October 2024: Fractal Audio's VP4 Virtual Pedalboard has been added to the wiki.
Factory presets
Contents
Installing new versions of factory presets
Fractal Audio periodically updates the factory presets for current processors.
Use Fractal-Bot to upload factory preset banks to the hardware. To select and upload individual presets from a bank, use the software editor.
Auditioning factory presets
Just like real amps, the processors are sensitive to the type of guitar and its pickups.
Preset output levels can vary from preset to preset. If a factory preset makes the Out 1 Clip LED blink, the overall signal level in the digital domain is too hot. To solve this, turn down Level in the Amp block or Main in the Global EQ.
If possible, play factory presets in stereo to hear the presets at their best.
If you're running mono and audio output in the I/O menu is set to “Sum L+R”, phase cancellation may occur. This can happen if the preset contains an Enhancer block in Classic Mode, or a micro delay in the Cab block. Or when a preset contains a Delay block with the Phase Rev parameter engaged.
When using output mode "Copy L>R" in the I/O menu, you'll lose the part of the signal that's hardwired to the right channel. That might be a Ping Pong delay, or a stereo Cab block with both sides hard-panned.
"The presets were dialed in loud so as to be sure the Fletcher-Munson effect did not influence the sound." source
"I use and prefer low output pickups and the presets work fine for me. I just consider them a starting point as everyone should." source
Axe-Fx III
The Axe-Fx III has 384 factory presets, divided over 3 banks (A B C). Many of these were ported from the Axe-Fx II and optimized for the III, adding scenes and new features. The factory presets use Input 1 (instrument) and Output 1 with Cab Modeling.
Camilo Velandia demonstrates the first factory presets (March 2018): part 1 — part 2 — part 3 — part 4
BANK A (November 2019, Ares 11.00)
000 - 59 Bassguy
001 - 65 Bassguy
002 - Brownface
003 - Deluxe Verb
004 - Double Verb
005 - A-Class 15
006 - Top Boost
007 - Prince Tone
008 - Plexi 50W
009 - Plexi 100W
010 - Brit 800
011 - Hipower
012 - USA Mk IV
013 - USA IIC+
014 - Recto 1
015 - Recto 2
016 - Euro
017 - AC-20 Deluxe
018 - Shiver
019 - Vibrato-King
020 - Euro Uber
021 - Solo 100
022 - Super Verb
023 - Friedman BE-100
024 - Champlifier
025 - Tremolo Deluxe
026 - CA3+
027 - 5153
028 - Vibrato Deluxe
029 - Mr. Z 38
030 - Wrecker Rocket
031 - Angle Severe
032 - Spawn Q-Rod OD-1
033 - Cameron CCV
034 - FAS Lead 1
035 - Tucana
036 - FAS Modern
037 - Das Metall
038 - ODS-100
039 - The Brown Sound
040 - Buttery
041 - Boutique
042 - Supertweed
043 - Brit JVM OD1
044 - Brit JVM OD2
045 - Blanknship Leeds
046 - Royale With Cheese
047 - Citrus RV50
048 - Carol Ann OD-2
049 - JTM 45
050 - Hot Kitty
051 - Two-Stone J35
052 - Spawn Nitrous
053 - Brit Silver
054 - Herbie
055 - Dweezil's Bassguy
056 - Ma, the Meatloaf...
057 - 5F8 Tweed
058 - Atomica
059 - Deluxe Tweed
060 - Dirty Shirley
061 - Fox ODS
062 - Nuclear Tone
063 - 6160 Block
064 - 6160 II
065 - Spawn Q-Rod OD-2
066 - Wrecked
067 - Brit Pre
068 - Badger 18
069 - Brit AFS100
070 - Dizzy VH4
071 - Bassman About 2 Explode
072 - Band Commander
073 - ODS-100 HRM
074 - Vibrato Verb
075 - TX Star
076 - Jumped Plexi
077 - Studio Lead
078 - Dee Cee 30
079 - Whole Lotta
080 - Fuzz Tweed
081 - Hell's Glockenspiels
082 - Petrucci Rig
083 - Solo 88
084 - Comet Concourse
085 - Try Axes
086 - Elegant Gypsy
087 - Capt Hook
088 - JS410
089 - Corncob
090 - Bludojai Lead
091 - JM45 Blues Lead
092 - Jr. Blues
093 - Triptik
094 - FAS Hot Rod
095 - EJ Clean
096 - Who's Next?
