The J-Station from Johnson Amplification is the recording enthusiast's answer to getting convincing guitar and bass amp tones onto a recording medium. The J-Station not only features the great guitar amplifier modeling Johnson is famous for, but also adds bass amp modeling and acoustic guitar simulation to its modeling arsenal.

The J-Station's interface is extremely user-friendly, featuring both a dedicated amp modeling section and a dedicated effects section. Users select one of 18 different guitar amp, bass amp, or acoustic simulator models, use the 7 gain and tone knobs to shape it to their taste, and then add a multitude of effects such as Compression, Modulation, or Pitch Shifting, Delay, and Reverb to top off their sound. The J-Station includes 3 dedicated knobs for fine tuning effect parameters, giving a generous amount of preset flexibility. Equipped with 30 factory effect presets, the J-Station also features 30 user locations for storing custom configurations.

Full MIDI implementation is available, as is a S/PDIF output that permits going direct to digital without eating up analog inputs on any digital-ready recording device. The MIDI In jack can also substitute as a J8 foot controller input, providing remote real-time control over preset selection and effects bypass. Furthermore, the J8's expression treadle can be used to control volume, wah, and a variety of modeling and effect parameters. The J-Station is additionally compatible with the company's J3 3-button footswitch.… read more

Featuring a sleek desktop design, the J-Station also comes packaged with Windows computer based editing/librarian software, which provides access to more parameters than available from the control surface. read less