Boss TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II User's Guide

Using BOSS TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II

This document explains basic operation of BOSS TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II
(subsequently referred to as “TONE STUDIO”).

Getting Ready to Use TONE STUDIO

Installing the USB Driver

Before you use TONE STUDIO, the appropriate USB driver for the product
you’re using must be installed on your computer.

Starting TONE STUDIO

1. Use a USB cable to connect the KATANA Mk II to your

computer, and then turn on the power of the KATANA Mk II.

MEMO

You can edit livesets and download livesets from BOSS TONE CENTRAL
even if the KATANA Mk II is not connected to your computer via a USB
cable.

However, you can’t save the result of editing a patch. In order to save
the edited patch, you’ll need to be connected to your computer.

1. From the product support page, download the KATANA

Driver.

To obtain the latest USB driver, access the following URL, and
download and install the appropriate driver for the product you’re
using.

http://www.boss.info/support/

2. Double-click the downloaded KATANA Driver.

Installation begins.
Proceed with the installation as directed by the installation screens.
When the screen indicates “Installation has been completed.” click

the [Close] button.
The KATANA Driver has been installed on your computer.

Installing TONE STUDIO

MEMO

Before you install TONE STUDIO, the USB driver must be installed in your
computer as described in “Installing the USB Driver” (p. 1).

Windows Users

1. Unpack the Zip le.

2. In the [Start] menu, choose [All Programs]

STUDIO for KATANA Mk II] & [BOSS TONE STUDIO for
KATANA Mk II].

The rst time you start up, the dialog box “Choose a device connect
with.” appears.

MEMO

On the second and subsequent startups, the device is selected
automatically.

Mac OS users

From the Finder, in the application/BOSS/KATANA Mk II folder,
double-click [BOSS TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II (.app)].

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[BOSS TONE

3. Choose “KATANA,” and click the [OK] button.

2. Double-click “BOSS TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II

Installer.exe.”

Installation begins.

3. Proceed with installation as directed by the install screens.

4. When the screen indicates “Completing the BOSS TONE

STUDIO for KATANA Mk II Setup Wizard,” click the [Finish]
button.

Mac Users

1. Unpack the Zip le.

2. Double-click “BOSS TONE STUDIO for KATANA Mk II

Installer.pkg.”

Installation begins.

3. Proceed with installation as directed by the install screens.

4. When the screen indicates “The installation was successful.

The software was installed.,” click the [Close] button.

TONE STUDIO starts.

MEMO

Since data will be loaded from the KATANA Mk II, it may take some
time until you can use TONE STUDIO.

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Editor Basic Screen

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1. Tone Setting select area

2. Function select area

3. [CLEAR] / [WRITE] button

If you click the [CLEAR] button, all settings are initialized to the KATANA Mk II’s original settings. By clicking the [WRITE] button you can save the edited
settings in the tone setting select area (p. 3).

4. Amp setting editing area

5. Eect editing area

Here you can specify the eects that you want to assign to the [BOOSTER], [MOD], [FX], [DELAY], and [REVERB] knobs, and to the expression pedal.

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Editing a Tone Setting

1. At the top of KATANA Mk II Editor screen, click the [EDITOR]

button.

2. Click the tone setting that you want to edit.

3. To edit the settings, use the mouse to operate the knobs

and buttons in the screen.

Saving Edited Settings (WRITE)

Here’s how to save the edited settings.

1. In the upper right of the KATANA Mk II Editor screen, click

the [WRITE] button.

The “WRITE” dialog box appears.

2. If you want to change the name of the tone setting, click

the TONE SETTING NAME eld. You can use your computer
keyboard to enter a tone setting name.

3. Select the write-destination.

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NOTE

When you save, the tone setting of the selected number is
overwritten; the original settings cannot be recovered. Select a tone
setting that you don’t mind overwriting.

4. Click [WRITE].

The settings of the new tone setting are saved in the specied
destination.

MEMO

If you want to discard the settings, click the [CLEAR] button located
in the upper right of the screen.

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LIBRARIAN Basic Screen

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1. [CREATE LIVESET] button

Press this button to create a new empty liveset.

2. Liveset name

Shows the name of the liveset and the number of tone settings.

3. Liveset name edit button

Click this to edit the name of the liveset. You can click the trash can symbol to delete the liveset.

