At first I said "l don't really need that". Buy the end of clip "I've have to get one " good job Paul as always. Your the number one source for all things katana.

Awesome! My only comment is that it would be great if the LED indicator on the Airstep buttons would change colour to match the Katana- so the way it is now, change an effect by long press, and the Katana switches from say yellow to red, but the Airstep stays green- would make sense to have the colour change so you could see where you are in the 3-cycle (green, yellow, red). I feel as if I could have been clearer, but hopefully this makes sense.

Thats a Spark, a boss katana 2 and now an air pedal that I've bought based on your videos 🤣 you are trustworthy and I like you a lot Paul, the wife's not so keen on me watching any more videos though.....

I received mine today and I intend to use the GA-FC for the channel switching and the Airstep Kat to control the effects switching along with the katana air app on the fly with my Artist Mk2. Thanks for the tutorial. 👍

Yes! Need one soon. This will help when gigging for sure. Thanks for the demo.

Ordered mine already. I’m really excited. The Bluetooth feature is indeed a game changer.

This channel always helps me find what I need

Mine’s on the way…can’t wait. Thanks for the demo.

I love that they made it work with the ipad version of Tone Studio. Boss should have done that from the beginning. The only thing holding me back on the Katana is that you cannot have multiple boosts in one chain, or multiple modulation pedals at once. For example, on my real pedal board, I always have two kinds of boost pedals and I can run them at the same time, but the Katana will only allow me to use one at a time. I also have a Vibrato, Tremolo, and a Phase shift pedal all at once, but with the Katana I can only use one FX and one Mod pedal at a time. Even the newer Fender Mustang GTX allows you to use more than one at a time in a chain, so I can’t understand why Boss limits the Katana (and effects boards like the GT-1) to only allow one of each at a time. But other than that, it’s fantastic.

Amazing, Airstep solved my wah problem!! If you plug your pedalboard in, overdrives would be in chain before wah and wah doesent sound good. But if you use Katana librarian mobile app where you can custom how ever you want the order in chain (not just these 7 or 8 that katana offers), and you plugg in overdrives in effects loop and set that send/return goes right after wah, problem is solved!

I think Game-Changer is correct. I've never used the Green, Red, Yellow settings of the effects blocks in a live setting because you'd have to walk to your amp and stop playing so you could press a button. That means I have to manage more than one patch, when the only thing different about the second one is that it has a different effect of some sort on it. Boss could easily build that capability into the Katana's firmware so you could do that from the GA-FC, so maybe we'll see that at some point. Being able to use BTS at a gig would be excellent. I've found programmable amps frustrating when the physical knob doesn't reflect or even show the actual value behind it. So your mids knob might be at 9 o'clock, but the channel is programmed with mids set to 3 o'clock. When you're at a soundcheck and you feel that your mids could just come down a notch, that's very difficult to achieve because the moment you touch the knob, your mids are going to jump down to 9 o'clock and you'll have lost your point of reference. I think Kempers have knobs that rotate infinitely and leds round the outside that show the current value, so when you turn a knob to the left, it reduces the value from its programmed point. Obviously that would bump the price of the Katana (although it would be a great feature on the Artist). Anyhow, although I'd never take a laptop to a gig (imagine telling the sound engineer to wait while Windows installs updates), I do have a tablet on my mic stand and BTS does allow you to see the current value of a parameter and nudge it up or down. Brilliant.

Thanks for this Paul, I just ordered one for my 50 MkII.

Now bought an airstep, I already have GA FC and was expecting airstep to replace it, but aha, I think I can use both, one for channel changes and the other for individual effect switching, trialing to see if it helps having both, thanks for the SR channel

Excellent video. The Katana 50 is fantastic. This pedal was a a game changer

Great demo, thanks. I bought a Mk1 50 when they were released and have been considering the upgrade to Mk2 100w mostly for the GAFC. I ordered the Airstep on its release date and you've inadvertently answered a question I had as to whether you can change presents/effects quickly enough for live. Cheers!

It truly is fantastic. I have been so eager to have BTS on my iPad (Boss why?). But I chose to get the Airstep Smart version for its fuller features, especially MIDI.

Fascinating how things are developing with 3rd party companies adding functionality and nudging manufacturers to innovate further. I have a Spark 40 and recently added a dedicated Bluetooth foot switch and the ease of use has expanded hugely. What’s not to like?

