Random and gibberish preset names
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 128 posts since 11 Jun, 2014
What is the deal with having auto-generated preset names? These come off as rather unprofessional and looks like someone just hit the random button and saved the preset. Was there effort put into creating the presets or are they just random?
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- KVRAF
- 2596 posts since 9 Jul, 2015 from UK
Only the name is randomly generated.
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Surface Studio = i7, 32gb, SSD.
Windows 11. Bitwig, Reaper, Live. MTotal.
Audiofuse, Adam Audio monitors + sub, iLoud MTM.
Polybrute, Summit, Pro 3, Tempest, Syntakt, AH2.
Ableton Push 2, Roli Seaboard Block.
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- KVRAF
- 10310 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Surrey, UK
If so, then the presets are designed with some aim in mind. In which case they should really be named to indicate what that aim is.
I, for one, am not going to go through presets with arbitrary names trying them out, just in case one provides the sound change that I am looking for.
I, for one, am not going to go through presets with arbitrary names trying them out, just in case one provides the sound change that I am looking for.
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MeldaProduction MeldaProduction https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=176122 - KVRAF
- 14019 posts since 15 Mar, 2008 from Czech republic
Haha, open MAutopanMB for example, load some presets, you'll see lots of bands moving, other stuff moving... Good luck finding a descriptive name for thatDarkStar wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2019 11:52 am If so, then the presets are designed with some aim in mind. In which case they should really be named to indicate what that aim is.
I, for one, am not going to go through presets with arbitrary names trying them out, just in case one provides the sound change that I am looking for.
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- KVRAF
- 10310 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Surrey, UK
Indeed - perhaps we should consider those such-named as intended for creative sound design.
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- KVRAF
- 10310 posts since 2 Sep, 2003 from Surrey, UK
Random access to a dictionary?
I am not keen on them either, especially the obscene ones. At least in some cases, the preset folder names are meaningful.
The disadvantage is that it is difficult to find one with a particular effect. We may all flip through them while playing a given sound but I bet no-one does that more than once or twice. As a result, many will lay on disk, unused.
But vetting, naming and categorising presets would takes ages. Pick any one and try to give it a meaningful name yourself and you'll see what I mean. And, of course, there is little control over the names given to presets by other users.
I am not keen on them either, especially the obscene ones. At least in some cases, the preset folder names are meaningful.
The disadvantage is that it is difficult to find one with a particular effect. We may all flip through them while playing a given sound but I bet no-one does that more than once or twice. As a result, many will lay on disk, unused.
But vetting, naming and categorising presets would takes ages. Pick any one and try to give it a meaningful name yourself and you'll see what I mean. And, of course, there is little control over the names given to presets by other users.
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- KVRist
- 266 posts since 4 May, 2016
don't think they are manually made. some type of randomness...just wondered how exactly...never seen any generator of this kind haha!DarkStar wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:47 pm Random access to a dictionary?
I am not keen on them either, especially the obscene ones. At least in some cases, the preset folder names are meaningful.
The disadvantage is that it is difficult to find one with a particular effect. We may all flip through them while playing a given sound but I bet no-one does that more than once or twice. As a result, many will lay on disk, unused.
But vetting, naming and categorising presets would takes ages. Pick any one and try to give it a meaningful name yourself and you'll see what I mean. And, of course, there is little control over the names given to presets by other users.
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- KVRAF
- 5753 posts since 29 Sep, 2010 from Maui
I think my all time favorite Melda generated preset name was "Saturday Menstruation" or something like that. 
Might a good idea to remove the word menstruation from the word database if it's still in there btw...
Might a good idea to remove the word menstruation from the word database if it's still in there btw...
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MeldaProduction MeldaProduction https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=176122
- KVRAF
- 14019 posts since 15 Mar, 2008 from Czech republic
Actually I love these things. Sometimes the preset names are so awesome that they make me click on them all the time -
- KVRist
- 460 posts since 25 Jan, 2016
They're just words, don't let them offend you!...and much better than "Best Wob Bass for 168bpm HyperSynTrance #17". What does that mean anyway?
I'd like to see people preface their preset names with a 3 letter/ number set to ease the sorting...WRZ Best Wob Bass for 168bpm HyperSynTrance #16a
I'd like to see people preface their preset names with a 3 letter/ number set to ease the sorting...WRZ Best Wob Bass for 168bpm HyperSynTrance #16a
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Starship Krupa Starship Krupa https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=337746
- KVRist
- 257 posts since 13 Sep, 2014
The newly-released MCharmReverb is an example of a plug-in where more meaningful preset names would be useful.
It's an algorithmic reverb, not a comb filter. "Large space," "Parking garage," "Small room," "Vocal booth," "Short tail" and other descriptive names are possible. It would give some hint at what the preset creator was shooting at.
As it is, the user will have to go through each one and make notes.
It's an algorithmic reverb, not a comb filter. "Large space," "Parking garage," "Small room," "Vocal booth," "Short tail" and other descriptive names are possible. It would give some hint at what the preset creator was shooting at.
As it is, the user will have to go through each one and make notes.
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 19 Feb, 2020
It’s called Czech, people!
