In waves amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

The Trivium guitar tone for “In waves”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 MkII with a Ibanez RG550. Studio recording, In Waves (2011) — clean bridge section / Capsizing the Sea layered motif

Original rig

Kemper Profiling Amp (Vox AC30 profile) / Peavey 5150 clean channel, Epiphone Les Paul Custom with EMG 81/85 active pickups

Pristine, chiming, compressed modern metal clean with subtle dimension

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100 MkII

CHANNELClean amp typeBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck+middle TONE10 VOLUME9

Signal chain

02Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer

Evens out pick transient attack and gives studio-style compression

Level 6 · Tone 5 · Attack 4 · Sustain 5

03Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor

Mutes any front-end hum

Threshold 4 · Decay 2

04Boss GE-7 Equalizer

Adds upper-mid clarity and chime to mimic the studio AC30 profile

100Hz 5 · 200Hz 5 · 400Hz 4 · 800Hz 6 · 1.6kHz 7 · 3.2kHz 6 · 6.4kHz 5 · Level 5

05Boss CE-5 Chorus

Run direct into input or FX loop; adds subtle width and motion to the clean arpeggio

E.Level 4 · Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Filter 5

Why these settings

Trivium used Vox AC30 Kemper profiles for their studio cleans, which possess a signature chime and glassiness compared to modern high-gain heads. The Katana 100 MkII Clean channel provides a transparent base, while the GE-7 pushes the 1.6kHz and 800Hz bands to dial in that AC30 Top Boost chime. On the Ibanez RG550, the neck+middle split position tames passive humbucker thickness and captures the pristine clarity of the record's studio tracking. Heavy rhythm switch: step on the Boss ML-2 with the CE-5 bypassed and switch to the bridge humbucker.

PRO TIPPick with a stiff 1.0mm+ pick strictly near the bridge pickup rather than over the neck to accentuate string definition and percussive transient bite on the arpeggiated clean figures.

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