Any worship guitarists willing to share some presets?

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This is my first time using a Fractal product since I had a Standard 6 or 7 years ago. I finally get the phrase it just sounds more realer :p Anyways I'm trying to set up patches I could use for church we play a lot of Bethel, Jesus Culture, Hillsong stuff like that. Anyone willing to share some tips or better yet some presets that would be much appreciated. Thanks!
 
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The key parts are your various drive/gain stages and the delay configuration in each song.

My template (built on Axe FX II, with intention to port over to AX8) consists of a compressor, two low/med gain drives, amp/cab, two delay blocks (in parallel unless the patch calls for serial delays like 1/4 into dotted 8th), a parallel MultiDelay Plex Shift into a filter for shimmer (on the Axe FX II, I'd also put that chain into a fully wet reverb), and a parallel reverb at the end (Studio C with high modulation on X, Deep Space with high decay on Y).

Since I haven't had the chance to test this on the AX8, I also plan on keeping around 2-3 of my favorite analog drives with a loop switcher, to free up CPU if necessary.

Basically I only change the delay flavor, tempo, and modifiers in each preset (one preset per song). Most presets I'll have several scenes for different sections of the song, enabling/bypassing compression, drives, delays and shimmer as necessary.

Occasionally I'll add something entirely different that's necessary for the song. For example, this Sunday I'll have a preset for Paul Baloche's "O Come All Ye Faithful". I added a post-amp pitch block (Fixed Harmony) with the mix attached to my expression pedal, so toe down mixes in a major 3rd harmony on some of the lead lines.

For the amp, I've been really digging Deluxe Verb Vib, the recently tweaked AC30TB, and the Matchbox (Matchless) DC-30.
 
philipacamaniac said:
The key parts are your various drive/gain stages and the delay configuration in each song.

My template (built on Axe FX II, with intention to port over to AX8) consists of a compressor, two low/med gain drives, amp/cab, two delay blocks (in parallel unless the patch calls for serial delays like 1/4 into dotted 8th), a parallel MultiDelay Plex Shift into a filter for shimmer (on the Axe FX II, I'd also put that chain into a fully wet reverb), and a parallel reverb at the end (Studio C with high modulation on X, Deep Space with high decay on Y).

Since I haven't had the chance to test this on the AX8, I also plan on keeping around 2-3 of my favorite analog drives with a loop switcher, to free up CPU if necessary.

Basically I only change the delay flavor, tempo, and modifiers in each preset (one preset per song). Most presets I'll have several scenes for different sections of the song, enabling/bypassing compression, drives, delays and shimmer as necessary.

Occasionally I'll add something entirely different that's necessary for the song. For example, this Sunday I'll have a preset for Paul Baloche's "O Come All Ye Faithful". I added a post-amp pitch block (Fixed Harmony) with the mix attached to my expression pedal, so toe down mixes in a major 3rd harmony on some of the lead lines.

For the amp, I've been really digging Deluxe Verb Vib, the recently tweaked AC30TB, and the Matchbox (Matchless) DC-30.
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If you need crunch and clean in the same patch, try using a clean amp for x and high gain for y. If you have a tons of effects this can save a lot of cpu by leaving out drive pedals
 
If you have an expression pedal...set up a parallel chain after the cab with a multi delay feeding into a huge reverb both 100% wet. Set the input gain on the delay to be controlled by the expression pedal.
 
Strat-O-Matic said:
This is my first time using a Fractal product since I had a Standard 6 or 7 years ago. I finally get the phase it just sounds more realer :p Anyways I'm trying to set up patches I could use for church we play a lot of Bethel, Jesus Culture, Hillsong stuff like that. Anyone willing to share some tips or better yet some presets that would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Plex detune type in multi-delay and long decay time with higher mix levels in the reverb block are great for ambient sounds.
 
NeoSound said:
If you need crunch and clean in the same patch, try using a clean amp for x and high gain for y. If you have a tons of effects this can save a lot of cpu by leaving out drive pedals
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Another thing I like to do is vary the amp gain with a scene controller. I have a button setup for Scene1/2 switching and use it basically like a channel switcher on an amp.

I find this more seamless than X/Y switching, although in recent updates the switching gap is almost negligible.

It also means that within a patch I can get 4 amp sounds if I really need to - Amp 1 clean/crunch and Amp 2 clean/crunch. Works well if I just feel like using one patch for an entire set as I have a wider tone palette.
 
dbun said:
Another thing I like to do is vary the amp gain with a scene controller. I have a button setup for Scene1/2 switching and use it basically like a channel switcher on an amp.

I find this more seamless than X/Y switching, although in recent updates the switching gap is almost negligible.

It also means that within a patch I can get 4 amp sounds if I really need to - Amp 1 clean/crunch and Amp 2 clean/crunch. Works well if I just feel like using one patch for an entire set as I have a wider tone palette.
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great ideas
 
NeoSound said:
If you need crunch and clean in the same patch, try using a clean amp for x and high gain for y. If you have a tons of effects this can save a lot of cpu by leaving out drive pedals
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It's not uncommon to have 3-4 drive stages in addition to clean (in the P&W genre). Amp X/Y and scenes controllers on gain are one way to handle it, but there's definitely something special about stacking drive pedals/blocks into a clean(ish) amp.
 
Here is all because of Jesus. I'm using a Plexi 100 watt high. There is only one footswitch for scene 1/2 toggle. Verse scene 1 Dotted 8th. Chorus Scene 2 with an added overdrive for fun. I just wanted to start the ball rolling.
 

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I'm Axe II player right now, but I'm hoping to add an AX8 for church soon. My typical presets are Matchless Chieftain (Boutique1) and/or Suhr Badger based. I usually have some sort of drive in front of the amp as that seems to help me get to the sound in my head. I use an X/Y to switch between lower and higher gain settings. Multi-delay for all those fun shimmer tones. The reverbs are great. I only experimented a little bit, but the latest firmware has some awesome analog delay types too.

I also highly recommend looking through the blocks Simeon created a while back as they are stellar. http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threa...-presets-available-now-updated-to-v19.101414/
 
luthier42 said:
Also check out the Morgan AC20. Killer sounding amp for Vox-ish stuff if, like me, you're not a huge Vox fan.
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Absolutely!! Amazing amp that cleans up beautifully with your guitars volume control, and then widens to a massive sound for the more driving parts of the songs. Perfect for modern worship!

EDIT: I do use the AC30TB as well cos I love the Vox amp especially for cleans
 
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NeoSound said:
Plex detune type in multi-delay and long decay time with higher mix levels in the reverb block are great for ambient sounds.
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Also try the Pitch Shifter Crystals. I have a patch for Crystals and another for the Detune cos I find they can be very useful in different atmospheric (reflective) scenarios.
 
My worship template has a dc30 and whatever can I'm on at the moment, plus volume pedal, 2 drives, 2 delays in parallel and a verb in parallel, plus a null filter at the end for a solo boost. I then tweak levels, x/y settings etc per song and set up my scenes for each section. I am a oer song preset kind of guy.
 
Strat-O-Matic said:
This is my first time using a Fractal product since I had a Standard 6 or 7 years ago. I finally get the phrase it just sounds more realer :p Anyways I'm trying to set up patches I could use for church we play a lot of Bethel, Jesus Culture, Hillsong stuff like that. Anyone willing to share some tips or better yet some presets that would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Tips and presets won't matter they're all pointless unless you're playing a Gretsch White Falcon :D
 
Anyone have a clean AC30 block\preset? So many of the default AX8 amps are edge of breakup or heavy distortion.
 
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