Specifications

Chapter 17: Plug-Ins 175
Plug-In Presets and Snapshots
You can save and load plug-in Presets files to import, export, and
transfer plug-in settings files.
Snapshots can also be used to automate changes to plug-in rout-
ing and settings.
Presets
Presets are files that you can create to save, load, archive and
transfer custom plug-in settings. You can then create your own
Preset folders to organize Preset files. Preset folders and files can
be transferred using the Filing page.
To create a custom Presets folder:
1 Go to the Filing page and click the Transfer tab.
2 Click the Preset Folders icon.
3 Click the New button at the left of the screen.
4 Do one of the following:
• To leave the folder at its default name, press Enter.
– or –
• Type a new name and press Enter.
To save a Preset:
1 Adjust the plug-in parameters as desired.
2 Click the Presets icon in the Plug-Ins screen.
3 In the Presets window, click New.
4 Enter a custom name for the Preset.
To load a Preset into a plug-in:
1 Make sure the presets are already transferred and available on
the current system. (Many plug-ins come with factory presets
that will be installed along with the plug-in.)
2 Select the channel containing the plug-in, and target the de-
sired plug-in (press the Insert Mode switch, or click the plug-in
on-screen).
3 Click the Presets icon in the Plug-Ins screen.
4 Single-click a preset name in the Presets list to preview it.
With the Presets list displayed, do any of the following:
• To scroll through the list, press Up or Down arrow keys on
your computer keyboard.
• To load a preset and close the Presets list, double-click a
name in the Presets list.
•Click
Cancel to close the Presets list without changing set-
tings.
Snapshots
Snapshots can automate plug-in settings, including routing, and
in/out state. (Side-chain routing is not supported in Snapshots.)
Snapshots can also store and recall Tempo.
Each rack slot in the Plug-Ins screen provides a Snapshot menu,
with shortcuts for common snapshot-related tasks:
• Create a new snapshot
• Add one or more plug-ins to the MIDI/Plug-Ins list, and auto-
matically re-scope the snapshot to include plug-ins.
• Remove plug-ins from one or more snapshots
Snapshots Containing this Plug-In Lists all currently loaded
snapshots referencing the plug-in, in sequential order. Choose a
snapshot to load it. (This menu option is useful for targeting snap-
shots while editing plug-in racks.)
Create New Snapshot Containing this Plug-In Adds a new snap-
shot to the snapshot list in which only plug-ins are scoped. This
snapshot is inserted immediately after the currently targeted
snapshot, which may not necessarily be the last snapshot. The
snapshot is named to reflect the plug-in rack position, for exam-
ple: “PI 1-1: Reverb One” is a Reverb One plug-in assigned to
rack 1, slot 1.
Add (or Update) this Plug-In to Snapshot Adds a plug-in refer-
ence, with current settings, if the currently targeted snapshot does
not already reference this plug-in. If the currently targeted snap-
shot already references this plug-in, the choice is Update (see
next). If multiple snapshots are selected, this command changes
to “Add Plug-In to Selected Snapshots” for batch-assignment.
Update this Plug-In in Snapshots Updates snapshots with cur-
rent settings, if the currently targeted snapshot (or currently se-
lected snapshots) already references this plug-in.
Remove this Plug-In in Snapshot Removes reference to this
plug-in from the currently targeted snapshot, or from all currently
selected snapshots.
Tempo Settings in Snapshots
Each snapshot can store a custom tempo value. You can use the
Tempo Enable icon to enable or disable tempo recall when the as-
sociated snapshot is recalled, letting you automate delay times in
plug-ins that support Tempo Sync. See “Adding Tempo Data to
Snapshots” on page 209.
Presets can be applied to multiple Shows, while snapshots ap-
ply only to the Show file in which they are stored.
Snapshots do not store or recall Presets. Snapshots store
plug-in settings as they were when the Snapshot was created
or saved.
See Chapter 20, “Snapshots.”