Where are VST effect presets kept??

Author
yorolpal
Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 13829
  • Joined: 2003/11/20 11:50:37
  • Status: offline
2010/02/07 12:56:24 (permalink)

Where are VST effect presets kept??

I just transferred a bunch of presets from the UA Trident A-Range to the Softube Trident A-Range by duplicating the settings from the UA to the Softube and then saving the Softube setting with the UA name by clicking on the little "disk" icon at the top of the plug.  They are all in there now and I can load them up but can't seem to locate them on any harddrive.  I'd like to make them available should any other owner of the Softube version care to have them but I need to be able to find them first.  Anyone know where Sonar keeps these files?

EDIT:  Well, I just went in and took the backwards route.  I made a new folder and, one by one, loaded and saved each preset to the new folder.  Still would like to know where Sonar keeps them tho.  I did a search of my entire system for ".fxp" files and it found all my UA and Spectrasonics stuff and a few odds and ends, but nothing from any of the several third party effects which I use and save presets to.  Guess I'll just have to do the same new folder thing for every VST preset I want to make sure I don't lose.  Where are those dern fxp files??
post edited by yorolpal - 2010/02/07 13:45:59

https://soundcloud.com/doghouse-riley/tracks 
https://doghouseriley1.bandcamp.com 
Where you come from is gone...where you thought you were goin to weren't never there...and where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it.
 
SPLAT 64 bit running on a Studio Cat Pro System Win 10 64bit 2.8ghz Core i7 with 24 gigs ram. MOTU Audio Express.
#1

5 Replies Related Threads

    mixsit
    Max Output Level: -75 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 789
    • Joined: 2004/04/30 11:04:24
    • Location: CathouseSound
    • Status: offline
    Re:Where are VST effect presets kept?? 2010/02/09 02:55:22 (permalink)
    When I had similar issues a while back I found this- (Bitflipper to the rescue! Post 1 
    http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?high=&m=1887490&mpage=1#1889838
    It also depends how (where) you save them as some have two methods- the plug's own (easily found in its folder), and Cake's in the reg.
    Also this-
    "Save-export Sonar plugin presets
     
    There IS a way to backup your plugin presets, and you put the backups anywhere you want.

    Open the plugin manager, and select one of the categories of plugins (left pane.)

    On a per-plugin basis, it works like this:

    Click on a plugin that has presets (middle pane) and right under that pane, where it says Cakewalk Plug-in Presets, it will display the number of presets it's found for that plugin.

    If you click the Manage button, you can actually see the individual plugins and rename them.

    Click the Export button, and you can save all of the presets for that plugin in a single file, with an .spp extension, anywhere you want. Give the file a name that clearly identifies the plugin -- the names of the individual presets aren't an issue; names are saved with the other params in the spp/

    To reload those presets, you click Import, find the spp file, an ddouble lick it to open it. The presets will be assigned to the proper plugin; there is no need to select the plugin first, as presets can only be assigned to the plugin they belong to.

    You can also save presets for multiple plugins within a category (e.g., VST Audio Effects) by choosing the category, and then selecting all of the presets in that category (using regular Windows multi-select methods.) The total number of presets found for the selected plugins will be displayed (although the Manage button will be grayed out.)

    You can then Export all of these in a single file. As above, when you Import that file the presets will be assigned to the appropriate plugin.

    You do this for all of the plugin categories -- there doesn't seem to be a way to do a single multi-cat/multi-plug Export.

    The location of plugin layouts is set on the Options-Global-Folders page. You can set locations for other things you might want to save as well, e.g., Template, Drum Maps, and so on. I've set most of those to use the same Template folder, which I store under my main Project folder, so everything is together. Like I said in a previous post, I try to avoid putting anything on that's actually "mine" on the c: drive. "
    post edited by mixsit - 2010/02/09 02:59:37

    Wayne Smith
    Part time long time..
    CathouseSound 
    Mother Ships  - StudioCat DAWs   
    Portals - RME
    #2
    FastBikerBoy
    Forum Host
    • Total Posts : 11326
    • Joined: 2008/01/25 16:15:36
    • Location: Watton, Norfolk, UK
    • Status: offline
    Re:Where are VST effect presets kept?? 2010/02/09 03:35:28 (permalink)
    The Cakewalk Sonitus presets that are saved via the preset manager are stored in ini files, by default in the same folder as the plugs. Other 3rd party presets vary from ini files to keys in the registry.

    The registry ones are the hardest to manipulate as they are stored in hex/binary format. The ini files are just text files.
    #3
    papa2005
    Max Output Level: -43 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 3250
    • Joined: 2009/08/01 16:43:11
    • Location: Southeastern, US
    • Status: offline
    Re:Where are VST effect presets kept?? 2010/02/09 03:46:47 (permalink)
    Yoropal,

    I discovered quite some time ago that it was easiest for me to create a "Custom Presets" folder (and sub-folders) and save ALL of my custom presets there (for the VST's that have the "Save As" option)...

    Regards,
    Papa

    CLICK HERE for a link to support for SONAR 8.5

    CLICK HERE to view a list of video tutorials...
     
    CLICK HERE for a link to Getting Started with Session Drummer 3...
    #4
    yorolpal
    Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 13829
    • Joined: 2003/11/20 11:50:37
    • Status: offline
    Re:Where are VST effect presets kept?? 2010/02/09 10:05:51 (permalink)
    Thanks to all, as per usual.  Now I know why they didn't pop up using a ".fxp" search.  And yea Papa, ol pal, that's how I do it too:-)

    https://soundcloud.com/doghouse-riley/tracks 
    https://doghouseriley1.bandcamp.com 
    Where you come from is gone...where you thought you were goin to weren't never there...and where you are ain't no good unless you can get away from it.
     
    SPLAT 64 bit running on a Studio Cat Pro System Win 10 64bit 2.8ghz Core i7 with 24 gigs ram. MOTU Audio Express.
    #5
    papa2005
    Max Output Level: -43 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 3250
    • Joined: 2009/08/01 16:43:11
    • Location: Southeastern, US
    • Status: offline
    Re:Where are VST effect presets kept?? 2010/02/09 10:08:54 (permalink)
    I wish I understood more about CW's folder structure...Perhaps it's a Windows thing but there are CW folders scattered all over the place...

    Regards,
    Papa

    CLICK HERE for a link to support for SONAR 8.5

    CLICK HERE to view a list of video tutorials...
     
    CLICK HERE for a link to Getting Started with Session Drummer 3...
    #6
    Jump to:
    © 2025 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1