097 - Thick Chunky
098 - Tucana II
099 - Studio Clean
100 - Solo 99
101 - Super Verb Crunch
102 - Djentlemanly
103 - Alien Surfer
104 - Citrus A30
105 - Ruby Rocket
106 - Machine Gun
107 - Bogfish
108 - LimeLight
109 - Glass Lead
110 - Edge of Breakup
111 - Get Your Kicks
112 - Subtle Blues
113 - Chainsaw 88
114 - Deluxe Tape
115 - Destructive Appetite
116 - So Many Roads
117 - Tiny Terrier
118 - Jim and Leo
119 - Cork Sniffers
120 - Still Blue
121 - Back Line
122 - Small Box
123 - Andy's Message
124 - Delay Lead
125 - Dual Clean
126 - Plexi-AC
127 - Rackmount Preamps X2
BANK B (November 2019, Ares 11.00)
128 - Galaxy Formation
129 - Crunch Chorus
130 - Electro-Sweep
131 - Jet Flanger
132 - Ambience
133 - Detuned Wahs
134 - Crystal Reverb
135 - Pentalizer III
136 - TZF Flanger
137 - Orient Express
138 - Black Hole
139 - Detuned Descent
140 - Enumerating Ravens
141 - Introspection
142 - Flanged Echos
143 - Meet Cytherians
144 - Pong Chorus
145 - Emerald Ocean
146 - Intrigue (C Min)
147 - Crawling in Dark
148 - Ultraverb
149 - Phaser Paradise 3
150 - Smokey Jazz
151 - Ballet Slippers
152 - Velvet Sun
153 - Lonely Heart Solo
154 - Bl@de Runner
155 - Screaming Meanie
156 - Asian Documentary
157 - Delay Octoplex
158 - Wind Chimes
159 - Valentine's Massacre
160 - Chimey Echos
161 - 1/8 Filter Trem
162 - Poltergeist Pig
163 - Organic
164 - Bohemian Rhapsody
165 - Pitchmod Trem
166 - Albert's Lead
167 - Centrifuge
168 - Crystal Echos
169 - The Wood Nymphs
170 - Avant Garde Delays
171 - Vibe and Rotary
172 - Clean Pop Rhythm
173 - Gated Reverb
174 - MultiComp Plexi
175 - Plexi BiAmp
176 - Sweep Resonator
177 - Satan's Hollow
178 - regnalF esreveR
179 - Vertigo
180 - Cavernous
181 - Dream Sequence
182 - DynamoFlanger
183 - Stereo Tape Delay 2
184 - Lazy Man's Arp
185 - Frenetica
186 - Heavenly Echo
187 - TremVerb
188 - The Abyss
189 - Triad Harmonies
190 - Micro Pitchshift
191 - Rubber Biscuit
192 - Diffused Phaser
193 - I'm Nationwide
194 - Watercolors
195 - Event Horizon
196 - Perceptual Reverb
197 - Sweep Band Delay 2
198 - Rainbow Splash
199 - Thick Chorus
200 - The Jupiter 2
201 - Tracking Ringmods
202 - Flangellation
203 - Undulation
204 - Serenity Now!
205 - Haunting Echoes
206 - Rockabilly HotRod
207 - Ambient Swirl
208 - 6th Stone Sun
209 - Echoes from God
210 - In a Funk
211 - No Quarter
212 - Flanking Flangers
213 - Wide Chorus
214 - Surf's Up
215 - Flippin' Switch
216 - Ascension
217 - Wandering Delays
218 - Heavily Processed
219 - Boutique Battle
220 - Frogtone Irie
221 - Nameless Streets
222 - Fat Solo Lead 2
223 - Rainy Nights III
224 - Stays Crunchy
225 - Arpeggiator M@ness (B min))
226 - Class-A Brethren
227 - Bond...James Bond
228 - Zamfir
229 - Screaming Plexi 3
230 - Smokin
231 - Choral Canyon
232 - Envelope Phaser
233 - 8-Plex Golden
234 - Super Phaser
235 - Flangetastic
236 - Sci-Fi Delay
237 - Year of the City 2274
238 - PolyOctaveGen
239 - Tape Distortion
240 - Atmosphere
241 - Dual Detune
242 - Diatonic Triads
