Totally agree ,however no one ever mentions the battery life ,how long will these batteries last ,what happens then ,does boss have a battery replacement for these headphones or do they become expensive paperweights ?
It's only now truly dawned on my how bias all the reviews I've been watching have been with exception to the pedal show guys. If you get a million subscribers please keep the format the same along with the mic and visuals, this kind of thing could be a sensation! I sent back my Yamaha THR30 I didn't think it sounded or felt anything like my valve amp, and the same goes for the GT core 1000 also recently returned. I'm leaning towards getting these thanks for your helpful and balanced review.
Thanks for the review. I first saw this product like yourself when Andertons released their video. For the last year I have been trying to go completely wireless for guitar and headphone set up. I have the Xvive for the guitar to amp wireless but had major latency issues when using wireless headphones. I purchased many transmitters and receivers. Finally cured the latency issue when using Aptx LL coding but the headphones then couldn’t handle the frequencies from the guitar amp. In the end I ended up using Audio Technica headphones which sounded great, but wired. Which brings me onto your comment regarding audio playback quality. I guess these are designed for guitar tone in mind rather than audio quality, as in my experience good audio quality meant rubbish guitar tone quality. Thanks for the review. Could well be making a purchase post Xmas.
Im a little bit late, but i have to say its a really wonderful review. Many people rant about the sound for example. But now i think i have a clear idea of it. 3 years have gone maybe i find a good offer "used"
You have a new subscriber. Absolutely superb review, far better than all the 'star names' show amazed looks etc. I agree 100% with what you say. The ease of use and ability to practice along with anything that can be Blue-Toothed at any time of day anywhere in the house is the real selling point. I borrowed some from band-mate and after 10 minutes ordered my own.
A nice ease of use feature is that you don't actually have to use the phone. It is a way to get audio into it, yes. But the patches are stored right on the headset. The phone is a way of transferring new patches into the headset, but the patches are in the headset. And you can use any Bluetooth audio source in--I've used my iMac and iPad as well as my iPhone. And if you wanted to, you could plug the transmitter into your current backing track setup's final (or headphone) output. Or even your Kemper. (Just set up a flat amp patch on the headset.) These are versatile beyond themselves--they can be used with other equipment.
David Stewart very good point. I’ve found myself just using them without the app. Couple of presets (clean and crunch) then just change using the headphone buttons.
A good review from a consumer perspective, It's a completely new approach we shall not be very demanding, this definitely it's nice to travel gear if you travel to work weekly basis and don't want to bring many things with you besides your guitar this pair of headphone is all you need. or simply use Bias FX2 also it's an option,
I have a pair and love just being able to sit and noodle with a decent sound for an hour without bothering anyone. I’m not interested in the Gyro or stage. It’s so simple to Bluetooth my music from my phone and play along with effects on guitar .. I’m happy as can be with mine. The purist’s will hate them. But to me for a decent sound chilling with a beer, can’t fault them….good video by the way👍
i have been playing thru headphones with my Mustang 3 and my phone so like you used to it ....not steping on them put away after or suffer the slings and arrows of management .....and the sound was ok .....put these on last night and wow ! what a sound ....no idea what i was doing ....and the battery was low from the factory so the sounds went south in about 30 minutes but i was impressed. cant get the app to sync with the unit yet. i will hack around today and figure it out. Support seems a littel light but I am just getting started. Thanks for the great update. Anything said with a British accent is imminently more profound .... :)
The app controls are based on the Katana amps physical knobs, hence the weird 50/50 splits etc. I'm surprised they didn't opt for the mkii design with separate knobs for each effect, maybe the onboard circuit for the Waza Air is based on the Katana mki amps. We need someone to develop a third party app that ignores the Katana amp design and just optmises control of the headphones.
You are completely right. The whole concept is based on simplicity and convenience, but the app doesn't follow that principle. I think third party support would be possible if Boss published the midi information - but that seems unlikely!
I was going to say the same thing. The controls in the software are logical and intuitive if you’re working with a Katana amp where that’s exactly how the physical buttons work and, importantly, will be how the patch being created in the software can then be physically tweaked on the amp if it is pushed down to one of the built-in preset slots. Having said that though I agree that it is not very intuitive to handicap the software used with the headphones by continuing to maintain that correspondence with physical buttons not on the headphones. In Boss’s defence maybe they think that a large number of Waza Air customers will already have a bigger Katana amp for live work so see some benefit in terms of those people having one interface for all their Katana devices. I definitely understand why it seems weird if coming directly to the Waza Air rather than coming to it via previous experience with other Katana stuff though and personally I would like to see some developments there, maybe Boss doing a specific Waza Air app that’s more intuitive in a stand-alone only-headphones environment.
Good review, very detailed. Also, good points both pro and con. I prefer that, many of the reviews just focus on one or the other, mainly the positives. I just got mine in from Sweetwater, and was doing a little homework on them before actually unboxing and playing. Keep it up, subscribed.
I've arrived very late to the party and this is essentially the first of your videos I've ever seen. I thought I'd drop you a line to tell you that your video review convinced me of two things: that I will definitely invest in these headphones (great balanced review) and that I need to hit the subscribe button. Great work, thank you.
Thanks for posting this review. Feels like you've really considered the pros and cons of the product. Also helps that you've not got an interest in selling units! Was 90% of the way to ordering these, this review has sealed the deal. I think above everything else the convenience wins out. My playing time has reduced in recent years due to family and job commitments but also because of an overcomplicated set up which meant rather than playing I was tweaking, trying to find the sound I wanted. I hope the Waza Air will cut out a good chunk of this wasted time, whilst also allowing me to practice without annoying my family, neighbours and the cat!
I'm not very good at guitar yet but I've bought these and they are for me great for practicing. I used vox amplug before and easy to say i used them very little as the sound was horrible. This is a huge step up especially for someone that wants to travel a lot with his guitar while practicing very basic stuff (and not bothering others with it) My main issues are: - Doesnt seem i can recharge both headphones and plug and the same time using the same cable. - Doesnt seem like i can change the settings on the app yet (maybe i m just too new to the guitar that i cant hear the differences or havent worked out how it works yet) - it doesnt have a travelling case..... after spending so much money, it would have been nice to have a case you could put it in. So i am gonna have to find a case that will fit the system. But i can see already how much i will be able to use it and how it improves my practice and that is "priceless".
You should be able to hear the changes in sound. Go through the steps to connect your device to the headphones again - it is not completely obvious. Keep playing!
Ok, I WAS LIKE YOU, yes you! , who read this and still trying to make sound decision. I was checking every video and all possible online opinions for probably 2 days. I have red, heard about gyro drift issue and other negative stuff regarding Waza Air, but I took the leap. NO regrets whatsoever ! Giro thing is not that important, sound and freedom are. If you want best possible sound of your guitar through headphones, this is it ! no kidding. So, If you have paid all the bills and kids are feed, do not hesitate, in my humble opinion they are worth it. Playing along to backing tracks in any room you like is priceless. Exercising arpeggios on the toilet seat unforgettable :-)Trust me on this one ! If this comment helped you, please give me “like” below, I want to see lots of happy Waza Air users.