Good video and well explained. I have one in order and agree this is a game changer. I often want to change the effects, like a different Boost for solo or something. I know I could use a different channel for that but as it is now I use my four channels for distorted guitar, clean guitar, bass and acoustic guitar and that's it on my 50 MKII. It's kind of strange that Boss haven't developed a similar pedal since there are som many effects and choices in the Amp. Well done Xsonic!

I only wish they had a LED that changed color or separate LED's that showed which booster or mod you had selected. Also two more switches to turn the loop on and off for a solo boost and tap tempo thus freeing up the delay switch to choose between different length delays. There's my two cents.. you may keep the change :)

Amazing! I need one of these for my Kat50!

Point to note: if you use the Volume and Expression inputs on your GA-FC, you’ll need a rethink because Airstep doesn’t have them. You have an expression pedal input on the back of the amp, but I find being able to control the master volume of the amp with a pedal is really useful. Probably not a deal breaker for me considering the other advantages of the Airstep.

Really cool features definitely a better deal than GAFC. But already own a Boss GAFC and got 3rd party app on the phone to tweak the tone studio via USB. If it were midi instead of USB I'll get it also could have the 2 exp pedal extension.

this is really good. been waiting for this. hopefully soon, they'll add a foot pedal or at least thru a cable from this unit. thanks!

Thanks for the demo, it's exactly what i needed for my setup! :-)

This is awesome! I have the 50, so this works out well! I have not been able to run the Boss Tone Studio because my computer is ancient and all I have is an iPhone. I was about to get an Android phone, but now I don’t need to. Thanks!

was guna get the boss one to go with my head - but you sold me on this one buying tomorow

Those are all things that could theoretically be free software updates for those of us who already have the ga-fc.

Thx Paul, great video as always, just put my order in. Now to sell my GAFC😊

Wow, what a great idea from Aurstep! My Katana 50 mk2 likey!

Max USB cable length is 16 feet (I believe) - so you'll have to be on a smaller stage for this to work. Still, I wish I had known about this before I bought my GAFC recently.

Best foot pedal for my katana mkii.

2:50 sounds like GnR yesterday

Pulled the trigger just an hour ago 👏🏻

Thanks nice review.I want to use this with GAFC for only EFFECT control. I wish this can be connected to GAFC.

What is that badass Tele???? Love the Airstep. Just what I need. Great sounds, btw.

Does the AIRSTEP Kat help facilitate a looper pedal to work with the MKII 50? I was very disappointed to learn that the Boss RC-1 Loop Station that I recently purchased, was better utilized as a paper weight and I should have gotten the 100-amp model.

Id love to see you demo the Line 6 Catalyst series...

Great Demo 🎸🎸 Does it Also Work With The Katana Air ??

It looks good and is a bit cheaper than the GAFC but seems the main difference is being able to switch between the three different colour effects but frankly pushing the button the the front of the amp isn’t that hard. The bluetooth thing is pretty good although if you don’t want to take your expensive IPAD to gigs I have found that my £80 (on Amazon) android tablet is smaller and using the juca nery ap on that (plugged into the amp) is way more intuitive than the boss tone studio ap. Good demo …the long and short is that the main advantage seems to be price. On the Katana artist you can also long press any channel to get the solo function and long press the effect button to enter tap time mode.

Excellent, thanks!

Paul. Great videos. Studio Rats are my go to for my Katana. I hope I can frame my question correctly. If I understand you the Airstep has to use the USB port to do the patch and effects switching modes. The bluetooth uses Katana Air to essentially allow you to deep dive the BTS with your phone/tablet. So here's the question: Can I connect via bluetooth to my latptop computer (which has bt) to use the standard BTS interface or do I have to either use Katana Air, OR unplug the Airstep and plug the amp's USB into my laptop? Would be nice if it was an either/or (USB of GA-FC port) to connect it, but hogging the one USB is problematic.

Hey Paul you made a great video, can I requests you a video for the MIDI functionality? New subscriber here 😅

You just sold another one. LOL. Thanks a bunch sir!

How are you recording your Katana? What outputs are you using? Thanks for the videos!

Awesome thank you

News flash!!! Boss Katana Bass amp works with bluetooth, once you buy the Boss bluetooth dongle, so you can use Airstep to control your amp. Only for Katana bass amp at the moment though 😀

the price of these is close to double the cost of the boss pedal..Thomann 139.00 up to 169.0 on other sites.

