Terminology
Preset Metadata
Preset metadata is all data which describes a preset, but does not contain the preset data itself.
Metadata consists of:
Author
Bank
Comment
Preset Name
Types
Characteristics
Audio Preview Note
In terms of the NKS format, the plugin is usually not aware of the metadata and is only used for Maschine/Komplete Kontrol to organize presets.
Preset Parser
A preset parser is a module which knows how to extract preset information for a specific plugin, and converts the presets into a generic format which can then be used to load the data into the plugin, or to generate an NKS file.
Types / Characteristics
A type defines the category of a preset. Each type can have a main type and a sub-type. For example, the main type could be "Bass", and the sub-type could be "Acoustic", resulting in a complete type of "Bass > Acoustic".
A characteristic defines how the preset sounds. Typical characteristics are "Arpeggiated", "Soft", "Hard" etc.
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