Thanks for the review. I have had mine a few days and love them. I find playing to backing tracks much more realistic than any other system I’ve tried. It is like your in the band. I agree that 5 hour battery life is a bit short but it gets me through a couple of days. The transmitter is 12 hours not 2 so much less of a problem. I haven’t noticed the drift issue but to be honest I set them to surround most of the time. I’ll try the other settings more and see if it occurs. When I have tried static or stage I’ve dialled the ambience down as the left/right change is far too pronounced in my opinion. You can save loads of patches in the app and create playlists so I’m going to put together a playlist for each of my guitars that covers clean/crunch/lead etc.Having 6 patches in the headphones will see me through most practice sessions anyway. I have a couple of small gripes: 1. No storage case. For nearly £400 I’d expect at least a soft case. 2. No line out for recording. I think that would add so much for some people. Overall though my first impressions are good and I can see me using these a lot. They are way better than very quiet practice through an amp or any of my amps headphone sockets.
This is a fantastic review. I have had my set for a week and there is not a single word I would disagree with.... This product is unique and exciting as a concept... but! It could just be done with a little more.....Love. I also find it a little frustrating that they slapped the waza product line on them I would have preferred that they had produced a ground up system and charged 30% more for the product. Please BOSS... be the boss, don’t cut corners for quick profit.., you have the technology and the infrastructure. I hope that boss have not patented this idea, as there are other companies possibly Yamaha or line 6 who could take existing software platforms and develop a product line in a similar direction. I am glad I bought my set but I could not promise that I wouldn’t sell them if one of these other company’s took up the challenge just as I did with my katana air which was replaced with the thr30ii. A decision that I do not regret even though the THR has a more limited interface. boss really need to have a hard look at software. It is weak by comparison to other players. Also the drift issue needs to fixed. However playing in the surround mode is still a new headphone experience I am glad I get to dip into. Great review!!!!!!
Thanks for the superb review, that was exactly the Information I was missing in all the other sponsored reviews :-). -> Convenience , that´s the Magic of these things.
Another new subscriber . Great,truthful,pragmatic review ..... compare your ( and other respondents below ) review with the marketing claims and note the differences. Like others , the portability is great ,minor issues of course with the drift but ,all in all, a 7 out of 10 product . For just short of £400 ,disappointing
Liked and subbed! 😎👍 Very interesting and informative. There's clearly a number of cons, which would be less of an issue if the headphones weren't so expensive! Plenty of pros too, of course. Anyway, just ordered a pair, so we'll see.
I think drift will be too awkward for me, and surround more I already do wired to iPad for BiasFX. I’m not sure if I’ll keep my back order, really want audio pass thru to record playing with backing track.
Great review. Gave you a follow. ☺ Number 1 reason to buy, quiet practice without cables. Horrible not being able to play because the babies are asleep. Number 2. For players with no music room, you can be playing in seconds without lugging practice amps about. Number 3. Traveling in hotels, back stage etc. convenience. Sound quality not too much of an issue, as long as the latency is tolerable and you can play along as they say, then it's a winner. Augmented reality next. See you at the O2.
Thanks for the review. Appreciate the honesty. As far as the software goes, any Katana owner will instantly recognise the familiarity and have no dramas in navigating it as Tone Central. New users will quickly get used to it. I personally love the fact that I can access it via an app and not have to connect to my PC as I do with my Katana Artist. Pitty the drift is real and there is no case but hopefully the latter will be fixed with a firm ware update and we can at least buy a case. Thanks again from down under in Australia..🇦🇺👍
Excellent unbiased and truthful review - for which thank you. I have been considering buying them but have concerns about shelling out so much without some reassurance about longevity: what happens if the batteries go down, what backup does Boss provide? It seems Boss is keeping a low profile which doesn't inspire confidence in this consumer...I think I'll wait for the next generation of this basically brilliant but imperfectly executed product...and next time around a case would be nice Boss!
Regarding the effects chains i was very let down there is no stereo chain? Now i get it that due to the gyro ping pong delays and panning effects would not fit BUT why cant you use a stereo chain just for when you do not use the gyro setting? Like a surround with stereo chorus/flanger and delays? IF the gyro is not being used and the sound is stationary i see no reason true stereo effects can not be used? i always loved that old Rockman X100 tone and a stereo chorus is a must for it.
Thanks for the review. I use a Kemper into a computer interface into a PC with a pair of AKG 702s for silent practice and play along with RUclips. It sounds really good. The wire is a pain but $400 to lose the wire is giving me pause. If you don't mind the wire, $400 can buy you a very nice pair of headphones.
I think your analysis is about right. If you already have a desktop modeller and some headphones then all this is doing is losing you 2 wires - and some mobility away from your desk.
Thank you for your honest, comprehensive review. My only complaint is you just caused me to spend four hundred US dollars. Being American, naturally I couldn’t wait, so I even paid extra for two day delivery. 💸 Cheers 🍻
I was thinking that if this were a phone the company would be forced to recall all those sold with the gyro issue, I have a feeling that the issue is the gyro tech and can't be fixed with a firmware update, hence the silence.
According to the boss website: Up to five hours of play time with the headphones and up to 12 hours with the included WL-T Transmitter. Is your experience that the dongle only gives you 2 hours?? Yours might be a faulty product then because that differs a lot
Thanks for the comment. You are right, I totally got it wrong - and then got it wrong when I edited the video (argh!). The official manual is at static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/WAZA-AIR_eng03_W.pdf and it says: headphones = 5 hours, transmitter = 12 hours. Sorry!
I think the Waza Air might also have the clever stuff from the Katana Air where both the dongle and the amp (in this case the headphones) go into standby after a few minutes of inactivity and, at least on the Katana Air, the dongle has a motion detector in it so that when you pick up your guitar it not only comes out of standby but also sends a signal to the receiver (again, in this case headphones) to wake those up as well. The vision realised on the Katana Air is that you don’t even switch stuff off and on, you just pick up your guitar and play because the motion detector has woken everything up for you. It will be interesting to see if that vision is also realised on the Waza Air. Obviously eventually the batteries run down but in theory, if you are doing something like half an hour a day, the 5 hour headphone charge would be the limit but you should still get more than a week of play from that before needing to plug it into a charger.
Very good point about the vision - just pick up your guitar any time and play. This system allows you to choose between vibration or sound as the way to 'wake' the system so it's a very useful feature.
