Preset
a.k.a. a tone / a patch
A preset is one complete saved tone: your amp, cab, effects, footswitch and expression assignments. The Tone Master Pro holds over 500 user presets, and each one can be exported as a file.
Everything you need to export presets from the Fender Tone Master Pro. Learn exactly how presets, the Pro Control app, Fender Cloud and local export and import work, so you can export your tones, back them up, import them, and get every preset ready to share or sell.
Before you export anything, it helps to know how the Fender Tone Master Pro organizes your tones. Everything runs through Pro Control, the free app, and the Fender Cloud community, with local files and a microSD slot for backup.
A preset is one complete saved tone: your amp, cab, effects, footswitch and expression assignments. The Tone Master Pro holds over 500 user presets, and each one can be exported as a file.
Pro Control edits, organizes and shares your presets. The desktop app for Mac and Windows connects over USB Type C, and the mobile app for iPhone and Android connects over Bluetooth.
Group presets into Songs, and Songs into Setlists for the stage. A preset can also use a user IR, a WAV cab file you load through the app. Keep the IR with the preset when you move it.
Recent firmware lets you export and import presets between the Tone Master Pro and the Pro Control desktop app for local backup.
Upload presets to share with the community, download thousands of tones, and back up everything to your Fender account.
The unit has a microSD card slot, another way to back up and restore your presets straight from the hardware.
Exporting presets from the Fender Tone Master Pro takes just a few things. Get these ready first and the how to below becomes a two minute job.
The Fender Tone Master Pro guitar workstation, on the latest firmware. Local preset export and import needs a recent firmware version, so update first.
The free Fender Pro Control app for Mac and Windows, which is the one that exports presets to your computer. There is also a mobile app for iPhone and Android.
The included USB Type C data cable to connect the Tone Master Pro to your computer. On Windows you also install the Fender ASIO audio driver.
A free Fender account to use Fender Cloud, so you can back up your presets, download community tones and upload your own to share.
Always get the Pro Control app, firmware, the Windows ASIO driver and manuals straight from Fender, never a third party mirror. Back up your presets before every firmware update, since a factory reset wipes all presets and settings.
With recent firmware, you can export a preset straight from the Pro Control desktop app to a file on your Mac or PC. Here is the full process, plus how to share to the cloud.
Make sure your Tone Master Pro is on the latest firmware, then connect it to your computer with the USB Type C cable and open the Pro Control desktop app.
In Pro Control, open My Presets and select the tone you want. You can also multi select several presets to export in bulk.
Click the preset three dots menu and choose Export. Save the preset file to a backup folder on your computer. That file is your exported preset, ready to store, share or sell.
To share with the community, upload the preset to Fender Cloud from the app. Others can then audition and download it, and it stays in your cloud account.
If a preset relies on a user IR, keep that WAV file with the preset, so the cabinet sounds right when you or a buyer load it.
Bought a preset pack, or restoring a backup? Importing is a simple drag and drop into Pro Control, or a download from Fender Cloud. Here is how.
If your download is a zip file, decompress it first, so you have the actual Tone Master Pro preset files ready.
Connect your Tone Master Pro over USB Type C and open the Pro Control desktop app, the same way as when you export.
Drag the preset file from your computer into Pro Control. It loads onto your Tone Master Pro, ready to place in a preset slot.
In the app, open Fender Cloud, find a preset by artist or genre, audition it and download it to your unit. Load any user IR the preset needs too.
Match the firmware and keep the IRs. Local export and import need a recent firmware version, so update both the unit and the app first. A preset that uses a user IR needs that WAV file loaded too, or the cabinet will not sound right. Always back up before a firmware update, since a factory reset wipes every preset.
Fender gives you three ways to keep your Tone Master Pro tones safe. Pick whichever fits, and always back up before a firmware update or a factory reset.
Sign in to Fender Cloud in Pro Control and back up all your presets, settings and user IRs to your account, so you never lose your data.
Use the Pro Control desktop app to export your presets to a folder on your Mac or PC, including bulk export of many presets at once.
Insert a card into the microSD slot on the unit to back up and restore your presets straight from the hardware, with no computer needed.
The Tone Master Pro gives you several ways to move a preset. Here is each one, and when to reach for it.
Over 500 user presets, organized in one long list with Songs and Setlists. Export via Pro Control, Fender Cloud or the microSD slot.
The app that exports and imports presets locally to your computer. Connect over USB Type C, then use the preset menu Export.
Control your unit and manage presets wirelessly over Bluetooth. Great for cloud sharing and editing away from the computer.
Share your presets with the world, download thousands of community and artist tones, and keep a full cloud backup of your rig.
Back up and restore presets right from the hardware with a memory card, a simple safety net with no app required.
Load your own WAV impulse responses through Pro Control. Keep the IR file with any preset that uses it when you share.
Group presets into Songs, and Songs into Setlists for the stage. Back these up to the cloud along with your presets.
Back up to the cloud or your computer before you update, since a factory reset wipes all presets and settings. Restore from your backup after.
A factory reset wipes all presets and settings. Back up to Fender Cloud or export to your computer before you update the firmware.
Local export and import need recent firmware. Keep the unit and Pro Control on matching versions so everything connects.
Pro Control lets you select many presets at once to move, clear or export together, a fast way to save a whole set.
A preset can rely on a user IR. When you share or sell it, include the WAV file so the cabinet sounds exactly as you intended.
Quick answers about Tone Master Pro presets, Pro Control and backups
Yes. With recent firmware, the Pro Control desktop app can export a preset to a file on your Mac or PC, and you drag it back into Pro Control to import it. This makes sharing individual presets possible.
The free Fender Pro Control app. The desktop version for Mac and Windows connects over USB Type C and does the local export. The mobile app connects over Bluetooth for cloud sharing.
Connect the unit over USB, open Pro Control, select the preset, then use its three dots menu and choose Export to save the file to your computer. You can also export several at once.
Two ways. Upload a preset to Fender Cloud so the community can audition and download it, or export the preset to a file and send that file directly to another Tone Master Pro owner.
Back up to Fender Cloud in Pro Control, export your presets to your computer, or use the microSD slot on the unit. A factory reset wipes all presets, so always back up first.
Yes. Pro Control lets you load your own speaker cabinet impulse responses onto the Tone Master Pro. When you share a preset that uses a user IR, include that WAV file too.
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