I have been pretty happy with my 100H Mk2, and recently have been looking at getting a GAFC for it.... The thing is I record via the USB, and while I like the ability to switch 'modes' .... I can already set up 8 controllable banks of sounds, which is more than enough at any given time. I think Id be correct in saying that this is great for the 50's, but not so much if you have one of the 100's, especially if you want to record while playing. I think Im still going to get a GAFC. Great vid!... really clearly went through all the features and helped me make a decision based on how I would be using it. If I had bought this and found out that I couldn't record while using it I would have not been pleased... THANKYOU!. (edit) But what is a game-changer if you didn't know!..... You can actually use any duel (stereo cable) footswitch to control 'Bank and channel'. You only have access to the first two channels in each bank, but it is four in total... I have only just found out about this after watching this and getting a hankering for a footswitch... and actually checking what other connections are on the back of the chassis.... and then plugging an old Marshall duel FS in. It's labelled pretty clearly. Its a cheaper option still... and it might just be what you're looking for.

Ok I'm buying this.

Unless I'm mistaken I noticed the LEDs on the footswitch don't change when you change between green, red, yellow options on the amp. What a missed open goal if that is the case. I would find that v confusing if gigging.

That Airstep should work with Mark I too as well, or i fail to see why it would not.

Nice but the usb port is delicate An accidental push or pull in a live situation would destroy the usb socket Does this thing work via blue tooth with the katana dongle in gen 3?

Great video and device!

But you can already control the katana with your phone via USB. :o Just get a fitting connector, the Katana librarian app and enable otg mode on your phone. You'll even get hidden amps like the Plexi. I don't see how this s better than the ga-fc when you have a katana head. The only standalone is switching the effects in one channel but you lose the additional inputs for expression pedals the ga-fc has.

Why can't studio see my Katana. I followed the steps but studio says not hooked up amp. Cable is right and I get all the way through the steps and it says it can't see my amp. Peace

Hi, thank's, but i'm not all understand. I'm french it's not easy for me. But i like your video, great playing

I read somewhere that you can activate/access the booster and mod at the same time on MK1 with the airstep. If that is true, this is the real deal!

So if the usb socket is now being used by this pedal, does this mean that instead of being able to directly record into a DAW users will have to mic the amp instead?

Not sure if they raised the price or what, as people wrote it is cheaper than GA-FC. It is too expensive, 185 Euro at Thomann while GA-FC is just 120. Maybe it is different in US, I don't know.

It's definitely a great piece of gear but how do you direct record if the USB port is being used by the airstep?

Thank you for this informative video! Question: Do I still have the capability to use an expression pedal plugged into the foot pedal port on the Katana 50 MK II when using the Airstep?

Great again thanks, is the CME wiki uhost an alternative just to get the last function only ( to get librarian running on my iPad at last ) But sure the air step seems to have great features for just a bit more than the CME wiki device and would replace my ga fc.

hi thanks for the content. I have problem with my AIRSTEP KAT. When I plug in to my Katana 50 Mk2 using the original cable, I switch On th amp, switch On the Airsteps, the light letter 'I' is not on. I have check the manual asking to restart the amp, but still doesn't works. I have fully charge the AIRSTEP to green. Please advice, thanks

Hi got question for you, what do think of Boss katana Artist and Katana head.I try 50 watts and 100 watts amp and I can't stand open back speaker and it lacks bottom end and tightness and i been think about Buying Boss katana head or Artist if sound awesome and I will buy it.

Absolutely amazing, considering returning my 100w for a 50w since I mostly got the big brother to use the pedal. Is there any way to get a splitter/dual USB, so for instance to record through USB while having the functionality of the airstep?

This is terrific news. Thanks! I have a question as well... can reverb be added as an always-on effect without requiring the footswitch assignment? I never turn it off and it would be nice not to have to dedicate a footswitch to something that is never touched. Thanks again.

Hi, I love your Videos…! Need some help with my Airstep Kat … For some reason I Can’t understand how to update the firmware… and only get this message…”Error The update failed, please restart the application and try again. Exit “ I’m using the App Airstep Updater . All my connections are good, Bluetooth ect…I’m able to use the Katana Air and Katana Librarian Apps on my iPhone witch prove my connections … What do I need to do ? Also witch Firmware do I need.. ? I have the lasted update on my Katana Amp … Could you please help..? Thank you very much !

