Those are wise thoughts.
I think having a model for each patch is a good thing.
A part of having several amp types available is to change them quite often.
What the PX-4B misses the most is a floor pedal IMHO.
Especially since the AX-1B has been discontinued.
Program change and expression pedal would be great on this unit.
An integrated DI with XLR out would also be a wise move.
That's the main flaw about the new AmpWorks. It can't be used as a direct box.


FROM: adouglas@...
DATE: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 20:35:47 -0000
SUBJECT: PX4B epiphany & wish list

It took a while for it to sink in, but I finally realized
that a preset on the PX4B is actually an effect PLUS A
DEFAULT AMP MODEL, not just an effect. In other words,
despite the fact that there's a separate amp model selector
control, the effect and the amp modeler are NOT separate
from one another...they're initimately tied together.

In other words, if you set it to a given amp model and
change to a new preset, the model in use NO LONGER MATCHES
WHAT YOU PICKED, despite the knob being set.
For example (bear with me because I don't have the thing in front of me), if
I like the
sound of the DISTORT preset with, say, the VALVE2 amp model, to get that I
have to
select DISTORT, and *then* move the model knob over to VALVE2 (or, if it's
already
there, move it off and back again). If I forget to do this, I get the default
amp model
that's programmed into the DISTORT preset (which is something other than
VALVE2).

I can, of course, just program my own, but with 100 total presets, scrolling
to that
one out of 100 is a pain. I find it easier to just leave the default 50
factory +50
identical user presets so I don't have to hunt quite as hard.

PX5B Wish List, should they ever make a PX5B

- A BYPASS FOOT SWITCH, DAMMIT!!! Do these guys actually play instruments????
- The ability to lock out unused presets so you just scroll through the few
that you
actually use instead of slogging through the 97 you don't
- Eliminate the POP when the unit turns on
- Default to a pass-through state if the batteries die instead of plunging
the hapless
player into silence (DUH!)
- Get a power switch that doesn't turn on so easily (I keep on draining
batteries by
accident)
- Larger/easier to read labels for the jacks
- Package it in a box that can fit nicely into a rack
- A 9V circuit so that I don't have to carry AAA batteries just for this one
unit.


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