For this step, it is assumed that one or more instruments are available for the creation of a preset.

What is a preset?

A preset is the equivalent of a sound patch name found in hardware synths. It is visible from outside a soundfont and is identified by a bank number and a preset number. A soundfont can have one or many presets. Each preset contains one or more instruments, just as instruments contain one or more samples.

Creating a preset and adding instruments

First, click on "New preset" in the toolbar if the icon is present, or right-click on the Presets category in the tree and select "New Preset". A name must now be entered.

Then add instruments to the preset using "drag & drop". In the tree you will notice that one or more divisions appear in the preset. Often there may only be one, as in the case of a preset containing a single intrument.

It is possible to create as many or more presets as instruments, and each preset can contain one or more instruments.

Setting up a preset

Changing the preset parameters may not be required since:

For the scope of this tutorial, the creation of a soundfont is finished!