TH2 - Should there be presets?

TraceyStudios


I am playing with TH2 producer, can't seem to find any presets. Found very little docs about it. web search etc. Should there be presets?

There are presets, at least in the full version.  On the top right side of the window look for two blue buttons called "Write" and "Search", when you click the Search button that will open up all the presets in a table format.
You can also access the presets by clicking on the top BANK or SOUND numbers.  Again, I'm not sure about the Sonar version, but it's there in the full.   I would assume that the Sonar version should at least have SOME presets?

Leee

TraceyStudios


I am playing with TH2 producer, can't seem to find any presets. Found very little docs about it. web search etc. Should there be presets?

There are presets, at least in the full version.  On the top right side of the window look for two blue buttons called "Write" and "Search", when you click the Search button that will open up all the presets in a table format.
You can also access the presets by clicking on the top BANK or SOUND numbers.  Again, I'm not sure about the Sonar version, but it's there in the full.   I would assume that the Sonar version should at least have SOME presets?

Actually, I think I might be wrong about the presets.  I looked at a screenshot of TH2 that comes with Sonar (the lite version) and I did not see those Write and Search buttons I was talking about.  So maybe that version doesn't have presets.
But the upgrade is worth it, IMHO.  You get a whole bunch more amps, cabinets and fx.

I assumed "TH2 Producer" would not be the "lite" version.  Producer kinda implies better than Lite?

I think that's just the name the Sonar version got... as in Sonar Producer. Yes it's a little confusing. You gotta pay $99 extra for the full version.

LOL!  After reading a few more posts, I just realized, I upgraded to X2 which has some new features, which are lite versions. Lucky me!! I have the oppertunity to upgrade some more!!! yeah!

Mine has presets, in the top bar there's a .001 factory/.001 user. If you put it on factory, there's a bunch of presets in there, I think 4 banks, with 4 or 5 presets each.

My favorite go-to for a crunchy guitar tone with a lot of weight is Amplitube, but I just cannot get enough of the wild and wacky effects in Guitar Rig. I use huge chains of them all the time, mainly on synth sounds. Some of the beat slicing and mashing effects are great too. I would love to upgrade to the full TH2 because from what I've heard of it, the tones beat both Amplitube and GR, but I just can't shell out the $99 right now. I really wish it was cheaper. Hopefully Cakewalk will lose all sense of reality and offer it for $50 some time in the future. 

It's not in the Producer version but I like the Rumble Bee preset. It makes my beeples bapple. ;-)

You could try mixing and matching. Once I'm set up in my new space I'm gonna be experimenting with a combo of my Line 6 head, TH2 (I too got the upgrade), GR5 and micing my amp. I think I'm gonna be able to come up with a lot of wild sounds. Fun!

Beepster


You could try mixing and matching. Once I'm set up in my new space I'm gonna be experimenting with a combo of my Line 6 head, TH2 (I too got the upgrade), GR5 and micing my amp. I think I'm gonna be able to come up with a lot of wild sounds. Fun!

Yeah, I plan on mixing and matching. The VG-99 has guitar modelling as well as poly effects, alternate tuning, string bending, etc, luckily it has plenty of I/O! Straight guitar out goes to an amp as well as an analog in on an AudioFire 4 (to TH2), digital out goes into digital in on the AudioFire (VG-99 guitar modelling + effects to TH2), and subOuts go into a mixer which also goes into the AudioFire, so there are plenty of options ...
 
Robert

Now that I have used TH2 a bit, i am liking it. I am using sounds in each. I have notices that Guitar Rig seems to require more resources than TH2. I get pops and cracks if on some presets (increase buffer size and it goes away). Never had this with TH2. Maybe just my setup. I just purchased the Mark Studio bass version, and so far it is cool, wish it had more presets. But hey, I always wish things had more presets. I agree with Sharke, some of the sounds in GR and TH2 are so cool, I jam with them for quite a while, yet never actually used them in a tune. Still fun.

Something to mention to rsinger: I "reamped" a guitar track and compared to GR.  I had recorded a couple ryth guitars for a tune while using GR5. I was curious to compare the GR to a live amp, so I sent the dry signal out on seperate bus, miked up an amp (sm57) and re-recorded thru a peavey valveking. Split GR hard left, live amp hard right.  When I listen to the song, i could not tell which was a live amp and which was GR. very sublte differences.

I have "never can have too much gear or software" disease. Symptoms include fun discovery, with a twinge of frustration and a credit card bill.