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Audio effects
• If you wish to assign attributes to the preset, click the
Tag Editor button.
Click in the Value column to select an appropriate “tag” for one or sev-
eral of the available categories in the Attributes column. For further infor-
mation on preset handling and the Tag Editor, see the chapter “The
MediaBay” on page 287.
4. Click OK to store the preset and exit the dialog.
User-defined presets are saved in the following location:
• Win: Documents and Settings/User name/Application data/
VST3 presets\<company>\ <plug-in name>
• Mac: Users/<user name>/Library/Audio/Presets/<com-
pany>/<plug-in name>
You cannot change the default folder, but you can add fur-
ther subfolders inside the individual effect preset folders.
About earlier VST effect presets
As stated previously, you can use any VST 2.x plug-ins in
Cubase. For a description of how to add VST plug-ins see
“Installing and managing effect plug-ins” on page 179.
When you add a VST 2 plug-in, any previously stored pre-
sets for it will be in the old FX program/bank format (.fxp/
.fxb). You can import such files, but the preset handling will
be slightly different. You will not be able to use the new fea-
tures like the Tag editor until you have converted the old
“.fxp/.fxb” presets to VST 3 presets. If you save new pre-
sets for the included VST 2 plug-ins, these will automati-
cally be saved in the new “.vstpreset” format.
Importing and converting FXB/FXP files
To import .fxp/.fxb files, proceed as follows:
1. Load any VST 2 effect you may have installed, and click
on the VST Sound button to open the Preset Management
pop-up menu.
2. Select “Import FXB/FXP…” from the pop-up.
This menu item is only available for VST 2 plug-ins.
3. In the file dialog that opens, locate the .fxp file and
click Open.
If you load a bank (.fxb), it will replace the current set of all effect pro-
grams. If you load a single program, it will replace the currently selected
effect program only. Note that such files exist only if you created your
own .fxp/.fxb presets with a previous version of Cubase (or any other
VST 2 application).
4. After importing, you can convert the current program
list to VST presets by selecting “Convert Program List to
VST Presets” from the Preset Management pop-up.
After converting, the presets will be available in the Preset Browser, and
you can use the Tag Editor to add attributes and audition the presets.
The new converted presets will be stored in the VST3 Preset folder.
Saving insert effect combinations
You can save the complete insert effect rack for a channel
together with all parameter settings as an inserts preset.
Inserts presets can be applied to audio, instruments, FX
channel or group tracks.
This works as follows:
1. Select the desired track in the Track list and open the
Inserts Inspector section.
2. Load a combination of insert effects and adjust the pa-
rameters (or select effect presets) for each effect.
3. At the top of the Inserts tab, click the VST Sound but-
ton to open the Preset Management pop-up menu for the
inserts and select “Store Preset”.
This can also be done from the Channel Settings window using the VST
Sound button at the top of the Inserts section.
4. Type in a name for the preset in the dialog that appears.
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All VST 2 presets can be converted to VST 3 presets.