Understanding different Acqua Effects presets types

Modified on Tue, 22 Jun 2021 at 05:34 PM

There are different types of presets available with the Acqua Effect plug-ins.

  1. No presets available.
  2. Standard presets.
  3. AI presets.
  4. AAX format presets.
  5. Custom N4 presets.
  6. Host (DAW or NLE) presets.

1. No presets available:

In some products there are no presets available.

If you find problems with the Acqua Effect plug-in preset, we recommend first to uninstall the product and reinstall it always using the latest version of Aquarius Desktop application.



2. Standard presets:

The standard presets are in the left plug-in zone. The standard preset are static presets that do not interact with the sound program available and the audio track.

If you find problems with the Acqua Effect plug-in preset, we recommend first to uninstall the product and reinstall it using always the latest version of Aquarius Desktop application.



3. Artificial intelligence (AI) presets:

We gave an artificial intelligence (AI) prototype plug-in to a group of selected audio engineers and they processed the audio with this prototype by modifying the parameters at regular intervals. The prototype plug-in will generate a log file, and fill a special AI folder with information like the incoming audio attributes (frequency response, phase, loudness, etc.), and each plug-in parameter value, the modification(s) lapse, etc.
To apply an AI preset, the end-user, should play the audio program and plug-in will capture the audio information, then the user should select the AI preset that wants to use. The plug-in will apply the settings on the plug-in parameters according to the incoming audio and the information acquired with AI (artificial intelligence).

If you find problems with the Acqua Effect plug-in preset, we recommend first to uninstall the product and reinstall it using always the latest version of Aquarius Desktop application.

Note: when AI presets are present, the standard preset will be not available.



4. AAX format presets:
In some particular cases, we provide additionally preset in host (DAW or NLE) format. For example, in El Rey Acqua Effect plug-in standard presets are available for Pro Tools AAX format.

If you find problems with the Acqua Effect plug-in preset, we recommend first to uninstall the product and reinstall it using always the latest version of the Aquarius Desktop Application.

5. Custom N4 presets:

If you install an Acqua Effect plug-in as an N4 library format you can save and recall your custom settings as standard presets for N4 using the N4 presets explorer.

If you find problems with the Acqua Effect plug-in preset, we recommend first to uninstall the product and reinstall it using always the latest version of Aquarius Desktop application.



6. Host (DAW or NLE) presets:

Each host (DAW/NLE) has a preset and bank system, Acqua Effect plug-ins are compatible with VST2 preset format (.FXP extension), and will work only if the host saves preset information in FXP open format, however, transmits plug-in presets to host plug-in window is disabled due to a possible recall issue.

If you find problems with the Acqua Effect plug-in preset, we recommend first to uninstall the product and reinstall it using always the latest version of Aquarius Desktop application.



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