EddieTheTrooper

Hi! Can you still share some Hendrix tones? I know a lot of time has passed. I had big crisis in learning and almost sold my beautiful Epi and Catalyst but now I'm back :)

You have to move your preset from download folder on your tablet and place it in: Andorid>data>com.line6.catalystedit>files>Line 6 Catalyst>Presets. Install some better file manager than Samsung's default and make shortcut for Cat's presets folder to quickly move files there

I really would like to help, but since I'm almost complete noob I can't give you any advice :( From what I've learned you would need a Fuzz pedal for Hendrix sound so not sure if you can replicate that on Cat without that pedal

OK, so I bought BOSS Mt2. It works fine with Catalyst both in front of an amp and in FX LOOP. What stroke me the most is that it not only sounds different but also the pedal and the knobs behave also much different. I didn't test FX loop much yet but I think it's easier to use that way but also it has much narrower range of sounds to set. Used between the guitar and amp it seems to me much complex to set something but it's more rewarding in wider range of different sounds. The knobs are very sensitive and there are many interactions between them that I don't fully(well to be honest not even partially) understand. When I used it for the first time, set everything to noon and then start playing with the nobs, the sound was terrible, just like many haters report. But after reading some guides and experimenting I already found some nice tones for starting point that already sounds to me better than Cat's hi gain amp, which I don't like the most in this amplifier. Probably I made bad choice purchasing this as a my first pedal ever(maybe better choice for the first time would be some Joyo distortion or something like that- seems much easier to use) but overall I'm happy. I thought it will be worst after reading some haters. However using Cat with this pedal is becoming more complex right now since I have to made separate clean channel for Metal Zone - which is mostly flat and not usable as a regular tone since it sounds like crap. So right now if I want to play some heavy riff on Metal Zone with Cat's effect off and then change to some nice clean channel with some effect I have to hit switch on a MT2 to disable it, than hit channel switch on LFS2 to change this flat clean tone to something better and then hit effect switch to turn on effect on my clean channel. That's 3 buttons! My god that's too many for me. I don't know you guys handle this especially with more effects or big pedalboards??? Respect for that, really

I want to try Boss Metal Zone Mt2 with Cat. But what I've learned about this pedal it shouldn't be used as a regular distortion pedal rather then that is should be used as a pre amp. It sounds best in effect loop or directy in to power amp. I never ever used effect loop so far so i will be something new for me. In this video Ola Englund is hooking MT 2 directly in to FX loop of his satan : But correct me if I'm wrong. He hooked the guitar in to metal zone input and it's output directly in to FX return (no FX send). Am I correct? this is how should I do it?

Hi again. Didn't play for a while because I have had problems with my guitars, I had to gave them to the service many times but finally they are brought back to life and I can play once more. Didn't test your Cult presets much yet but I do like your Heartbreaker preset... but... IMO it sounds too heavy on my Epi Explorer. It sounds much better on my Charvell strat but even then i like to turn the volume down a bit on my guitar. Otherwise wise I like it. But have you tried boutique amp? I think it is great for classic rock songs. It is right now my favorite amp model in Catalyst. I used Richie Cat Grit preset as a starting point and it is amazing on both of my guitars. Maybe this is not Led Zeppelin sound but it sounds great! Anyway i saved this one and yours in my amp. I will work with both of them. Thank you

Thank you very much. I will check them tomorrow

I will be grateful. Yes I have checked the Custometone and found there some very interesting presets. Some of them I don't like but some of them I kept. There is one that I use to play Led Zeppelin or other classical rock songs that can be good starting point. Don't remember its name but it uses Boutique and I like it. It sounds really nice with my Epi Thunderhorse Explorer with Gibson Burst Bucker pickups especially with the coil-tapped bridge pickup. Really nice rock & roll sound.

I see your point. Any advices on Led Zeppelin tones with Cat btw ? :)

Looks interesting. What bluetooth midi controller would you recomend for this? HoTone Ampero Control for example?

