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15 ADDITIONAL TOPICS
GLOBAL BLOCKS
Global Blocks provide a convenient way to synchronize parameter changes across multiple presets.
If you use multiple presets and want to keep certain sound settings the same in all of them, you might imagine
needing to repeat those changes into every preset, one by one. Another idea might be to use Axe-Edit to copy/
paste the desired blocks from one preset to another. Global Blocks eliminate the need for such tedious, repetitive
tasks. Any change to any Global Block in one preset is made automatically across all other presets where that
Global Block is used.
Each block type that supports Global Blocks is backed with eight Global Blocks of its own. For example, there are
eight DIFFERENT Global “Amp 1” blocks and an additional eight DIFFERENT Global “Amp 2” blocks. Global blocks
are stored outside the preset area in “System Memory.” All parameters in all channels can be governed by Global
Blocks. All modifiers, however are stored in the preset itself and are NOT part of the Global Block.
GLOBAL BLOCKS SUPPORT
Most of the 40+ block types support the use of global blocks. (The following are NOT included: Crossover, FB
Send/Return, IR Player, Looper, Megatap, MIDI, Mixer, Multiband Comp, Multiplexer, RTA, Resonator, Synth, 10-tap
delay, Vocoder.)
GLOBAL BLOCKS EXAMPLE
Imagine a set of five different presets used for a live rig. Each of them has one amp block (AMP 1) with the same
settings, but this amp is surrounded by totally different effect chains. Now, depending on the venue, your guitar,
the backing band, the audience, the weather, you name it... You may want to make changes to your amp block,
just as you would any physical amp. Turn up the treble. Turn down the gain. Adjust the Graphic EQ. Using the
simple operations described on the next page, it becomes easy to link the amp blocks in these presets together,
so modifying any one of them changes all of them.
First, you would open one of the presets where the amp is dialed in nicely. Now, save that Amp’s settings as a
Global Block by selecting Amp 1 and choosing LINK TO GLOBAL BLOCK. Let’s say we choose “Global Block 1”.
Don’t forget to save the preset!
Now, open each of the remaining presets, select AMP 1, and choose LINK TO AND LOAD FROM GLOBAL BLOCK,
selecting “Global Block 1”. The settings from Amp 1: Global Block 1 appear automatically, and the link is created.
Don’t forget to save the preset! Repeat as needed for other presets.
Other applications for Global Blocks include using them to change gate threshold settings as you change from an
active guitar or bass to a passive one, globally adjusting the level of a volume block used as a “boost”, dialing in
individual effects that are used with different amps in different presets, and much more.
