Super Serial with Snapshots not gapless

[J840]

I use a super serial style preset with all the blocks in a row. When pressing the same snapshot that is active (or switching snapshots), I get a short audio gap. If I disable all the blocks, the gap still occurs. 

 

When I use a blank preset with default routing, there is no gap. Something to do with the super serial preset is causing the blip.

 

Any other users with a super serial style preset and snapshots run into this?

[rd2rk]

Attach an example preset so we can actually test it and look for the problem.

[J840]

When I removed the controller assignments, the gap goes away, so now I need to dig into those. 

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Found the "glitch": using a stereo cab block, having the mic selection on each cab on a snapshot assignment was creating the gap. Even if pressing the same snapshot. 

 

[SaschaFranck]

I noticed the same thing on some patches with the Floor. Especially when running stuffed kitchen sink presets, some switching actions don't happen simultaneously. Sometimes this may lead to "overlaps" (when, say, switching one amp off and another one on), sometimes the result is a small gap (as you've experienced).

It's somewhat trial'n'error, too. In that particular patch causing the amp "overlap", when I reversed the amp's order, the issue was gone.

[codamedia]

On 4/16/2025 at 11:22 PM, J840 said:

Found the "glitch": using a stereo cab block, having the mic selection on each cab on a snapshot assignment was creating the gap.

 

So you are changing the mic selection in snapshots? That makes sense as that would be unloading, then loading a new IR. 

I am still using IR blocks in my live presets and I swap IR's in snapshots and it also produced a tiny gap.... but I would expect as such. 

 

[theElevators]

There are all sorts of sounds, or drops in sounds, noises, pops in certain cases.  As a general rule, bypassing/changing settings on the amp is the main culprit. 

[J840]

On 4/17/2025 at 6:39 AM, codamedia said:

 

So you are changing the mic selection in snapshots? That makes sense as that would be unloading, then loading a new IR. 

I am still using IR blocks in my live presets and I swap IR's in snapshots and it also produced a tiny gap.... but I would expect as such. 

 

I'm using the stock cabs. Yes, on each cab I was changing the mic's per snapshot. For example, a 57 on rhythm, ribbon on lead for tone variety etc... 

 

The odd behavior was when re-selecting a snapshot (so same mic's and cab settings etc) it was creating the gap. Or with the cab block bypassed, it still glitched. I removed the two mic snapshot assignments and it's smooth now. 

[codamedia]

On 4/17/2025 at 2:36 PM, J840 said:

Yes, on each cab I was changing the mic's per snapshot. For example, a 57 on rhythm, ribbon on lead for tone variety etc... 

 

The stocks cabs are a series of IR's.... so changing the mics, or their positions would be loading new IR's. 

 

On 4/17/2025 at 2:36 PM, J840 said:

The odd behavior was when re-selecting a snapshot (so same mic's and cab settings etc) it was creating the gap. 

 

Selecting the same snapshot is doing a full reset on that snapshot. It is still probably unloading/loading the right IR. 

 

On 4/17/2025 at 2:36 PM, J840 said:

Or with the cab block bypassed, it still glitched.

 

Makes sense. If the assignments still exist, it is still loading/unloading that IR in the background even if the block is bypassed. 

 

On 4/17/2025 at 2:36 PM, J840 said:

I removed the two mic snapshot assignments and it's smooth now. 

 

If you have DSP available... reposition some blocks and load a couple different cab blocks. Turning them on/off as needed "shouldn't" create a gap... it's just the initial loading that does. That may require some juggling... as I think you can only get 1 stereo cab block on each path... but I'm not positive about that.

[datacommando]

On 4/17/2025 at 8:36 PM, J840 said:

I'm using the stock cabs. Yes, on each cab I was changing the mic's per snapshot. For example, a 57 on rhythm, ribbon on lead for tone variety etc... 

 

Hi,

 

As noted by @codamedia in the post above - every cab and mic placement is a different IR (there are thousands of them included in the firmware) which takes time to load, and similarly with the Snapshots.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.