Mixing : Plug-In and Hardware Inserts : Plug-In Menu Organization : Default EQ and Dynamics Plug‑Ins

Default EQ and Dynamics Plug‑Ins
You can set a default EQ plug-in and Dynamics plug-in, which places them at the top of the Insert selector pop-up menu on-screen, and first in the list of menu choices when assigning inserts on ICON worksurfaces.
 
To set a default plug-in:
1 Choose Setup > Preferences and click Mixing.
2 Under Setup, choose a plug-in from the Default EQ or Default Dynamics pop-up menu.
3 Click OK to close the Preferences window.