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CHAPTER 3: Key Audio Design Features using a preset to activate and deactivate the appropriate control links. Remember, however, that you cannot use a preset to change the control link's participant list, its Link Master designation, or its priority. NOTE: If a block that you add to a preset contains a control that is a participant in a control link, that control link's activation state is automatically saved to the preset. If, however, you want to store only a control link's activation state to a preset without having to store any of its associated blocks, you can do so. BEST PRACTICE: Because a preset cannot change a control link's priority, it is very important to confirm that your control links are prioritized correctly for the behavior that you want. It is always a good idea to double-check the control link priority list before, during, or after your creation of presets. Of course, testing your presets also helps you determine if your links are working according to plan when the presets are activated. What happens when a preset is applied to the system? NOTE: To apply a preset to a system, you either activate it or assert it. The difference between these two actions is described in detail here. For now we'll use the term apply as a generic term for turning on a preset. When you apply a preset, that preset is known as active. To fully understand the impact of applying a preset, it's helpful to also understand the concept of working values, which are nothing more than the current active settings in a HAL System. In other words, what you currently hear or what you currently see in the Halogen Processing Map (when connected to the HAL) are the working values. The term itself is unimportant-what matters most is understanding the relationship between preset values and working values. When you apply a preset to a system, the preset's block parameter values become the current working values for the corresponding blocks in your system. For example, let's assume your system contains a Level block called LobbyVolume and a preset (called Lobby) that contains the LobbyVolume block. The configuration of the block in each situation is as follows: 137

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using a preset to activate and deactivate the appropriate control links. Remember, however, that you cannot
use a preset to change the control link's participant list, its Link Master designation, or its priority.
NOTE
:
If a block that you add to a preset contains a control that is a participant in a control link, that
control link's activation state is automatically saved to the preset. If, however, you want to store only a
control link's activation state to a preset without having to store any of its associated blocks, you can
do so.
BEST PRACTICE
:
Because a preset cannot change a control link's priority, it is very important to confirm
that your control links are prioritized correctly for the behavior that you want. It is always a good idea
to double-check the control link priority list before, during, or after your creation of presets. Of course,
testing your presets also helps you determine if your links are working according to plan when the pre-
sets are activated.
What happens when a preset is applied to the system?
NOTE
:
To apply a preset to a system, you either
activate
it or
assert
it. The difference between these
two actions is described in detail here. For now we'll use the term
apply
as a generic term for turning
on a preset. When you apply a preset, that preset is known as
active
.
To fully understand the impact of applying a preset, it's helpful to also understand the concept of
working
values
, which are nothing more than the current active settings in a HAL System. In other words, what you
currently hear or what you currently see in the Halogen Processing Map (when connected to the HAL) are
the working values. The term itself is unimportant—what matters most is understanding the relationship
between preset values and working values.
When you apply a preset to a system, the preset's block parameter values become the current working values
for the corresponding blocks in your system. For example, let's assume your system contains a Level block
called LobbyVolume and a preset (called Lobby) that contains the LobbyVolume block. The configuration of
the block in each situation is as follows:
CHAPTER 3: Key Audio Design Features
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