I was thinking about this a bit more. It seems a shame that the dongle claims a 12 hour life but the headphones only 5 hours but I was thinking - could that be fixed? There are a gazillion power banks on sale designed to emergency charge a phone. I looked at the Waza Air specs and they say just under 500mA for 3 hours to fully charge the phones so, even assuming 100% charging efficiency, that’s a max 1,500mAh battery in the phones to give the 5 hour battery life. Small 2,500mAh powerbanks are cheap and tiny. Mounting one on the headphones and connecting it permanently to the microUSB port on the phones should add at least another 7 hours of battery life to also give the phones 12 hours between recharges to match the life of the dongle. You would then recharge the whole lot at once by plugging the charger into the charge port on the powerbank rather than the headphones. Charging would take longer, 8 hours I would guess, but that’s only overnight so maybe not inconvenient at all. The 2,500mAh powerbanks are really tiny, typically either approx credit card sized and about 4mm - 5mm thick or the so-called “lipstick” ones that are like a tube of lipstick. I was thinking either Blutack a credit-card one to the back (outer side) of one of the earcups or cable-tie a lipstick one to the top of the headband. Either one would probably look a bit silly but by definition these things are likely to be being used alone at home so I suggest looks don’t matter and the added weight and bulk would probably be unnoticeable (which, given how little extra battery volume seems to be needed to get the phones to 12 hour life makes be wonder why Boss didn’t make the phone cups about 3mm deeper to build in a bigger battery in the first place). I’m overseas at the moment so sadly can’t try out my cunning plan myself but I plan, stock permitting, to buy myself a pair of Waza Air in late January when I’m back in the U.K. but I’d be interested to hear the results if anyone else gives my powerbank idea a go in the meantime.
Unfortunately there's not much BOSS can do. Any accelerometer will drift over time. Even the most advanced accelerometers in inertial navigation systems are susceptible to drift over time, and require frequent realignment. That's one of the reasons VR headsets have cameras or lighthouses ... to 'anchor' themselves to the room to compensate for the drift.
epoch71 ...thanks for your reply. However I don’t remember any prior Warning on the box,...or by the Sales team....or in fact any of their Worldwise advertising,...including the BOSS Sales manager in the Anderton’s Launch Demo Video who had plenty of opportunity in the approximate 40min video to explain that there is a major inherent problem with Gyro drift and that therefore they can’t deliver the experience they are repeatedly advertising! I would have thought that was verging on false advertising?
Also just to be clear the comment “Any accelelerometer will drift over time” by “epoch71” is quite correct but implies these may drift over an extended period. Unfortunately they drift after only about 10 to 20sec of use which in my humble opinion means they’re impractical in the “STAGE” mode and therefore don’t deliver what BOSS advertisers.
Is the drift issue mentioned in the product documentation? They've put a button on the headset to recentre the unit ... how is this presented in the manual? It's unfortunate that Andertons (and Sweetwater) make no mention of this in their promotional videos but that's not unexpected. These companies have relationships with BOSS and I imagine "agreements"are made in regards to content. That's what makes channels like this one so valuable. Good, honest opinions with no agenda.
Well maybe yes. I tend to use just a couple of tones. The app is poorly laid out and a bit clumsy to use. However, you probably need to use it to set up your favourite 6 sounds to start with.
Why can’t I sync the waza air audio to my iPhone to stream my music in library I only see the waza air midi connected with the running app that it comes with help?
Great review. The only question that I have is this. Can you plug the transmitter into the headphone output of your amp and play through your own rig of pedals?
jirdesteva thanks very much for the positive comment. Yes, you can do exactly that, or even just plug into the last pedal on your board and skip the amp.
Thanks for the review, really enjoyed. Currently I play during late hours in a Kemper stage with headphones, for me they sound really good with the space function enabled, but as mentioned on the review not the most convenient with all cables and so on, so I was interested on the Waza -air. In your opinion, would it be on the same level tone-wise as I get on the Kemper with headphones? Or any advise on your experience after a few years now, if you kept both?... :) Cheers and thanks again!
Yes, I've kept both, but I've gradually been drawn back to using the Kemper for headphone practice. The main reason is the very poor editing app on the Waza headphones. The tone is not as good as the kemper (probably) but that's not really the issue. It's the ease of use which is important. Of course, you can use both and plug the waza into the output of the kemper, but then you've got a wire from guitar to the kemper. I've bought a boss wireless wl-20 for my kemper and I use it all the time.
Really informative, can you switch off the Gyro function and the other spatial awareness type features? Also is it possible to connect a cable and use them as regular wired headphones? Thanks.
Hiya, thanks again for the video, very balanced. I was wondering if you had tried using a BT controller with it? Something like the Airturn BT200S-6? I am just guessing, but I am thinking that it might work. Any thoughts? (I am going to buy my Waza Air soon)
Interesting question. I don't know about the Airturn, but there seem to be several people who have had success with the xsonic airstep controller. Have a look on facebook for the waza air user group and you will see some people showing their setups.
Hi, I would like to know if you can save audio files from playing through Waza-Air headphones ( via the mobile app and phone or PC) and whether the audio quality is a higher res than in the headphones themselves.Also iof you can put the sound through a mixer or DAW . If playing alongside a backing track from the phone,whether you can also save this entire audio file.? Hamish
Good question, but the answer is no - to all of your questions. There is no audio out function on these headphones at all. The only thing you could do is to put lavalier mics in the headphones.
Hi - great review though I have come in to this quite late! What is the verdict 1 year in? I’m really interested in these, mainly for the convenience - do you still have and use them?
I still use them. Based on using these I bought the boss wireless transmitter to use with my real amp and find that great too. The only long-term downsides I've noticed? It would be nice to have a display of battery life on the headphones - They just stop sometimes. The bluetooth audio is a little bit fussy and not that great (but it does work).
Hi, Thanks for the review. You mention that the bass on these isn't great...how would they be for bass guitar, specifically a five string with a low B? I'm not sure if they'd work well for my needs, so any input is greatly appreciated. Thanks
I'm not a bass player so can't really say. I would say audition them, but they are still hard to get. My feeling would be that they are fine - after all, you are not looking for perfect tone, just the fantastic convenience.
Would you use them just to listen to music? I mean plugging the jack transmitter on the headphones output of a mixer and listen just to music (maybe through a clean amp setting) using no effects but the binaural sensation? Is it possible any way?
Hi there, I have only tried them with bluetooth music. Their performance is pretty average in that application - for example nowhere near as good as my Sony WH1000-MX4 headphones. You could use them using the wireless dongle on a mixer, but you aren't going to get hifi. Perfectly good for monitoring though or just something quick and dirty.
Thanks for the great, honest review. Well timed since I just ordered a pair and now having second thoughts :((. But I think for me they will work out since much of my time is spent in hotel rooms where I do try to practice on my off time but the cable setup is really annoying. I think for the convenience factor they are tops. I do hope they get the gyro drift problem fixed in the future since there have been many complaints pertaining to this problem. Also, to your comment about them not sounding that great as stereo headphones, I think Boss was more concerned with the guitar tone and not the music. Have you ever tried to play recorded music through your amp speakers? Sounds awful since the dynamics are sonically different. Especially when you add compression, OD, Delay and more. Thanks again!
I use a piece of software called Capo on the Mac. It has loads of advanced features, but I mainly only use the ability to slow down and loop a section to either transcribe or to practice a phrase over and over.
