I'm fairly new at this too...Ive been tweaking mine for over a year... and even though its true to try and enjoy PLAYING the presets now, there will come a time when its time for you to jump into making your own way on this thing...what I have found is this, and it echos Scott Petersons earlier post:
Determine what your goal is..By that I mean
A)
determine your playing level..because making presets/patches for playing at 20db(bedroom level) is going require different things for patches you want to use at ~100db(live band volumes)
B)
determine what your configuration of choice will be: for example, Are you running Full Range(FRFR)??.. or are you going into an amp and guitar cabinets??...or maybe some other configuration like into a Tube Head to guitar cab, using the 4 cable setup??, or maybe just direct recording into a computer..??...you need to decide because the settings and the patches you will make for one way do not just transfer over to another way(at least in my opinion thus far), because of the cab sim and power amp sim settings and ALL KINDS of other settings that change for each scenario... ..I've tried almost all of them..thus, I've spent over a year and MANY HOURS of dialing in sounds for various setups....
C)
Determine how you are going to operate your foot controller: are you going to run it like a stomp box?? are you going to just set up a bunch of unique presets? are you going to try using the 'SCENES' function?...you need to decide and go forth with that method...I've ended up doing different ones and using different areas in the bank for different configurations....
D) READ< READ< READ...all the info...over and over...on the forum, Yek's wiki, Google your questions and READ ...ALOT. Ask stupid questions on the forum..the people here will help you.
Unfortunately, FOR ME, this was how I got to where I am today, which is by no means the end of the JOURNEY for this device...and I can't say it was EASY...(heck, i just loaded my first PRESET from Axe-Change the other day WITHOUT Axe-Edit...).Its a LONG ROAD..but don't get discouraged because it can be done...I might take some flack for that, but I feel its the truth. Before the Axe FX I was not learned in MIDI, and sysex stuff, MIDO-OX, computer interfaces, none of it..and for me, there was a steep learning curve, but I am determined to get there because the Axe FX is the most versatile device I have ever seen....... GOOD LUCK! KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS because there MUST be more people like US who are in varying degrees of darkness, and are going to need alot of help unlocking the secrets of this crazy box...