User guide

Engineer 418 & 818 User Manual Page 63
Presets and projects
If you’ve experimented with the software already, you’ve probably noticed the preset overview fixed in the
top right of the window. This allows you to store and retrieve up to 28 presets of five different types on the
Engineer.
The preset type you’ll probably use most is the “complete” type. This stores all settings you made in the device
into a preset. This means all settings can be recalled at will.
The other presets are partial presets:
 The input preset stores all input EQ settings, input gains, input mutes and simple engineer settings.
 The output EQ preset stores all output EQs, output crossovers, output limiters, delays, limiters and
phase settings
 The routing preset stores the way the device is routed as well as the BassCreator settings.
 The Engineer preset stores all settings in the Engineer advanced tab.
You should consider the operation of Presets before making a decision on which type to use, don’t use a
Complete preset for example is there is any likely hood of having to make changes in the future, particularly if
your project has many presets. Say for example you need to go back and make some subtle changes to the
output EQ a couple of weeks after a venue has opened to fine-tune the sound. When you make the changes