Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core
Boss - WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core, Direct Tube Amp Recording Solution with Tube Logic Design
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Boss - WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core
Advanced Creative Tools for Studio-Grade Tube Amp TonesThe Boss WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core is a professional recording solution for capturing tube amp tones with incredible quality. Boss' Tube Logic approach and reactive load design keeps your amp’s natural feel and touch response, while premium cab emulation and studio processing make it easy to create high-impact direct sounds. Creative options include a helpful Mix Assist tool that ensures tracks fit perfectly within every mix, along with a unique Air Feel feature that authentically recreates “amp-in-room” sound with advanced spatial technology. With the integrated 30-watt reactive drive power amp and your favourite cab, you can enjoy “sweet spot” amp tones at home-friendly levels.
Amazing Features
• Professional direct tube amp recording solution driven by the advanced Tube Logic design philosophy
• Mix Assist function optimizes the recorded sound to dramatically improve production quality
• Choose from 22 BOSS cabinet emulations and five selectable mic types (two simultaneously)
• Selectable reactive load retains your amp’s natural feel and interactive response
• Built-in 30-watt reactive drive power amplifier with continuous volume control
• Supports most tube amps rated up to 100 watts
Incredible Tube Tones at Any Volume
authentic responseA tube-based guitar amp sounds and feels its best when the volume is cranked and its power section is pushed. Unfortunately, the noise levels it creates are usually unmanageable for anyone without an isolation booth or very forgiving neighbors.
The WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core solves this issue, capturing your amp’s speaker output with a reactive load and selectable options that accurately emulate combo and stack-style speaker behaviors.
The sound goes directly to the internal 30-watt reactive drive power amp, ready to connect to an external cab for low-volume practice. The same signal is also sent through the unit’s speaker cab emulations and effects processing, giving you a polished feed for direct recording applications.
Premium Speaker Sounds
world-class cabinet emulationsThe companion editor software provides a studio playground for shaping the raw amp sound within the WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core. Choose from 22 BOSS cabinet emulations and five classic mic types (two available simultaneously) and dial in the ideal blend with position, distance, and level controls.
It’s also possible to use up to two speaker cab IRs at once, either from the included Celestion Digital IRs or selections from your personal IR library. With the time alignment function, you can precisely line up IR combinations for the smoothest tone.
Professional Recording Tools
natural resultsThe WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core hosts powerful tools to help you achieve world-class recorded tones—with no engineering experience required. Developed with top guitarists and studio engineers, the Mix Assist function lets you apply one of three sound contour curves with variable transient control. This makes it easy to record parts that blend perfectly within mixes, drastically improving your production quality.
There’s also an immersive Air Feel feature that uses Boss spatial technology to recreate the inspiring “amp-in-room” tone that guitarists love. The two Air Feel studio variations deliver realistic richness, depth, and dimension, providing more natural results than the room mics typically used to add space to guitar recordings.
Effects and Rigs
compression, EQ, delay, and reverbEffect processing plays a crucial role in crafting great studio guitar tones. The WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core features a series/parallel loop for inserting your preferred mod and ambience effects, positioned after the amp’s distortion for the clearest sound.
There’s also an array of high-quality internal processing, allowing you to apply compression, EQ, delay, and reverb within the unit. You can organize custom setups within the editor—including cab choices and effects—and assign 10 favourites for instant access with the Rig knob on the front panel.
Versatile Connections
an inspiring experianceThe WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core allows you to use your custom rigs in many ways at once. Record directly to music production software over USB or patch into a mixer or audio interface with the stereo XLR jacks.
Hook up an external speaker cabinet (4/8/16 ohms) for daily practice. Or monitor through headphones via the front input, complete with Air Feel for an inspiring spatial experience.
Expansion Options
third-party ir'sUsing the WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core Editor, you can load 64 of your favourite third-party speaker WAV IRs in addition to the 10 included Celestion Digital IRs. Mono or stereo files are compatible, with support for 500 ms length and 32-bit floating point/96 kHz resolution for the finest audio quality.
The optional Bluetooth® Audio MIDI Dual Adaptor adds wireless capabilities, allowing you to jam with music streamed from a smartphone and use the mobile version of the editor to tweak rigs and load IRs.
BOSS WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core | Reactive Load Box
The Tech Spec
| Features | Specification | Maximum Input Power | FROM TUBE AMP: 100 W |
|---|---|
| Safety Load (power off) | FROM TUBE AMP: 330 ohms |
| Rated Power Output | TO SPEAKER: 30 W (8 ohms) |
| Load Impedance | TO SPEAKER: 4-16 ohms |
| Input Impedance | FROM TUBE AMP: 8 ohms FX LOOP RETURN: 1 M ohm |
| Output Impedance | LINE OUT L/R: 600 ohms FX LOOP SEND: 1 k ohm |
| Nominal Output Level | LINE OUT L/R: +4 dBu |
| FX LOOP Nominal Input/Output Level | -10/+4 dBu (selectable) |
| Maximum Output Level | LINE OUT L/R: +13 dBu FX LOOP SEND: +6 dBu (-10) /+20 dBu (+4) |
| Controls | POWER switch SPEAKER OUT knob LINE OUT knob PHONES knob REACTIVE LOAD knob RIG knob AIR FEEL LEVEL knob WRITE button INPUT LEVEL switch FX LOOP LEVEL switch GND LIFT switch |
| Indicators | POWER WRITE INPUT SIG/PEAK |
| Connectors | FROM TUBE AMP jack: 1/4-inch phone type TO SPEAKER jack: 1/4-inch phone type LINE OUT L/R connectors: XLR type PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type FX LOOP SEND jack: 1/4-inch phone type FX LOOP RETURN jack: 1/4-inch phone type USB port: USB Type-C® MIDI IN connector Bluetooth® adaptor connector: Dedicated connector DC IN jack |
| Power Supply | AC adaptor |
| Current Draw | 470 mA |
| Accessories | Owner's manual AC adaptor Power cord |
| Dimensions | Width: 200 mm, 7-7/8 inches Height (including foots): 99 mm, 3-15/16 inches Depth: 202 mm,8 inches |
| Weight | 2.2 kg 4 lbs 14 ozs |
