Plug-In Presets And Snapshots - DigiDesign D-show Manual

Plug-In Presets and Snapshots

D-Show lets you save and load plug-in Presets files to import,
export, and transfer plug-in settings files.
Snapshots can also be used to automate changes to plug-in
routing and settings.
Presets can be applied to multiple Shows, while snapshots
apply only to the Show file in which they are stored.
Presets
D-Show lets you save, load, and transfer plug-in Preset files.
Presets are files that you can create to archive and transfer cus-
tom plug-in settings. You can then create your own Preset
folders to organize Preset files. Preset folders and files can be
transferred using the Filing Page.
To create a custom Presets folder:
Go to the Filing page and click the Transfer tab.
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Click the Preset Folders icon.
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Click the New button at the left of the screen.
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Do one of the following:
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• To leave the folder at its default name, press Enter.
– or –
• Type a new name and press Enter.
To save a Preset:
Adjust the plug-in parameters as desired.
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Press the Presets switch in the ACS (to the left of the Insert
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1–4 rows), or click the Presets icon in the Plug-Ins screen.
In the Presets window, click New.
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Enter a custom name for the Preset.
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To load a Preset into a plug-in:
Make sure the presets are already transferred and available
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on the current system. (Many plug-ins come with factory pre-
sets that will be installed along with the plug-in.)
Select the channel containing the plug-in.
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Press Select in the Insert Processing section of the ACS to se-
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lect the plug-in.
Press the Presets switch, to the left of the Insert 1–4 rows, or
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click the Presets icon in the Plug-Ins screen.
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Do either of the following:
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• From the control surface, use the Presets and Snapshots dis-
plays and controls to scroll through, select, load, and save
plug-in presets. Scrolling through the list using the ACS Se-
lect knob or Arrow keys automatically previews each preset.
– or –
• From the software screen, single-click a preset name in the
Presets list to preview it. Click Cancel to close the Presets list
without changing settings. To load a preset and close the
Presets list, double-click a name in the Presets list.
Click Cancel at any time to close the Presets list and revert
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to the previous settings.
Snapshots
Snapshots can automate plug-in settings, including routing,
and in/out state. (Side-chain routing is not supported in Snap-
shots.)
Snapshots do not store or recall Presets. Snapshots store
plug-in settings as they were when the Snapshot was cre-
ated or saved.
Each rack slot in the Plug-Ins screen provides a Snapshot
menu, with shortcuts for common snapshot-related tasks:
• Create a new snapshot, scoped to only include plug-ins.
• Add a plug-ins to the MIDI/Plug-Ins list, and automatically
re-scope the snapshot to include plug-ins.
• Remove a plug-in.
Snapshots Containing this Plug-In Lists all currently loaded
snapshots referencing the plug-in, in sequential order. Choose
a snapshot to load it. (This menu option is useful for targeting
snapshots while editing plug-in racks.)
Create New Snapshot Containing this Plug-In Adds a new snap-
shot to the snapshot list in which only plug-ins are scoped.
This snapshot is inserted immediately after the currently tar-
geted snapshot, which may not necessarily be the last snap-
shot. The snapshot is named to reflect the plug-in rack posi-
tion, for example: "PI 1-1: Reverb One" is a Reverb One
plug-in assigned to rack 1, slot 1.
Add (or Update) this Plug-In to Snapshot Adds a plug-in refer-
ence, with current settings, if the currently targeted snapshot
does not already reference this plug-in. If the currently tar-
geted snapshot already references this plug-in, the choice is
Update (see next).
Update this Plug-In in Snapshot Updates snapshot with cur-
rent settings, if the currently targeted snapshot already refer-
ences this plug-in.
Remove this Plug-In in Snapshot Removes reference to this
plug-in in the currently targeted snapshot.
See Chapter 21, "Snapshots."