Shape the sound
Presets, patches and search
Reuse factory sounds, save a track's sound as a patch and find effects or patches from the top search.
A preset or patch keeps a sound you can reuse with different notes. A project keeps the whole song. Use Presets for factory sounds and your held patches, or the top search to find an effect or sound without leaving the current view.
Factory sounds
These presets are available in Presets, the instrument card's preset selector and the top search:
| Preset | Instrument |
|---|---|
| Warm Current | Analog Poly. |
| Glass Horizon | Spectra WT. |
| Neon Keys | FM Matrix. |
| Ocean Pulse | Phasefold. |
| Night Dust | Granular Dust. |
| Four on Floor | Drum Rack. |
They set the instrument and sound-control defaults, with particular overrides for Warm Current and Night Dust. They keep the track's written notes. Four on Floor is a drum sound preset; use Samples to load a supplied drum beat.
Click a preset row to load it on the selected track, or drag the row onto a track. Its right-click menu offers Load on the selected track or Add as new track. The latter needs room below the 32-track limit.
Loading a factory sound replaces any custom instrument graph on that track. Keep a custom device saved before replacing it. Undo can reverse a sound load in the current session.
Find patches in Presets
Search presets filters by patch name or instrument type. The source filters are All, Factory, Mine, Saved and Bought. The groups include Factory sounds, My patches, Saved and Bought. Load more entries when the panel offers further pages.
The current track's name appears with current sound above the list. A patch you hold can be loaded from its row or dragged onto a target track. A patch's stored effect chain, when present, replaces that track's effects. The notes remain.
Right-click one of your patches to Rename it. Enter applies the new name; Escape or clicking away keeps the previous one. A saved free patch can offer Remove from saved. A listed patch can offer View in Freemarket.
Save your current sound
- Select the track with the sound you want to keep.
- Open Presets, or right-click the track or instrument and choose Save patch.
- Press Save patch to show Patch name.
- Type a name and press Enter, or press Save patch again.
If the name is empty, Studio uses the track name. A successful save says Saved. and refreshes the patch list. This needs a signed-in music account.
The ordinary Save patch action keeps the conventional instrument type and sound controls, the active effect chain and relevant drum, filter and waveform settings. It does not keep the song's notes or arrangement. It also does not capture the current track-level modulator shapes and routes. Save the project to keep that full state.
Custom Grid instruments have a separate device and preset workflow. The ordinary track patch loader refuses Grid patches with This instrument is not available. Use the Grid's own preset controls or custom device library instead.
Signature checks
Studio checks a held patch before loading it. Messages distinguish these outcomes:
- Loaded. Signed by 1 account., or a corresponding account count, means the patch passed its signature check.
- Loaded. This patch is not signed. means an unsigned patch was loaded.
- This patch does not match its signature, so it was not loaded. means loading was refused.
- Save or buy this patch to load it. means you do not hold the patch needed for that load.
The top search can use Save or buy this patch before loading it for the same ownership requirement. Read signed downloads for the limits of file signatures. A signature is not a general copyright clearance.
Search from the top bar
The search placeholder is Find an effect, sample or synth patch. On a narrow toolbar, press Search to open it.
Results are grouped as:
| Group | Action |
|---|---|
| Effects | Appears for a matching query; Add inserts an effect on the selected track. |
| Glob Studio presets | Add loads a factory sound. |
| Your patches | Add loads a patch you hold, after checking it. |
| Market patches | Add loads a held patch; View listing opens an unheld patch's market listing. |
Effect results follow the selectable insert-effect catalogue. Search does not make every Grid processor into an insert device.
The Samples group in this search does not provide sample results. Use the Samples panel for generated drums and sampling for Grid sample tools.
Use Up and Down to move among search results. Enter performs the highlighted row's Add or View listing action. Right Arrow at the end of the typed query activates a preview when that row has one. Escape clears the text and closes the results; clicking outside also closes them.
Remote patch rows can show a preview Play button. Press it again to pause. Factory sound and effect rows do not have this remote-preview button. No preview yet, Searching…, No matches and Search is unavailable right now explain missing results or previews. Adding a preset changes the selected track, so check the track name before pressing Enter.