I have the MkII 50w. If I wanted a footswitch to be able to toggle on/off individual effects, and also have a looper plugged and playing, how would I achieve that?
I’ve been looking at the XSonic Airstep Kat. I understand it plugs in the USB port, so that leaves the foot control plug open. Would a looper then go in that plug? Or would I plug it into the Airstep or something? Sorry, I’m pretty new at thinking about pedals.
XSonic also makes a looper pedal, but the connection schematic, while probably perfectly readable to people who know what they’re doing, is confusing to me as someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing . I can’t tell if it uses the AUX port, or requires the USB port, or both. Would it be easier to use some other traditional looper like a Boss brand?
What would I need to know to be able to have these two scenarios functional at the same time or is it even possible?
The ulooper connects to the Katana via the usb port, don’t have the Airstep but it connects wirelessly to the 50, the usb on it is for charging its batteries but doesn’t need to connect to katana.
Apologies your are correct, I was speaking about Katana air by mistake. It appears the 50 Airstep and ulooper need a USB connection and from what I’ve googled you can’t use both at the same time on the 50, I did read that XSONIC are working on a fix for that but that’s hearsay so not sure if it will be resolved.
The ulooper needs both the USB out and the Aux in on the Katana 50. If you want to have both a looper and a footswitch to control effects, then I would go with the set up that they show on the ulooper demo video which uses a ulooper and the Boss FS6 footswitch. You will need power for the ulooper and and a 9V battery for footswitch.
If you went with a traditional looper, then you would put it between your guitar and the input to the Katana. Unfortunately, this set up would mean that your entire loop would be affected by any changes to effects that you make. This is one of the values of an effects loop - you can plug the looper into the amp AFTER the effects so you loop captures the effect in use when you record the loop.
The ulooper setup might seem complicated, but it is because it is essentially a work around for the fact that the amp doesn’t have an effects loop.
. I can’t tell if it uses the AUX port, or requires the USB port, or both. Would it be easier to use some other traditional looper like a Boss brand?