Voices amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII
The Motionless In White guitar tone for “Voices”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Esp Ltd Alexi-200. Studio version, Graveyard Shift (2017)
Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier or Peavey 5150-style preamp, ESP 7-string with EMG 81/85 active pickups, Horizon Precision Drive or TS-style boost, Mesa 4x12 with Vintage 30s
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 0 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 5 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 3 |
01Boss ML-2 Metal Core
This is your primary gain source. The ML-2 provides the tight, scooped metalcore distortion. Amp gain stays at 0 to prevent mud from stacked gain stages.
Your ESP Ltd Alexi-200 has passive EMG-designed pickups—hotter than standard passives but not as compressed as true EMGs, so the ML-2's Dist at 7 compensates. The Katana's Brown channel is set to gain 0 because the ML-2 IS your distortion; stacking would create undefined mush. Treble at 5 and presence at 5 prevent the Katana's digital fizz that plagues high-gain tones. Use the Katana's built-in noise gate via Tone Studio (threshold around -45dB) to kill hiss between riffs.
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