Pedalboard Files

This page discusses the Pedalboard .pdl file format as well as the various user files it stores.

Pedalboard .pdl Files

The Pedalboard saves collections of Patches as .pdl files. These are simply xml files containing the data required to reconstruct a collection of patches. They can be saved and loaded via the File menu.

It should be possible to share .pdl files between computers (and OSes), but that will of course require both computers to have the plugins that were used in the original patches.

The Default File

It is possible to define a .pdl file as the default file to load whenever the Pedalboard is started.

Save As Default menu option

Selecting Save As Default saves the current file as the default file. Whenever the Pedalboard is started or file->New is selected, that file will now be loaded. To reset the default file to a blank file, select File->Reset Default.

The default file is saved as default.pdl in the user files directory.

User Files

The Pedalboard stores the following user files:

User Files Location

Depending on the OS, the above files will be located:

Any user-created colour schemes will also be stored in this location, with any user-saved presets stored in the presets sub-directory.