Very gracious of you Paul. Not going to hijack your thread at all, but here's my current thinking on a simple setup that would work really well for me. This is a basic 'Clean to Crunch' patch.
The way this will be setup is as follows:
1. There is a clean and a dirty amp on the grid
2. The Wah and Phaser (set to classic Vibe) feed both amps
3. On the bottom row, a Tremolo feeds just the clean amp
4. On the top row, a phaser, octave distortion and parallel Pitch Shifter (to emulate a POG) feed the dirty amp.
5. The mixer just fades between the two amps
6. There's a null filter set to boost 2db at the end.
The way I'd use this is to set up the effects I want on the clean and dirty tones using IAs and then morph between the two setups with an expression pedal (which controls the mixer block). The Null Filter also comes on with the same expression pedal (if the block is on).
So in practice, say I'm playing 'Creep', ( I play in a covers band ), I'd turn on the tremolo (feeds the clean amp) and the Pitch block for the dirty amp, and also turn on the null filter, all via IAs.
Then it's heel down on the expression pedal for the clean sound with Tremolo, and toe-down for the dirty sound, with pitch and null filter engaged.
Saves me tap dancing and al I have to do is keep my foot on the expression pedal for a smooth transition between the two. Bloody marvellous!
I'll also set up similar patches for my other presets - all based around two amps and a transition between them that'll cover pretty much anything I need for our gigs. I'll finish setting this up over the weekend ready for the gig next week and will report back after. Once I'm happy with this, I'll get a little nutso like Clarky and see what else I can do with it. I'll post some sounds when I get the time after the gig.
Thanks again for the inspiration Paul!