Hmm... I wonder if Cliff has given it thought to be able to specify an IR block globally on the output?
This would not be a part of any preset, but global data instead (same concept as the Global EQ).
AxeExchange could have known IRs that "flatten out" various speakers and combinations that users could use for their setups. The idea being that presets translate better across these different setups (the assumption is that this would only apply to FRFR setups).
I totally understand where you're coming from...
but to be honest does it really make sense???
cos you'll download the preset and maybe think "I'd personally prefer this to have beefier bass" and start tweaking...
as opposed to just downloding the perset, trying it out and tweaking anyhow...
this whole subject can get seriously anal [depending upon who you talk to]..
and also seriously enters into the realms of the "law of ever decreasing returns"
to my mind, the only guys that really need to be as close as possible to perfection are mastering suites [because of the things they have to do]..
maybe the rest of use shouldn't get quite so hot and bothered about it...
just being "aware" of all this and being aware of the effects should be good enough
if I slung a preset on Axe-Change and you downloaded it, I'd expect it to sound different for you...
you don't have a Morgan V6, you don't have my messed up ears, you don't have my technique, you do have an Axe, you do have my presets, you don't have my monitoring system and your room is not the same as mine...
way too many differences.. far to few similarities... and even the IR you suggest will not sort all this out...
so... don't bother or worry about it...
what you will have though is my preset..
you can look through it and get to see all the evil things I made the Axe do to make it work and sound like that..
you can then have that eureka moment that [based on something I did, or missed out] sends you off on a config path to your own tonal utopia..
true story from winter 2011....
when I first got the Axe I was struggling with the tone...
I knew it had what I was looking for.. but I just couldn't find it.. poking and prodding and fiddling and tweeking..
it just wasn't quite happening for me...
I saw a Mark Day clip and he posted his preset... I kinda liked where he was at and thought I'd give it a try..
I had nothing to lose right..
so.. I downloaded his preset and played through it...
the actual tone wasn't quite my thing, but it did have everything I knew that I was missing...
I took a look through his config.. all of it... and within minutes I realised what I was missing...
his config was like some sort of beacon lighting the way...
from there I head back to my own presets, made the changes and bam ! ! ! they sprung to life...
learn by example... then go walk your own path..