4. TONE SETTING name edit button

Click this to edit the name of the tone setting. You can click the trash can symbol to delete the tone setting.

5. [Import] button

This lets you import all of the KATANA Mk II unit’s tone settings into the LIBRARIAN, or import a LIBRARIAN le from your computer into the LIBRARIAN.

6. [Export] button

This lets you export a liveset to the KATANA Mk II unit, or export a liveset and save it on your computer.

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Importing All the Tone Settings into the LIBRARIAN (Import From KATANA Mk II)

Here’s how to import all of the KATANA Mk II’s tone settings into LIBRARIAN.
All tone settings are saved as a liveset.

1. In TONE STUDIO screen, click the [LIBRARIAN] button.

2. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Import]

button.

5. Click the [OK] button.

The tone settings are saved as a liveset in the LIBRARIAN.

Exporting a LIBRARIAN Liveset to the
KATANA Mk II (EXPORT TO KATANA Mk II)

Here’s how a liveset that you saved can be restored to the KATANA Mk II’s
user patch.

1. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Export]

button.

3. Click the [KATANA Mk II] button.

The CREATE LIVESET screen appears.

2. From SELECT LIVESET, select the liveset that you want to

export.

4. Enter the liveset name, and click the [OK] button.

Import begins. If you decide to cancel during the operation, click the
[CANCEL] button.

It will take some time to import all of the KATANA Mk II’s tone
settings. When import is nished, the message “Completed.” appears.

3. Click the [KATANA Mk II] button.

Export begins. If you decide to cancel during the operation, click the
[CANCEL] button.

When export is nished, the message “Completed.” appears.

4. Click the [OK] button.

The selected liveset is written back into the KATANA Mk II.

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Restoring a Tone Setting to the KATANA Mk II

Here’s how to select a tone setting from a liveset that you saved, and
restore it back to the KATANA Mk II.

1. Drag the tone setting that you want to restore and drop it

onto the desired user patch number of the KATANA Mk II.

NOTE

When you drop a tone setting, it overwrites the tone setting of the
selected number; the original settings cannot be recovered. Select a
user tone setting that you don’t mind overwriting.

Saving a Liveset to a Computer (EXPORT TO FILE)

A liveset that you backed up can be exported to your computer (Export).

1. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Export]

button.

2. From SELECT LIVESET, select the liveset that you want to

export.

3. Click the [FILE] button.

The “Save As” dialog box appears.

4. Enter a name and save-destination, and click the [Save]

button.

A liveset le (.tsl) is created at the save-destination.

Ways to use an exported liveset

5 Use a USB ash drive to copy the liveset to a dierent computer.

5 Sent the liveset via email to another KATANA Mk II user.

MEMO

You can also select multiple tone settings as described in “Selecting
multiple tone settings” (p. 9).

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Importing a Liveset from a Computer into the LIBRARIAN (IMPORT FROM FILE)

A liveset that you exported to a computer can be imported into a TONE
STUDIO library (Import).

1. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [Import]

button.

2. Click the [FILE] button.

The “Open” dialog box appears.

3. Select the liveset le (extension: .tsl) that you want to

import into the library, and click the [Open] button.

The liveset is imported into the LIBRARIAN.

MEMO

The TONE STUDIO can also import the livesets created by KATANA­Artist, KATANA-100/212, KATANA-100, KATANA-50, KATANA-HEAD
into the LIBRARIAN.

Creating an Original Liveset

You can collect your favorite tonesettings to create an original liveset.

1. At the top of the TONE STUDIO screen, click the [CREATE

LIVESET] button.

2. Input a name for the liveset.

3. Click the [OK] button.

An empty liveset containing no tone settings is created.

4. From the tone setting list at the left of the TONE STUDIO

screen, drag and drop your favorite tone settings into the
new liveset.

The selected tone settings are registered in the new liveset.

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5 A maximum of 15 tone settings can be registered in one liveset. If

inserting tone settings would cause the liveset to exceed 15 tone
settings, the tone settings that exceed 15 are not inserted (a message
is displayed).

5 Tone settings that are registered in another liveset can also be

dragged and dropped into the new liveset.

5 You can drag and drop the tone settings in the liveset to change

their order.

5 TONE STUDIO lets you create up to 50 livesets. If you want to create

and save more than 50 livesets, use the EXPORT TO FILE function to
save existing livesets on your computer.

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