Programming more Post-Effects

The quick answer is no, you are limited to 4 post stack effects.

You can assign several effects to each button on the remote. You can make one button turn all of the assigned effects on or off. You can also make the button turn some effects off while turning others on.

You can assign other effects to the delay and/or reverb slots. Delay and reverb can be assigned to the Pre-stack slots.

Possible workarounds:

Use the global Space for reverb. This will only yield a short, small reverb, but will free up one effect slot.

Forego the Studio EQ and use some combination of the amp controls such as Definition and Clarity, the Amp EQ, and the Output EQ.

Unless you need all four effects at the same time, duplicate the rig and assign the effects you need to use simultaneously to each of the rigs.

Make sure that you use a current OS version. The modules DLY and REV have been freed up for other effect types. So, you could have chorus/phaser/flanger/tremolo post Stack in the stereo Effects Section.

Wow, so you will have new reverbs, drives, output shelving, etc.

Simple answer is yes.

So I would for that song use 2 performance slots with the chorus adjusted but on for both sounds. When you save a rig its whatever state youve left the effects. So all you ahve to do is set up the sound and effect you want ( switched on) and when you switch to that slot boom, there it is. If you want it selectable then before you save, switch the effect off.

I assume you use the remote?

BTW - your original question, why not move studio E.Q. to pre? because its not time based should be less of an issue moving to pre so that would free up at least 1 slot.

Also, try not to make one slot do everything.

I'm still not sure what you are asking, so for clarity:

• When you select a rig, you can pre-programme this to have whatever effects on by default and whatever state you want
• You can have effects locked so that regardless of what slot you select they stay on - I don't use lock at all but that would replicate the "fixed" status I think you might be looking for.

A pedal board is totally independent of the amp and therefore the KPA doesn't work this way - which is a good thing because you can pre programme what you need plus use the effects like stomp boxes. This has the advantage that you can customise the effects for each slot which is way more flexible rather than have, say, one delay setting for every song.

So you can acheive I think what you want but you might need to plan a little on how you use the slots rather than think in the tradtional pedal board and Amp set up.

I only use 1 performance to cover 30+ songs as I have a clean, crunch heavy rhythm and solo sound plus a specialist slot ( talkbox for living on a prayer) for example. I use morph to boost volume and gain for riffs and I have my wah set up on every slot. I have 2 delays on my main rhythm, one for one for a bit of ambient delay and that is on all the time and 1 delay I select for 1 song ( Intro Welcome to the Jungle).

Not sure if any of that helps...

...and you are not a difficult person

Quote from MadMike

It won't be possible (if I ever want,) to create a whole new performance without those effects/pedalboard taking those 4 post-effect slots, right?

Because I need to unlock them first? Seems like they act 'global' when I'm changing them on a new performance into something else, (or delete them) they automatically get the same treatment on my 'old' performance. (The one I'm using right now)

Yes unfortunately. Lock is global. The KPA obviously can;t "know" what and when you want lock, you can only tell it. You can of course lock, create your performances and save them, then unlock. any new performances then would not include these settings but I suspect that isn't what you want.

Someone else might have other thoughts as I don;t use lock at all. I save my performances with the settings I want and that covers my needs as I rarely want to do anything "unplanned". I know the set list ( or list of possible songs) and build my performance/s around that. For example in one band we also play some EVH and I have a separate performance for that as some solos have flanger and phaser and some don;t. I prefer a 1 switch approach to avoid tap dancing.

Another option is potentially to use Morph - not sure if it helps but you could have all effects in the slot but mix at 0, then morph the effects in. Advantage is you can bring multiple in and other parameters...

I actually find it way more flexible than a separate pedal board and I haven't used outboard effects for 6 years.

Turn off lock for most flexible options.

You could put the chorus pedal into two different effect slots for that rig for that song. Then assign effect button I to turn on chorus in slot “X” (for example) and then assign Effect button II to turn on chorus in slot “MOD” and distortion in slot D (for example).

So by using multiple instances in different slots you can achieve your switching without changing rigs.

For rig switching you need to turn the lock off if you want to assign the different states of the on/off status of the effects for that rig. Example: Rig 1 has chorus, reverb in the on status and you can then stomp effect button to turn on distortion. Moving to Rig 2 it has you might have nothing active and need to step on effect slot I for chorus and effect slot II to active those effects. Rig 3 you have chorus and distortion active already and need to stomp effect button 1 to turn off distortion.

You can get quite creative between rigs, morphing and multiple uses of effects in slots. It should cover most any scenario.

Quote from kevinduren

You can assign other effects to the delay and/or reverb slots. Delay and reverb can be assigned to the Pre-stack slots.

I have a question about the delay and reverb knobs on my power rack. Are they completely separate from stomp effects? Is that the same for the noise gate knob?

The noise gate knob is separate. The delay and reverb knobs affect delay and reverb WHEN you have those effects assigned to the DLY and REV locations.

Quote from kevinduren

The noise gate knob is separate. The delay and reverb knobs affect delay and reverb WHEN you have those effects assigned to the DLY and REV location.

If you dont have rev and dly assigned to anything which effect will they choose when you turn them by default?

AFAIK they control the effects in the dly and rev slots only. I have to confess, I never use those knobs.