SansAmp PSA-1 is the brilliant preamp, isn't it ?

You can get various drive sound

very similar to that from the famous brand like Marshall, Mesa Boogie, etc. Only
you have to do is to turn the knobs and find the sound that you like. There isn't any
dedicated circuit for each brand, that means you can get every sound that you want
from the same one drive circuit with continous value. PSA-1 doesn't have any
tubes. I wondered that how PSA-1 could simulate the brands, but sadly, there's no
articles describe the actual preset values. I couldn't find it even in the user's manual
or Tech21 WWW site. So I decided to get the values by myself. I used MIDI dump
functions within it. The preset values are stored in strange 4-bit format in the
preamp. I got the values through the following procedures.
1. Connect PSA-1 MIDI-Out into PC MIDI-In Port
2. Execute software SysEx receiver
3. Execute PSA-1 MIDI Dump function
4. Save as SysEx binary file
5. Decode the file.
The preset values are stored in 4-bit format and have reserved spaces between the
patch blocks. I wrote simple C++ program, so I converted the SysEx binary file into
the following text format. The patch names are not stored in the SysEx data. I
appended them manually.

Marshall knobs

--------------------PREAMP--BUZZ-PUNCH-CRUNCH-DRIVE--LOW--HIGH-LEVEL
01 Plexi 255 63 243 181 243 170 155 80
02 Vintage 255 255 255 255 83 255 246 27
03 Schenker 255 0 255 115 227 179 147 78
04 JMP-1 251 81 80 108 243 119 186 60
05 High Gain 252 63 243 181 243 170 155 80
06 Bluesbreaker 186 194 193 227 140 54 155 75
07 Hendrix 247 255 156 240 231 92 152 72
08 Van Halen 1 255 37 148 236 227 198 173 68
09 Classic Clean 123 129 126 250 0 255 186 228

Fender knobs

--------------------PREAMP--BUZZ-PUNCH-CRUNCH-DRIVE--LOW--HIGH-LEVEL
10 Stock 118 215 0 237 75 144 190 240
11 B.B. King 176 127 52 238 240 16 67 157
12 Stevie Ray 239 197 36 245 239 80 150 91
13 Funk 126 197 4 245 85 192 255 188
14 Champ 255 71 206 116 224 6 122 149
15 Twin 211 200 0 239 181 68 196 105
16 Super Bright 120 241 0 255 181 119 231 128
17 Classic Rock 128 217 19 255 197 117 191 127
18 Super Clean 47 159 0 255 0 151 120 255
19 Jazz 128 129 127 0 129 129 128 199
 Mesa/Boogie knobs

--------------------PREAMP--BUZZ-PUNCH-CRUNCH-DRIVE--LOW--HIGH-LEVEL
20 Mark 1 251 255 190 127 244 107 177 51
21 Metallica 255 255 255 127 222 160 198 53
22 Santana 255 228 184 216 197 30 135 68
23 Clean 137 140 16 231 9 156 203 208
24 Rectifier 255 255 234 214 214 242 230 35
25 Triaxis 247 255 235 231 189 186 154 61
26 Lead 250 255 243 236 213 20 176 89
27 Rhythm 238 255 128 235 78 202 202 33
28 Too Much Gain 255 255 243 243 212 82 156 69
29 Mutant 255 255 123 255 181 129 181 55

Bass knobs

--------------------PREAMP--BUZZ-PUNCH-CRUNCH-DRIVE--LOW--HIGH-LEVEL
30 SVT 70 140 0 254 201 228 193 129
31 Bassman 47 255 22 255 79 17 85 237
32 Jazz 162 237 22 25 79 92 199 182
33 Metal 237 236 0 249 186 188 210 33
34 Slap 14 244 0 249 112 188 236 159
35 King's X 255 255 0 249 16 238 236 26
36 Yes 238 235 10 249 24 215 243 26
37 Lead 128 128 221 248 128 239 227 48
38 Doug Wimbish 250 239 255 240 125 221 210 34
39 Crimson 255 225 0 241 243 201 234 19

Miscellaneous knobs-

--------------------PREAMP--BUZZ-PUNCH-CRUNCH-DRIVE--LOW--HIGH-LEVEL
40 Fuzz Face 255 255 025 000 244 079 255 035
41 Big Muff Pi 239 255 240 000 208 065 251 037
42 Pignose 255 130 255 209 178 000 000 175
43 MXR+ 255 144 129 152 212 000 071 122
44 Tele Simulator 255 013 000 242 244 096 145 081
45 American Woman 255 252 236 235 224 117 147 088
46 Pantera 255 255 255 255 084 255 246 027
47 Hiwatt 255 025 177 255 143 068 166 070
48 AC30 Queen 249 041 254 158 217 157 203 060
49 Speaker Simulator 049 129 128 128 000 128 239 237