How do I store and use Surge presets?

Using Zynthian
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I have created some Surge presets (fxp files) through the Surge gui and would like to store them on Zynthian so that they are available in the preset menu of the Surge synthesizer engine when loaded via the Zynthian UI (without the Surge guif).
How can this be achieved ? The internal preset manager seems to only work for lv2 presets.

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For most of the synths, uploading thre native preset using the web-ui converts it to an lv2 preset. Can’t remember if that works for Surge, if it doesn’t then stick an issue in the github.

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As @Baggypants wrote, over the web-ui you can select software / LV2 plugins and press Search for new Presets and Plugins

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But I tested add presset for Surge which I prepared on PC. In this case I obtain this error.
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The way we created the initial presets was to run Surge on an workstation with jalv.gtk and used the menu to save the lv2 preset, then copied it to the zynth. If you know what I’m talking about then do that, otherwise file a bug GitHub - zynthian/zynthian-issue-tracking: Centralized Issue Tracking for Zynthian Project

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Hi @catherder !

Sorry, importing FXB or FXP files is only supported for a few engines and Surge it’s not one of them.

Why not saving the presets on LV2 format directly? If you are using the native GUI with VNC, you can do it easily from the menu “presets” on the topbar of GUI’s window.

The right folder to save the presets is:

/zynthian/zynthian-my-data/presets/lv2

After that, simply click “search for new plugins & presets” from the webconf’s LV2 panel and restart the zynthian. I know this workflow is sub-optimal. I’m thinking about how to improve it …

Thanks!

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Hi friend, hope you’re well. I’m having fun with my Zynthian, but I can’t save my Surge XT presets, made on the webconf, to be selectable in the Zynthian menu. I’ve saved them to the right folder, and searched for new presets like you said (there are two buttons now it seems, so I’ve just pressed “search for presets”) but no luck, they don’t appear. I think this may be because they get saved as a “user” preset and not a “factory” one - and only the factory ones show in the Zynthian UI.

If I could find the factory folder, I might be able to add it there.

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Hi @paulee !

Please, could you give the context and details? Without these it’s difficult to help.

  • Zynthian hardware and software version. A screenshot from your webconf dashboard would be nice.
  • Detailed steps you follow to save your Surge XT presets, etc.

Thanks