I am following you. I gave up long before 0.07 on the JVM for the reasons listed above.
Loving the step by step break down Clarky. Thanks very much for taking the time, I truly mean it! Utterly cool of you!
essentially... you take down whatever is needed to clean the tone..
if drive alone is not enough then start cutting the input level
you have choices here...
you can either start cutting the input-trim inside the amp block..
or you can do it externally [via a vol block]
my original presets used the drive and input-trim
the preset I built in this thread used drive plus vol blocks
the reason being that I was using X and Y amps and their cleaning needs were not the same..
had I used input-trim, this would have imposed the same input level cleaning on both the X and Y amps
using a vol block for the X side and another for the Y side enabled me to use different min/max settings and curves that better suited each amp
in the example we're working on now.. we have the same choices..
in my case, I can clean enough without needing a vol block or input-trim
had I chosen a mega hot amp like a 5150 or a Herbert ch3, I'd have needed the extras to cut the gain..
notice that Rex only needed to drop the drive to 0.54..
this indicates that this is a much lower gain amp..
and so it cleans more easily..
and from a tone perspective, it may not need such strong fixing up...