GuitarStuff Thanks for your answer! Is this software able to “isolate” the guitar track in a song to create a sort of backing track for guitars? thanks a lot a again!
@@Sissiosissio1979 There is a feature that does this. It is not 100% effective, but it tries. Maybe you could find a review/demo of the software on youtube somewhere?
i like them and had for two weeks, got the gist of it but having trouble saving my 'own' sounds to Write, it's not highlighted :( back to browsing for the answer. i suspect my bluetooth is not linking, hhmmm Although have to say the instructions are pretty crap and basic..
@@GuitarStuffChannel Just to update, I had a fiddle and read through the instructions again, got it working, yay. Now have to figure out my 'own' sounds and save them. Only took 2 months haha
You are a home player and own/use a Kemper? I get paid to play and use a Helix! Haha! Maybe bring budgeting constraints and the consideration of where people are in their lives into your reviews. Otherwise I liked you honest and balanced opinion.
The WazaAir mirrors the Katana amps. It not design to model other amps. The five amps are Boss unique tones. The effects are Boss effect pedal tones. Learn about the Katana products. Try Shane's "InTheBlues" RUclips channel and search his Katana Artist and Nextone reviews. For tone preset to save time, go to Juca Nery Guitar jucaneryguitar.com/amp-sims-presets-bundle/ He has a RUclips channel as well. Do video with Juca to demo the Katana.
Good question. As I understand it, this is a feature of the technology itself so it's in all modes. You can easily reset it by pressing on both side buttons simultaneously, but that's not really a solution.
Egbertil The 3D amp like spacial sound can be enjoyed without using the Gyro but it gives a fixed position sound, regardless of how you move your head. The gyro is used to move your guitar sound or/and Bluetooth music in the 2 different gyro enabled modes. Although no one wants their expensive gyro headphones to drift, I gotta say when you want to stand up and rock out in your own little world of fantasy when no one is looking, the drift becomes irrelevant (because you’re moving around anyway). While not a perfect product technically, it really comes down to trying them yourself. Only then can you decide if they are a personal fit. So comparing quality with any other product is waste of time. They are a completely unique experience until competition offers an alternative amp in headphone solution. If you’ve already got a portable headphone solution you are happy with and gets you practicing loads, then this probably seems like a waste of money. But if you are looking for split second setup and practice through headphones to maximise practice time they are amazing.
Couldn't get mine to work these will not work with many acoustics as the pick up system in them are mono thus they will not sync as this device has a stereo jack, if any one knows how to use with an acoustic please let me know.
You “just” need a short extension/patch lead from your acoustic to connect with transmitter. I say “just” as you need to figure out which is the correctly wired patch cable. I suggest taking your guitar & Waza-Air to guitar shops and trying some leads to at least figure that out, even if you then need to buy the patch length you want on-line. Check out Waza-Air accessories video on “Aaron Short Music” RUclips to get an idea of what I’m talking about. Good luck 👍
So you actually nag about details of this totally new experience? They are ground breaking, you can walk anywhere with your guitar and get tones that were ten times the money and only at neighbour disturbing volumes just a couple of years ago. Your Kemper pedal board remote is about the same price, and the headphones you have to connect to the kemper to sound better will be at least 400$. AND to get the kemper to sound as good you have to spend an eternity fiddling with settings. Yes there are bugs, but this is the future for 99% of all guitar players out there, they cannot awake kids, wifes hates when they practicing and neighbours shout at them. Just imagine connecting a VR glasses to them and allow peaple to enter the stage of an arena with their favourite band. I think manys lifes will be fulfilled.
Totally correct .... but !! .... products need to be developed properly for the consumer .I sense that somewhere in the Boss product release schedule, a program manager was pushing for a market release date .... not for a completed product hence the shortfalls . IBM did exactly the same for years
Thanks. That's a great comment. I've never earned a penny from any videos, but if Boss is watching please send £££s!! I will also cover any other of their products if they send them to me.
@@GuitarStuffChannel When these things came out a lot of people tried them including me, two years later no one uses them because they're a bit crap, novelty item really , you should know better than to trick people into spending there hard earnt cash on these things.
I don't know about customer support, but you are right. This is not a user friendly product. Having said that as musicians we have a lot of technical stuff to deal with so this isn't totally out of the ordinary.
Wow, a real review from a real person. I miss the days when RUclips was a hobby rather than a way to make a living.
Thanks. Totally agree!
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Very clear, straight forward, detailed and extremely helpful. You covered all the bases. Thank you!
Totally agree ,however no one ever mentions the battery life ,how long will these batteries last ,what happens then ,does boss have a battery replacement for these headphones or do they become expensive paperweights ?
Thank you so much!
It's only now truly dawned on my how bias all the reviews I've been watching have been with exception to the pedal show guys. If you get a million subscribers please keep the format the same along with the mic and visuals, this kind of thing could be a sensation! I sent back my Yamaha THR30 I didn't think it sounded or felt anything like my valve amp, and the same goes for the GT core 1000 also recently returned. I'm leaning towards getting these thanks for your helpful and balanced review.
Thanks for the positive comments. However, if I get a million subscribers I will sell out and live the rest of my days on a beach in the bahamas.
@@GuitarStuffChannel Haha good luck to you just don't end up on that 'death in paradise' beach your days might be numbered!
Thanks for the review. I first saw this product like yourself when Andertons released their video. For the last year I have been trying to go completely wireless for guitar and headphone set up. I have the Xvive for the guitar to amp wireless but had major latency issues when using wireless headphones. I purchased many transmitters and receivers. Finally cured the latency issue when using Aptx LL coding but the headphones then couldn’t handle the frequencies from the guitar amp. In the end I ended up using Audio Technica headphones which sounded great, but wired. Which brings me onto your comment regarding audio playback quality. I guess these are designed for guitar tone in mind rather than audio quality, as in my experience good audio quality meant rubbish guitar tone quality. Thanks for the review. Could well be making a purchase post Xmas.
You earned another sub! I think you speak well for the typical home musician! Looking forward to more content! Well done!
Thanks Brett. I appreciate the feedback and thanks for the sub.
Im a little bit late, but i have to say its a really wonderful review.
Many people rant about the sound for example. But now i think i have a clear idea of it. 3 years have gone maybe i find a good offer "used"
Great review, this is what i call a review, not a commercial ad. Thanx!
Thanks for the positive comments!
Excellent review. Most informative I’ve watched so far. Thank you :)
Thank you for the positive comment!
You have a new subscriber. Absolutely superb review, far better than all the 'star names' show amazed looks etc. I agree 100% with what you say. The ease of use and ability to practice along with anything that can be Blue-Toothed at any time of day anywhere in the house is the real selling point. I borrowed some from band-mate and after 10 minutes ordered my own.
Thanks for the sub! Really appreciate the positive feedback.
Great review, all points were well thought out and practical. Thanks for taking the time to do this review.
Glad it was helpful!