These three are my favorite

My quite new discovery. Love them

I agree. I think Line 6 shoot oneself in the foot with Catalyst. I understand that some people can be happy of it but I don't see what was the goal of some of line 6 decisions and to whom this amp is dedicated. For beginners and home players? It's too powerful. For musicians playing live? too limited as you said.

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ok, I really don't understand what are all those nerves for, really. The problem with Line 6 to me is not that they didn't clearly stated that I can't use 3rd party loopers(although they have stated that I can use external pedals without a problem and Cat should handle them) the problem is that line 6 "design" some things, as I understand, completely opposite to what competition did with their amps and didn't inform about that anywhere and I don't see any reason for this. Probably I did bad research before buying, probably that's is true, but I did some, and up to now I wasn't aware of Line 6 strange "design decision" abut how the amp behaves when changing presets(to my it is defect not intention, I don't see any reasons why it works that way, maybe you can tell me) and about the FX loop position, which, once again, as I understand correctly is "designed" in different way than competitors amps. Maybe there are some pros of such design but I don't see any unless you can tell me. Lastly. I'm asking you friendly, can you explain me without the nerves something that Line 6 IMO never explained anywhere: what this amp is not and what is intended to be?

Have you tried contacting the support?

Thank you. Looks like you have "solved" the problem somehow. As I understand I can use looper with Cat but what I need is external overdrive/distortion pedal and all the onboard effect set to "pre-amp". I wanted to try overdrive/distortion pedal in the future anyway but looks like it's major drawback of this amp anyway.

I wonder if the problems with FX loop positions can be solved by firmware update or is this amp's construction defect and can't be solved. Seems like major drawback for me :(

So if I understand correctly looper pedals like joyo R-06 OMB are useless with Cat?/

In near future I plan to enrich my learning. What I think could be interesting are loopers and drum pedals. I'm especialIy interested in Joyo R06 O.M.B but I wonder how it would work with Cat? Is it good or bad idea ? As I understand this is effect pedal so if I plug it to my amp won't my amp settings and effects affect the sound of drums or looped guitar ?

I've just discovered the power of boost knob in this amp. It not only "boost" sound level but also can change characteristic of sound and gain level. I was able to change my clean(with chorus effect) sound in to great crunchy with little overdrive sound which I always wanted. Only I wish I had 3 buttons on footswitch. One for preset, one for effect and one for boost

I don't want to do that because I know they should be good - I heard them yesterday on a different amp played by much better guitarist and my Epi sound incredibly good. So I got one conclusion. It's not the amp, it's not the guitar. It is me who can't use full potential of both of them. But the more I play with the knobs on both amp and guitar the more i like both of them. Right now I'm also experimenting with height level of pickups. It has huge impact on a sound.

What I meant by standard android applications is for example Spottily, Youtube, Guitar Pro. They all causes problems. But not Audio Evolution Mobile (I made a mistake in the name of application in previous post, sorry)

First of all I'm not sure if I have wrote the title correctly, as some of you may already noticed English is not my strongest point ;) Anyway I have encountered some problems with sound played through Cat via USB. When I connect amp to tablet(or phone) the sound from my mobile device is very quiet. When practicing in 1/2W mode while playing for example music from Spotify I have to turn master volume almost to max. It's even worse. From time to time Cat stops playing music at all. And nothing I can do but wait until he starts playing once more. What I've noticed so far... all these problems occurs while using... let's say "standard" android applications. Not sure if I define these correctly I lack a good term for it, sorry. But what I sorted out is all those problem never occur when using Audio Mobile Studio. When I record something in it with in app metronome i can actually hear that that metronome loud and clear. Don't have to max master volume. Also when I play recorded things they are also at good volume level. Even more. I tried this many times. Cat never stops playing sound from this app. I have never encountered such problem with this app. What I know is that app is using its own audio driver. Maybe this is some clue? I've already contact the support but what do you think about this? Any ideas?