243 - Gamelan Night
244 - Horror Movie
245 - Wide E-plex Wash
246 - Funky Synth
247 - Track Wah
248 - Music Box 2
249 - Diatonic 3rd+Oct
250 - S/H Band Delay
251 - Sweep Band Delays
252 - Desert Breeze
253 - Flashback
254 - Diffused Mod Delay
255 - Detune Slap
BANK C (November 2019, Ares 11.00)
256 - Squashed
257 - AutoSwell PongVerb
258 - Random Wah
259 - Lounge Lizards
260 - Sweep Echo
261 - By Your Command
262 - Brittle Comp Rhythm
263 - Synth Lead
264 - Rotary Rate
265 - The Planets 2
266 - Glass Castles
267 - Scintillating
268 - Phenomena
269 - Traffic Jam
270 - Katie's Song
271 - Detune Plexi
272 - Bouncing Echoes
273 - Bad
274 - Dripping Wet 2
275 - Rush Hour
276 - Get Down Syndrome
277 - Comp Clean
278 - New Country
279 - Delay Pan Alpha
280 - Drop Tune
281 - Dirty Tape Echo
282 - In a Fixx
283 - Uber Chugga 2
284 - Tri-Chorus
285 - '63 Tube Verb Box
286 - Yngwie
287 - Syncopated 2
288 - Run Like Heck
289 - Bass Ackwards III
290 - Stratosphere
291 - Rotary Band Delay
292 - Melancholia
293 - Shifted BandTaps
294 - Shifted Delay
295 - Modern Eddie
296 - PCM70 Hall
297 - Mr.Gilmour Lead
298 - Soundtrack
299 - Bright Plate
300 - Juicy Lead
301 - Ganymede 8
302 - Forty Miles
303 - Freeway Jam
304 - Beef Supreme
305 - Phase Fuzz
306 - Deluxe Dotted 8th
307 - Clockwork Banana
308 - Thor's Hammer+Saw
309 - East Wes
310 - Bayou Country
311 - Prometheus WV
312 - Ned Beatty
313 - Longer Verb
314 - A Kind of Dream
315 - Spandex & Spray
316 - Opposed Notches
317 - Modern Jazz
318 - Shiva on the Rocks
319 - Walking on Moon
320 - Pulse Delay
321 - Stone in Love
322 - CE-1 Chorus/Vibe
323 - Detuners
324 - Triangle Flange
325 - DreamVerb
326 - Stereo Death Fuzz
327 - Forlorn
328 - Ambient Guitar
329 - Eruption
330 - Band Delay
331 - Mr.Floyd
332 - Man in the Box
333 - Broken Heart
334 - Solar Eclipse 2
335 - Comb Delays
336 - Time After Time
337 - Capricorn 1
338 - Underwater
339 - Circular Delays 2
340 - Blitz III
341 - Final Frontier 3
342 - All Wet 8-Voice
343 - C Major Shifts
344 - Fifths in Space
345 - Sea of Tranquility
346 - Corbomite Maneuver
347 - The Infield
348 - China Syndrome
349 - Clock Tower
350 - Stereo Shift+Verb
351 - Fla+Cho+Echo+Verb
352 - Echo Room
353 - Tumbleweeds
354 - W@rped Vinyl 2.0
355 - 80's Clean
356 - Vintage Digital Delay
357 - Sultans
358 - RockMeOn Clean
359 - High Landrons
360 - Lunar Eclipse
361 - Crystal Scions
362 - Jeff Gets Ready
363 - FilteRING Funk
364 - ADSR Verb
365 - Expanding Delay
366 - Echo Deva III
367 - Cliffs of Dover
368 - Modulation Mayhem
369 - Damage Nexus
370 - Gnome-Mans Land 2
371 - Night Creatures
372 - Farfegnugen
373 - Jump Gate
374 - Phazed Delays
375 - Diamonique Rain
376 - Happy Place
377 - Echo Room 2
378 - Space Verb 2
379 - Direct Inject
380 - Ham & Eggs
381 - OUT1>FOH / OUT2>CAB
382 - Amp Match Template
383 - BYPASS
Axe-Fx II
The Axe-Fx II has 384 factory presets.
Cooper Carter demonstrates the factory presets
Forum discussion about the meaning of the preset names
All Banks (July 2017)