I was gonna get a second THR10 for practice in the bedroom but this seems like a more convenient solution
Great point!
A nice ease of use feature is that you don't actually have to use the phone. It is a way to get audio into it, yes. But the patches are stored right on the headset. The phone is a way of transferring new patches into the headset, but the patches are in the headset. And you can use any Bluetooth audio source in--I've used my iMac and iPad as well as my iPhone.
And if you wanted to, you could plug the transmitter into your current backing track setup's final (or headphone) output. Or even your Kemper. (Just set up a flat amp patch on the headset.) These are versatile beyond themselves--they can be used with other equipment.
David Stewart very good point. I’ve found myself just using them without the app. Couple of presets (clean and crunch) then just change using the headphone buttons.
A good review from a consumer perspective, It's a completely new approach we shall not be very demanding, this definitely it's nice to travel gear if you travel to work weekly basis and don't want to bring many things with you besides your guitar this pair of headphone is all you need. or simply use Bias FX2 also it's an option,
Interesting to hear a perspective from 2019. Fast forward to 2022, and the Fender Mustang Micro makes these seem gimmicky.
Aren’t they cabled/wired though?
Thank you for your brutally honest review! I own the WAZA Air, so I can comprehend what you talk about! Thank you.
Glad you liked it.
Good review! Your review seems very honest. I ordered these, will be very interesting to try them out. 😀
Thanks for the feedback. Hope you enjoy!
Great review - would love an update. Nice to see honest reviews versus sponsored (which is 99% for guitar products)
Thanks for the positive comment. These are still my number 1 piece of guitar gear.
@@GuitarStuffChannel good to hear... I wound up buying these on eBay at a premium, but am very glad I did. LOVE THEM. your review helped. thanks again
I have a pair and love just being able to sit and noodle with a decent sound for an hour without bothering anyone. I’m not interested in the Gyro or stage. It’s so simple to Bluetooth my music from my phone and play along with effects on guitar .. I’m happy as can be with mine. The purist’s will hate them. But to me for a decent sound chilling with a beer, can’t fault them….good video by the way👍
i have been playing thru headphones with my Mustang 3 and my phone so like you used to it ....not steping on them put away after or suffer the slings and arrows of management .....and the sound was ok .....put these on last night and wow ! what a sound ....no idea what i was doing ....and the battery was low from the factory so the sounds went south in about 30 minutes but i was impressed.
cant get the app to sync with the unit yet. i will hack around today and figure it out. Support seems a littel light but I am just getting started.
Thanks for the great update. Anything said with a British accent is imminently more profound .... :)
Great stuff. I have told my girlfriend that my accent is profound, but she wasn't buying it!
The app controls are based on the Katana amps physical knobs, hence the weird 50/50 splits etc. I'm surprised they didn't opt for the mkii design with separate knobs for each effect, maybe the onboard circuit for the Waza Air is based on the Katana mki amps. We need someone to develop a third party app that ignores the Katana amp design and just optmises control of the headphones.
You are completely right. The whole concept is based on simplicity and convenience, but the app doesn't follow that principle. I think third party support would be possible if Boss published the midi information - but that seems unlikely!
I was going to say the same thing. The controls in the software are logical and intuitive if you’re working with a Katana amp where that’s exactly how the physical buttons work and, importantly, will be how the patch being created in the software can then be physically tweaked on the amp if it is pushed down to one of the built-in preset slots. Having said that though I agree that it is not very intuitive to handicap the software used with the headphones by continuing to maintain that correspondence with physical buttons not on the headphones. In Boss’s defence maybe they think that a large number of Waza Air customers will already have a bigger Katana amp for live work so see some benefit in terms of those people having one interface for all their Katana devices. I definitely understand why it seems weird if coming directly to the Waza Air rather than coming to it via previous experience with other Katana stuff though and personally I would like to see some developments there, maybe Boss doing a specific Waza Air app that’s more intuitive in a stand-alone only-headphones environment.
Good review, very detailed. Also, good points both pro and con. I prefer that, many of the reviews just focus on one or the other, mainly the positives. I just got mine in from Sweetwater, and was doing a little homework on them before actually unboxing and playing. Keep it up, subscribed.
Thanks for watching and glad it was helpful.
I've arrived very late to the party and this is essentially the first of your videos I've ever seen. I thought I'd drop you a line to tell you that your video review convinced me of two things: that I will definitely invest in these headphones (great balanced review) and that I need to hit the subscribe button. Great work, thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a positive comment. I hope I can deliver some useful videos in future.
Thanks for posting this review. Feels like you've really considered the pros and cons of the product. Also helps that you've not got an interest in selling units! Was 90% of the way to ordering these, this review has sealed the deal. I think above everything else the convenience wins out. My playing time has reduced in recent years due to family and job commitments but also because of an overcomplicated set up which meant rather than playing I was tweaking, trying to find the sound I wanted. I hope the Waza Air will cut out a good chunk of this wasted time, whilst also allowing me to practice without annoying my family, neighbours and the cat!
I appreciate the positive comments. Go for it. More time playing = more enjoyment!
I'm not very good at guitar yet but I've bought these and they are for me great for practicing. I used vox amplug before and easy to say i used them very little as the sound was horrible. This is a huge step up especially for someone that wants to travel a lot with his guitar while practicing very basic stuff (and not bothering others with it)
My main issues are:
- Doesnt seem i can recharge both headphones and plug and the same time using the same cable.
- Doesnt seem like i can change the settings on the app yet (maybe i m just too new to the guitar that i cant hear the differences or havent worked out how it works yet)
- it doesnt have a travelling case..... after spending so much money, it would have been nice to have a case you could put it in. So i am gonna have to find a case that will fit the system.
But i can see already how much i will be able to use it and how it improves my practice and that is "priceless".
You should be able to hear the changes in sound. Go through the steps to connect your device to the headphones again - it is not completely obvious. Keep playing!
Thank you for explaining the software to me . Awesome review . I love mine
Many thanks for the positive feedback!
Ok, I WAS LIKE YOU, yes you! , who read this and still trying to make sound decision. I was checking every video and all possible online opinions for probably 2 days. I have red, heard about gyro drift issue and other negative stuff regarding Waza Air, but I took the leap. NO regrets whatsoever ! Giro thing is not that important, sound and freedom are. If you want best possible sound of your guitar through headphones, this is it ! no kidding. So, If you have paid all the bills and kids are feed, do not hesitate, in my humble opinion they are worth it. Playing along to backing tracks in any room you like is priceless. Exercising arpeggios on the toilet seat unforgettable :-)Trust me on this one ! If this comment helped you, please give me “like” below, I want to see lots of happy Waza Air users.
really great objective, thorough, and thoughtful review. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
no microphone so you cant take phone calls? Well thats a bonus in my book
Thanks for the review. I have had mine a few days and love them. I find playing to backing tracks much more realistic than any other system I’ve tried. It is like your in the band. I agree that 5 hour battery life is a bit short but it gets me through a couple of days. The transmitter is 12 hours not 2 so much less of a problem. I haven’t noticed the drift issue but to be honest I set them to surround most of the time. I’ll try the other settings more and see if it occurs. When I have tried static or stage I’ve dialled the ambience down as the left/right change is far too pronounced in my opinion. You can save loads of patches in the app and create playlists so I’m going to put together a playlist for each of my guitars that covers clean/crunch/lead etc.Having 6 patches in the headphones will see me through most practice sessions anyway.
