Songwriting Collection by Rafael Bittencourt

This live set was created mainly for making music and ideas for songs by Rafael Bittencourt. He was impressed with KATANA MkII possibilities and discover tonal diversity for composing. It’s all there. His tone collection is a range of sounds that he normally use for writing songs.

Rafael Bittencourt --- is a talented Brazilian guitar player, singer and composer; the founder of the world-wide known band Angra with which he accomplished many victories such as: gold records, a few of his albums were voted as "record of the year" by the readers of important magazines in Japan and other countries. Since 1993 when his debut album Angels Cry was released, he has been listed among the best guitar players charts. Owner of a very unique style and versatile musicality, he graduated in Music Composition in 1996 in São Paulo, Brazil. For almost 30 years of professional history he is pursuing for new ways of assembling together Classic Music, Metal and traditional music form Brazil e other Latin countries. Check his website at www.rafaelbittencourt.com

Live Set

1ACOUSTIC CLEANAcoustic guitar sound with AC.GUITAR SIM which provide a clear, full-bodied tone and ambience.
2CRAZY HORSEDistortion sound that uses newly-voiced LEAD channel, plus adding booster to make the sound warm and present, great for riffing.
3CLEAN CHORDSUsing the CLEAN channel on amp and adding combination of chorus, reverb and delay. It brings smoothness and clarity to pick chords.
4FACE THE GIANTCreative combination of newly-voiced CLEAN channel and auto wah, and showcases innovative possibilities of KATANA MkII.
5LISBON SQUAREThis sound is another example of KATANA MkII countless possibilities. It features a sum of the wave synth sounds, combined with the delay creating an atmosphere to simulate the timber of classic keyboard lead sounds.
6SOLO OF ANGELSPerfect for solo combined with the booster and delay for a balanced and very present result.
7SPECTACULARUsing newly voiced CRUNCH channel with a subtle reverb to remodel the classic sound of rock guitars. A flexible tonal diversity that lets you transition from hard rock to blues.
8ZANFONAStrong punchy sound from the newly-voiced BROWN channel, so if it's time to go down and pick hard, KATANA MkII is a strong weapon with a huge arsenal of sounds always ready to create and perform the heaviest riffs.
*This live set was created with KATANA MkII.
*These patches reproduce each sound as described below, but not perfectly reproduce the originals.

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