I did appreciate @IvanBassists video about keeping things simple. I generally play 90% clean (but with a Cali76 comp and a Noble in my non-Anagram signal chain), so simple settings should work for me for the most part.
For FX, I'd like to have a Octave (-1 and +1 .. I use an OC5 now) , light/med OD, Envelope Filter/Wah (I use an MXR Bass Envelope Filter for this on my old board). These would replicate my current board options. Longer term I'd like to add the MXR Bass Synth via FX loop, but I'd like to start by just replicating what I can do today with my pedal board.
For Anagram options, I'm just not clear on how to set up a signal chain where I can use the 3 foot switches to use the Octave, OD, Envelope.
Which mode would be the best way to go ? Scene?, Stomp? or Preset ? And is there a clear "How-To" step by step thing that I can reference (I have not seen one other than something I generated with Google AI and I'm not sure that's accurate).
Can any of you experienced Anagram/MultiFX folks help a brother out ?
thanks!
With the caveat that there is no right/wrong way, and everyone will have their preferred way, as a starting point maybe this might help.
It really depends not just what is on your pedalboard (physical or 'virtual') but the '
combinations'. How do you use these different pedals? Based on using a 'stock' sound, do you tend to then just jump on the Octave by itself for a section, or use it for an entire song? Do you want to sometimes use the Octaver and OD together, but other times not?
There's nothing wrong with, or stopping you from, setting up your Octaver block, OD block, and Env. Filter blocks in Anagram in Stomp mode and using the 3 footswitches to turn each of them On/Off. Quite literally emulating a physical pedalboard and how you might use it. Want to turn multiple blocks on/off with the same Footswitch? Sure, you can also do that.
You can do the same with
Scenes. A Scene is essentially a 'snapshot', within a Preset, of all blocks states (i.e. on/off, their settings, etc.). So you can then use this for more complex combination of pedals in different on/off states, and/or with different parameters. For example (a simple one at that):
Scene A - Clean
Scene B - Clean + OD on light
Scene C - Clean + Octaver + OD on medium
Presets are that 'top level' container (well, technically a 'Bank' is, but a Bank is just 3 Presets with no other configuration involved).
You want to use different sets of blocks for different sounds? You could do it in a single Preset with multiple Scenes.. until such time as it is getting too complex, or you run out of slots for blocks, or you want to do splits/merges or FX Loop inserts in different places in the signal chain.. That's a pretty good sign you should be using different Presets.
You'll often find you'll start with 1 Preset, then evolve it, then add complexity, and then get to the point where you go "I need to start over". So copy that Preset to another slot, and start taking away stuff, adding more stuff. Next thing you know, you have a quite different Preset.
Miss the Parallax. And the guitar features when I want to dabble there. Easily swappable with my Anagram on my nano board. 
I mainly use the NDSP plugins when playing guitar (Fortin Nameless, Petrucci), which is rarely. I dabbled a bit but never got into captures with either platform. I don’t prefer the more static nature of them. I want to be able tweak on the fly, not scour the interwebs for some other capture, if I even have access at the time (no Internet at band rehearsal room—a fortified WWII-era German bunker).
