Managing Presets

Use the Plug-In Settings menu to manage plug-in presets.

Unlinked multi-mono plug-ins have specific rules for settings. See Linking and Unlinking Controls on Multi-Mono Plug‑Ins.

To save a preset:

1 Choose Save Settings from the Plug-In Settings menu.

2 Type a name and click OK. The setting appears in the Plug-In Librarian menu.

Press Control+Shift+S (Windows) or Command+Shift+S (Mac) to save plug-in settings.

To load a plug-in preset:

Choose the name of the preset from the Plug‑In Librarian menu.

To import a preset:

1 Choose Import Settings from the Plug-In Settings menu.

2 Locate the settings file you want to import and click Open. Pro Tools loads the setting and copies it to the root destination folder.

To copy plug-in settings:

Choose Copy Settings from the Plug-In Settings menu.

Press Control+Shift+C (Windows) or Command+Shift+C (Mac) to copy plug-in settings.

To paste plug-in settings:

1 Open the destination plug-in.

2 Choose Paste Settings from the Plug-In Settings menu.

Press Control+Shift+V (Windows) or Command+Shift+V (Mac) to paste plug-in settings.

To create a custom User Default preset:

1 Create and save a plug-in settings file.

2 Select Set As User Default from the Plug-In Settings menu.

To make a plug-in default to your custom preset:

From the Plug-In Settings menu, select Settings Preferences > Set Plug-In Default To > User Setting.