Loading presets

The included presets give a great overview of what you can do with FabFilter Volcano 2. You can either use the presets as they are, or tweak them further to create your own unique effects.

To load a preset, click the preset button in the top section. The presets menu will appear with all available presets, ordered in categories. Click on a menu item to load that preset.
To explore the presets one by one, click on the little arrow buttons to the left and right of the main preset button. This will load the previous or next preset in the menu.

The preset button shows the name of the current preset. If you have changed the preset by adjusting one or more knobs, the name is dimmed to indicate that this is not the original preset anymore.

The Default Setting preset is loaded automatically when FabFilter Volcano 2 is started. To change the default settings, simply overwrite this preset.

Note: Some factory presets use envelope generators. You may need to adjust their threshold parameters (depending on the level of the input signal) to get the desired effect.

Compatibility with Volcano 1.x

All presets created with Volcano 1.x can be loaded in Volcano 2. If Volcano 1.x is also installed on your computer, your Volcano 1 presets will be accessible via the V1 Preset Folder submenu in the preset menu. You can read more about compatibility between Volcano 1.x and Volcano 2 in Upgrading to Volcano 2. Please take some time to read it if you are planning to replace Volcano 1 instances with Volcano 2 instances in your songs.

MIDI Program Change and Bank Select

Loading a presets can also be done via MIDI, using Bank Select and Program Change messages. The preset menu contains a View Bank/Program Numbers option. If checked, all preset names are preceded by their bank/program number combination. (For example: (2/65) Low Pass). This means that you can load the sound by first sending a Bank Select message to select bank 2 and then sending a program change message to select program 65.

Important: All the presets in your preset folder are numbered automatically, starting with bank 0 and program 0. This way, you are able to access any of the presets via MIDI. However, this also means that when you add new presets to the menu, bank/program numbers of other presets might change. Be aware of this when recording program changes in a song!

Next: Saving presets

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