Sony 7 manual Organizing effects in the DX Favorites menu, Using the Preset Manager

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Organizing effects in the DX Favorites menu

The DX Favorites menu provides easy access to the plug-ins you use most frequently. You can add and remove plug-ins and folders to organize the menu however you like. You can also allow Sound Forge to add all plug-ins on your system to the menu. For more information, see Automatically adding and organizing plug-inson page 177.

Once you add a plug-in to the DX Favorites menu, you can apply the plug-in to a file by selecting it from the menu. For more information, see Adding an effect on page 169.

1.From the DX Favorites menu, choose Organize. The Organize Favorites dialog appears.

2.Organize your plug-ins:

•Drag plug-ins to the DX Favorites folder to add them to the DX Favorites menu.

•Create submenus in the DX Favorites menu by clicking the DX Favorites folder and clicking the Create

New Folder button (). Once you have created a new folder, drag plug-ins to the folder to add them to the submenu in the DX Favorites menu.

•Remove plug-ins or folders from the DX Favorites menu by selecting the plug-in or folder and clicking

the Delete button (). Deleting a plug-in from the DX Favorites folder removes it from the DX Favorites menu but does not delete the plug-in from your system.

3.Close the Organize Favorites dialog. The new plug-ins and/or submenus appear in the DX Favorites menu.

Tip: You can also add plug-ins to the DX Favorites menu using the Plug-In Manager.

Automatically adding and organizing plug-ins

Sound Forge can automatically add all the plug-ins on your computer to your DX Favorites folder and organize them by the first word in the plug-in name (usually the company name). This replaces any menu structure you may have created with a rebuilt DX Favorites menu.

1.From the DX Favorites menu, choose Recreate by Plug-In Name. Sound Forge prompts you to confirm the reorganization of the DX Favorites folder.

2.Click Yes to continue.

Sound Forge creates folders and organizes the plug-ins based on the first word in the names of the plug-ins.

Using the Preset Manager

Once you have created custom presets for effects or effect chains, you can use Sound Forge’s Preset Manager to back up, transfer, or delete custom presets from any of the effects, processes, tools and plug-ins installed in Sound Forge. The Preset Manager also functions as a standalone application, meaning that you can use the Preset Manager outside of Sound Forge to manage ACID and Vegas presets as well.

To display the Preset Manager, choose Preset Manager from the Tools menu. In the Preset Manager, choose Contents and Index from the Help menu for instructions on how to manage your presets.

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