3 title: Managing Plugin Presets
7 All plugin control widgets, whether they are created by Ardour or
8 by the plugin, have a common set of controls at the top of the window.
9 These include 4 controls for managing <dfn>plugin presets</dfn>.
12 <h2>What Is a Plugin Preset?</h2>
14 A <dfn>preset</dfn> for a plugin is simply a saved set of values for
15 all of a plugin's parameters. If you load a preset, you are restoring
16 all the parameters of that plugin to the values stored in the preset.
17 This is an easy, fast way to manage your preferred settings for
21 <h2>The Preset Selector</h2>
23 The <dfn>preset selector</dfn> is a regular selector that can be
24 clicked to display a list of all known presets for this plugin. This
25 will include presets that you have created yourself, and for some
26 plugin formats, presets that come with the plugin itself.
29 <h2>Load a New Preset</h2>
31 Click on the preset selector to pop up a menu showing the names of
32 all available presets. Click on the name of the preset you wish to load.
33 The preset will be loaded — you may see various controls in the
34 plugin editor change to reflect the new value of some or all parameters.
37 <h2>Create a Preset</h2>
39 To save the current plugin settings as a new preset, click on the
40 <kbd class="menu">Add</kbd> button at the top of the window. A dialog
41 will appear to ask for the name of the preset.
44 <h2>Save a Preset</h2>
46 If you wish to modify the settings in an existing preset, first use
47 the preset selector to load the preset, then adjust the settings as
48 you wish. When done, click the <kbd class="menu">Save</kbd> button
49 and the new values will be stored, overwriting the previous version
53 <h2>Delete a preset</h2>
55 To delete an existing preset, use the preset selector to load the preset.
56 Click the <kbd class="menu">Delete</kbd> button, and the preset will be
57 removed. The preset selector turn blank, showing that no preset is
58 currently loaded (although the settings will stay as they were).