BobF
Ability to save presets is a must ...

 
As mentioned, you can save presets within a project or save as for future recall. You just can't save multiple presets within a single sim.
 

I'm thinking out loud here, but ... does the world really need more sims & effects for guitar?

 
YES!!! The reason why I came up with these sims originally was not for Cakewalk or for the membership program. They were for my own use because I was not satisfied with other amp sims, and I have ALL of them. So at least I certainly felt I needed more sims. I haven't used any of the other ones since creating my own.
 
Also, remember that the purpose of these sims is not to provide the 4,228th emulation of a Marshall stack or Fender Twin. The object is to create what I call "idealized" amps that are the amp sounds I hear in my head, not the ones that come out of speakers. A lot of the comments on my sims have noticed the "sweet" sound and that's what I was trying to achieve. I've taken liberties with reality, for example, a couple of the amps emulate how the sound changes if you're playing in a room and moving around. I don't know of any existing amp sims that do that.
 
Give 'em a try 
 
As to effects, here the object is not so much to create entirely new effects although there are some of those (the Anderton Collection has a synched Vibrato + Tremolo where you can change the depth of each independently, which I haven't seen before). The object to speed up workflow, especially for songwriters, so you can drag something in and have it just work. Sure, you can take the time to assemble your own custom combination of effects, and I'd encourage that. But if you're in the heat of creation, being able to drag and drop something that's optimized for a particular application is very useful. 
 
As one example, think of what you'd put together for a lead guitar sound...maybe a noise gate, compressor, distortion, and delay...maybe a chorus, too. So if all of these are put together in a pedalboard for an instant lead sound, it will take you less time to tweak that than create the thing from scratch.
 
 

Okay, one more thing...I wasn't going to tease, but since the prototypes are working...let's just say that I thought it would also be nice to have a virtual soldering iron as well as virtual amps. I guarantee you have not seen these "effects" before 

I like the idea of the different pedal boards that are pre set for a certain style,, that's a cool idea that I'm sure has not been done before so you'd get the bragging rights :) 
Guitar rig with it's Rack is not what I'm used to. Most of us are smart enough to edit the sounds on a pedal so that's my pick. 
 
I can see the graphics already, complete with beer caps and spare picks. 
Oh , can you include a Boss TU 3 Tuner? 

A combination of 2 and 3

Of the  choices.....option 3 for me!  Thanks for asking!  No complaints either as beggars can't be choosers!  Let it rip and we'll see what we can do with it!

Hi Craig...

I just downloaded them last night and hope to check them (amp sims) out ASAP...

I typically find that I need to personalize my settings most of the time anyway....

So a starting point and good documentation for tweaking is what I beluev would work best for me...

In terms of the 3 options you propose, option 1 would be my primary choice and having a combination of 1&3 would be optimal (for now)...

Thanks for sharing all your hard work...

Keni

Keep it simple. I'm not absolutely sure what all the options listed will offer but for me... a simple plug and play with the ability to tweak everything (well, most everything) but not the necessity to tweak anything. So, "plug and play", easy to do minor tweaks, ability to do deeper tweaks if someone wants to.
 
J

As for me ,I would go for the second option. Everyone is going to tweak anyway.

# 3.  Just like a synth or any other preset, load it up and start tweaking.  Then save when it is salted and personalized to taste.  great idea and you have some wicked ideas.  I still use your WAve/Loop files - Adrenalin guitar etc. Good and useful stuff.
 
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I like option number 3.