I have a couple of small gripes: 1. No storage case. For nearly £400 I’d expect at least a soft case. 2. No line out for recording. I think that would add so much for some people.
Overall though my first impressions are good and I can see me using these a lot. They are way better than very quiet practice through an amp or any of my amps headphone sockets.
Thanks for the comment John. Some good points there.
This is a fantastic review. I have had my set for a week and there is not a single word I would disagree with.... This product is unique and exciting as a concept... but! It could just be done with a little more.....Love. I also find it a little frustrating that they slapped the waza product line on them I would have preferred that they had produced a ground up system and charged 30% more for the product. Please BOSS... be the boss, don’t cut corners for quick profit.., you have the technology and the infrastructure.
I hope that boss have not patented this idea, as there are other companies possibly Yamaha or line 6 who could take existing software platforms and develop a product line in a similar direction.
I am glad I bought my set but I could not promise that I wouldn’t sell them if one of these other company’s took up the challenge just as I did with my katana air which was replaced with the thr30ii. A decision that I do not regret even though the THR has a more limited interface.
boss really need to have a hard look at software. It is weak by comparison to other players.
Also the drift issue needs to fixed. However playing in the surround mode is still a new headphone experience I am glad I get to dip into.
Great review!!!!!!
Thank you very much for the positive comments!
GuitarStuff - goodman! Have subscribed.
Thanks for the superb review, that was exactly the Information I was missing in all the other sponsored reviews :-). -> Convenience , that´s the Magic of these things.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for a balanced and thoughtful review.
Thanks for the positive feedback.
Appreciate the objective review, thanks!
Thanks for the positive feedback!
It's still subjective because sound preference is almost entirely opinion
Another new subscriber . Great,truthful,pragmatic review ..... compare your ( and other respondents below ) review with the marketing claims and note the differences. Like others , the portability is great ,minor issues of course with the drift but ,all in all, a 7 out of 10 product .
For just short of £400 ,disappointing
Thanks for the sub and the positive feedback. The value for money is subjective, but I agree that it's on the high side for a lot of people.
Liked and subbed! 😎👍 Very interesting and informative. There's clearly a number of cons, which would be less of an issue if the headphones weren't so expensive!
Plenty of pros too, of course. Anyway, just ordered a pair, so we'll see.
Great. Glad it helped.
I think drift will be too awkward for me, and surround more I already do wired to iPad for BiasFX. I’m not sure if I’ll keep my back order, really want audio pass thru to record playing with backing track.
Great review. Gave you a follow. ☺ Number 1 reason to buy, quiet practice without cables. Horrible not being able to play because the babies are asleep. Number 2. For players with no music room, you can be playing in seconds without lugging practice amps about. Number 3. Traveling in hotels, back stage etc. convenience. Sound quality not too much of an issue, as long as the latency is tolerable and you can play along as they say, then it's a winner. Augmented reality next. See you at the O2.
Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for the review. Appreciate the honesty. As far as the software goes, any Katana owner will instantly recognise the familiarity and have no dramas in navigating it as Tone Central. New users will quickly get used to it. I personally love the fact that I can access it via an app and not have to connect to my PC as I do with my Katana Artist. Pitty the drift is real and there is no case but hopefully the latter will be fixed with a firm ware update and we can at least buy a case. Thanks again from down under in Australia..🇦🇺👍
Thanks for the comments!
Excellent unbiased and truthful review - for which thank you. I have been considering buying them but have concerns about shelling out so much without some reassurance about longevity: what happens if the batteries go down, what backup does Boss provide? It seems Boss is keeping a low profile which doesn't inspire confidence in this consumer...I think I'll wait for the next generation of this basically brilliant but imperfectly executed product...and next time around a case would be nice Boss!
Thanks! I agree with your comments.
And looper would also be a plus.
Great review! But that metal watch rubbing on the fretboard was killing me....
Thanks for the comment! It's a relic guitar so what the hell! and I'm a wild and crazy rock god, so anything goes in my house.
Regarding the effects chains i was very let down there is no stereo chain?
Now i get it that due to the gyro ping pong delays and panning effects would not fit BUT
why cant you use a stereo chain just for when you do not use the gyro setting?
Like a surround with stereo chorus/flanger and delays? IF the gyro is not being used and the sound is
stationary i see no reason true stereo effects can not be used? i always loved that old Rockman X100 tone and a stereo chorus is a must for it.
Thanks mate great review , lots of food for thought , time to sell my katana which is a backup amp for my marshal and go waza air !
Glad you found it useful. Rock on!
Thanks for the review. I use a Kemper into a computer interface into a PC with a pair of AKG 702s for silent practice and play along with RUclips. It sounds really good. The wire is a pain but $400 to lose the wire is giving me pause. If you don't mind the wire, $400 can buy you a very nice pair of headphones.
I think your analysis is about right. If you already have a desktop modeller and some headphones then all this is doing is losing you 2 wires - and some mobility away from your desk.
Really helpful showing the effects software. Has it been updated in the last few years? Has it improved?
No changes have been made. The software is still the same.
Thank you for your honest, comprehensive review. My only complaint is you just caused me to spend four hundred US dollars. Being American, naturally I couldn’t wait, so I even paid extra for two day delivery. 💸 Cheers 🍻
Sorry!
I was thinking that if this were a phone the company would be forced to recall all those sold with the gyro issue, I have a feeling that the issue is the gyro tech and can't be fixed with a firmware update, hence the silence.
I think you are right. All the discussion on the internet is that the gyro is a hardware issue.
According to the boss website: Up to five hours of play time with the headphones and up to 12 hours with the included WL-T Transmitter.
Is your experience that the dongle only gives you 2 hours?? Yours might be a faulty product then because that differs a lot
Thanks for the comment. You are right, I totally got it wrong - and then got it wrong when I edited the video (argh!). The official manual is at static.roland.com/assets/media/pdf/WAZA-AIR_eng03_W.pdf and it says: headphones = 5 hours, transmitter = 12 hours. Sorry!
I think the Waza Air might also have the clever stuff from the Katana Air where both the dongle and the amp (in this case the headphones) go into standby after a few minutes of inactivity and, at least on the Katana Air, the dongle has a motion detector in it so that when you pick up your guitar it not only comes out of standby but also sends a signal to the receiver (again, in this case headphones) to wake those up as well. The vision realised on the Katana Air is that you don’t even switch stuff off and on, you just pick up your guitar and play because the motion detector has woken everything up for you. It will be interesting to see if that vision is also realised on the Waza Air. Obviously eventually the batteries run down but in theory, if you are doing something like half an hour a day, the 5 hour headphone charge would be the limit but you should still get more than a week of play from that before needing to plug it into a charger.
