Import of a single internal preset

To import the currently loaded internal preset, click on the 'Preset' menu button on the 'Pilot' and choose 'Import internal preset...'.
The import dialog window will open, where you can specify the name of the preset as it should be named in the VeeSTeeEx preset database.
On this dialog you can also specify the author and a category.
And if a category should automatically be assigned if one can be detected from the preset name.
Note:
In case you specify a category and the auto assign category mechanism is also used and detects a different category, then both categories will be
assigned to the imported preset and the manually assigned category will be made the 'main' category.

If you choose 'Import internal preset' (without the 3 dots at the end) from the 'Preset' menu, then the currently loaded internal preset
will just be imported without the chance to change the name, author or category. For the latter two though any options previously set on the import dialog
will be used.

Quick import of internal presets

Sometimes - especially for VST 2 plugins which do not support banks but have some kind of an internal preset browser -
it is nice to have a way, where it is possible to import internal presets as quick as possible.
VeeSTeeEx tries to support this by the 'Quick import internal presets mode'.
This mode will produce an 'overlay' over the 'Pilot' area and allow you to use the shortcut key for 'Import internal preset...' in an efficient way.
When you use this functionality, you will first be asked for the import options (author, category and 'auto category') which you want to use.
Then the 'Quick import' overlay will be placed on the 'Pilot' and you can use the shortcut key for internal preset import (by default 'I')
to import the currently loaded internal preset.
Then you can load another preset into memory by using the built-in preset browser of the wrapped VST 2 plugin and again press the shortcut key
to import this internal preset.
If you wish, you can change the name of the preset to your liking before pressing the shortcut key for internal preset import.
You can also click on the 'Quick import' button on the overlay instead of using the shortcut key.
You can repeat this procedure as long as required.
By using 'Set' (available on the Quick import overlay), you can change the import options and then just continue.
Often internal preset browsers offer a way to show presets by author or by some kind of category.
There will be a visual feedback showing if the import worked or not.
Please be aware that importing a preset which is already in the database will only signal failure,
if it is already there with a different name.
If it is already in the database with the same name, then success will be signaled.
Use 'Quit' to leave the 'Quick import internal presets mode'.
Note:
The menu entry 'Quick import internal presets mode' under the 'Preset' menu button is - by default - only shown for VST 2 plugins which do not support banks.
It is not shown for VST 2 plugins which support banks, because usually this is not needed for such.
In case you want this functionality to be available nontheless for such VST 2 plugins you can enable it by checking the related setting in the 'Options' dialog.
There are VST 2 plugins which 'pretend' so support banks, but actually saving a bank does not work as it should (e.g. Wavetable from SocaLabs).
Importing such invalid banks then will not work and therefore the 'Quick import internal presets mode' needs to be enabled and used.
Speaking of Wavetable: This VST 2 plugin is - as of version 1.0.21 - not very well behaving in the context of preset management.
It seems to have some functions recommended by the VST 2 standard either not implemented at all or in a somewhat strange way.
Therefore VeeSTeeEx cannot work nicely as a wrapper for it - in some areas at least.
The same for sure is also valid for quite some other - often older - VST 2 plugins, which for one or the other reason cause problems in VeeSTeeEx in one or another area.
Another note:
There is a related and very similar mode available which allows to quickly save internal presets as preset files (.fxp).
It is called 'Quick save internal presets mode'.
Attention:
Both, the 'Quick import internal presets mode' and the 'Quick save internal presets mode' behave quite aggressively
when it comes to grabbing the keyboard focus to enable the shortcut key usage.
This means you should not try to do something else within the DAW you're working with during the time you are using any of those quick modes.
Better concentrate on importing or saving internal presets and then quit the quick mode to do something else.
Also this quite aggressive keyboard focus grabbing might have an influence on the functionality of the wrapped VST 2 plugin.
E.g. in case of SurgeXT, SurgeXT's built-in batch browser will not be usable - unfortunatelly.
Tip:
For 'Quick save internal presets mode' only - and probably also only if you have more then one monitor attached to you computer:
You may want to open a Windows explorer to the directory where you intend to save the internal presets into.
This way you're able to see how preset files (.fxp) get added whilst you're saving the internal presets.

Another approach for import

See: Import from file(s)