Location of VST presets

this is pretty plugin-independent as far as i can tell.  just as a heads up cakewalk decided to use the extension .fxpreset for vst3 presets instead of steinberg's standard .vstpreset - so, in the plugin wrapper, when you select load preset you can't select anything with the .vstpreset extension.  the only way around this is if the plugin itself has a browser built in that lets you choose the .vstpreset file, which would be compatible with the files saved when creating presets in cubase, etc.

@fog - but you can save any of cakewalk's synth programs as vst presets, for whatever reason in some places it is more useful.  in the synth window, click the arrow next to "VST" and click save preset.  load preset will load the fxp just fine.

do they work if you change the file extension via explorer? seems a bizarre decision,maybe a baker could elaborate?

Thanks Noel.
 
Would it be possible to drag & drop .vstpreset files from the browser directly onto a VST3 plugin? Would that work?

auricle
Thanks Noel.
Would it be possible to drag & drop .vstpreset files from the browser directly onto a VST3 plugin? Would that work?

No but it would be a nice enhancement :)

To expand on the topic, it would be wonderful if we could use the browser for preset searching and general management with advanced search functions.

I'm looking for the location of Dimension Pro presets specifically.  Although I am seeing these when I plug Dimension Pro to a new project, I cannot find the actual file (other than the project *.cwp) where the Dimension Pro Preset is stored.  I am hoping to be able to migrate these presets from my old system.  Amy assistance would be appreciated

scook
The DPro browser shows program files in C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Dimension Pro\Programs

 
Scook, I'm looking for presets, not programs. 

scook
I have seen others refer to DP programs as presets. To avoid confusion here is an image showing the different areas on the DP UI

The presets in the red box are stored in the registry. There are export and import functions in the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager for these presets. The green box contains the menu for the VST preset manager. These are stored in files on the HD at a location of your choosing. The purple box contains the DP Program Browsers, the contents displayed in this box is in the path provided in my previous post.

 
Scook,
 
I'm a longtime Sonar user and well aware of the differences between a program and a preset.  Yes, I was reminded by a kb article that these are kept in the registry.  My old PC failed abruptly and I neglected to back up the presets from the Plug-In Manager.  The old system drive and registry files are accessible however. 
 
As I see it, my options are:
A) Try to bring up Win 10 on the old system, launch Sonar and export presets.
B) Try to get the registry information exported from the old system hard drive. 


I'm guessing that I would need some kind of utility that can read the registry hive / files from a system drive without actually bringing the OS up.  Not sure if that even exists.  Then I could export the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music..." branch to a .reg file and import it into the new system.  of course, I would probably have to be more selective about exporting an importing, limiting this to the plug-in manager data.

What are your thoughts?

I'm always reluctant to update registry files, but it's starting to look like that's the only option.  Old system will not boot from the old system drive.  I can put the old drive in a USB dock, and try that approach.  


Which NTUSER.DAT would you look in?  C:\users\<My Login User>, C:\users\<All Users>...?
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cakewalk Music is stored in NTUSER.DAT, right?
 

Just guessing I do not use Cakewalk Presets other than the ones installed with the DX plug-ins. That said, it appears the presets are stored by user so I would expect to see them in the login users files. Would it be in HKEY_CURRENT_USER? I would have guessed HKEY_USERS because that is the real user data. I make no claim to being a Windows authority.