1 59 Bassguy
2 65 Bassguy
3 Brownface
4 Deluxe Verb
5 Double Verb
6 A-Class 15
7 Top Boost
8 Plexi Normal
9 Plexi 50W Treble
10 Plexi 100W Treble
11 Brit 800
12 Hipower Brilliant
13 USA Clean
14 USA Lead
15 Recto Vintage
16 Recto Modern
17 Euro Blue
18 Euro Blue Modern
19 Shiver Clean
20 Shiver Lead
21 Euro Uber
22 Solo 100 Crunch
23 Solo 100 Lead
24 Friedman BE
25 Friedman HBE
26 Vibrato-King
27 CAE3+ Clean
28 CAE 3+SE Rhythm
29 CAE 3+SE Lead
30 Mr. Z 38
31 Wrecker Rocket
32 Savageness
33 Cameron Low
34 Cameron High
35 FAS Lead 1
36 Tucana
37 FAS Modern
38 Das Metall
39 ODS-100 Lead
40 The Brown Sound
41 Buttery
42 Boutique 1
43 Supertweed
44 Brit JVM OD1
45 Brit JVM OD2
46 Blanknship Leeds
47 Super Verb
48 Citrus
49 Carol Ann
50 JTM 45
51 Hot Kitty
52 Two-Stone
53 Spawn Nitrous
54 Brit Silver
55 Herbie 2+
56 Dizzy VH4 Ch 3
57 5153 Blue
58 5153 Red
59 Atomica
60 Deluxe Tweed
61 Dirty Shirley
62 Fox ODS
63 Nuclear Tone
64 6160 Block
65 6160 II
66 Spawn Q-Rod
67 Wrecked
68 Brit Pre
69 Badger 18
70 Brit 800 Mod
71 Dizzy VH4 Ch 4
72 Bassman About 2 Explode
73 Band Commander
74 ODS100 Clean
75 Vibrato Verb
76 TX Star
77 Jumped Plexi
78 Studio Lead
79 Dee Cee 30
80 Whole Lotta
81 Fuzz Tweed
82 Hell's Glockenspiels
83 Petrucci Rhythm
84 Prince Tone
85 Comet Concourse
86 Try Axes
87 Elegant Gypsy
88 Capt Hook
89 Euro Red
90 Corncob
91 Bludojai Lead
92 JM45 Blues Lead
93 Herbie 3
94 Triptik Classic
95 Triptik Modern
96 EJ Clean
97 Who's Next?
98 Thick & Chunky
99 Tucana
100 Studio Clean
101 Solo 99 Lead
102 Super Verb Crunch
103 Djentlemanly
104 Alien Surfer
105 AC-20 Deluxe Treble
106 Ruby Rocket
107 Machine Gun
108 StratoFish
109 Limelight
110 Glass Lead
111 Edge of Breakup
112 Get Your Kicks
113 Subtle Blues
114 Chainsaw 88
115 Deluxe Tape
116 Destructive Appetite
117 So Many Roads
118 Tiny Terrier
119 Jim and Leo
120 Cork Sniffers
121 Still Blue
122 Back Line
123 Small Box
124 Andy's Message
125 Class-A Bright
126 Dual Clean
127 Plexi-AC
128 Rackmount Preamps X2
129 Galaxy Formation
130 Crunch Chorus
131 Electro-Sweep
132 Jet Flanger
133 Ambience
134 Detuned Wahs
135 Crystal Reverb
136 Pentalizer III
137 TZF Flanger
138 Orient Express
139 Black Hole
140 Detuned Descent
141 Enumerating Ravens
142 Introspection
143 Flanged Echos
144 Meet the Cytherians
145 Pong Chorus
146 Emerald Ocean
147 Intrigue (C Minor)
148 Crawling in the Dark
149 Ultraverb
150 Phaser Paradise 3
151 Smokey Jazz
152 Ballet Slippers
153 Velvet Sun
154 Lonely Heart Solo
155 A Major Harmony 2
156 Screaming Meanie
157 Asian Documentary
158 Delay Octoplex
159 Wind Chimes 3
160 Valentine Massacre
161 Chimey Echoes
162 1/8 note FilterTrem
163 Poltergeist Pig
164 Organic
165 Bohemian Rhapsody
166 Pitchmodtrem
167 Albert's Lead
168 Centrifugue
169 Crystal Echos
170 The Wood Nymphs
171 Avant Garde Delays 2
172 Phaser + Rotary
173 Clean Pop Rhythm
174 Gated Reverb
175 MultiComp Plexi
176 Plexi Bi-Amp
177 Sweep Resonator
178 Satan's Hollow (e-)
179 regnalF esreveR
180 Vertigo
181 Cavernous
182 Dream Sequence
183 Zero Flangers XY
184 Stereo Tape Delay 2
185 Lazy Man`s Arppegio
186 Frenetica
187 Heavenly Echo
188 Tremverb
189 The Abyss
190 Root + 3rd + 5th (C)
191 Micro-Pitchshift
192 Rubber Biscuit
193 Diffused Phaser
194 I'm Nationwide
195 Watercolors
196 Event Horizon
197 Perceptual Reverb
198 Sweep Band Delay 2
199 Rainbow Splash
200 Thick Chorus
201 The Jupiter 2
202 Tracking Ringmod
203 Flangellation
204 Undulation
205 Serenity Now!
206 Haunting Echoes
207 Rockabilly Hot Rod
208 Ambient Swirl
209 6th Stone from Sun
210 Echoes from God
211 In a Funk
212 No Quarter
213 Flanked by Flangers
214 Wide Chorus Double
215 Surf's Up
216 Flippin' The Switch
217 Ascension
218 Wandering Delays
219 Heavily Processed
220 Boutique Battle
221 Frogtone Irie
222 Nameless Streets
223 Fat Solo Lead 2
224 Rainy Nights
225 Stays Crunchy
226 Arpeggiator M@ness (Bmi)
227 Class-A Brethren
228 Bond... James Bond
229 Zamfir?
230 Screaming Plexi 2
231 Smokin'
232 Choral Canyon
233 Envelope Phaser 2
234 Velvet Sun 2
235 Super Phaser
236 Flangetastic
237 Wind Chimes
238 Year of the City 2274
239 PolyOctaveGen
240 Tape Distortion
241 Atmosphere
242 Dual Detune
243 Diatonic Harmony (C)
244 Gamelan Night
245 Horror Movie
246 Wide Echoplex Wash
247 Funky Synth
248 Track Wah
249 Music Box 2 (C)
250 Diatonic 3rd + Oct Amaj
251 S/H Band Delay
252 Sweep Band Delays
253 Desert Breeze
