paulasbell
Inspired
"So are these the stock presets from fw 19 or are these all tweaked presets that would replace all my banks?"
In a recent thread of Fremen's, a relatively new user posted this question. Presumably, the answer is that these are Fremen's OWN "presets"… that is, the routing, exact parameters, scene structure, controller settings, amp&cab choices, etc are as chosen and tweaked by Fremen. However, the poster of that question really does help to display a vagueness with the word "preset", that often trips up more experienced users, as well.
In the synth world, the above concept is generally called a "patch". The word "preset" specifically refers to the "patches" that are originally included in the synthesizer, by the manufacturer. A player's bank of sounds would likely include some "stock factory presets", some "tweaked presets", and perhaps some personally created "patches" of his own. The specific term used would clarify whether a certain sound was an original factory preset, a truly original creation of the player, or anything in between.
It seems to me that we don't have (or, at least, we don't commonly USE) a term here in the AxeFx world, to help make these distinctions. As a result, a lot of explaining needs to take place, as to "what kind of preset is this? Is it a factory preset, or a personal tweak of a factory preset, or something completely original?"
I'm wondering if others see this as a problem, or wish that we could agree on an additional word– one that might get used, in addition to the word "preset"– to help make these distinctions?
In a recent thread of Fremen's, a relatively new user posted this question. Presumably, the answer is that these are Fremen's OWN "presets"… that is, the routing, exact parameters, scene structure, controller settings, amp&cab choices, etc are as chosen and tweaked by Fremen. However, the poster of that question really does help to display a vagueness with the word "preset", that often trips up more experienced users, as well.
In the synth world, the above concept is generally called a "patch". The word "preset" specifically refers to the "patches" that are originally included in the synthesizer, by the manufacturer. A player's bank of sounds would likely include some "stock factory presets", some "tweaked presets", and perhaps some personally created "patches" of his own. The specific term used would clarify whether a certain sound was an original factory preset, a truly original creation of the player, or anything in between.
It seems to me that we don't have (or, at least, we don't commonly USE) a term here in the AxeFx world, to help make these distinctions. As a result, a lot of explaining needs to take place, as to "what kind of preset is this? Is it a factory preset, or a personal tweak of a factory preset, or something completely original?"
I'm wondering if others see this as a problem, or wish that we could agree on an additional word– one that might get used, in addition to the word "preset"– to help make these distinctions?
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