Searched for this but couldn’t find anything relevant . .
I’ve finally started using the ‘Track Presets’ feature in Cubase and am finding it very useful in a somewhat narrow range of situations. In the past I’ve used the ‘Load/Save Selected Channels’ command from the mixer and saved channel setting as VMX files but this is so slow and feels very old-fashioned . . .
My main problem so far is that I can’t quickly find my own presets among the thousands of presets that come with Cubase and the search functionality is not working well for me at all . . . at this point I just want to wipe the Steinberg presets so I can see my own stuff quickly and easily!
I can see that user presets are saved as TRACKPRESET files but am not sure where the default Steinberg presets are stored or whether there’s an easier way to hide them . . any help would be much appreciated!
And once again some info on the used system and OS would have been useful…
But fortunately the info you´re looking for is in the manual and the knowledge base…
Unfortunately I still can’t locate these default presets!? Steinberg specifies:
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Track presets (included with the program) - Folder where program is installed into \Track Presets (with sub folders \Audio, \Instrument, \Midi, \Multi) as *.trackpreset
There is no “Track presets” folder in my Cubase 6 folder. The only “Track presets” folder on my entire systen is the one in \Documents and Settings<user name>\Application Data\Steinberg\Track Presets . . . nor is there any TRACKPRESET files on my system other than the 12 I’ve created myself . . .
Perhaps they’re stored in an XML file somewhere or something? Can you see Steinberg’s track preset files on your systems?
I can only imagine something has changed with Cubase 6 . . I’ve re-verified with multiple file-search programs and there simply isn’t any other TRACKPRESET files on my system, hidden or otherwise . .
To keep my own presets easily identifiable and searchable I prefix them all with [xxx], where xxx are my initials. The use of ensures they come out at the top of any list. Does that help?
Sorry, several posts appeared while I was writing mine. I’m C6.0.5 on W7-64 and can only find my own presets in the folder you mention. I’ve just had a look around and I can’t find the defaults either but do have them available. Could have sworn I knew where they were…
I started off prefixing everything with "Red - " as I usually do but when I search ‘red’ I get a whole bunch of Steinberg presets as well . . when I search ‘red -’ I get everything? A workaround was to set all my presets to 5 stars then filter presets based on stars but to be honest it’s still annoying and I just want the Steinberg presets gone :] I’d rather just see 30 hand-crafted presets lovingly made by me than thousands of Steinberg presets that are of no use to me . . the delay caused as Cubase searches the thousands presets annoys me as well :]
Thanks for checking for the preset files, hopefully I can suss out where they’re stored and can remove them :[
We´re talking about two different folders: C:\Programs x86\Steinberg\Cubase 6\Track Presets — for Program Presets
and C:\Documents and Settings<user name>\Application Data\Steinberg\Track Presets — for user presets
Crotchety and I are are both running Cubase 6 on Windows 7 x64 . . not sure about Crotchety but I’m running the x86 build of Cubase 6 . . by default Cubase x86 is installed in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\Cubase 6 on Windows 7 x64
Any Win 7 x86/Cubase 6 x86 or Win7 x64/Cubase x64 users could check their C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase 6 folders to see if the have the ‘Track Presets’ folder and/or the Steinberg *.trackpreset files . . . would be much appreciated :]
Cheers! I did mention that as a workaround above but to be honest it’s still annoying and I just want the Steinberg presets gone :] The delay caused as Cubase searches the thousands of presets that I will never, ever use annoys me as well :]
If you’re running Cubase 6 would you be please be able to check for the presets on your system?
Track presets (included with the program) - Folder where program is installed into \Track Presets (with sub folders \Audio, \Instrument, \Midi, \Multi) as *.trackpreset
The Steinberg Knowledge base also references the default VST3 presets folder and files, also apparently absent on my Cubase 6 system yet present within Cubase 6!?
VST3 presets (included with the program) - In the application folder under \VST3 Presets as *.vstpreset file