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Document all 3 banks (12 presets) with chain, parameters, and best-use notes.
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Factory Presets — Pi Multi-FX Pedal

The pedal ships with 3 banks of factory presets (12 presets total).

Bank 0 — Clean & Edge

Classic clean and lightly driven tones for rhythm and fingerstyle work.

# Name Chain Best For
0 Clean Jazz noise_gate → compressor → eq → reverb → volume Clean jazz, funk rhythm
1 Edge of Breakup noise_gate → overdrive → eq → delay → volume Blues, crunchy rhythm
2 Clean with Chorus noise_gate → eq → chorus → reverb → volume Pop, ambient clean
3 Dynamic Fingerstyle compressor → boost → eq → reverb → volume Fingerpicking, acoustic sim

Bank 1 — Drive & Lead

High-gain and lead-focused tones for rock and metal.

# Name Chain Best For
0 Classic Rock noise_gate → overdrive → eq → delay → volume Classic/hard rock
1 Lead Solo noise_gate → compressor → overdrive → distortion → eq → delay → reverb → volume Lead/solo, shred
2 Metal Rhythm noise_gate → boost → distortion → eq → volume Metal, hardcore
3 Ambient Wash compressor → phaser → chorus → delay → reverb → volume Ambient, post-rock

Bank 2 — FX Bench

Reference presets for dialling in individual effects. Each preset features one core effect with well-tuned default parameters.

# Name Chain Effect Focus Parameters
0 Overdrive Bench noise_gate → overdrive → volume Overdrive drive: 0.55, tone: 0.5, level: 0.75
1 Delay Bench noise_gate → eq → delay → volume Delay (digital) time: 420ms, feedback: 0.35, mix: 0.3
2 Reverb Bench noise_gate → eq → reverb → volume Reverb (hall) decay: 0.6, mix: 0.28, predelay: 30ms, room_size: 0.65
3 Chorus Bench noise_gate → eq → chorus → volume Chorus rate: 0.35, depth: 0.55, mix: 0.3, stereo: true

Installation

Factory presets are bundled in presets/factory/. Use the preset manager's install_factory_presets() method or run:

./scripts/download_presets.sh