Very good point about the vision - just pick up your guitar any time and play. This system allows you to choose between vibration or sound as the way to 'wake' the system so it's a very useful feature.
I was thinking about this a bit more. It seems a shame that the dongle claims a 12 hour life but the headphones only 5 hours but I was thinking - could that be fixed? There are a gazillion power banks on sale designed to emergency charge a phone. I looked at the Waza Air specs and they say just under 500mA for 3 hours to fully charge the phones so, even assuming 100% charging efficiency, that’s a max 1,500mAh battery in the phones to give the 5 hour battery life. Small 2,500mAh powerbanks are cheap and tiny. Mounting one on the headphones and connecting it permanently to the microUSB port on the phones should add at least another 7 hours of battery life to also give the phones 12 hours between recharges to match the life of the dongle. You would then recharge the whole lot at once by plugging the charger into the charge port on the powerbank rather than the headphones. Charging would take longer, 8 hours I would guess, but that’s only overnight so maybe not inconvenient at all.
The 2,500mAh powerbanks are really tiny, typically either approx credit card sized and about 4mm - 5mm thick or the so-called “lipstick” ones that are like a tube of lipstick. I was thinking either Blutack a credit-card one to the back (outer side) of one of the earcups or cable-tie a lipstick one to the top of the headband. Either one would probably look a bit silly but by definition these things are likely to be being used alone at home so I suggest looks don’t matter and the added weight and bulk would probably be unnoticeable (which, given how little extra battery volume seems to be needed to get the phones to 12 hour life makes be wonder why Boss didn’t make the phone cups about 3mm deeper to build in a bigger battery in the first place).
I’m overseas at the moment so sadly can’t try out my cunning plan myself but I plan, stock permitting, to buy myself a pair of Waza Air in late January when I’m back in the U.K. but I’d be interested to hear the results if anyone else gives my powerbank idea a go in the meantime.
Interesting thought. I just checked the manual and it says that you can't charge the unit while it is on, which is a shame.
Come on BOSS, Give your loyal customers some feedback to the Gyro drift problem!
Unfortunately there's not much BOSS can do. Any accelerometer will drift over time. Even the most advanced accelerometers in inertial navigation systems are susceptible to drift over time, and require frequent realignment. That's one of the reasons VR headsets have cameras or lighthouses ... to 'anchor' themselves to the room to compensate for the drift.
epoch71 ...thanks for your reply. However I don’t remember any prior Warning on the box,...or by the Sales team....or in fact any of their Worldwise advertising,...including the BOSS Sales manager in the Anderton’s Launch Demo Video who had plenty of opportunity in the approximate 40min video to explain that there is a major inherent problem with Gyro drift and that therefore they can’t deliver the experience they are repeatedly advertising! I would have thought that was verging on false advertising?
Also just to be clear the comment “Any accelelerometer will drift over time” by “epoch71” is quite correct but implies these may drift over an extended period. Unfortunately they drift after only about 10 to 20sec of use which in my humble opinion means they’re impractical in the “STAGE” mode and therefore don’t deliver what BOSS advertisers.
Is the drift issue mentioned in the product documentation? They've put a button on the headset to recentre the unit ... how is this presented in the manual?
It's unfortunate that Andertons (and Sweetwater) make no mention of this in their promotional videos but that's not unexpected. These companies have relationships with BOSS and I imagine "agreements"are made in regards to content. That's what makes channels like this one so valuable. Good, honest opinions with no agenda.
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Could you imagine people eventually just doing without the app and just using the 6 'inbuilt' tones?
Well maybe yes. I tend to use just a couple of tones. The app is poorly laid out and a bit clumsy to use. However, you probably need to use it to set up your favourite 6 sounds to start with.
Having to return mine. After a few days the transmitter refused to pair with the headphones.
Subscribing now. Great review.
Thanks for the positive comment and subscribing!
Why can’t I sync the waza air audio to my iPhone to stream my music in library I only see the waza air midi connected with the running app that it comes with help?
Great review. The only question that I have is this. Can you plug the transmitter into the headphone output of your amp and play through your own rig of pedals?
jirdesteva thanks very much for the positive comment. Yes, you can do exactly that, or even just plug into the last pedal on your board and skip the amp.
@@GuitarStuffChannel Thank you. now it is worth the money to me. Now I can stop hurting my family when I buy a new pedal.
Thanks for the review, really enjoyed. Currently I play during late hours in a Kemper stage with headphones, for me they sound really good with the space function enabled, but as mentioned on the review not the most convenient with all cables and so on, so I was interested on the Waza -air. In your opinion, would it be on the same level tone-wise as I get on the Kemper with headphones? Or any advise on your experience after a few years now, if you kept both?... :) Cheers and thanks again!
Yes, I've kept both, but I've gradually been drawn back to using the Kemper for headphone practice. The main reason is the very poor editing app on the Waza headphones. The tone is not as good as the kemper (probably) but that's not really the issue. It's the ease of use which is important. Of course, you can use both and plug the waza into the output of the kemper, but then you've got a wire from guitar to the kemper. I've bought a boss wireless wl-20 for my kemper and I use it all the time.
Really informative, can you switch off the Gyro function and the other spatial awareness type features? Also is it possible to connect a cable and use them as regular wired headphones? Thanks.
Thanks. 1. Yes, you can switch off the gyro etc. - all the settings are in the app. 2. No, you can't connect a wire to them (good idea though!)
Hiya, thanks again for the video, very balanced. I was wondering if you had tried using a BT controller with it? Something like the Airturn BT200S-6? I am just guessing, but I am thinking that it might work. Any thoughts? (I am going to buy my Waza Air soon)
Interesting question. I don't know about the Airturn, but there seem to be several people who have had success with the xsonic airstep controller. Have a look on facebook for the waza air user group and you will see some people showing their setups.
Great review! Subbed 🎸
Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the review.
Hi,
I would like to know if you can save audio files from playing through Waza-Air headphones ( via the mobile app and phone or PC) and whether the audio quality is a higher res than in the headphones themselves.Also iof you can put the sound through a mixer or DAW . If playing alongside a backing track from the phone,whether you can also save this entire audio file.?
Hamish
Good question, but the answer is no - to all of your questions. There is no audio out function on these headphones at all. The only thing you could do is to put lavalier mics in the headphones.
Hi - great review though I have come in to this quite late! What is the verdict 1 year in? I’m really interested in these, mainly for the convenience - do you still have and use them?
I still use them. Based on using these I bought the boss wireless transmitter to use with my real amp and find that great too. The only long-term downsides I've noticed? It would be nice to have a display of battery life on the headphones - They just stop sometimes. The bluetooth audio is a little bit fussy and not that great (but it does work).
Hi,
Thanks for the review.
