Creative 1820 User Manual

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5 - Effects
The Effects Palette
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Creative Professional
Importing and Exporting Core FX Presets and FX Insert Chains
These utilities make it easy to import or export your FX Presets and FX Insert Chains. 
You can share presets with your friends or download new presets from the Internet.

To Import Core FX Presets
This option imports complete folders of Core FX presets into the E-MU PatchMix DSP 
folder (normally located here: “C:\Program Files\Creative Professional\E-MU PatchMix 
DSP\Core Effects”). If the name of an imported FX preset exactly matches a preset you 
already have, a number will be appended to end of the imported preset name.
1.
Click the Import/Export FX Library button
 from the FX Palette.
2.
Select Import FX Library. The “Browse for Folder” window appears.
3.
Choose the folder where the Core FX presets you wish to import are located.
4.
The selected folder of Core FX presets will be copied into the Core Effects folder of 
PatchMix DSP.

To Import FX Category Folders
This option imports complete category folders of FX Chains into the E-MU PatchMix 
DSP folder (normally located here: “C:\Program Files\Creative Professional\E-MU 
PatchMix DSP\Effect Presets”). If the name of an imported FX preset exactly matches a 
preset you already have, a number will be appended to end of the imported preset 
name.
1.
Click the Import/Export FX Library button
 from the FX Palette.
2.
Select Import FX Category. The “Browse for Folder” window appears.
3.
Choose the folder where the FX Chains you wish to import are located.
4.
The selected folder of FX Chains will be copied into the Effect Presets folder of 
PatchMix DSP.

To Export your Core FX Presets
This option exports your Core FX presets to a folder of your choice.
1.
Click the Import/Export FX Library button
 from the FX Palette.
2.
Select Export FX Library. The “Browse for Folder” window appears.
3.
Choose a destination location for the Core FX presets, then press OK.
4.
The Core FX presets will be copied to the selected destination.

To Export your FX Category Folders
This option exports a single category of FX chains to a folder of your choice.
1.
Click the Import/Export FX Library button
 from the FX Palette.
2.
Select Export FX Category. A pop-up dialog box appears asking you to “Choose the 
FX Category to be exported”.
3.
Choose the desired FX Category to export. Press OK to continue or Cancel to 
cancel the operation.
4.
The “Browse for Folder” window appears. Choose a destination location for the 
Core FX presets, then press OK.
5.
The FX Chains will be copied to the selected destination.