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VST Instruments and Instrument tracks
For example, if you are looking for a bass sound, simply
select the Bass category and you can browse and preview
all bass sounds for all instruments. If you know you want a
synth bass sound, select Synth Bass as sub-category and
all synth bass sounds will be shown, etc.
You can also browse and preview track presets for instru-
ment tracks, i.e. instrument sounds plus all track settings
and all channel insert effect settings for this track.
These features combined speed up the process of finding
the right sound immensely.
• When creating your own presets, it is always a good
idea to set up attributes for them, as it allows you to fully
use the browsing features for your files, too.
There are two ways of browsing for sounds:
• Using the Presets browser.
This will apply preset settings to an existing track.
• Using the Browse Sounds dialog.
Use this dialog if you have not set up a track yet.
Using the Presets browser
1. Create an instrument track and select it in the Track list.
You do not have to assign an instrument to the track, but make sure to
specify a MIDI input.
2. Make sure that the track settings are shown in the
Inspector.
3. Click in the Track Preset field in the Inspector (the text
field currently reads “No Track Preset”).
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. Double-click the desired preset to select it and 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).
The Viewer section of the Browse Sounds dialog displays
all preset sounds for all track types and all VST Instru-
ments. To preview the presets, you have play MIDI notes
on your MIDI keyboard because at this stage there is no
track connected.
Click here…
…to open the Presets browser.