# TONEX presets need rethink

**URL:** <https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/tonex-presets-need-rethink/1382>\
**Category:** Guitar\
**Tags:** tonex\
**Created:** [October 13, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/tonex-presets-need-rethink/1382 "2026-10-13T14:22:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Burillo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Burillo](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/u/Burillo)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.ikmultimedia.com/t/tonex-presets-need-rethink/1382/1 "2026-10-13T14:22:59Z")

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I’ve caved and bought the TONEX Rig. I like the idea, and I like the fact that I can now drive amps with stomps all within the same interface. However, this split personality further exposes a contradiction at the heart of TONEX - “presets” vs “tone models”, because a “rig” is the basic unit I am operating with.

The basic idea is that a “tone model” is just a naked capture - DI amp, DI stomp, or a full rig of some sort. However, in practice, very few people use DI tone models on their own (I certainly don’t), so ideally for me a third concept would’ve been a “rig”, whether it’s a TONEX model if it has a cab), or DI model + impulse of my choice if it doesn’t.

In the past, this was kinda handled by presets - if I liked a “rig”, I saved it as preset. It was annoying, but it kinda worked because I couldn’t load stomps anyway.

However, with Rig engine, if I select a preset then I don’t just replace the amp + cab, I replace the entire chain including any stomps that I had. So, if I want to audition how a stomp capture sounds into a particular rig, I have to load the rig and then re-add the stomp.