254 Flashback
255 Diffused Mod Delay
256 Detune Slap
257 Squashed
258 Auto Swell PongVerb
259 Random Wah
260 Lounge Lizards
261 Sweep Echo
262 By Your Command
263 Brittle Comp Rhythm
264 Synth Lead
265 Rotary Rate Scenes
266 The Planets 2
267 Glass Castles
268 Scintillating
269 Phenomena
270 Traffic Jam
271 Katie's Song
272 Detune Plexi
273 Bouncing Echoes
274 Bad
275 Dripping Wet 2
276 Rush Hour
277 Get Down Syndrome
278 Comp Clean
279 New Country
280 Delay Pan Alpha
281 Down Full Step
282 Dirty Tape Echo
283 In a Fixx
284 Uber Chugga 2
285 Quad Chorus
286 '63 Tube Verb Box
287 Yngwie
288 Syncopated 2
289 Run Like Heck
290 Bass Ackwards 2
291 Stratosphere
292 Rotary Band Delay
293 Melancholia
294 Shifted BandTaps
295 Shifted Delay Thingy
296 Modern Eddie
297 PCM70 Hall
298 Mr. Gilmour Lead
299 Soundtrack
300 Bright Plate
301 Juicy Lead
302 Ganymede
303 Forty Miles
304 Freeway Jam
305 Beef Supreme
306 Phaze Fuzz
307 2290 Tap Delay
308 A Clockwork Banana
309 Thor's Hammer + Saw
310 East Wes
311 Bayou Country
312 Prometheus WV
313 Ned Beatty
314 Longer Verb Scenes
315 A Kind of Dream (C)
316 Spandex & Hairspray
317 Opposed Notches
318 Modern Jazz
319 Shiva on the Rocks
320 Walking on the Moon
321 Pulse Delay
322 Stone in Love
323 CE-1 Chorus/Vibe XY
324 Four Detuners
325 Triangle Flange
326 DreamVerb
327 Stereo Deathfuzz
328 Forlorn
329 Ambient Guitar Scenes
330 Eruption
331 Band Delays
332 Mr. Floyd
333 Man In The Box
334 Broken Heart
335 Solar Eclipse 2
336 Comb Delays
337 ABCD=ms,FB,mod.Ext1=Warp
338 Capricorn 1
339 Underwater
340 Circular Delays 2
341 Blitz III
342 The Final Frontier 2
343 All Wet 8-Voice
344 C Major Shifts
345 Fifths in Space
346 Sea of Tranquility
347 Corbomite Maneuver
348 The Infield
349 China Syndrome
350 Clock Tower
351 Stereo Shift + Verb
352 Flange-Chorus-Echo-Verb
353 Echo Room
354 Tumbleweeds
355 W@rped Vinyl (ABCD)
356 80's Clean
357 Vintage Digital Delay
358 Sultans
359 RockMeOn Clean
360 High Landrons
361 Lunar Eclipse
362 Crystal Scion Scene
363 Jeff Gets Ready TM
364 FilteRing Funk Scenes
365 PopGate '88
366 Expanding Delay
367 Echo Deva 2.1 /1=FB
368 Cliffs of Dover
369 Modulation Mayhem
370 Damage Nexus
371 Gnome-Mans Land 2.0
372 Night Creatures
373 Farfegnugen
374 Jump Gate
375 Fazed Delays
376 Diamonique Rain
377 Happy Place
378 Echo Room 2
379 Space Verb 2
380 Direct Inject
381 Ham & Eggs
382 OUT1->FOH OUT2->CAB
383 Amp Matching Template
384 Bypass
AX8
The AX8 contains basic amp presets in banks 1 - 16, and utility presets and templates (including a preset for acoustic guitar) in bank 64.
All Banks (June 2017)
1-1 DoubleVerb
1-2 Brownface
1-3 Top Boost
1-4 Badger 18
1-5 1959 SLP
1-6 USA IIC+
1-7 Friedman BE
1-8 Friedman HBE
2-1 DeluxeVerb
2-2 USA Clean
2-3 65 Bassguy
2-4 AC-20 Treble
2-5 Wrecked Express
2-6 Brit 800
2-7 Recto Vintage
2-8 Recto Modern
3-1 EJ Clean
3-2 Boutique 1
3-3 A-Class 15
3-4 Supertweed
3-5 Jumped Plexi
3-6 5153 Blue
3-7 5153 Red
3-8 Savageness
4-1 Super Verb
4-2 Nuclear Tone Clean
4-3 Mr. Z 38
4-4 BritSilver
4-5 Citrus
4-6 TX Star (X=Ld Y=Cln)
4-7 Dirty Shirley
4-8 Euro Uber
5-1 5F1 Tweed EC
5-2 PrinceTone
5-3 Junior Blues
5-4 Deluxe Tweedv
5-5 59 Bassguy
5-6 Band Commander
5-7 Vibra-King
5-8 Super Crunch
6-1 Plexi Normal
6-2 Plexi 100W Treble
6-3 1987x Treble
6-4 1987x Jump LM
6-5 Brit 800 Mod
6-6 The Brown Sound
6-7 Brit JVM OD1
6-8 Brit JVM OD2v
7-1 ODS-100 Clean
7-2 ODS-100 Lead
7-3 ODS-100 HRM
7-4 Carol Ann OD-2
7-5 Fox ODS
7-6 Two-Stone
7-7 Triptik Classic
7-8 Triptik Modern
8-1 Herbie 2+
8-2 Herbie 3
8-3 Dizzy VH4 Ch 3
8-4 Dizzy VH4 Ch 4
8-5 6160 Block
8-6 6160 II
8-7 Angle Severe 2
8-8 Das Metall
9-1 Shiver Clean
9-2 Hipower Brilliant
9-3 JTM 45
9-4 Dee Cee 30
9-5 Euro Blue
9-6 Euro Blue Modern
9-7 Euro Red
9-8 Euro Red Modern
10-1 CAE3+ Clean
10-2 CAE 3+SE Rhythm
10-3 CAE 3+SE Lead
10-4 Brit Pre Lead
10-5 Try Axial
10-6 SOLO100 Crunch
10-7 SOLO100 Lead
10-8 Solo 99 Lead
11-1 Highway 66
11-2 RubyRocket
11-3 Buttery
11-4 Tucana
11-5 Comet Concourse
11-6 Wrecker Rocket
11-7 Blanknship Leeds
11-8 Hot Kitty
12-1 Cameron Low
12-2 Cameron High
12-3 Spawn QRod
12-4 Spawn Nitrous
12-5 Atomica
12-6 FAS Modern
12-7 Djentlemanly
12-8 Teh Brootalz
13-1 MachineGun
13-2 WholeLotta
13-3 Funk #49
13-4 Elegant Gypsy
13-5 Hell's Glockenspiels
13-6 Destructive Appetite
13-7 Still Got the Blues
13-8 So Many Roads
14-1 Andy's JC
14-2 Mr. Benson
14-3 Who's Next?
