Focus View

The Focus View is a dedicated, real-time touchscreen that offers simplified editing options for the selected model. As outlined on this page, the Focus View offers various options based on the current model type.

Amp, Preamp, and Effect Models

For Amp, Preamp, and most Effect models, Focus view offers an XY control touchscreen that allows you to quickly adjust multiple simultaneous parameters by dragging to its five descriptively titled “Zones” on the screen. Each model’s pre-configured zones consist of combinations of parameters that morph as you drag the “Lens Icon” cursor between them.

Focus View Button: Tap to enter the Focus view. When the Focus view is displayed, tap the button again to exit it.

Level Meters: Vertical meters measure the block’s input (at left) and output (at right) signal levels for referencing your gain staging at each block in your signal path. When a Dynamics - Compressor and Gate type model’s Focus panel is open, a gain reduction meter appears at the left—see Dynamics below.

Model Image: The main view of the screen displays a detailed image of the original gear the model is based on.

Lens Icon: Tap and drag toward the desired zone to adjust the settings.

Zones: Descriptive labels appear in each of the four corners and the center of the screen, indicating each zone and its corresponding sonic character. Each zone includes a different pre-configured combination of parameter values. As you drag the lens icon, you’ll hear the sound morph as the parameter values change between the zone settings. Note that the center is the “home” zone, which contains the default factory parameter settings for the selected model.

Sidebar Options:

• User Default: Once you’ve configured desirable parameter settings for the current model, you can assign them to be the User Default settings for the model, so that these are the initial default settings whenever you load the model in any preset. (Existing instances of this model in other presets are not affected.) Additionally, refer to Creating User Default Settings.

• Factory Default: This option is selectable if you’ve enabled the User Default feature; selecting this will clear your custom User Default and return the model to use its original Factory Default settings when you next use the model.

• Add to Favorites: Once you’ve configured desirable parameter settings, set the preferred model bypass state, and assigned bypass and control assignments, tap this option to add a Favorite of the model, which will then be conveniently available within the Model List’s Favorites category. See the Favorites section for more info.

• “Based On” Information: The read-only text at the bottom of the sidebar informs you of the specific gear on which the current model is based.

Inspector: The Inspector remains accessible at the bottom of the screen, just as in the Home View - Edit screen for fine-tuning individual parameters.

Amp and Preamp Focus View

The Focus View for an Amp or Preamp is similar to that for an Effect model. All the same descriptions in the preceding sections also apply to editing an Amp or Preamp’s settings.

Cab and Cab IRs

For Cab models, the Focus View offers a graphical Mic position editor that lets you visually adjust the mic’s position, distance, and angle relative to the current Cab’s speaker. When a Cab IR is loaded, its frequency plot is displayed, and its sidebar options are available. Please see the Cab Block - Focus View section for details.

EQs

For EQ models (excluding the Acoustic Sim model), Focus view provides a graphic or parametric editor for the respective EQ types, as illustrated below. Tap and drag directly on the EQ band controls to make your adjustments.

Dynamics

For any Dynamics - Compressor or Gate type effect, a gain reduction meter appears at the left for a real-time visual reference of the amount of input signal that is attenuated by the current settings.