Technical information

Apollo Software Manual Chapter 5: UAD Plug-In Inserts 109

Presets Manager

The Presets Manager is where individual UAD plug-in settings and Channel Strip settings

are managed after a plug-in is assigned to an Insert. Preset tasks are performed in the

Presets Manager popovers, which are accessed from the Plug-In Editor Window.

The Presets Manager popovers

Presets Overview

A preset is a complete collection of settings for an individual plug-in that is saved as a

disk ﬁle so the settings can be subsequently recalled. Presets are typically used to save

and recall favorite plug-in settings. Thousands of factory presets are installed with the

software, or they can be user-created.

Preset ﬁles have the “.fxp” sufﬁx (ﬁle sufﬁxes are only visible in the OS X Finder when

the “Show all ﬁlename extensions” option is checked in the OS X Finder’s Preferences

window).

Factory Presets

Factory presets are plug-in settings created by the plug-in develop-

ers for typical use case scenarios. All UAD plug-ins developed by

Universal Audio include a batch of factory presets. They can be

used as-is, or modiﬁed as desired.

All factory presets, and factory preset folders, are read-only. They

cannot be overwritten, renamed, deleted, or moved. However, fac-

tory presets/folders can be saved under a different name or in a

different ﬁle location.

Factory presets/folders are indicated by a lock icon at the left of a

preset or folder icon. User presets/folders do not have the icon.

Note: Not all UA Direct Developer (3rd-party) plug-ins include factory presets.

Factory preset & folder

icons (indicated by

lock) as they appear in

the Presets Manager