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Track Presets
Data saved in MIDI track presets
• MIDI Modifiers (Transpose, etc.)
• MIDI Inserts (FX)
• Output + Channel or Program Change
• Input Transformer
• Volume + Pan
And also:
• Staff settings
• Color settings
Ö Note that volume and pan will be restored only when
creating a new track from a track preset.
Multi track presets
If you select more than one track when creating a track
preset, the settings of all selected tracks will be saved as
one multi track preset. Since you can apply a multi track
preset only if the target tracks are of the same type, num-
ber and sequence as the tracks in the track preset, multi
track presets are useful when you have a reoccurring situ-
ation with very similar tracks and settings.
For example, this would be the case for:
• Recording setups that require several microphones, e.g.
when recording a drum set or a choir, where you record al-
ways under the same conditions and have to edit the re-
sulting tracks in a similar way.
• Layered tracks, where you use several tracks to gener-
ate a certain sound instead of manipulating only one track.
Data saved in multi track presets
For each track type, the respective track preset parame-
ters are saved in the same sequence as the tracks in the
Project window.
VST presets
As of VST3, VST presets make it easy for you to work with
VST plug-ins and instruments, substituting the .fxp and
.fxb files of the VST2 standard.
There are two kinds of VST presets:
• VST presets based on effect plug-ins
• VST presets based on VST Instrument plug-ins
Ö In this manual, the wording “VST presets” stands for
VST3 Instrument presets, unless stated otherwise.
VST effect plug-in presets
VST effect plug-ins are available in VST3 and VST2 for-
mat, for example as insert effects like Expander or Limiter.
Therefore, VST effect presets can be part of audio track
presets, see also “VST Sound” on page 284.
VST (Instrument) presets
VST3 (Instrument) presets (extension .vstpreset) are me-
dia files that can be managed in the Sound Browser and
to which you can assign tags. VST presets are also listed
in dialogs like the “Add Track” dialog, see below.
The VST presets behave like instrument track presets in
the context of the Project window and contain a VST In-
strument and its settings but no modifiers, MIDI inserts, in-
serts or EQ settings:
• You can create instrument tracks from VST presets just
like from instrument track presets, see “Creating tracks
from track presets or VST presets” on page 306.
In the Inspector of the new instrument track, the VST Instrument, the se-
lected program and the name of the applied VST preset are displayed.
• You can apply VST presets to instrument tracks just like
instrument track presets, see “Applying audio, MIDI and
instrument track presets” on page 307.
• When selecting VST presets in the Browse presets
section or the Sound Browser, you can preview them like
instrument track presets, see “Creating tracks from track
presets or VST presets” on page 306.
• Like with instrument tracks presets, you can extract the
“sound” of VST presets, see “Extracting sound from an in-
strument track or VST preset” on page 308.
The programs of VST2 plug-ins also can be converted to
VST3 presets.