Adjusting Effects and Presets – Help Center

Once you've adjusted the effects in your signal chain, save the preset to your Spark app or directly to your Spark amp. This guide covers signal chain gestures, effect controls, saving presets, local presets, and Tap Tempo / BPM sync.

Signal Chain

Gestures for navigating and editing the signal chain:

Swipe left / right to scroll along the signal chain.
Swipe up / down to switch on and off.
Double-tap the amp or effects icon to select an effect.

The order of effect slots is fixed:

GATE — Noise Gate effects.
COMP / WAH — Compressor and Wah pedal effects.
DRIVE — Overdrive, Distortion, and Preamp pedal effects.
AMP — Amp simulation for electric guitar, bass, and acoustic guitar.
MOD / EQ — Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Tremolo, and EQ effects.
DELAY — Echo and Reverse Delay pedal effects.
REVERB — Room, Chamber, Hall, and Plate Reverb effects.

For the full list of amps and effects, see Spark Amp & Effect List.

Effects Section

Once an effect is selected:

On / Off: tap the LED on the amp or effect pedal to toggle it.
Tone control: turn the knobs to adjust the effect's parameters.

Preset Actions (3-dot Menu)

Tap the 3-dot menu button in the top-right corner of the Tone page to access preset actions:

3-dot menu button in top-right

Overwrite — save changes over the currently selected preset.
Save as New — save your current tone as a new preset. Select a category to file it under.
Save to Hardware Preset — write the preset into one of the preset slots on your Spark amp so you can recall it directly from the amp.
Share to ToneCloud — upload your preset to ToneCloud to share with the Spark community. See Exploring the ToneCloud®.

We suggest saving the modified preset in the Spark app first, then saving it to the hardware. This lets you recall, adjust, and compare the presets before writing them to the Spark amp.

Local Presets

Tap the preset name at the top of the Tone page to browse presets you've saved on your smartphone.

A red dot next to a preset in the amp's hardware bank slots indicates that preset is currently active on your Spark amp.

Tap Tempo & BPM Sync

Sync tempo-based effects to your song's tempo by assigning a BPM to the preset.

Effects that support BPM Sync:

Delay
Modulation

Setting the BPM:

Turn on the BPM Sync switch on a Delay or Modulation pedal. The Tap Tempo BPM button will appear.
Tap the button to open the BPM editor.
You can adjust the BPM in three ways:
- Tap the TAP button multiple times to set tempo by feel.
- Tap the BPM value and type in a specific number.
- Tap + / - to adjust by 1 BPM. Long-press to jump in increments of 10 BPM.
Save the preset to store the BPM setting.

Preset compatibility

Presets in the Spark app are designed specifically for the Spark series amps and can only be used within the Spark app / Spark amp ecosystem. They cannot be loaded into other Positive Grid apps or hardware (BIAS X, BIAS FX 2, BIAS Amp 2, BIAS Head/Rack, etc.).