Hi! I am trying to upload my Pianoteq presets into my zynthian (I am not very tech savy). I cant get fxp or tfx to work. I have tried using chat gpt to help me to no avail. when I upload the fxp file onto zynthian.local it says "Can’t install file: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘’ I have seen some help on this topic but still getting lost here. Can I load the fxp file to a USB stick and just access it like that?
My pianoteq is installed and running fine on Zynthian but I want my presets. Thank you so much for any help!
Hi @kiko! A very warm welcome to zynthianland.
I just tried this and observed that you cannot upload a new preset to the Factory Presets folder because it is read-only and that, by default there is no other folder to upload to. This can be simply resolved:
- In zynthian UI, navigate to presets and bold SELECT a preset to show its context menu.
- Select “Save new preset” to create a new user preset and hence a user bank.
- In webconf, navigate to “Presets & Soundfonts” and select Pianoteq.
- Click on “My Presets” to select it. (Note that clicking on the folder icon expands the folder but does not select the folder. You must click on the text.) This targets where the preset will be uploaded.
- Now you should be able to upload your preset.
Good luck and let us hear the results. 
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If you have any convenient access to your zynthians file system: I found it incredibly easy to copy the fxp files like this.
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Someone may want to add a feature request to allow creating a folder for presets in webconf and ability to upload multiple (Pianoteq) presets within a compressed, e.g. zip file.
With the File Browser, all this is trivial. Just copy the files to the right place. BTW, for Pianoteq the right place is “my-data/presets/Pianoteq” 
Perhaps somebody could write a good wiki entry explaining how to use the File Browser and what are the right places for putting the files for each engine, etc.
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But we already have a neat mechanism to upload and download presets, etc. Why not make that work more completely to give a consistent method for all engines, rather than need a user to know where to put their files in the file system which is not particularly musician / artist friendly.
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I agree with @riban
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Totally agree, but it takes development effort and time. Until this is done, the File Browser is a very flexible tool that allows to overcome the current limitations, and it’s quite user friendly too.
Regards,
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Just a brief idea, maybe not well elaborated: What about merging the two possibilities into one? The file browser solution is very convenient (even though I do not use it myself in favor for scp). I had connection problems with the preset management solution uploading zip containers.
Why not integrate the file browser into the preset management system by just linking one engines ipload window to a file browser frame pointing to the right direction? (E.g. uploading pianoteq presets just opens the file browser at my-data/presets/pianoteq.
I would see that as a compromise between user friendliness/convenience and the functional transparency a linux system might expose to the user.