BASIC OPERATION AND EDITING
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Basic Operation and Editing
Once you have set up your Axe-Fx II with speakers/amps/monitors or a pair of headphones, you can begin to
audition the factory preset sounds and learn to make changes by following this detailed guide to basic operation.
For a super-condensed version, see the
60-Second Edit Guide
on p.
155
of the Appendix.
4.1
Presets
Each factory preset is a complete, pre-wired, pre-programmed setup for “end-to-end” sound—a guitar-in/stereo-
out path with amps, cabs, and effects—perfectly mixed and possibly even equipped with one or more “modifiers”
for automation or remote control. In the sections that follow, you’ll learn to view, edit, and create presets from
scratch. To begin, let’s look at the ways to load the presets saved in the Axe-Fx II.
Figure 4-1
As stated in the illustration, you can load presets sequentially with the
VALUE
wheel or use the
NAV
buttons.
The new
PRESET DIRECTORIES
allows direct access to all 384 presets in an ordered list. To open the directory,
press
RECALL
and use the
PAGE
buttons to select the “
DIR
” (numeric) or “
A-Z
” (alphabetical).
To use the directory, just turn the
VALUE
wheel or use the
NAV
buttons to select the desired preset and press
ENTER
to load. You will be returned automatically to the main RECALL
PRESET screen.
Presets can also be loaded using MIDI program change
commands. Although it isn’t indicated in the display, the 384
presets are organized into three banks. Bank A contains presets
0–127, B contains 128–255, and C contains 256–383. MIDI Bank Select (CC#0) and Program Change commands
allow you to specify/load any of the onboard presets remotely. (The MFC-101 MIDI Foot Controller, in fact, comes
pre-programmed to select all 384 Axe-Fx II presets.) See p.
170
for a cross-reference on banks/program changes
and preset numbers.
Any preset can be edited and saved at any time to any memory location. Let’s look at how to make changes.
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