The ToneX app really needs to get some basics right.
1. Intuitive sort of presets and captures etc. This is how it works atm. You select Amp column to sort by the amp name. But everything within this is sorted probably by database row order or something so you end up with a list like this:
- Name: 'Early Twang', character: 'Clean', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
- Name: 'Cajun Amp', character: 'Clean', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
- Name: 'Tweed Drive', character: 'Drive', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
- Name: 'Tele Complement', character: 'Clean', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
See how it's Clean, Clean, Drive, Clean? Or how it's not sorted alphabetically by name?
It's very easy to make a multi-column sort function that is
<the column you selected> OR character (Clean, Drive, Hi-gain etc) OR alphabetic name of model.
With a function like that, you would get a far more understandable list like this:
- Name: 'Cajun Amp', character: 'Clean', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
- Name: 'Early Twang', character: 'Clean', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
- Name: 'Tele Complement', character: 'Clean', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
- Name: 'Tweed Drive', character: 'Drive', amp: 'Fender 57 Custom Deluxe'
Alphabetic, with character grouped together so you can find your cleans all in one continuous list, followed by drives, higain etc. Then same for the next amp.
2. Filter options for cabs. When I open up the list of cabs, in the free version of ToneX I cannot filter the list to just what I own so it's straight up impossible to find working options when you don't even know what you have.
3. The information available about tone models, cabs etc. It's just not enough. I cannot tell "Black Angus" and "Thunder Luck" apart without trying them. The only info about their difference is that they have different mics. Stock captures should have far more information about their sound, purpose, maybe even original amp settings.
Similarly there is no way to tell the VIR cabs purpose without trying them all. What is 4x12 F1, M1 or T1? That tells me less than those "4x12 Cali V30 Mix 01" IR filenames from 3rd party vendors.
4. The dual column squares on the right suck.These are also sorted in an insane manner. High gain chug, OD special, Fuzz, Fuzz, Klon, GK Bass, Hard & heavy, 800 & 900 ? That makes no sense. Why aren't pedals, bass amps and guitar amps grouped together so it's 800 & 900, High gain chug, Hard & Heavy, OD special, GK Bass, ..., Fuzz, Klon etc? Why can't we just have a simple list instead of this annoying to read and scroll picture box thing?
5. Standalone app and sample riff feature. You should be able to record your own clips here with your guitar and playing style. When this riff selection is the only sensible way to test different models when their difference is often nothing more than the name of the model, being able to input your own playing would make a far better difference. Sure in a DAW you can just use a DI track but in a standalone app this is not happening.
6. The VIR cabs button. Why is this at the end next to Reverb? It's totally nonintuitive with the way it replaces you chosen cab with a VIR cab. Even the icon choice is bad.
7. The expand button on the tone/preset list. Why is that a column on the tone model/presets list? You honestly could not figure out a better place for it? It's not a column name, it's not a sortable column, it also does not make the user understand what all those IK logos on the rows mean.