LINE 6 M13 Stompbox Modeler [22/37] Autosave

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Autosave

Whether you’re in Momentary Scene mode or Latch Scene mode, your choice of Autosave

or Manual Save is an important one. In Autosave, any change you make to your Scene is

saved automatically. This includes not only the on or off state of the individual FX while

your scene is loaded, but also the conﬁguration of the Scene itself.

Let’s load a Factory Scene and see what happens in Autosave mode. Make sure you’re

in Autosave and Momentary mode ﬁrst, so you can access the individual FX. To double-

check, press and hold the Looper Controls switch for a few seconds, to enter Setup mode.

Look at LCD 3 under ‘Scenes’ and see if AUTOSAVE and MOMEN SCENE are assigned. If you see

MNL SAVE and LATCH SCENE, change them with Knob 2 and Knob 4.

Now press the Scenes switch and you’ll see all 12 Scene names displayed. Choose Scene

2A, Bridge Of Vibes. Notice the four A switches are lit. That’s because the loaded FX,

which are displayed in the LCDs, are loaded in the A locations of all 4 FX Units. You

should see U-Vibe, Tube Drive, Plate and Ping Pong displayed.

Play your guitar for a minute on the neck pickup. You’ll hear a Robin Trower/Hendrix

type of sound. Step on all 4 C switches now. You’ll see Facial Fuzz, Analog Flange, Rotary

Drum and Tape Echo. It’s a very different sound. Now step on the Scenes switch and

select 1C Swamp Thing. You’ll see 3 LCDs lit, because FX Unit 2 is bypassed. Step on

the Scenes switch again and go back to 2A, Bridge Of Vibes. It’s lost its Trower U-Vibe

sound. That’s because Autosave has saved your changes. Notice all the C switches are lit.

Manual Save

To see how Manual Save differs from Autosave, let’s do a Factory Reset and start over.

If you have any special Scenes saved, you can defer this exercise until you back up your

Scenes to computer. Read all about it in Chapter 2, Page 5. Assuming you’re okay to do

a reset, press and hold the Looper Controls switch to enter Setup mode again. This time

turn the Model Select Knob under LCD 4 to select RST FACT? and press down on the knob.

Press again to initiate the reset. After it resets, select MNL SAVE under LCD 3.

Now repeat the same steps you did before. Press the Scene switch, select Scene 2A, then

switch on all the C switches to change the sound of Bridge Of Vibes. Step on the Scenes

switch again, select Scene 1C, then step on the Scenes switch and select 2A again. Play

your guitar. Notice all the A switches are lit this time. Scene 2A did not retain the

changes you made. This can be a good thing, especially if you want to return to the exact

same sound you originally programmed. In Manual Save mode, every time you select a

Scene, it will be recalled exactly the same way, even if you make temporary changes to it.