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Track Presets
Creating a track preset
A track preset is created from an existing audio, MIDI or
instrument track – or several of these tracks. Proceed as
follows:
1. Select one or more tracks in the Project window.
If several are selected, all of them are stored in one combined multi track
preset, see “Multi track presets” on page 303.
2. Right-click one of the selected tracks in the track list to
open the context menu and select “Create Track Preset”.
The Save Track Preset dialog opens. The buttons on top work like the cor-
responding ones in the MediaBay, see “Folder operations” on page 291
.
3. Enter a file name in the “File Name” field.
The track preset file name extension .trackpreset is assigned automatically.
In the case of MIDI files, you have the additional option of
including the MIDI channel or the MIDI patch, see “Include
MIDI Channel or MIDI Patch” on page 302.
4. If you want to apply tags, click on “Tag Editor”.
The available tags are displayed (on how to edit the list of available tags,
see “Managing the tag lists (Cubase only)” on page 297). To enter a
value, click in the value field. For many tags, e.g. “Character” and “Style”,
pop-up menus open in which you can select an entry. In case of a free
text entry, enter the text in the text field. For more information about the
Tag Editor, see “Editing tags in the Tag Editor” on page 297.
Ö As the category search is based on the tags, we highly
recommend that you use them.
5. Click OK to create the track preset.
Track presets are saved in the “Track Presets” folder in
default subfolders named according to their track type
(audio, MIDI, instrument and multi). For further information,
see “Where are the settings stored?” on page 473.
All presets are available under the (virtual) VST Sound
node, see “The VST Sound node” on page 291.
Creating tracks from track presets
or VST presets
Creating tracks via drag and drop
1. Open the Sound Browser.
You can also drag and drop from the Windows Explorer or the Mac OS
Finder, but in this case, no preview for MIDI and instrument track presets
is possible.
2. Select a track or VST preset from the list of all presets.
At this point you can preview selected MIDI and instrument track presets
as well as VST presets, see “Previewing MIDI, instrument and VST pre-
sets independently of tracks” on page 309.
3. Drag and drop the track preset onto the track list in the
Project window.
One or more (in case of multi track presets) tracks will be created. If you
drag and drop a VST instrument preset, this will result in an instrument
track.
Creating tracks in the Browse Sounds dialog
1. Right-click the track list to open the context menu and,
on the Add Track submenu, select “Browse Sounds…”.
The Browse Sounds dialog opens.
2. Select a track or VST preset from the list of all presets.
At this point you can preview selected MIDI and instrument track presets
as well as VST presets, see “Previewing MIDI, instrument and VST presets
independently of tracks” on page 309. If you want to list a certain track pre-
set type only, open the respective folder in the Browser section.
3. Click OK to create one or more (in case of multi track
presets) tracks.
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You cannot change the default folders, but you can
add further subfolders, e.g. “drums” and “choir”.