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Missing Preset with Pro-Q3 and Pro-L2 using macOS Catalina.
Hi, I have a little problem.
After reinstalling my OS and all the plugins for my DAW's including Pro-Q3 and Pro-L2 all my presets are missing from those plugins.
They are not in the library, just can't find them. Can someone advise on where I can find them and what to do to get them back?
Ivan Litus — Oct 1, 2020
Hi Ivan,
Normally, a FabFilter plug-in will install its factory presets automatically when you run it for the first time. If the plug-in has failed to do so, and you only see an empty preset menu, please check the following:
First of all, open the plug-in in your DAW, click on the (empty) preset menu button and choose Options > Restore Factory Presets.
If this doesn't work, there is probably a permissions issue that prevents the plug-in from installing the factory presets. Open Finder and navigate to the /Users/<your user name>/Library/Audio folder, select the Presets folder and press Cmd+I. In the Sharing & Permissions section at the bottom, make sure you have 'Read & Write' permissions.
After you've corrected the permissions, open the plug-in again and choose Options > Restore Factory Presets again if needed. All presets should now be available.
Since OS X 10.7 (Lion), the user Library folder is marked as hidden by default. To make it visible again in Finder, open Terminal (found in /Applications/Utilities) and enter: chflags nohidden ~/Library
If after this the presets still do not appear, you can install them manually. You can download them here:
www.fabfilter.com/support/downloads/factorypresets.zip
After downloading, please unzip and move them to the following folder:
Mac: User/Library/Audio/Presets/FabFilter/
Windows: My Documents\FabFilter\
If there is no such folder in the above location, please create one manually. Please note the 2 capital F's in FabFilter.
After this, reopen your DAW and they should appear in your plug-in.
Please let me know if this resolves your issue.
Cheers,
I have the same issue. while trying to apply any preset from my PRO-C2, got an error : "The preset file could not be opened. Unknown preset signature (likely intended for another FabFilter plug-in):"
When try to Restore factory presets got another error: "Error: Unable to restore all factory presets. Please make sure that your current preset folder path is valid and that your preset folder is not read-only." When I check the folder Audio/Presets It has all the permissions described in your post. But still not working. This issue happens after I install the new PRO-R2, not sure that could be a reason. I use my fab filter plugins inside logic with my Mac with M2 chip
Oleksandr, we'll get in touch with you via email for some questions.