Boss WAZA Tube Amp Extender Core The WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core is a professional recording solution for capturing tube amp tones with exceptional quality. Our Tube Logic approach and reactive load design retain your amp s natural feel and touch response, while premium cab emulation and studio processing make it simple to craft high-impact direct sounds. Creative options include a helpful Mix Assist tool that ensures tracks fit perfectly within every mix, plus a unique Air Feel feature that authentically recreates œamp-in-room sound with advanced spatial technology. And with the integrated 30-watt reactive drive power amp and your favorite cab, you can enjoy œsweet spot amp tones at home-friendly levels. Unfortunately, the levels produced 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 The 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. Alternatively, it s 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 The WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core contains 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 œamp-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. Why We Love It The LTD M-1001 is not just a guitar; it s a powerful tool for expression. Its striking appearance and exceptional sound quality make it a favorite among players who want to stand out both visually and sonically Features: Professional direct tube amp recording solution driven by the advanced Tube Logic design philosophy Selectable reactive load retains your amp s natural feel and interactive response Supports most tube amps rated up to 100 watts Built-in 30-watt reactive drive power amplifier with continuous volume control Mix Assist function optimizes the recorded sound to dramatically improve production quality Air Feel feature recreates œamp-in-room sound with natural depth, dimension, and ambience Choose from 22 BOSS cabinet emulations and five selectable mic types (two simultaneously) 64 user IR slots supporting mono/stereo WAV files up to 500 ms and 32-bit floating point/96 kHz resolution Comes preloaded with 10 Celestion® Digital IRs Use up to two third-party IRs simultaneously and smooth the sound with onboard time alignment tools Premium stereo effects, including compression, parametric/graphic EQ, delay, and reverb Ten recallable rig settings for storing favorite setups External effect loop with selectable series/parallel operation Balanced XLR stereo line outputs for connecting to mixers and recording devices USB-C® for audio recording and playback with computers and mobile devices** Headphones output for quiet practice with cranked-up amp tones and immersive Air Feel ambience Speaker output for connecting an external cabinet (supports 4 ohms and higher) MIDI input for advanced control Dedicated WAZA Tube Amp Expander Core Editor (macOS/Windows) for editing and IR loading