# Settings, Profile & more

Audio Options (theme, output device, MIDI and Bluetooth input, engine, mixer, EQ, compressor), your Profile and license, Bug Report, the Style Database, Community Resources and the language.

Web page: https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=settings-and-more

In this chapter:

- Choosing the theme and the audio output
- Fixing crackles with the engine settings
- Connecting a MIDI or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard
- Your license in Profile, and Change License
- Reporting a bug

## Audio Options

![Audio Options (top).](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/audio-options.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. **Theme**: Classic (dark navy & orange) or Pro Glass (frosted glass).
2. Pro Glass presets: PSE Blue, PSE Blue Dark, PSE Blue Night.
3. Glass opacity, Blur and Corner radius — applied instantly and saved.
4. **Output device** — where the sound goes ([System Default] or a device).
5. **Refresh** the list · **BT Auto-Scan** for Bluetooth audio devices.
6. **MIDI input** — choose a MIDI keyboard to play the sounds.
7. **Bluetooth MIDI** — Scan for a Bluetooth MIDI keyboard (e.g. Medeli AKX10S) and reconnect automatically next time.

![Audio Options (engine, mixer, EQ, compressor).](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/audio-engine.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. **Engine settings**: Buffer Size (64–1024, default 256), Sample Rate (22050–96000) and Output stability (Lowest latency / Balanced / Stable).
2. **Mixer**: Master Gain (0–150%) and Limiter Drive.
3. **5-band EQ**: 80 Hz, 250 Hz, 1 kHz, 4 kHz and 12 kHz, ±12 dB each.
4. **Compressor**: Threshold, Ratio, Attack and Release.

> **Sound crackles or stops?:** Set **Output stability** to **Balanced** or **Stable** and/or raise the **Buffer Size** (512). Small buffers (64–128) are for live playing; 256–512 for styles and big SETs.

## Profile and license

![Profile (demo account).](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/profile.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. FREE or PAID.
2. Your plan: **Basic**, **Premium** or **Trial — N days left**.
3. Your license key (masked) with **Copy**.
4. **Change License** — replace the license of this computer with another key. The current one stays active until the new one is verified.
5. Account details and the program version.

You can upgrade from Basic to Premium on the [Plans page](https://www.pasetexplorer.com/plans.php) and then use **Change License** if you received a new key.

## Bug Report

![Bug Report.](https://pasetexplorer.com/images/docs/bug-report.webp)

Numbered marks on this screenshot:

1. **Where does it happen?** — Sounds, Styles, Samples, Playback, Export, PCM Banks, UI, License or Other.
2. A short title.
3. What happens and what you expected.
4. The steps to make it happen again.
5. **Send Bug Report**.
6. Information attached automatically (license, edition, hardware ID, OS, loaded SET, version).

> **Tip:** The better the steps, the faster the fix. Mention the SET, the style or the sound and what you clicked.

## Style Database

When available, the **Style Database** item in the sidebar shows the latest styles in the PA SET Explorer Style Database: filter by country, search by name, double-click to listen in the Style Player and **Save** to keep a style in your Community Resources.

## Community Resources

**Community Resources** in the sidebar opens the Community page of the website. There you browse styles, samples and drum kits shared by other musicians and get them straight into the program, converted for your instrument. Downloads appear in [Resources → Community](https://pasetexplorer.com/tutorials?c=open-and-resources#resources-community). Use **Push to Community** on a style or a sound to share your own.

## Language

Click the globe button in the header to choose the language of the menus. The choice is saved and you can change it at any time.