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# Ingredients and Motif Favorites

> See the samples, MIDI patterns, and plugin presets inside a beat's FL Studio project, preview them, drag them into FL Studio, and star them into Motif Favorites.

# Ingredients and Motif Favorites

**Ingredients** shows what a beat was made with: the samples, MIDI patterns, and plugin presets in its linked FL Studio project. Star any of them to keep a copy in **Motif Favorites**, a pack that appears in FL Studio's browser.

## Open Ingredients

1. Right-click a local track in the Library.
2. Choose **Ingredients**.

If the track is not linked to an FL Studio project yet, the panel says **This beat isn't linked to an FL Studio project yet. Link its .flp to see the samples, MIDI and presets it was made with.** Select **Link FLP…** and choose the project file. See [FL Studio projects](https://docs.getmotif.page/library/fl-studio-projects.md) for how linking works.

While Motif reads a linked project, the panel shows **Reading the project…**. If it cannot read the file, it shows **Could not read this project.**

## Browse by type

The panel has three tabs:

| Tab | Shows | If empty |
| - | - | - |
| **Sounds** | Samples used in the project | **No samples in this project. Sounds made by plugins are under Presets.** |
| **MIDI** | Patterns that contain notes | **No patterns with notes in this project.** |
| **Presets** | Plugins used in the project | **No plugins in this project.** |

Use the play button beside a sound to preview it, and select it again to stop.

## Use an ingredient in FL Studio

* Drag a sound or a pattern into FL Studio.
* Drag a preset onto a channel.

The folder button at the bottom of the panel (**Show in folder**) opens the folder of the current tab's first file in Windows Explorer.

## Motif Favorites

Select the star next to a sound, pattern, or preset to add it to Motif Favorites. Select it again to remove it (**Removed from Motif Favorites.**).

Starring copies the file into `Documents\Motif\Favorites`. Sounds are sorted into folders by drum or instrument type, for example Kicks, Snares, Claps, and 808s. MIDI and presets get their own folders. Un-starring removes only Motif's copy. Your original project files are not touched.

### See Favorites in FL Studio

The first time you star something, Motif adds the Favorites folder to FL Studio's Packs as **Motif Favorites**. Windows may ask for permission once. After that, starred items are in **FL Studio › Packs › Motif Favorites**.

The note at the bottom of the panel tells you where your starred items are:

| Note | What it means |
| - | - |
| **Starred items are in FL Studio › Packs › Motif Favorites.** | The pack is linked and ready in FL Studio. |
| **Motif Favorites isn't in FL Studio's Packs yet.** | Select **Add** to link it. |
| **Packs already has a "Motif Favorites" folder, so starred items are in Documents › Motif › Favorites.** | Another folder already uses that name, so Motif left it alone. |
| **FL Studio wasn't found, so starred items are in Documents › Motif › Favorites.** | Motif could not find FL Studio. Your favorites are still saved. |


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