I've been confused about something, and I think there may be others who are too. When updating FW, what actions are required to get the benefit of the FW on current presets? Some mentions of "updates upon preset recall" or "resetting amp block" are two different things, resetting requiring the user to re-dial in amp settings/start from scratch.
I'm on the new beta, and did an amp block reset on my main preset, and I think I'm getting the benefit of the new beta, but honestly, I'm not sure if a reset was even required.
New FW with major and significant amp improvements will no doubt affect the workings of the controls.
Improvements on the accuracy of the sound and tone may affect the settings you set on prior FW that you altered to get you the sound you wanted.
Some experience immediate improvements without resetting. Some say it changed the sound for the worse without altering or resetting. Some experience no change. Of course these vary from amp to amp and patch to patch.
Another way to look at it is to take your “run of the mill mini amp combo and have Randall Smith at Mesa pull the same joke stunt he did with Carlos Santana by hot rodding his little amp.
Carlos freaked but loved the sound.
Mesa was born lol.
I’m sure the way Carlos tweaked that amp before for cleans was altered significantly as a result of the changes.
Kinda the same thing with new significant FW. Input trim, BMT, Master Volume and deeper controls may need less or more values.
It’s cool and fun seeing too how the controls work and play differently with the new algorithms!
May apply the same to improvements with drives, cabs...etc
This may not apply as drastic to non-amp FW improvements ...ie...delays, chorus, reverb...etc.
Not so fun when you have tons of patches with many various amps to re-verify and re-tweak.
Touring groups understandably stay away from new FW of course (unless maybe bug fixes).