How To Save And Load EQ Presets In FL Studio

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Today’s tutorial is quick and will cover saving and loading presets inside FL Studio. We’ll also cover copying mixer effects to different channels quickly while you’re working on a track.

If you’ve ever sculpted a really nice EQ curve for a bass line, acoustic guitar, drum kick, snare, hi-hat—basically any instrument—you may not want to waste time redoing it later.

• Required Reading: How To EQ A Bass Guitar In FL Studio

Another example: let’s say you recorded a guitar take and didn’t quite like how the end/fade came out. After recording a separate track to finish the song, you’d like to match the EQ of both.

Fortunately, FL Studio makes it super easy to save and load presets like this so you can apply them wherever you want

Let’s take a look:

First, make sure you’ve routed the instrument to the mixer.

How to Save and Load Mixer Presets in FL Studio

First, make sure you’ve routed the instrument to the mixer.

• Hit F6 to bring up your channel rack.
• On the left side, find the Target Mixer Track setting.
• Left-click and scroll up or down to assign an instrument/vocal take to an insert.

(Side note: If you’re ever unsure of what something is called, FL Studio labels everything in the top left window near the File, Edit, and drop-down menus. Just hover over something and check there.)

• Hit F9 to bring up your mixer. Make sure you’ve actually EQ’d something first.

Here’s a super simple rough example of a basic Acoustic Guitar EQ:

Required Reading: [How To Record And EQ An Acoustic Guitar]

• Select the mixer insert where the EQ is located.
• Right-click > File > Save Mixer Track State As.
• Name it whatever you want. Done!

Now whenever you want to use it, just right-click the same insert (see above) > File > Open Mixer Track State and select one. The beauty of it is that you can make and delete as many as you want.

Need to tweak an existing preset? Just modify it and save it under a new name.

How To Copy Effects Quickly

You can also duplicate an effect without saving it.

Let’s say you need to apply delay to one word in a vocal sample. You cut the audio and make it unique, meaning you need a fresh Reverb effect.

• Required Reading: How To Add Reverb In FL Studio: A Detailed Tutorial

To copy an effect:

1. Go to the effect you want to duplicate.
2. Left-click the arrow on the effect.
3. Scroll down to Save preset as.
4. Left-click and drag to the channel where you want to apply it.
5. Let go to copy.

And that’s it!

This method is great when you’re in a hurry and don’t want to interrupt your workflow. Both methods have their merits, so use whichever fits your process best.

Well, that’s about it for today my friend! I hope you’ve enjoyed this short and sweet guide on how to save and load EQ presets in FL Studio and gained some valuable insight.

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