What's specifically is the game changer??

Does it mean that if you use the Airstep you are forced to use the Katana Air mobile app, or is there a way to use the Airstep and PC Tone Studio at the same time? Thanks!

My phone can't pair with the airstep nobody can tell me what to do i tried a tablet also and it won't sync

Looks cool, but I see a lot of tap dancing and having to look back at the amp to see what's happening. Okay on the Artist with it's front facing controls, but with the top facing controls? Hmmm.

So with this, can I download patches from tone studio and save them as a pre set on the amp? Sorry I’m late to the katana party lol just about to upgrade to the 50 from a peavy studio pro that’s like 20 years old 😂

So can there be a cheaper Bluetooth USB dongle that we can plug into the USB port to get the app functionality? I already have the GA-FC so while I agree the extra functionality from the Airstep is very nice I'm okay with what I have but I would totally pick up a dongle to get app support!

Hey! Can we connect the airstep kat wirelessly to the amp or we need the cable? Thx!

Paul, how does the Air version of Tone Studio compare to the regular version? Is the feature set the same? Can I achieve whatever I can in the regular version with the Air version? If so this is a great workaround to get a tablet version of Tone Studio which I’ve been wanting for some time now.

At first I thought this unit is fantastic and a good price. Then I thought what can it do for me that my current setup of an android plugged direct running the katana app can’t?

What happens if you change an effect while on preset 1, then move to preset 2; upon returning to preset 1 it should still be the way you set it up originally, right? Just like on tone studio or on the panel, changes dont save unless you specifically save them. I would assume its the same with the airstep.

Thx for this video! I love my Katana and with the AIRSTEP it gets even better. But I would still like to connect it to my computer (where it is showing up as Katana, Katana 1 and Katana 2). Is there an adapter available so that I connect from the USB on the Katana both to the computer and the AIRSTEP?

is this compatible with Katana 50 MKII? i have Boss FS-6 but not enough to explore.

I order an Artist mkii, but confused which footswtich to grab, only planing to use it for live gigs.

I have a Katana Bass 110; is the AIRSTEP Kat Edition compatible with this combo? Thanks for the review.

Hey! I know I’m in the wrong video, but I’m thinking about getting two of the boss katana 100 utilizing the stereo mode. But can I do two delays in parallell this way, without any pedals? What would be the best way to play with parallell delay ala The Edge (U2) without spending hundreds of bucks on two delay pedals and a signal splitter?

Is the Airstep Kat compatible with Boss Katana 50IIEx? 100MKII? Thanks

I have a MK1 50. Can I switch through all four presets, or do you have to change banks first? TIA

Shame this didn’t come out a couple of months ago. I upgraded my 50 to a 100 just so I could add the GA-FC. I’d prefer to do all of the Tone Studio editing via my iPad (it’s what I use for almost all my music stuff). Does anyone have experience with the Katana app for iPad? From the little bits I read online it generally gets pretty bad reviews.

Can you quickly turn on/off delay as other effects or need to to hold the button?

Hey Paul - just had a quick question - I have an Artist MKII and just wondering if the tone studio for that is the same as the the one that’s on tablet for the air? I’m planning on buying the airstep but wondering if I’ll lose festers and set ups for using a diff tone studio if it is different that is. Thanks!!

does it work for new katana ex mk2 model?

I like this but we all now how usbs are finicky and breakable. On step on that cable and....

Can u use airstep with Boss katana Gen 3?

does this work with Katana MK2 50?

I originally set up my Katana 50 with mac OS. Can i use my android system phone as well as my Ipad to operate the Airstep and katana or am I restricted to only mac OS?

How do I use my Airstep and Katana as my sound card into my Mac at the same time via USB?

Can you use library via this pedal?

Is this a new product Paul, or is it purely coincidental that someone put you onto it as Line 6 try to claw a bit of market share back with their new thing? Kat just keeps getting better doesn't it!

Does the Airstep need to be connected to your phone via Bluetooth to operate or can it be operated completely without a phone connected at all?

Hi all how do i use my full airstep with my katana 50, thanks all

Can you save new patches or overwrite with it? Also, what about power?

Hi may i know as my boss katana 50 not mk1 or 2 series . can my katana 50 use the airstep?

Would a normal Airstep or Airstep Lite work instead of this?