14-4 Limelight
14-5 Blues Aroncino
14-6 Petrucci Rhythm
14-7 Mark Day Solo
14-8 EVH 90s
15-1 Round Lead
15-2 USA Lead
15-3 Rack Pre Lead
15-4 StudioLead
15-5 JM45 Blues Lead
15-6 Bludojai Lead
15-7 ShiverLead
15-8 FAS Lead 1
16-1 LooperDemo
16-2 Thick & Chunky
16-3 Bassman About2 Explode
16-4 Citrus Lead
16-5 Crystal Echoes
16-6 Black Hole
16-7 Prometheus
16-8 1967 All Over Again
64-1 THRU
64-2 CAB-LAB SCRATCH
64-3 OUT1:FR OUT2:AMP+CAB
64-4 AMP X/Y SWITCH
64-5 FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR
64-6 DUAL INPUT MAG PIEZO
64-7 SCENE CONTROLLERS
64-8 MUTE
FX8
Cooper Carter compiled a list of all FX8 factory presets, including the amps (traditional and amp models) that were used when creating them. Download the list (version: August 2015)
If you place the FX8 in front of your amp, you won't experience the factory presets as they are intended. Some of these are configured for POST only (FX8 in the effects loop of an amp) or 4CM. An easy way to overcome this, is connecting a patch cable between OUT [PRE] L MONO and IN [POST] L, and connecting OUT [POST] L to the amp.
Some factory presets are configured for stereo output and won't sound like they should in a mono setup.
All Banks (February 2016)
A1 A Classic 8 FXs [PRE]
A2 A Classic 8 Mods PRE
A3 Classic Trem [PRE]
A4 Vintage Board [PRE]
A5 Down Full Step (PR)
A6 Bloomin' Verb (PR)
A7 Dreamy Delay (PR)
A8 Squeaky Clean [PRE]
B1 Jimi's Stuff [PRE]
B2 Golden Whammy XP1 [PRE]
B3 Shimmer Taps [PRE]
B4 Enveloped in Funk (PR)
B5 InvisibleAirwaves [PRE]
B6 Clean Boost [PRE]
B7 Pagey [PRE]
B8 BlahBlahBlah [PRE]
C1 FAS Lead [4CM]
C2 Comp Rhythm [4CM]
C3 Tonez is Djent [4CM]
C4 Bond...James Bond [4CM]
C5 Not My Lover [4CM]
C6 On the Rocks [4CM]
C7 Handle the Trooch [4CM]
C8 You Betta Run! [4CM]
D1 Limelight [4CM]
D2 Phaser+Rotary [4CM]
D3 Thru-Zero Flanger [4CM]
D4 EVH 1982 [4CM]
D5 Nameless Streets [4CM]
D6 Crunch Chorus [4CM]
D7 Wind Chimes [4CM]
D8 Flanged Echos [4CM]
E1 In the Loop [POST]
E2 Studio Verb [POST]
E3 Tap Dot Delay [POST]
E4 Backline [POST]
E5 Jet Flanger [POST]
E6 Dirty Tape Echo [POST]
E7 Bass Ackwards [POST]
E8 Tremverb [POST]
F1 Echo Room [POST]
F2 Rockabilly EX1 [POST]
F3 PCM70 Hall [POST]
F4 Acoustic Sim [POST]
F5 Far 'n' Away [POST]
F6 2290 1/4 Tap [POST]
F7 Jazz Organ EX1 [POST]
F8 Simply Reverb [POST]
G1 Final Frontier [POST]
G2 Glass Castles [POST]
G3 The Abyss [POST]
G4 Diamonique Rain [POST]
G5 Pentalizer III [POST]
G6 Ambient Swirl [POST]
G7 The Cytherians [POST]
G8 Intrigue (Cm) [POST]
H1 Sir Gilmour [4CM]
H2 RU Underwater? [4CM]
H3 Crushed Bits [4CM]
H4 Cliffs of Chalk [4CM]
H5 Sighing Bridge [4CM]
H6 A Lil' Larry C [4CM]
H7 Six Strings More [4CM]
H8 Why So Stern? [4CM]
I1 CCs Classic Rig (PR)
I2 CCs Arena Rock [4CM]
I3 CCs InstaBass [PRE]
I4 CCs Acoustic Gig [PRE]
I5 CCs Search Wah [4CM]
I6 CCs New Hope [4CM]
I7 CCs High Landrons [4CM]
I8 CCs Hazard Zone [4CM]
J1 LM Introspection [POST]
J2 LM Life PIT EX2 [4CM]
J3 LM's Soaring Skys [4CM]
J4 LM Whammy EX1 [4CM]
J5 LM Political Rain [4CM]
J6 LM Dalek Funk [4CM]
J7 LM Pad [4CM]
J8 LM Acoustic EXT2 [4CM]
K1 Mark Day's BE [4CM]
K2 Mark's Eddie [4CM]
K3 Mark in the 80s [4CM]
K4 Mark's Solos [4CM]
K5 Mark's Aeolian E [4CM]
K6 Mark's 2290 [4CM]
K7 Mark's Detuner [4CM]
K8 Mark's DayLight [4CM]
L1 Bass Rig Scenes [PRE]
L2 Vocal Bass Flange [PRE]
L3 Vintage Vibe [PRE]
L4 Slap Waiomp [PRE]
L5 80s Rock Bass [PRE]
L6 Liquid Bass [PRE]
L7 Wicked Wah Bass [PRE]
L8 Pick Reflections [PRE]
FM3
The factory presets use Input 1 (instrument) and Output 1 with Cab Modeling, and are configured for stereo output.
Many presets were imported from the Axe-Fx III. Some are FM3 originals.
