Keni Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I know each plugin has it's own potential presets, but if we're using the cakewalk preset dropdown list in the top left of plugin window, is there a pc location where these can be found for transfer to another machine? It's really not much of a big deal as I rarely use presets for eq/comp/etc, but a few flange presets and things of that nature... At the moment I'm goign back and forth between machines/rooms each time I encounter one of these needs. It would be very comforting if there's a way for me to copy them all as I did for templates and the likes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 i usually try to save a preset to see if the plugin has a preferred folder to store it. sometimes its a CW presets folder (there are a few) and then some have their own folders. and generally i just store them there but make a note so i can back it up (if its not already - for example, a number of plugins use the public account documents folder, others use my documents documents folder - if the latter its always backed up to onedrive, if the former, like other folders, i add a freefilesync job to gather it into a backup folder on onedrive). 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Glenn Stanton said: i usually try to save a preset to see if the plugin has a preferred folder to store it. sometimes its a CW presets folder (there are a few) and then some have their own folders. and generally i just store them there but make a note so i can back it up (if its not already - for example, a number of plugins use the public account documents folder, others use my documents documents folder - if the latter its always backed up to onedrive, if the former, like other folders, i add a freefilesync job to gather it into a backup folder on onedrive). Thanks Glenn! I didn’t think of that! ...nose on my face. But this won’t include presets saved in the "Cakewalk Plugin Presets" box at upper left of each/all plugins, correct? Because that’s really what I’m looking to do. Edited April 7, 2023 by Keni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmcleod Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 I don't think there's a standard location by default. However, Cakewalk does support a default location per plugin behind the scenes... Under each plugin entry in the registry, there's a PresetPath key. You can change this to a specific path, which will cause Cakewalk to open this directory by default when loading/saving presets for this plugin: This was added way before my time as a staff member, so I'm not sure why it's not been exposed in Cakewalk itself... but it does work. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, msmcleod said: I don't think there's a standard location by default. However, Cakewalk does support a default location per plugin behind the scenes... Under each plugin entry in the registry, there's a PresetPath key. You can change this to a specific path, which will cause Cakewalk to open this directory by default when loading/saving presets for this plugin: This was added way before my time as a staff member, so I'm not sure why it's not been exposed in Cakewalk itself... but it does work. Thanks Mark! Wow! That’s a great new info find. So to see if I understand. If I supply a specific drive path in the registry (per plugin) I can have local drive storage of presets instead of (or in addition to?) the registry. That could be handy. Thanks again. ? As it happens, other than my own current need/interest, one of my best friend/clients is going thru some kind of presets issue I’m supposed to address (remote - he's in Florida and me in California). This might help! Hmmm. Just an afterthought. Do I replace the preset path with the path itself or add it as data fir the preset path key? Edited April 8, 2023 by Keni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 OK... I think I got it! I just found the folder and the path location. I see how it works... Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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