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Working with track presets
Introduction
Track presets are templates from audio, MIDI or instru-
ment tracks that can be applied to newly created or exist-
ing tracks of the same type. They contain sound and
channel settings, and allow you to quickly browse, pre
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view, select and change sounds, or reuse channel set-
tings across projects.
Track presets are organized in the MediaBay (see the
chapter “The MediaBay” on page 311), where you can
categorize them with attributes.
Types of track presets
There are four kinds of track presets (audio, instrument,
MIDI and Multi) and two kinds of VST presets (VST instru-
ment presets and VST effect plug-in presets). These are
described in the following sections.
Ö Track preset settings for volume, pan, input gain and
input phase will be applied only when creating a new track
from a track preset.
Audio track presets
Track presets for audio tracks include all settings that de-
fine the sound. You can use the factory presets as a start-
ing point for your own editing and save the audio settings
that you optimized for an artist you often work with as a
preset for future recordings.
The following data is saved in audio track presets:
• Insert effects settings (including VST effect presets)
•EQ settings
• Volume + pan
• Input gain + phase
Instrument track presets
Instrument track presets offer both MIDI and audio fea-
tures and are the best choice when handling sounds of
simple, mono-timbral VST instruments. Use instrument
track presets for auditioning your tracks, or saving your
preferred sound settings, for example. You can also ex
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tract sounds from instrument track presets for use in in-
strument tracks, “Extracting sound from an instrument
track or VST preset” on page 335.
The following data is saved in instrument track presets:
• Audio insert effects
•Audio EQ
• Audio volume + pan
• Audio input gain + phase
• MIDI insert effects
• MIDI track parameters
• Input Transformer settings
• The VST instrument used for the track
• Staff settings
• Color settings
• Drum map settings
MIDI track presets
MIDI tracks should be used for multi-timbral VST instru-
ments and external instruments. When creating MIDI track
presets you can either include the currently set channel, or
the currently set patch. See
“Creating a track preset” on
page 335 for details.
• To ensure that saved MIDI track presets for external in-
struments will work again with the same instrument, install
the instrument as a MIDI device, see the separate PDF
document “MIDI Devices”.
The following data is saved in MIDI track presets:
• MIDI modifiers (Transpose, etc.)
• MIDI insert effects
• Output + Channel or Program Change
• Input Transformer settings
•Volume + pan
• Staff settings
• Color settings
• Drum map settings