: something (such as a radio station) preprogrammed into a device
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PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Analogue has preset some different screen profiles for each system, giving you either eye-bleedingly sharp and modern graphics and colors or a faded look that mimics the original screen along with a grid effect that renders games in a convincing facsimile of an original Game Boy LCD.
—Brendan Nystedt, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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A video clip featured a guitarist shredding a few chords through Steinberg’s Cubase 13 app through an array of tone presets.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
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Switching to the Bass Boost preset makes the drums thunderous, but the sound becomes aggressively scooped, overwhelming the mids.
—PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Analogue has preset some different screen profiles for each system, giving you either eye-bleedingly sharp and modern graphics and colors or a faded look that mimics the original screen along with a grid effect that renders games in a convincing facsimile of an original Game Boy LCD.
—Brendan Nystedt, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
Noun
Horizontal and vertical keystone adjustment is cooked in, along with four-corner and six-point alignment and a bunch of image presets, to help make setup a relatively painless affair.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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A video clip featured a guitarist shredding a few chords through Steinberg’s Cubase 13 app through an array of tone presets.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Preset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preset. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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