You mention that the bass on these isn't great...how would they be for bass guitar, specifically a five string with a low B? I'm not sure if they'd work well for my needs, so any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I'm not a bass player so can't really say. I would say audition them, but they are still hard to get. My feeling would be that they are fine - after all, you are not looking for perfect tone, just the fantastic convenience.
They did gyroscope function, that didn't do recording option. WTF??
Very true!
Would you use them just to listen to music? I mean plugging the jack transmitter on the headphones output of a mixer and listen just to music (maybe through a clean amp setting) using no effects but the binaural sensation? Is it possible any way?
Hi there, I have only tried them with bluetooth music. Their performance is pretty average in that application - for example nowhere near as good as my Sony WH1000-MX4 headphones. You could use them using the wireless dongle on a mixer, but you aren't going to get hifi. Perfectly good for monitoring though or just something quick and dirty.
@@GuitarStuffChannel Thank you!!!
Thanks for the great, honest review. Well timed since I just ordered a pair and now having second thoughts :((. But I think for me they will work out since much of my time is spent in hotel rooms where I do try to practice on my off time but the cable setup is really annoying. I think for the convenience factor they are tops. I do hope they get the gyro drift problem fixed in the future since there have been many complaints pertaining to this problem. Also, to your comment about them not sounding that great as stereo headphones, I think Boss was more concerned with the guitar tone and not the music. Have you ever tried to play recorded music through your amp speakers? Sounds awful since the dynamics are sonically different. Especially when you add compression, OD, Delay and more. Thanks again!
Thanks for the positive feedback. I have been using them a lot just for short bits of noodling. Very useful and fun.
Very useful review! thanks! just a curiosity...which software (for slowing down music among others) do you use to learn songs? thanks!
I use a piece of software called Capo on the Mac. It has loads of advanced features, but I mainly only use the ability to slow down and loop a section to either transcribe or to practice a phrase over and over.
GuitarStuff Thanks for your answer! Is this software able to “isolate” the guitar track in a song to create a sort of backing track for guitars? thanks a lot a again!
@@Sissiosissio1979 There is a feature that does this. It is not 100% effective, but it tries. Maybe you could find a review/demo of the software on youtube somewhere?
GuitarStuff ok thanks!!
Well done
i like them and had for two weeks, got the gist of it but having trouble saving my 'own' sounds to Write, it's not highlighted :( back to browsing for the answer. i suspect my bluetooth is not linking, hhmmm
Although have to say the instructions are pretty crap and basic..
Good points. Boss didn't really make the effort with ease of use on these.
@@GuitarStuffChannel Just to update, I had a fiddle and read through the instructions again, got it working, yay. Now have to figure out my 'own' sounds and save them. Only took 2 months haha
You are a home player and own/use a Kemper? I get paid to play and use a Helix! Haha! Maybe bring budgeting constraints and the consideration of where people are in their lives into your reviews. Otherwise I liked you honest and balanced opinion.
Thanks for the comment. Yes, they are a bit expensive although the price is just coming down about now (January 2021).
wish I could buy a pair (out of stock) :-(
Anyone know a good way to record with this great thing??
It seems that using stereo lavalier microphones is the way to go. I've been toying with the idea of buying some.
@ $419.00. Very expensive for most of us.... Well me for sure. If one has the means,....
The WazaAir mirrors the Katana amps. It not design to model other amps. The five amps are Boss unique tones. The effects are Boss effect pedal tones.
Learn about the Katana products. Try Shane's "InTheBlues" RUclips channel and search his Katana Artist and Nextone reviews.
For tone preset to save time, go to Juca Nery Guitar jucaneryguitar.com/amp-sims-presets-bundle/ He has a RUclips channel as well.
Do video with Juca to demo the Katana.
Thanks for the info.
You could plug it into your kemper dude
Very true
Gyropscope effect... is that drift happening in all modes? Is there one where it isn’t drifting?
Good question. As I understand it, this is a feature of the technology itself so it's in all modes. You can easily reset it by pressing on both side buttons simultaneously, but that's not really a solution.
Egbertil The 3D amp like spacial sound can be enjoyed without using the Gyro but it gives a fixed position sound, regardless of how you move your head. The gyro is used to move your guitar sound or/and Bluetooth music in the 2 different gyro enabled modes. Although no one wants their expensive gyro headphones to drift, I gotta say when you want to stand up and rock out in your own little world of fantasy when no one is looking, the drift becomes irrelevant (because you’re moving around anyway). While not a perfect product technically, it really comes down to trying them yourself. Only then can you decide if they are a personal fit. So comparing quality with any other product is waste of time. They are a completely unique experience until competition offers an alternative amp in headphone solution. If you’ve already got a portable headphone solution you are happy with and gets you practicing loads, then this probably seems like a waste of money. But if you are looking for split second setup and practice through headphones to maximise practice time they are amazing.
Couldn't get mine to work these will not work with many acoustics as the pick up system in them are mono thus they will not sync as this device has a stereo jack, if any one knows how to use with an acoustic please let me know.
I don't know about acoustics, but the manual says that you can't use them with a stereo output jack.
You “just” need a short extension/patch lead from your acoustic to connect with transmitter. I say “just” as you need to figure out which is the correctly wired patch cable. I suggest taking your guitar & Waza-Air to guitar shops and trying some leads to at least figure that out, even if you then need to buy the patch length you want on-line. Check out Waza-Air accessories video on “Aaron Short Music” RUclips to get an idea of what I’m talking about. Good luck 👍
So you actually nag about details of this totally new experience? They are ground breaking, you can walk anywhere with your guitar and get tones that were ten times the money and only at neighbour disturbing volumes just a couple of years ago. Your Kemper pedal board remote is about the same price, and the headphones you have to connect to the kemper to sound better will be at least 400$. AND to get the kemper to sound as good you have to spend an eternity fiddling with settings. Yes there are bugs, but this is the future for 99% of all guitar players out there, they cannot awake kids, wifes hates when they practicing and neighbours shout at them. Just imagine connecting a VR glasses to them and allow peaple to enter the stage of an arena with their favourite band. I think manys lifes will be fulfilled.
Totally correct .... but !! .... products need to be developed properly for the consumer .I sense that somewhere in the Boss product release schedule, a program manager was pushing for a market release date .... not for a completed product hence the shortfalls .
IBM did exactly the same for years
@@ec140752 Well, The first and second Iphone had more bugs then anything released in this galaxy, people still bought it. :)
I wonder how waza paid this dude to lie?
Thanks. That's a great comment. I've never earned a penny from any videos, but if Boss is watching please send £££s!! I will also cover any other of their products if they send them to me.
@@GuitarStuffChannel When these things came out a lot of people tried them including me, two years later no one uses them because they're a bit crap, novelty item really , you should know better than to trick people into spending there hard earnt cash on these things.
BOSS/Roland has not made it user friendly AND there is no customer/techical support to contact
I don't know about customer support, but you are right. This is not a user friendly product. Having said that as musicians we have a lot of technical stuff to deal with so this isn't totally out of the ordinary.