The 'Preset per song' trap. Yuck.

[Baba]

I can make on the fly decisions, in the heat of the moment. I can quickly bend down and just change a thing. When I'm writing I can more easily explore sounds and combinations of pedals and amp tones, and get inspired.

It helps me remove a load of nonsense real-life pragmatic/workflow issues that otherwise would prevent me from just making progress.

Understood

There's No Position 4 On A Flying V™

That's awesome! We do "Feel LIke A Woman" and "Any Man Of Mine". I petitioned for "Don't Impress Me Much" but it got veto'd

The beginning of "Feel Like A Woman", my guitar with a gain sound, period.

#getridofthetrumpets

my point is more that MOST real acoustics, in a live setting, don’t sound any more “real” and often less real than the various ways to fake it with a solid body.

Agreed

Removed all the filler words for you.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Understood



The beginning of "Feel Like A Woman", my guitar with a gain sound, period.

#getridofthetrumpets

Agreed

Thing is; I like making trumpet noises with my guitar If it's just all guitar stuff; I'll go start an original death metal band

 

[metropolis_4]

my point is more that MOST real acoustics, in a live setting, don’t sound any more “real” and often less real than the various ways to fake it with a solid body.

Yeah, and I was agreeing with you

 

[molul]

@ op: It depends on what kind of music you write or play. In my case, I prefer that each of my songs are different. I can share some common fx here and there, but to me it's much more fun, creatively showing, when each song has a different sound landscape.

If you don't enjoy designing presets per song, just don't do it. It doesn't have to be a PITA, it's meant to be fun.

 

[JiveTurkey]

@ op: It depends on what kind of music you write or play. In my case, I prefer that each of my songs are different. I can share some common fx here and there, but to me it's much more fun, creatively showing, when each song has a different sound landscape.

If you don't enjoy designing presets per song, just don't do it. It doesn't have to be a PITA, it's meant to be fun.

I like to keep it grumpy!

 

[ragingplatypi]

my point is more that MOST real acoustics, in a live setting, don’t sound any more “real” and often less real than the various ways to fake it with a solid body.

I’m dealing with this right now. Once I started using IRs the X-Bridge on my strat sounded as good as the pickup on my low end acoustic, so I’ve just been sticking with the comfort of my electric. The setup even fooled my friend who is blind.

 

[Mikael Dez]

I'll go start an original death metal band

I just need to get passed “riff salad” which is a difficult thing to do in my opinion, and then I’ll be trying to start an online death metal band

 

[duzie]

I just need to get passed “riff salad” which is a difficult thing to do in my opinion, and then I’ll be trying to start an online death metal band

Rat salad

 

[la szum]

You lost me at bagpipe section.
No offense to you bagpipers out there.

Malcolm Young would like to have a word with you outside.

 

[TSJMajesty]

see if I can fake an acoustic.

A Majesty does better than 'fake an acoustic.'

I'm leaving...

 

[FuzzyAce]

Malcolm Young would like to have a word with you outside.

AC/DC is the only exception -- they get a pass.
Bon could also play a recorder...

 

[Mikael Dez]

A Majesty does better than 'fake an acoustic.'

I'm leaving...

It’s true lol

 

[yek]

Which brought me to the thread title. I HATE managing multiple presets. I don't even do a kitchen sink; I just create what I would do with a real amp and some pre and post FX as needed and call it good for the whole night with that. Now I'm going to have to blow up my footswitch config and enable switch between presets and blahblahblah. I feel like once you go down that rabbit hole; you are screwed. Way too much time curating a bunch of nonsense.

I do both: kitchen sink and preset-per-song.

Preset-per-song:

• lets me add scene titles that fit the particular song
• lets me set the tempo for the particular song
• sends MIDI to the iPad app to display song notes and lyrics.

"Global blocks" on the Axe-Fx make maintaining multiple presets easier.

But the kitchen sink preset, combined with the RJM GT/22 (22 buttons + additional 4 switches), is where the real power and flexibility is kept. It lets me select presets in multiple ways AND it offers the instant access experience.

Kitchen sink, page 1:

Kitchen sink, page 2 (instant access to effects types):

Kitchen sink, page 3:

Example of Presets menu:

Example of easy switch between channels of a block: