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61 lines
2.1 KiB
HTML
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layout: default
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title: Managing Plugin Presets
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<p>
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All plugin control widgets, whether they are created by Ardour or
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by the plugin, have a common set of controls at the top of the window.
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These include 4 controls for managing <dfn>plugin presets</dfn>.
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<h2>What Is a Plugin Preset?</h2>
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<p>
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A <dfn>preset</dfn> for a plugin is simply a saved set of values for
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all of a plugin's parameters. If you load a preset, you are restoring
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all the parameters of that plugin to the values stored in the preset.
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This is an easy, fast way to manage your preferred settings for
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particular plugins.
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<h2>The Preset Selector</h2>
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<p>
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The <dfn>preset selector</dfn> is a regular selector that can be
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clicked to display a list of all known presets for this plugin. This
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will include presets that you have created yourself, and for some
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plugin formats, presets that come with the plugin itself.
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</p>
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<h2>Load a New Preset</h2>
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Click on the preset selector to pop up a menu showing the names of
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all available presets. Click on the name of the preset you wish to load.
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The preset will be loaded — you may see various controls in the
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plugin editor change to reflect the new value of some or all parameters.
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<h2>Create a Preset</h2>
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<p>
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To save the current plugin settings as a new preset, click on the
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<kbd class="menu">Add</kbd> button at the top of the window. A dialog
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will appear to ask for the name of the preset.
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</p>
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<h2>Save a Preset</h2>
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<p>
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If you wish to modify the settings in an existing preset, first use
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the preset selector to load the preset, then adjust the settings as
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you wish. When done, click the <kbd class="menu">Save</kbd> button
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and the new values will be stored, overwriting the previous version
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of this preset.
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</p>
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<h2>Delete a preset</h2>
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<p>
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To delete an existing preset, use the preset selector to load the preset.
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Click the <kbd class="menu">Delete</kbd> button, and the preset will be
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removed. The preset selector turn blank, showing that no preset is
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currently loaded (although the settings will stay as they were).
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</p>
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