I recently helped a band set up a GT with an Axe-Fx so that the GT preset buttons recalled scenes instead of Axe-Fx presets. There has been some discussion about similar things on this forum, so I'd like to describe what I did in case it's helpful.
In the case I was working on, this covered everything the band needed. There have been proposals to add features to achieve a similar goal - does this strategy work for everyone, or is there something it's missing?
- Use the default setting of preset buttons with scene buttons underneath (in IA Mode)
- Set the Scene buttons to have Send on Preset Change and Update on Preset Change turned on. Set them all to the same group, turn off IA Link on all scene buttons. Set the group with "Allow all buttons off" and "Send off messages" turned off. This makes the scene buttons "take charge" and send their messages to the Axe-Fx without paying any attention to what the Axe-Fx is reporting back to the GT.
- Take the number of preset buttons you have in your configuration and create that many presets per song.
- Each preset within the song should send the same PC number to the Axe-Fx
- Edit each preset, use the IA buttons to choose which scene should be active. Each preset button should select a different scene
In the case I was working on, this covered everything the band needed. There have been proposals to add features to achieve a similar goal - does this strategy work for everyone, or is there something it's missing?