It would be great, if it would be possible to filter preset-names for plugins with a simple text-input field. For example the synaddsubfx synth instrument-plugin comes with hundreds of presets, and I have to scroll half a minute to reach the end of the list.
Also nice would be to have an additional preset-api, that allows optional hierarchies.
I agree. I have submitted a report to track this feature request in the issue tracker: http://tracker.ardour.org/view.php?id=7202
Can you please add any relevant information/ideas to the report. Thanks
I came to post this same thing. This is almost 9 years old, no change. 
There must be several hundred presets for ZynAddSubFX
Luckily since around 8 years ago ZynAddSubFx v3 has a nice GUI since to pick presets from, and they are organized as well (not just a single list).
I have version 3.0.6-7 installed. I’m not seeing the GUI you’re talking about. When I right click on the plugin and select presets, it’s the very long list that I have to scroll through. If I double click on the plugin, it opens a window with a drop down with the same list.
Maybe I’m missing something in my install? (Ubuntu Studio 25.10)
I meant ZynAddSubFX’s (custom) GUI, not Ardour’s generic UI, which is entirely useless for the synth in question.
see also https://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.io/
There are no host exported presets anymore since Zyn v3.0 (at least not here on debian),so it’s odd that you still see them…
Thank you! Got it now!
Ok, this took a minute, but the first thing I noticed was my zynaddsubfx didn’t look like yours. Then I found that it’s a newer UI called Zyn-Fusion. So, I uninstalled all the zynaddsubfx* Ubuntu packages and installed Zyn-Fusion from source: GitHub - zynaddsubfx/zyn-fusion-build: Build Scripts For Zyn-Fusion
This installed to /opt/zyn-fusion
After, I opened Ardour and added the paths under /opt to the plugin paths and rescanned. Now when I double click on it in Ardour, I get:
Though after all that, I don’t really need this in Ardour (most of the time anyway) because it’s just for my 7 year old son to play his midi keyboard and he likes experimenting and switching the presets often. Don’t really need Ardour for that, but didn’t realize how easy it is to do it in the standalone program.
Great, I’m glad you found a solution.
By the time he’s 8 he’ll have mastered “add/sub” synth settings, and create his own presets. Then we’re in trouble and need a search/filter again 
