Operation Manual

20 Presets and MIDI maps

from the View menu, or the Ctrl-L/Apple-L shortcut and double click on its icon in order to reload

this version into the current program.

String Studio VS will make sure that you do not loose modiﬁcations to a preset. In the case

where a program holds a modiﬁed version of a preset and when trying to load a new preset from

the library into this program, the application will ask you if you want to save the modiﬁed preset

in the library. This behavior might not always be convenient and it is possible to deactivate it by

deselecting the Ask to save preset before opening another option in the Preferences command

from the Edit menu.

2.4 Saving the Program List

When you open String Studio VS, the applications always loads the same program list. This implies

that, by default, the program list will always contain the same presets when you open the application

and that your modiﬁcations to presets will be lost unless they have been saved in the preset library.

• To save the current list of programs and replace the default program list, use the Save All

Programs command from the Programs menu.

This command is helpful if you wish to modify the program list or if you wish to restart the

application in exactly the same state as when you left it.

Note that this operation is not necessary when using String Studio VS as a plug-in in a host

sequencer as the program list is always saved with a project. The default program list will be

loaded only if a new project is started or if a new instance of String Studio VS is opened within a

project.

2.5 Organizing the Preset Library

2.5.1 Creating Folders

Sub-folders can be created by ﬁrst selecting a folder by clicking on it and using the New Folder

command from File menu.

2.5.2 Copying and Moving Presets and folders

Presets and folders can be copied and moved from one location to another. First select an item by

clicking on its icon and use the Copy command from the Edit menu (Ctrl-C/Apple-C shortcut) in

order to copy it. Then click on the destination folder and use the Paste command from the Edit

menu (Ctrl-V/Apple-V shortcut) in order to paste it. Groups of items can be copied and pasted

at the same time. In order to select many items at once, click on different icons while keeping

the Control/Apple key depressed. Alternatively to select, within a folder, all the presets located