(M@) "Axe-Fx III owners may notice the suffix "FM3" or slight variations in the names of some of the FM3 presets. This was done to indicate that the preset has changed. In some cases, the Axe-Fx presets were larger and wouldn't fit. In other cases, we took advantage of capabilities that were new or improved since those presets were originally created (some in the time of the Ultra!). In other cases, "bonus scenes" or features were added. We also replaced some near-duplicate presets with new creations. To the extent possible, I added at least three scenes to many of the presets so you would have something to explore." source
Frank Steffen Mueller demonstrates some of the factory presets
BANK A (firmware 1.x)
000 59 Bassguy
001 65 Bassguy
002 Brownface
003 Deluxe Verb
004 Double Verb
005 A-Class 15
006 Top Boost
007 Prince Tone
008 Plexi 50W
009 Plexi 100W
010 Brit 800
011 Hipower
012 USA Mk IV
013 USA IIC+
014 Recto 1
015 Recto 2
016 Euro
017 AC-20 De
luxe
018 Shiver
019 Vibrato-King
020 Euro Uber
021 Solo 100
022 Super Verb
023 Friedman BE-100
024 Champlifier
025 Tremolo Deluxe
026 CA3+
027 5153
028 Vibrato Deluxe
029 Mr. Z 38
030 Wrecker Rocket
031 Angle Severe
032 Spawn Q-Rod OD-1
033 Cameron CCV
034 FAS Lead 1
035 Tucana
036 FAS Modern
037 Das Metall
038 ODS-100
039 The Brown Sound
040 Buttery
041 Boutique
042 Supertweed
043 Brit JVM OD1
044 Brit JVM OD2
045 Blanknship Leeds
046 Royale with Cheese
047 Citrus RV50
048 Carol Ann OD-2
049 JTM 45
050 Hot Kitty
051 Two-Stone J35
052 Spawn Nitrous
053 Brit Silver
054 Herbie
055 Dweezil's Bassguy
056 Ma, the Meatloaf...
057 5F8 Tweed
058 Atomica
059 Deluxe Tweed
060 Dirty Shirley
061 Fox ODS
062 Nuclear Tone
063 6160 Block
064 6160 II
065 Spawn Q-Rod OD-2
066 Wrecked
067 Brit Pre
068 Badger 18
069 Brit AFS100
070 Dizzy VH4
071 Bassman About 2 Explode
072 Band Commander
073 ODS-100 HRM
074 Vibrato Verb
075 TX Star
076 Jumped Plexi 50W
077 Studio Lead
078 Dee Cee 30
079 Whole Lotta
080 Fuzz Tweed
081 Hell's Glockenspiels
082 Petrucci Rig FM3
083 Solo 88
084 Comet Concourse
085 Try Axes
086 Elegant Gypsy
087 Capt Hook
088 JS410
089 Corncob
090 Bludojai Lead
091 JM45 Blues Lead
092 Jr. Blues
093 Triptik
094 FAS Hotrod
095 EJ Clean
096 Who's Next?
097 Thick & Chunky
098 Tucana II
099 Studio Clean
100 Solo 99
101 Super Verb Crunch
102 Djentlemanly
103 Alien Surfer
104 Citrus A30
105 Ruby Rocket
106 Machine Gun FM3
107 Bogfish
108 LimeLight
109 Glass Lead
110 Edge of Breakup
111 Get Your Kicks
112 Subtle Blues
113 Chainsaw88
114 DeluxeTape
115 Destructive Appet
ite
116 So Many Roads
117 Tiny Terrier
118 Jim or Leo
119 Cork Sniffers
120 Still Blue
121 Back Line FM3
122 Small Box
123 Andy's Message
124 Delay Lead
125 Plexpressor
126 Trempeggi@tor
127 Rackmount Preamps FM3
BANK B (firmware 1.x)
