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VST Instruments and Instrument tracks
4. The Presets browser is opened. It contains three sec-
tions (Browser, Search & Viewer and Filter). By default, only
the Search & Viewer section is shown. Note that it may take
a moment before all available sounds appear in the Viewer.
• The Viewer section to the right displays all track presets
for instrument tracks and all VST 3 presets.
Track presets for audio tracks, MIDI tracks or “multi” track setups are not
displayed. The preset icon to the left of the file name indicates the type of
preset.
5. Select a preset in the list.
6. Play a few notes on your MIDI keyboard to hear the
preset sound. You can switch between presets and hear
the sound when you play. You can also play back/loop a
MIDI part on a track. Each time you select a preset, all as-
sociated track and/or instrument settings are automati-
cally loaded.
7. Use the Filter section to search for specific attributes if
you wish.
You can click on the attributes in the respective column (Category, Style
etc.), to filter out all presets that do not match the selected attribute(s).
8. When you have found the right sound, click OK to
close the dialog.
Using the “Browse Sounds” dialog
1. Open the Project menu–Add Track submenu and se-
lect “Browse Sounds”.
The Browse Sounds dialog is opened. It contains the same sections as the
Apply Track Presets dialog (Browser, Viewer and Filter) and its Browser
section also has the root “Presets” item selected – leave it like this.
• The Viewer section of the Browse Sounds dialog dis-
plays all preset sounds for all track types and all VST In-
struments.
To preview the presets, you have to select a MIDI file or
play MIDI notes on your MIDI keyboard because at this
stage there is no track connected. This is done as follows:
2. Select a preset in the Viewer section.
A row of buttons appears in the dialog below the Viewer section.
3. Click the “Choose MIDI File” button.
This opens a file dialog where you can navigate to the location of a MIDI
file (extension “.mid”).
4. Click “MIDI Input” and then the “Play” button.
The sound is played. For each new preset you select you have to click
the “Play” button to preview the preset.
5. Use the Filter section to search for specific attributes if
you wish.
You can click on the attributes in the respective column (Category, Style
etc.), to filter out all presets that do not match the selected attribute(s).
6. When you have found a preset, click OK to close the
dialog.
An instrument track is created. It will show all track and/or instrument
settings that were saved in the preset.
Selecting VST Instrument presets
The previous sections focussed on selecting presets for
the creation of new instrument tracks, or for changing the
setup of an existing track. However, you can also use pre-
sets to change the settings of a VST Instrument.
To select a VST Instrument preset, proceed as follows:
1. Load a VST Instrument (either in the VST Instruments
window or via an instrument track).
2. If you use the VST Instruments window, select a MIDI
track routed to the instrument. If you use an instrument
track, select this.
3. If necessary, click on the track name at the top of the
Inspector to open the basic track settings.
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Note that the following refers to the selection of VST 3
presets (.vstpreset). If you want to apply .fxp/.fxb pre-
sets to your VST 2 instruments in this way, see “About
earlier VST Instrument presets” on page 193.