Topic: My VSTi edits does not get saved.

Hi Stefan,

I really should do a tutorial on plugins and presets, as this is something that confuses many users.

Unlike other hosts, Podium does not automatically save all preset/bank data in the project file. The benefit of this, is that the project file size can be heavily reduced. Many sample based plugins can require a huge amount of memory to store their preset data. Often you don’t need to store this in your hosts project, if e.g. you only want to work with recalling factory presets. If you want to create and store your own preset in an arrangement, you should create a library preset on the track. Press the ‘New’ button in the track panel. This should reveal a ‘Sync’ button. If you leave sync enabled, then Podium will keep the library preset updated with any changes you make in the plugin. Having the preset data in a library preset object, gives you the possibility to e.g. assign the same library preset to another track with another instance of the plugin, and thus keeping their presets synced.

Frits

Is there any way to _always_ have a “new” and synced preset, per default, when one puts a new plugin into a track?

Not currently. I have been thinking about a solution where Podium automatically will store hidden library presets on plugin tracks that have no preset object assigned. This would also be a help for new users that have not yet come to grips with the preset object behaviour. I’ll go add it to the future list.