I’ve noticed that not everyone knows you can save VSTi presets into RNI files (ReNoise Instruments).
to keep your precious presets saved, just save the VSTi slot exactly if it would have been a normal RNI, and load it the same way.
this is particulary useful when using samplers, to avoid to navigate through tons of programs, and also avoids storing banks.
When I’ve found this feature (quite lately, actually 
), my file changed 