128 Galaxy Formation FM3
129 Crunch Chorus
130 Electro-Sweep FM3
131 Jet Flanger FM3
132 Ambience
133 Detuned Wahs
134 Crystal Reverb
135 Pentalizer FM3
136 TZF Flanger FM3
137 Orient Express FM3
138 Black Hole FM3
139 Detuned Descent FM3
140 Enumerating Ravens
141 Introspection
142 Flanged Echos
143 Meet Cytherians
144 Pong Chorus
145 Emerald Ocean
146 Intrigue
147 Crawling in Dark
148 Ultraverb
149 Phaser Paradise 3
150 Smokey Jazz
151 Ballet Slippers
152 Velvet Sun
153 Lonely Heart Solo
154 Bl@de Run Lite (E mi)
155 Screaming Meanie
156 Asian Documentary
157 Delay Octoplex
158 Wind Chimes
159 Valentine's Massacre
160 Chimey Echos
161 1/8 Filter Trem
162 Poltergeist Pig
163 Organic
164 Brian Might
165 Pitchmod Pulse
166 Albert's Lead
167 Centrifuge
168 Crystal Echoes
169 The Wood Nymphs
170 Cloud Delays
171 Stacked Modulation
172 Clean Pop Rhythm
173 ADSR Verb
174 MultiComp Plexi
175 Polyfuzz Crossover
176 Sweep Resonator
177 Satan Jr.'s Hollow
178 regnalF esreveR
179 Vertigo
180 Cavernous
181 Dream Sequence
182 DynamoFlanger
183 Stereo Tape Delay 2
184 Lazy Man's Arp FM3
185 Frenetica
186 Heavenly Echo FM3
187 TremVerb
188 The Abyss
189 Triad Harmonies
190 S/Hip Ahoy
191 Rubber Biscuit
192 Diffused Phaser
193 I'm Nationwide
194 Watercolors
195 Event Horizon
196 Perceptual Reverb
197 Sweep Band Delay 2
198 Rainbow Splash
199 Dual Dual Chorus
200 The Jupiter 3
201 Tracking Ringmods
202 Flangellation
203 Undulator FM3
204 Serenity Now!
205 Haunting Echoes
206 Rockabilly HotRod
207 Ambient Swirl
208 6th Stone Sun FM3
209 Godly Echoes
210 In a Funk
211 No Quarter
212 Flanking Flangers
213 Wide Chorus
214 Surf's Up
215 Flippin' Switch
216 Ascension
217 Wandering Delays
218 Heavily Processed
219 Boutique Dual
220 Frogtone Irie
221 Nameless Streets
222 Fat Solo Lead 2
223 Rainy Nights FM3
224 Tim's Hook 6v6
225 Arp M@dness (B mi)
226 Class-A Lineup
227 Bond...James Bond
228 Synth Lineup
229 Screaming Plexi 3
230 Smokin
231 Choral Canyon
232 Envelope Phaser
233 8-Plex Golden
234 Super Phaser
235 Flangetastic
236 Sci-Fi Delay
237 Year of the City 2274
238 PolyOctaveGen
239 Nasty Pre Slam
240 New Atmos
241 Dual Detune
242 Diatonic Triads
243 Gamelan 2020
244 Horror Movie
245 Delayscapes
246 Funky Synth
247 Track Wah
248 Music Box 2020 (C maj)
249 5-Octave Lead
250 S/H Band Delay
251 Sweep Band Delay
252 Desert Breeze
253 Flashback
254 Diffused Mod Dly
255 Detune Slap
BANK C (firmware 1.x)
256 Sustain Maniac
257 AutoSwell PongVerb
258 Random Wah
259 Lounge Lizards
260 Sweep Echo
261 By Your Command
262 Brittle Comp Rhythm
263 Synth Lead
264 Rotary Rate
265 The Planets FM3
266 Crystal Castles
267 Scintillating
268 Phenomena
269 Traffic Jam
270 Katie's Song
271 Detuned Plexi
272 Bouncing Echoes
273 Bad
274 Dripping Wet 2
275 Rush Hour
276 Get Down Syndrome
277 Comp Clean
278 New Country
279 Delay Pan Alpha
280 Drop Tune
281 Tape Delay Pedal
282 In a Fixx
283 Uber Chugga
284 Tri-Chorus
285 '63 Tube Spring Reverb
286 Yngwie
287 Syncopated 2
288 Run Like Heck
289 Bass Ackwards III
290 Stratosphere
291 Rotary Band Delay
292 Melancholia
293 Shifted BandTaps
294 Modern Eddie
295 Attitudes
296 PCM70 Hall
297 Mr.Gilmour Lead
298 Soundtrack
299 Bright Plate
300 Juicy Lead
301 Ganymede 8
302 Forty Miles
303 Freeway Jam
304 Beef Supreme
305 Bi-Phase Pedal
306 Deluxe Dotted 8th
307 Clockwork Banana
308 Thor's Hammer+Saw
309 East Wes
310 Bayou Country
311 Prometheus WV
312 Ned Beatty
313 22s Reverb
314 A Kind of Dream
315 Spandex & Spray
316 Opposed Notches
317 ModernJazz
318 Shiva on the Rocks
319 Walking on Moon
320 QuadChorus FM3
321 Stone in Love
322 CE-1 Chorus/Vibe
323 Quad Detune
324 Triangle Flange
325 DreamVerb
326 Post Amp Fuzz
327 Forlorn
328 Ambient FM3
329 Eruption
330 Band Delays
331 Mr.Floyd
332 Man In The Box
333 Broken Heart
334 Solar Eclipses
335 Comb Delays
336 Time After Time
337 Capricorn 1
338 Raja Drone
339 Circular Delays 2
340 Unapologetic
341 USS FM3
342 8-Voice Chorus
343 Intelligent Arp
344 Fifths in Space
345 Sea of Tranquility
346 Corbomite Maneuver
347 The Infield
348 China Syndrome
349 Clocktower
350 Stereo Quad Shifts
351 Fla+Cho+Echo+Verb
352 Echo Room
353 Tumbleweeds
354 W@rped Vinyl FM3
355 80's Clean FM3
356 LoFi Digital Delay
357 Sultans
358 RockMeOn Clean
359 High Landrons
360 Lunar Eclipse
361 Crystal Scions
362 Jeff Gets Ready
363 FilteRING Funk
364 H@m & Cheez
365 Expanding Delay
366 Echo D.FM3
367 Cliffs of Dover
368 Modulated Mayhem
369 Damage Nexus
370 Gnome-Mans Land FM3
371 Night Creatures
372 Farfegnugen
373 Jump Gate
374 Phazed Delays
375 Diamonique Rain
376 Happy Place
377 Mark Day Recto
378 Space Verb 2
379 Direct Inject FM3
380 Mag & Piezo FM3
381 Out1:FOH Out2:Cab
382 Performance Tutorial
383 BYPASS