My understanding of presets and firmware is that the firmware does the processing of input signals via it's algorithms which can, in principle, be different with every firmware release. Presets on the other hand, are collections of parameters which customize exactly how the algorithm will do its processing for a given preset.
So when I load new firmware and run presets that were created with old firmware, my input signal will be processed by the new algorithms but they will be using parameters that were relevant to a previous firmware. These old parameters may not be ideal for the new firmware, may contain parameters which are no longer relevant to the new firmware or may be missing parameters which are relevant to the new firmware.
So when I reset an amp block, it sounds like I am bringing into my preset default parameters that are relevant to the new firmware. It also sounds like by doing that I might destroy the careful balance among all parameters that I had with the old preset and now, after the amp reset, I need to basically build the preset again.
Also, I would guess that resetting the amp block just brings in default parameters for that amp block and I doubt that many presets keep the amp block parameters at their default values. These default values may not bring out the intended character of the preset and so even these will probably need to be adjusted.
So, the question is, what is the purpose of just resetting the amp model? You still have to go back in and readjust other parameters just as if you had created a new preset from scratch.
Would like to hear how others view this and what their approach is to updating presets and resetting amp models.
So when I load new firmware and run presets that were created with old firmware, my input signal will be processed by the new algorithms but they will be using parameters that were relevant to a previous firmware. These old parameters may not be ideal for the new firmware, may contain parameters which are no longer relevant to the new firmware or may be missing parameters which are relevant to the new firmware.
So when I reset an amp block, it sounds like I am bringing into my preset default parameters that are relevant to the new firmware. It also sounds like by doing that I might destroy the careful balance among all parameters that I had with the old preset and now, after the amp reset, I need to basically build the preset again.
Also, I would guess that resetting the amp block just brings in default parameters for that amp block and I doubt that many presets keep the amp block parameters at their default values. These default values may not bring out the intended character of the preset and so even these will probably need to be adjusted.
So, the question is, what is the purpose of just resetting the amp model? You still have to go back in and readjust other parameters just as if you had created a new preset from scratch.
Would like to hear how others view this and what their approach is to updating presets and resetting amp models.
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