Presets

Presets are saved configurations that instantly apply a visualizer and its full parameter set in one click. BeamTracer ships with a library of factory presets and supports saving your own — both in Performer mode and per-visualizer in Visualizer mode.

The Preset Grid (Performer Mode)Copy Anchor Link

Click PRESETS in the Performer control bar to open the preset grid. To play any visualizer, including the ones with no preset of their own, click VISUALIZERS beside it: every visualizer opens on the left as a moving thumbnail, by category, so you can find a look by sight (the switch in its header turns them into a list of names, the same choice as in Visualizer mode). Type in Search visualizers at the top to narrow it (it finds the same visualizers as search in Visualizer mode, by name, category or description), and [ / ] step through them. Two rows of filter pills sit above the preset grid:

Mood PillsCopy Anchor Link

Filter the factory library by feel: All, Ambient, Energetic, Minimal, Psychedelic, Retro, Geometric.

Family PillsCopy Anchor Link

The second row filters by visualizer family, in the same order as the visualizer list (Core Analytics, Visual Source, Wire, and so on): every factory preset built on that visualizer type. Visual Source holds the camera presets, Camera, Camera Kick Zoom and Camera Mono Print. Picking one starts your camera, unless a screen, a video or an image is already showing; the browser asks the first time. Searching camera finds them too.

There's also a search field, a Favorites pill (once you've favorited at least one preset), and a My Presets pill that shows only the presets you've saved.

Animated PreviewsCopy Anchor Link

Each tile in the grid shows a still from its visualizer. To have the tiles play a short looping clip of their visualizer instead, click the MIDI status chip in the Performer control bar to open PERFORMER SETTINGS, switch to the DISPLAY tab, and turn on Animated Previews under PRESET PANEL. The preset pads in Detached Controls follow the same switch. Animated Previews is off by default.

Saving Custom PresetsCopy Anchor Link

In Performer ModeCopy Anchor Link

1. Load a preset (or any visualizer state) and open the Customize panel (arrow toggle, top-right)
2. Adjust parameters until it looks right
3. Click SAVE AS PRESET under QUICK ACTIONS
4. Name it — it appears in the preset grid under My Presets

To delete a custom preset, use the delete button on its card in the grid. Factory presets can't be deleted.

In Visualizer ModeCopy Anchor Link

Each visualizer has its own preset list in the right settings panel:

1. Dial in the visualizer's settings
2. Click Save Current… in the panel's presets section and give it a name (and optional description)
3. Recall it any time with its Load button; double-click the name to rename, or use the delete button to remove it

Saved presets capture every control — colors, slider values, toggles, and modulation assignments.

Backing Up Everything: Settings Export/ImportCopy Anchor Link

Whole-app settings (including your customizations) can be exported as a JSON file from Settings → Data:

• Export — downloads all your visualizer settings as a .json file
• Import — restores from a previously exported file
• Reset All — returns every setting to factory defaults (with a confirmation)

Reordering PresetsCopy Anchor Link

You can customize the order that presets appear in the grid. This is especially useful for live performance, where you want your most-used presets positioned for quick access on the APC Mini MK2 pad grid. MIDI Program Change follows the same order: program 0 selects the first tile (Program Change).

Preset VariantsCopy Anchor Link

Several visualizer types have multiple factory presets — variants of the same visual. On the APC Mini MK2, pressing the pad of the currently active visualizer type cycles through its variants. See MIDI Integration for details.