I would mention I only screen capped my favorite amp settings and cab blocks and I did save to library naming them to which tune or artist or my own sound
I was dialing in..
I took bank c and filled it up with 128 different presets or patches I made up using different amps
to just be able to go through tweak them as I was going along and save too library as I went through 128 amps.
Thats 640 scenes to check so book a weekend if you want to check out for awhile
I spent a solid week from 8 am to 2am every night going through those and getting them finalized
this was before 19....
My main reason for that was to cherry pick the best sounding amps and drive blocks cabs speakers ect and
save them in the library and cull out what I would not use..
Moving the keepers in a row organized for say 3 sets worth of music be it cover tunes or what ever..
Screen capping the amp and cab blocks paid off for me on some specific amp sounds I had
as the more I tried to dial them right back where I had them the worse I made it.
On those examples I pulled the screen caps and was able to get back where I was.
When I did that I Re saved in library and backed up again.
It paid off for me as I had some specific amps one being a Jimmy Page amp
which really gave me fits and the other a Blackmore amp.
I got in and tried to redial things in without reference and got really lost on the Page amp
also I had dialed up an ODSR which Id tweaked for days and that changed in 19
and I really goofed that up but managed to get back using the screen caps..
My buddy is trying to break me of that and just dial up some sounds maybe 3 or 4 basic sounds and
just play...
I was trying to cull 128 amps down to say 20 maybe and be able to cover many styles of music.
I know many of those amps were dialed in to sound great already but some minor things changed and its all good
it will sound much better with Quantum not looking back too much still trying to rely on my ears..
We discussed ear fatigue and taking breaks in between doing that..
stop dial in an amp jam awhile or take a break get away from it and come back too it following day
and listen again that was excellent advice ..
I have to chop at the tree bits at a time or I start to dread and you dont want to burn out or dread the process
I did that to myself trying to do too much at once..
Okay - so, I say this with all the love in the world... back away from the AxeFx panel.... back away from the panel.
Sounds really OCD to me, which is a direction I'm familiar with. It also sounds like our OP is in a similar boat and looking for an easy way out.
I think there are guys who will spend a lot of time looking for a sound in their head which matches up to a specific amp and then having the knobs set to specific locations on the dials and then having just the right stomp boxes hooked up in the right order set to the perfect settings. And it takes them a looooong time to get this just the way they want it. Then you buy the AxeFx and you can do this with 128 different amps. Seems like the perfect recipe for wasting time.
Decided if it's more fun tweaking or playing and adjust accordingly. When you have everything setup the way you want it, write it all down any way you want. When you upgrade, update 2 or 3 of the amps you love most so you don't feel like it's 10 days "just to get back where you were". None of these default setups sound bad, perhaps just not to your taste. So adjust them as you get to them. At the rate things are going, you might enjoy playing a few amps so much, there is a new firmware out before you get around to playing a new amp setting.
For those folks playing gigs and looking for specific sounds they need - it seems to be the best option to not update until you feel you have the time to test it out and roll back if you have to or go whole hog and get the 2nd unit that is your 'fun' unit to update all the time.
The fact is there are so many options within the Axe that it's just unrealistic to try and maintain too large a collection of heavily modified presets AND update the firmware frequently.
Thus - OP - my advice to you is to a) not update so you don't have to tweak or b) reduce the amount of presets that you tweak (i.e. tweak them when you use them).
The Axe's greatest feature is far and away it's capability to change it's sound quality significantly in a matter of minutes. You can jump to any of 20 firmwares and alter the sound of the device quite a bit.
Good luck. Hope you can find a balance which enables you to enjoy the unit and your music
