The 'Preset per song' trap. Yuck.

[AFKAEjay(retired)]

Unless you use a Boss GT-1000. Or a hybrid setup. *Check* on both accounts for me.

When using snapshots inside my "one gig = one single preset" kitchen sink patches back in my HX Floor days, lack of CPU juice has never been a real issue, but I was running out of switches all the time and didn't feel like adding a MIDI controller to an already huge unit.



Ever since I switched to the GT, snapshots aren't an option for me any longer, so I'm using exactly one bank (5 patches) of presets now, and as all of them are based on the same main patch structure, patch switching is gapless and all delays and the reverb spill over just nicely, too. All important parameters are globally accesible. The advance over the HX Floor being that I never run out of switches.

Otherwise, I can play entire gigs with just the HX Stomp and a dirt box plus a boost in the loop. Gives me clean/dirt on one switch, rhythm/lead on another switch and the third switch is usually used for a deeper delay should I want to do some nice swells and what not.
If that was all I had for the rest of my life, I would easily get along and could play each and every gig (all "functional" ones included).
Of course, the synth-y stuff debated in this thread could not be covered.

yeah…many ways to Rome

What i do in the QC:

4 snapshots:

1 engage real amp preamp (4cm)
2 clean (clean preamp capture)
3 dirt for bridge pup (overdriven D style preamp)
4 dirt for neck pup (clean preamp capture with a drive engaged)

4 stomps:
1 clean boost (pre gain)
2 drive pedal
3 drive pedal
4 clean boost (post gain)

Depending on the scene, the drive pedals have very different settings. For example, on the clean snapshot, drive 1 raises the gain to edge of bu, on scene 2 that same pedal has settings that gets my usual gain sound (mid heavy D style) to a more marshally sound.

2 expression pedals, one controlling wet/dry, the other volume.

If I ever need more sounds, or can’t afford to do 2 taps to get where I want, I have a usb midicontroller ready to add 4 more scenes / stomp switches.