How do I manage my presets with the Preset Table in Nixie?

The Preset Table is located in the Device Details window on the right side of the Nixie software and lists the presets within the memory banks of your Strymon pedal.  

  • The WRITE button is used for saving the changes made in Nixie to your pedal’s memory.
  • The READ button is used to load the presets from your pedal’s memory, clearing out any changes made in the software.

Think of the Preset Table as a workspace or staging area. Nothing is ever actually written to the pedal until you click the WRITE button. You have endless Undo via the History pane, and no matter what, the backup that was automatically made when Nixie detected your pedal (and any backups you made since then) will remain untouched.

Preset Table Indicators

  • The preset currently being edited will be highlighted in RED.
  • The names of any presets that have been changed from the saved state of the pedal will appear in italics.
  • Presets that have been changed or modified in any way and not yet written to the device’s memory will appear highlighted in green when the focus is not on this preset.
  • Hover over a preset to see its Effect Type displayed next to the cursor as well as in the lower left of the Nixie window.

Rename Individual Presets

  • To rename a single preset, double-click the preset in the Preset Table, type in the new name, and press the Enter key.

Rename Multiple Presets

To rename multiple presets simultaneously, you can right/control+click a group of selected presets to select Name Transforms for either adding a suffix to these presets or naming them with a sequential number after the name.

To assign the same name to multiple presets with a sequential number after the name (ex., LEAD0, LEAD1, LEAD2, LEAD3):

  1. Select all the presets you want to rename in the Preset Table.
  2. Right-click within the selection and hover over Name Transforms in the pop-up menu, and click Sequence Names.
  3. Type in your desired base name, and click OK.

To assign a suffix to multiple preset names:

  1. Select all the presets you want to rename in the Preset Table.
  2. Right-click within the selection and hover over Name Transforms at the bottom of the pop-up menu, and click Suffix Names.
  3. Type in the desired suffix, and click OK.

Paste a preset to a new location

To paste a preset to a new location in the Preset Table:

  1. Right-click on the desired preset in the Preset Table and select Copy.
  2. Right-click on the desired location, then either:
    • Select Paste Replace to replace the preset currently in the location with the copied preset you wish to paste, leaving all subsequently occurring presets in their same locations, or…
    • Select Paste Insert to paste your preset to the desired location while moving the preset previously at that location, as well as all subsequent presets, up one preset slot.

Paste a Preset to Multiple Locations

To past a preset to multiple locations in the Preset Table:

  1. Right-click on a single preset in the Preset Table and select Copy.
  2. Select all the locations you would like the preset to be copied to by clicking and dragging, shift-clicking, or ctrl+clicking.  The selected presets will be highlighted in RED.
  3. Right-click on any selected (RED-highlighted) preset and select Paste Replace.