motor_city_smitty
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It's been since March that the Factory Presets have had a makeover. We're already close to two major firmware revisions out and the Factory Presets haven't really been shown much love. What do you say?
It's been since March that the Factory Presets have had a makeover. We're already close to two major firmware revisions out and the Factory Presets haven't really been shown much love. What do you say?
OK, that makes sense. I don't tinker with anything to any real degree yet and didn't know that was the reason they get updated or not.The reason presets get updated is because the firmware changes required changes to the presets themselves, and I haven’t seen that happen. So far the firmware changes improved the sound without needing any adjustments.
OK, that makes sense. I don't tinker with anything to any real degree yet and didn't know that was the reason they get updated or not.
The default values of various parameters have been updated. Existing presets are automatically updated to the new values upon load.
Maybe, but speaking was someone who generally doesn't do betas and hasn't heard this one, a number of people I respect have said that the low end is different enough that they could remove their cab or amp low cuts.The reason presets get updated is because the firmware changes required changes to the presets themselves, and I haven’t seen that happen. So far the firmware changes improved the sound without needing any adjustments.
They generally sound better to me but everyone is different with different rigs and guitars.Do the factory presets sound bad after this update?
The change to revert the lows to 0 in the factory, or any personal presets, is easily done using the Parameter Batch Set in the editor. The factory presets are (mostly) already at 0, so they’d need to be changed to …?Maybe, but speaking was someone who generally doesn't do betas and hasn't heard this one, a number of people I respect have said that the low end is different enough that they could remove their cab or amp low cuts.
That sounds like a difference that might warrant some reevaluation and possibly rework of our presets, so pretty likely the factory ones too.
Just to be clear, I'm aware that that's a lot of work, and I'm in no way saying that the talented folks who have helped with this in the past should feel obligated to create a new release of the factory presets. But it's not unreasonable IMO to think that there might be value in that.
They are, for the most part, at 0, so they'd pick up the changes to the defaults and should sound better. I haven't had a chance to listen to everything, but the handful of my own presets that are based on factory presets sound really nice.Do the factory presets sound bad after this update?
The internal Beta testers handle a lot of the updating, and even with multiple people working on it, it takes a couple of weeks. At least two passes have been done already this year, so they're as up-to-date as Austin Buddy's; We outnumber him, but he's more determined.It does suck that the people who can update this best at FAS (Matt & Cliff?) have plenty better things to do..., but if this leads to better amp algorithms, I prefer the latter. There are just times when Cliff is on a roll and there is an overhaul every few weeks (or used to be), which makes it useless to update the preset banks. If you want presets that do remain up-to-date, I'd get one of austinbuddy's packs.
That's the sort of issue that will force a refresh.My initial test with just a few amp models shows that there are differences in volume levels from model to model. And that is dependent on gain levels, and any advanced parameters that may have been altered.
I 1,000% don't mean this as criticism of the factory presets or their makers, but I've always found that I need to adjust the levels on any of them that I want to use. That's true for the few preset packs I've bought too.My initial test with just a few amp models shows that there are differences in volume levels from model to model. And that is dependent on gain levels, and any advanced parameters that may have been altered.
So at the very least, this will throw off the volume balance from preset to preset. As well as scene volumes where a second amp block, or different channels are used with different settings and/or models.
When I bought my first Axe FX unit, an AFX II XL, used, I went to pick it up from the seller who asked me to try it out. He told me not to use factory presets, because they were all too lacking in top end, dark, and emphasising the bass so much that it was all unusable. He had 20 of his own presets setup that he was sure I would find much more usable. First thing I did when I got home was upgrade, reinstall factory presets to make sure all his improvements were permanently obliterated, and then get on with learning to use the Axe FX.Maybe they just got tired of doing all the work and having so many tell us how the presets suck and are unusable.