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Presets & Storage

A preset is a saved sound. You can manage presets on the pedal screen or in the browser manager. You do not need to edit a file.

Banks and slots

Ardor has banks numbered 0 to 99. Each bank has four preset slots. The four footswitches choose slots 1 to 4 in the active bank.

Control	Action
Bank −/+ on the screen	Move to the previous or next bank.
Preset slot on the screen	Choose a sound.
Footswitch 1 to 4	Choose slot 1 to 4 in the active bank.
Save	Keep the changes in the current preset.
Apply	Use the saved sound for the audio output.

Make a preset

Choose a preset slot.
Open Edit.
Add effects with +, or open a block to change its controls.
Arrange the blocks from left to right.
Choose Save, then Apply.

You can do the same work in the Manager App. If you leave a preset with unsaved edits, Ardor asks whether you want to save or discard them.

Add amp and cabinet sounds

A preset can use sounds from the pedal asset library. Add your own amp models, cabinet sounds, or reverb sounds in the manager. Then choose them when you edit a block.

The release image includes starter presets but does not include third-party amp models, cabinet sounds, or reverb sounds. Add only files you own or have permission to use.

Dual Rig presets

A Dual Rig preset has a left lane and a right lane. Both lanes start with the same guitar signal. The left lane feeds the left output. The right lane feeds the right output.

See Dual Rig & Dual Amp for examples and the screen layout.

Advanced: where preset files are stored

The pedal stores four files in each bank folder. The number in a file name starts at zero, so preset-0.json is the first slot shown to a user.

presets/bank-000/preset-0.json
presets/bank-000/preset-1.json
presets/bank-000/preset-2.json
presets/bank-000/preset-3.json

Asset names are relative to the pedal data area. The pedal rejects absolute paths and paths that try to leave the data area.

Advanced: preset file format

Presets use JSON. Most users should use the screen or manager. The example below shows a version-2 preset with two lanes.

{
  "version": 2,
  "blocks": [{
    "id": "rig-1",
    "type": "dualRig",
    "enabled": true,
    "params": { "inputMode": "sum", "leftLevelDb": 0, "rightLevelDb": 0 },
    "lanes": {
      "left":  { "blocks": [
        { "id": "l-nam", "type": "nam", "enabled": true, "asset": "models/clean.nam" },
        { "id": "l-cab", "type": "cab", "enabled": true, "asset": "irs/open.wav" }
      ]},
      "right": { "blocks": [
        { "id": "r-nam", "type": "nam", "enabled": true, "asset": "models/crunch.nam" },
        { "id": "r-dly", "type": "delay", "enabled": true, "params": { "mode": "digital" } }
      ]}
    }
  }]
}

Version 1 supports serial chains and the fixed Dual Amp block. Version 2 adds the Dual Rig block. Version-1 presets remain supported.

Field	Meaning
global.inputGainDb	Gain before the amp model.
global.outputGainDb	Gain after the cabinet.
global.safetyLimitDb	The output safety ceiling.