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date 2026-09-22 presets 10 tuning standard genre rock
0Faults
6Warnings
11Reviews

No objective faults — findings below are refinements.

Warnings 6

Almost certainly hurting the tone, based on limits validated by ear on real rigs. Worth fixing; trust your ears on the final value.

Warning Modern Rhythm reverb0

reverb tails darker than the dry sound (3720 vs 8000 Hz)

The wet path is high-cut below the dry path, so the tail of every sustained note is duller than the note itself — heard as high notes 'not ringing right' as they decay.

FixRaise the reverb HighCut to at least 8000, or accept knowingly for deliberately dark ambience.

Warning Open Chords reverb0

reverb tails darker than the dry sound (3720 vs 8000 Hz)

The wet path is high-cut below the dry path, so the tail of every sustained note is duller than the note itself — heard as high notes 'not ringing right' as they decay.

FixRaise the reverb HighCut to at least 8000, or accept knowingly for deliberately dark ambience.

Warning Open Chords amp0.Bass

Bass 0.90 is an outlier — your other WhoWatt100 patches run 0.62–0.71

Same amp model, wildly different setting. Often a forgotten tweak; on low-end controls (Depth, Resonance) it silently guts the body of this one preset while its siblings sound full.

FixTry 0.67 to match the rest of your library.

Warning Open Chords amp0.Drive

Drive 0.90 is an outlier — your other WhoWatt100 patches run 0.61–0.70

Same amp model, wildly different setting. Often a forgotten tweak; on low-end controls (Depth, Resonance) it silently guts the body of this one preset while its siblings sound full.

FixTry 0.66 to match the rest of your library.

Warning Hot Lead delay0

delay tails brighter than the dry sound (20100 vs 8000 Hz)

The wet path passes top end your cab cuts, so tails carry content the notes themselves do not. Clean, it reads as air; with any drive in front it becomes fizz that you hear most as the note decays.

FixMatch the delay HighCut to the cab at 8000, or keep it knowingly for deliberate shimmer.

Warning Arena Crunch reverb0

reverb tails darker than the dry sound (3720 vs 8000 Hz)

The wet path is high-cut below the dry path, so the tail of every sustained note is duller than the note itself — heard as high notes 'not ringing right' as they decay.

FixRaise the reverb HighCut to at least 8000, or accept knowingly for deliberately dark ambience.

Reviews 11

Unusual settings that may be intentional. Each one is explained, not condemned — check it knowingly and keep it if it is doing a job.

Review Wah Lead blocks

1 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: mod0 (ChorusPlastiChorus)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Modern Rhythm blocks

5 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: mod0 (TremoloOpticalTrem), delay0 (DelayDuckedDelay), mod1 (PhaserScriptModPhase), dist0 (DistCompulsiveDrive), filter0 (WahFassel)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Open Chords blocks

4 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: comp0 (CompressorDeluxeComp), comp1 (GateNoiseGate), delay0 (DelaySimpleDelay), mod0 (Tremolo60sBiasTrem)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Hot Lead pitch0

pitch block passes 66% dry signal

Mix below 100% lets the un-shifted note through alongside the shifted one — you hear both pitches at once. On an octave-down 'bass' path this is mud; as a deliberate doubling effect it may be intentional.

FixSet Mix to 1.0 unless the doubling is on purpose.

Review Hot Lead comp1 after amp0

compressor sits after the gain stage

comp1 follows amp0. Distortion is already a compressor, so a second one downstream adds little sustain and instead lifts hiss and hum between notes. Compression in front of the gain is what evens out pick attack.

FixMove comp1 ahead of amp0, or bypass it and let the drive do the levelling.

Review Plexi Push blocks

1 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: filter0 (WahFassel)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Stereo Lead comp0 after dist0

compressor sits after the gain stage

comp0 follows dist0. Distortion is already a compressor, so a second one downstream adds little sustain and instead lifts hiss and hum between notes. Compression in front of the gain is what evens out pick attack.

FixMove comp0 ahead of dist0, or bypass it and let the drive do the levelling.

Review Garage Drive blocks

3 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: filter0 (WahThroaty), mod0 (FlangerGrayFlanger), reverb0 (ReverbSpring)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Big Riff blocks

2 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: dist0 (DistMinotaur), delay0 (DelayPingPong)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Arena Crunch blocks

4 block(s) never engaged in any snapshot: dist0 (DistScream808), dist1 (DistMinotaur), filter0 (WahThroaty), delay0 (DelayTransistorTape)

These blocks are loaded (costing DSP) but no snapshot ever turns them on. Either free ammunition — a ready-made lead boost or split-coil compensator — or dead weight.

FixAssign to a footswitch/snapshot, or delete to free DSP.

Review Crunch Rhythm snapshots

snapshots unused (8 identical)

All duplicated snapshots carry default names and identical state — this preset simply doesn't use snapshots. Fine if intentional; a missed live-switching feature if not.

Info — 2 notes on how these presets are wired

Infos 2

Not problems — things worth knowing about how these presets are wired.

Info Modern Rhythm snapshots

snapshot-controlled parameters: amp0.Drive

Editing these on the block panel will be silently overridden when a snapshot is recalled — change them per snapshot.

Info Stereo Lead snapshots

snapshot-controlled parameters: mod0.Speed

Editing these on the block panel will be silently overridden when a snapshot is recalled — change them per snapshot.

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