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Presets and MIDI maps 17
2 Presets and MIDI maps
String Studio VS comes with several factory presets covering a wide range of sounds. This col-
lection of presets lets you play and familiarize yourself with this synthesizer without having to
tweak a single knob. Soon, however, you will be experimenting and creating your own sounds and
projects that you will need to archive or exchange with other users. You may also want to control
the parameters of String Studio VS with a specific MIDI controller. In this chapter, we will review
the management of presets and MIDI maps.
2.1 Presets
There are two concepts involved in the management of presets, the preset library and programs.
2.1.1 The Preset Library
The preset library contains the factory presets, modified versions of
the factory presets you might have made or any other new presets you
might have saved. The library may also contain imported presets as well
as MIDI maps as explained in Section 2.6 and 2.7. In other words, the
preset library is a repository of all the presets and MIDI maps available to
String Studio VS.
All the operations on the preset library are conveniently managed with
the help of the String Studio VS browser, similar to those found in most
email programs which use a hierarchical tree structure and a visually intu-
itive, drag and drop approach. To explore the different presets available in
the library, open the different folders by clicking on the “+” icon Windows
or I symbol on Mac OS to the left of folders. Each preset is represented
by a blue knob icon followed by its name.
2.1.2 The Program list
Presets are loaded into the synthesis engine of String Studio
VS from a list of 128 numbered presets called programs. The
name of the current program and its number are displayed in the
left of the toolbar at the top of the application window. The entire list of programs can be viewed
by clicking on the H button left of the program number.
It is important to note that presets in the program list and in the preset library are stored in
different locations. They are in fact different copies of the same presets which may, as explained
below, differ even if they share the same name. The version of a preset available in the program