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I have a super dumb question, so apologies in advance.

I want to create a preset with 3 scenes, with all the scenes being exactly the same except for one difference: I want Scene 1's volume to be at one level, then I want Scene 2's volume to be at a louder level, then I want Scene 3 to be the same except that its volume is the loudest level.

Is the way to do this basically to have the same amp appearing 3 times in the signal chain--with each amp set to the respective volume I want--and then to have each scene have one of the amps present (and the other two amps grayed out)?
 
LuckyBystander said:
I have a super dumb question, so apologies in advance.

I want to create a preset with 3 scenes, with all the scenes being exactly the same except for one difference: I want Scene 1's volume to be at one level, then I want Scene 2's volume to be at a louder level, then I want Scene 3 to be the same except that its volume is the loudest level.

Is the way to do this basically to have the same amp appearing 3 times in the signal chain--with each amp set to the respective volume I want--and then to have each scene have one of the amps present (and the other two amps grayed out)?
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You could use one Amp with one Channel and simply assign the Level-Control to a scene controller. You can use the SC to set a different level for each scene.
 
Ah, makes sense! Thank you. Okay, a follow-up question that is along the same lines: what if I want my preset to have 3 scenes, and each scene has a different phaser setting? Like, Scene 1 is a small amount of effect, Scene 2 is a medium amount, and Scene 3 is a higher amount? Is that when I need to use 3 phaser blocks?

Again, sorry for the dumb questions.
 
LuckyBystander said:
Ah, makes sense! Thank you. Okay, a follow-up question that is along the same lines: what if I want my preset to have 3 scenes, and each scene has a different phaser setting? Like, Scene 1 is a small amount of effect, Scene 2 is a medium amount, and Scene 3 is a higher amount? Is that when I need to use 3 phaser blocks?

Again, sorry for the dumb questions.
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You can again just use channels of one block...
 
OrganicZed said:
The output block has a level parameter per scene. That would be an easy way to change Wilkie’s without needing to change amp block channels(which causes a small gap in audio).
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All true, but there's a possible downside to that approach.

If you have long-ish time-based effects like reverb or delay, changing level in the output block will affect those tails in a way that may feel unnatural. To avoid that, I try to manage level before reverb and delay blocks (when they're after the amp, which is usually but not always where I put them).
 
LuckyBystander said:
Ah, I see! Thank you!
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I guess maybe you're trying to figure out what scenarios you might need multiple instances of an effect block?

Some examples:

2 Amp blocks for gapless changes

2 Drive blocks to "stack" drives (1 drive into another drive)

2 Reverb blocks to change between 2 different types of Reverb and not get any artifacts

Any case where you need more than 4 variations (channels) of an effect within the same preset.

Also, as you've seen from the replies, there's more than 1 way to solve some problems.
 
As a new user myself, I think your question and followup question were excellent. I sorta guessed that the A B C D blocks were probably the way forward. Still haven’t played with that side of things yet. Scene controllers..? Next month maybe.
 
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