollen
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In this case, you're just recording raw DI guitar to a track, and then processing it with a VST + any other effects in the channel's signal chain

placid walrus
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i was gonna get izotope for the fuzz

red pollen
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So you can change the tone however you want, because it's the same recording

placid walrus
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see i have no idea how signal chains work or anything idek what a DI is. direct input?

red pollen
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Yeah that's right

placid walrus
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i dont even record tbh

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i guess i do but

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covers

red pollen
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If you want to run through a DAW, may as well learn the ins and outs

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But some people just use it for routing purposes only, that's valid too

placid walrus
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i only used FL for the extra pizazz

red pollen
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Yeah, the extra pizzazz is in the purpose the DAW serves haha

placid walrus
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my tone came from the mkii head and then i used voicemeeter to eq it

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and then FL just to have it

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made it a little crispier

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and maximus on FL as my noise gate

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for my mic

red pollen
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You can do all of that purely on the Katana, with Tone Studio

placid walrus
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yeah i had the gate on katana and all that

red pollen
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That way your rig isn't dependent on Voicemeeter nor FL

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It has a multi band EQ built in

placid walrus
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voicemeeter was so good for my tone though mannnn

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that multi band and the parametric eq on fl just suck for me

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compared to how easily i made it sound how i wanted to using vm

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needed improvement fs

red pollen
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I'm fairly confident you can pull it off with just the built-in EQ

placid walrus
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but ykwim

red pollen
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for Tone Studio

placid walrus
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yeaaa fs i just never looked into it

red pollen
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Explore

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Cuts only on a multi-band EQ go a very long way

placid walrus
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that was how i looked at it after the fact
like when it just didnt plug into my pc

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so i was like ok let me just

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find a new way entirely

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to route my shit thru and figure out the desktop audio etc

red pollen
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Yeah it's a good temporary solution

placid walrus
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get it all thru the mic etc and just have it totally virtual

red pollen
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Just mimic the same cuts on Tone Studio when you're back on USB

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What you don't want to get in the habit of doing

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EQ + effects on Voicemeeter, and also EQ + effects on FL

placid walrus
red pollen
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It's really up to you, but ideally you keep it all in one place if you wanna bring your rig around

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you have a head for a reason, i'm assuming

placid walrus
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ive just been spending the past 2 days trying to figure out how to get all my audio back thru my mic, different inputs etc

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yea i had the head and a orange cab

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sold the cab

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just used the head for playing on here

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tone studio >>>>>

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i never even physically touch the amp i controlled everything on my pc for like 2 yrs straight

red pollen
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One step at a time then haha

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Just gotta get it working on USB again

placid walrus
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yea mannnnn

red pollen
placid walrus
placid walrus
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tones all gone tho </3

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but i think i remade my thall tone

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and im getting closer to my lead

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but i had soooooo many its not even funnyyyy

red pollen