The Plug-Ins & Presets browser view provides drag and drop access and right-click Assign functionality to your UAD plug-ins and channel strip presets in UAD Console.
To show or hide the Plug-Ins & Presets browser, toggle the Browser switch under the Show section at the bottom of the Mixer Navigation panel, or choose Show > Section > Browser from the UAD Console menus. The Plug-Ins & Presets browser is shown when the switch is illuminated or the menu option is checked.
Plug-Ins
The Plug-Ins tab shows all plug-ins, and allows you to quickly search by text or category. You can quickly switch to Assign mode to assign a plug-in to tracks, or drag a plug-in to a specific insert slot.
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To search for a plug-in by name, click in the search bar and begin typing.
- To add or remove categories from the search, click a category.
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Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate the list of plug-ins.
Plug-in icon view
The plug-in icon view shows images of the plug-ins in the plug-in browser. Click the plug-in icon switch to toggle the plug-in icon view.
Assigning plug-ins
You can assign plug-ins in Assign mode, or drag plug-ins directly to inserts.
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Right-click and choose Assign to start Assign mode. In Assign mode, all places where you can add a plug-in are highlighted with green plus symbols. Click a plus symbol to add the plug-in.
Dragging plug-ins
You can drag a plug-in from the Plug-Ins browser to a specific insert slot. Drag the plug-in to the slot in the channel. Note that if you drag the plug-in to a slot that is already occupied, the plug-in replaces the current plug-in in that slot. You cannot drag a non-Unison plug-in to a Unison slot.
Dragging a plug-in over an existing plug-in (replace)
Dragging a plug-in to an empty slot
Channel Strip Presets
Channel Presets are complete channel plug-in chains and settings that you can save in UAD Console, or load from existing factory presets. See Channel Strip Presets for more information.
Assigning channel strip presets
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In the Preset browser, right-click on a preset and choose Assign. After you choose Assign, the Assign button flashes next to the preset name, and plus symbols appear at the bottom of each channel.
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Click a plus symbol to assign the channel strip preset to a channel.
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When you are finished assigning channel strip presets, press Esc or right-click and de-select Assign to exit Assign mode.
Dragging a channel strip preset
You can drag a channel strip preset from the Presets browser to a specific channel. The channel is highlighted in yellow until you drop the preset. Note that if you drag the preset to a channel that already includes plug-ins, those plug-ins are replaced.