Specifications

Chapter 9: Plug-in Settings 129
Managing Settings
Use the Settings pop-up menu to manage set-
tings.
To save a setting:
1 Choose Save Settings from the Settings pop-up
menu.
2 Type a name and click OK. The setting appears
in the Librarian menu.
To load a previously saved setting:
 Choose the setting from the Librarian pop-up
menu.
To import a setting:
1 Choose Import Settings from the Settings pop-
up menu.
2 Locate the settings file you want to import
and click Open. Pro Tools loads the setting and
copies it to the root destination folder.
To copy a setting:
 Choose Copy Settings from the Settings pop-
up menu.
To paste a setting:
1 Open the source plug-in.
2 Choose Copy Settings from the Settings pop-
up menu.
3 Open the destination plug-in.
4 Choose Paste Settings from the Settings pop-
up menu.
To create a custom User Default setting:
1 Create and save a setting.
2 Choose Set As User Default from the Settings
pop-up menu.
To make a plug-in default to your custom setting:
 From the Settings pop-up menu, choose Set-
tings Preferences > Set Plug-in Default To > User
Setting.
Creating Subfolders for Settings
To make it easier to find specific types of set-
tings, you can subdivide settings files by creat-
ing subfolders for them.
Unlinked multi-mono plug-ins have specific
rules for settings. See “Editing Settings on
Unlinked Multi-Mono Plug-ins” on
page 130.
Press Control+Shift+S (Windows) or Com-
mand+Shift+S (Mac) to save plug-in set-
tings.
Press Control+Shift+C (Windows) or Com-
mand+Shift+C (Mac) to copy plug-in set-
tings.
Press Control+Shift+V (Windows) or Com-
mand+Shift+V (Mac) to paste plug-in set-
tings.
Librarian menu with subfolders for settings