Restoring only SOME of the original factory presets in an HX stomp. Is there a way?

[harroruke]

Hi there; I've had an HX stomp for about 2 years and have used it live a lot for shows where there were no cabs allowed (band plus orchestra) etc.

Rather stupidly, when I first got it there were no factory presets on it but I knew nothing about what to expect out of the box or that it needed a factory restore/reset... I just went directly to making my own presets and now I have about 30 of them. If I do a factory restore or whatever you call it I'll get all the factory presets I never had but will lose all my custom presets I put so much time into.

 

How do I restore the factory presets that should be in the empty spaces on my preset list without losing my custom presets?

 

Is there somewhere I can just import specific factory presets from?

[silverhead]

You can’t select specific factory resets to restore so you’ll need to proceed in several steps. First use HX Edit to save all your custom presets individually to a folder on your computer. Then perform a factory reset to restore all the factory presets. Finally, import all of your individual presets into your preferred locations. If any custom preset will overwrite a factory preset that you also want to keep then you’ll need to relocate it first.

[datacommando]

On 12/12/2024 at 1:16 AM, harroruke said:

Is there somewhere I can just import specific factory presets from?

Hi,

 

It might be useful to read through the HX Edit Pilot’s Guide 3.80 > pages 27-29 - Creating & Restoring Complete Device Backups, and Extracting Files from a Backup.

 

You can access the guide by clicking on the Question Mark icon in the lower left corner of the HX Edit GUI window, from where you can download a pdf of the information.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[PaulTBaker]

one thing you can do is save your individual presets in a folder on your computer.  You can drag and drop presets from HXEdit to the folder and vice versa.   

 

I wanted to do exactly what you were talking about.  My work around was to copy the presets I wanted to a folder, some from the factory defaults and some were mine.  I then copied an empty preset onto all of the spaces in the set list (I did this just to start with an empty set list... just to be cleaner).  Then I copied the presets from the folder into the setlist in HX Edit.  it works great.  Drag and Drop is very easy.     I also do this same sort of thing with my Helix Floor.