Add: Clicking this button adds the current Alloy settings as a new preset. You can type a name and optionally add comments for the preset. Note that a few keys such as * or / cannot be used as preset names. If you try to type these characters in the name they will be ignored.
Note: This is because presets are stored as xml files (for easy backup and transferring). Their file names are the same as the name you give the preset (for easy reference) and therefore characters that are not allowed in Windows file names are not allowed in preset names.
Remove: To permanently delete a preset, select the preset from the list and click the Remove button.
Update: When you click the Update button your current settings are assigned to the selected preset (highlighted). This is useful of course for selecting a preset, tweaking it, then coming back to the preset system and clicking Update to save your changes to the existing preset.
Note: The Update button is only available in the undocked preset manager
Compare: The Compare button is a great way to quickly hear the difference between the default settings of the most recent preset that you've selected, and the result of any changes that you have made to this preset (Working Settings). This lets you start your session based on one of Alloy's default presets and then continue to tweak the settings, always comparing to where you started.
New Folder: The New Folder option allows you to easily add custom named folders to the Alloy preset manager.
Reset: When adjusting MacroFaders within Alloy's presets, the 'Reset' button located below the floating MacroFaders will set the MacroFaders back to their default value as defined in each individual preset.
This is done because changes in each MacroFader are not saved and treated in the same way that individual parameters are. As such, the Reset button allows you to get back to the originally defined factory value for the MacroFaders.
Cancel: The Cancel button simply closes the preset system dialog and reverts the settings back to the previous Working Settings, which would be either the settings when you entered the preset system or the settings of the last preset you created or updated while the preset system was open.
Note: You cannot "Cancel" an update of a preset. That is, adding, removing, and updating presets are done "in place" and are not reverted when you Cancel the preset system dialog.
OK: Closes the preset system, but unlike the Cancel button, clicking the OK button loads the last preset you selected from the preset list.
Renaming Presets: You can double click on the name of a preset to enter the "edit" mode and then type a new name for that preset.