Presets

A preset is a saved bundle of mixer settings. Instead of nudging a dozen weights by hand, you pick one and the Mixer loads the whole configuration at once.

Choosing a preset

Open the mixer's game settings and look for the Algorithm Presets heading. There are two buttons:

• Built-in Presets: the ready-made bundles described below. These ship with the Mixer and can't be edited.
• Custom Presets: your own saved bundles. Tweak the settings the way you like, then save the current configuration as a named preset to reuse next session. Saving and importing custom presets requires a logged-in account.

Tap a preset and confirm to apply it (it overwrites your current mixing settings), then Mix as usual. A preset is only a starting point. Open the settings afterward and adjust any individual value you want; the Mixer keeps the preset's name as long as the settings still match it.

Presets are an online feature. They're disabled when the Mixer is running in offline mode.

The built-in presets

The built-ins fall into a few families. Pick the one that matches what you're trying to do tonight.

Preset	What it's for
Default	The everyday choice: fresh partners and opponents, fair sit-outs. Start here.
Fast Mode	Returns a mix sooner than Default and may accept a repeat a little earlier.
Gender Minor / Mixed / Mixed Only / Forced Separation	Dial how hard the Mixer pushes for mixed-doubles or men-only / women-only courts.
Bad Court / Multiple Bad Courts	One or more courts nobody likes. Spreads the bad court evenly so the same people don't get stuck on it.
Rating Minor / Opponents / Partner Balance	Use player ratings to even out matchups, from a gentle nudge up to strictly balanced opponents.
Rating Isolation	Group similar-rated players onto the same court, a soft "court ladder." See below.
Ladder / Ladder Team Mode	Tuned starting points for ladder-league nights, individual or fixed-team.

Most of these only do something if your players have ratings or genders set. For more on the settings each preset moves, see the Settings reference.

Rating Isolation

Rating Isolation is the one to reach for when you want ladder-style play inside an ordinary group. It puts the four closest-rated players on each court and splits them into evenly matched teams, and it deliberately relaxes the usual "fresh partners and opponents" rules to do it. Teams stay even unless that would mean repeating a recent partner.

Your strongest players tend to land on the same court game after game, your next tier shares the court below, and so on, so a rough "court ladder" forms by itself. As scores come in and ratings shift, an overperformer moves up to a tougher court next mix and an underperformer moves down.

It's a good way to feel out ladder competition before committing to real divisions. The trade-off is built into the name: because it prioritizes rating over freshness, you'll see more repeat partners and opponents than Default does.

Sharing presets with other organizers

Any preset, built-in or custom, can be shared as a code. Open the Custom Presets or Built-in Presets panel and tap the Copy chip on the preset card. The Mixer copies a compact code (it starts with pmp:1:) to your clipboard, then shows a confirmation. Send that text to another organizer however you like: email, chat, whatever.

To use a code someone sent you, open the Custom Presets panel and tap the ↧ Import preset card. Paste the code into the prompt and confirm. You'll then be asked to give the preset a name. The sender's name is pre-filled, but you can change it. Names are capped at 12 characters so they fit the active-preset badge in the Mixer header. The imported preset lands in your My Presets list and is saved to your account.

Codes are self-contained snapshots: no login is needed to send one, though the recipient has to be logged in to import it. Copying a built-in preset (like Ladder or Rating Isolation) gives the other organizer a copy they can apply directly; it's a clean way to hand off a "start here" configuration. If you later edit the preset, copy again, because the code carries only the settings as they were when you shared it.

Launcher Settings in the mixer

A group can pin the preset it starts with, and optionally a Game plan that switches presets at later games. You set both in the group's settings on the dashboard (Games tab → Launcher Settings). When you launch the mixer from that group's dashboard or an event page, the starting settings load before your first mix.

A short note at the bottom of the screen says what loaded, so a changed mix never looks random:

• "Launcher settings loaded: Ladder", or with a Game plan
• "Launcher settings loaded: Ladder · changes at games 4, 7"

When the plan switches. When Mix Next makes a game where the plan changes, the mixer loads that change's settings and tells you: "Game #4 · Game plan: now mixing with Rating Isolation". A Remix uses the settings for the game you're remixing. The note shows only when the settings actually change. Any tweaks you make in between stay until the next change in the plan, which then takes over again.

The PLAN label. While a plan is running, the Next mix line above the courts shows a label like PLAN · Rating Isolation from Game #4 (or PLAN · all changes applied after the last one). When the very next mix is where the plan changes, the line shows both settings instead: today's badge, an arrow, then the plan's badge (for example LADDER → OPA), because that mix will use the plan's settings. Tap the label or the arrow to see the whole plan, with the current step marked (now), and choose:

• Keep plan: nothing changes.
• Turn off for this session: the settings stay exactly as they are now, and the plan stops switching them for the rest of this session. To use the plan again, start a new session with Load this group's launcher settings ticked.

Starting a new session. For a group with Launcher Settings, the Start New Session box reads Load this group's launcher settings, with a line under it saying what will load (for example "Ladder from game 1 · Rating Isolation from game 4"). Ticked, the new session starts from those settings and the Game plan starts over from game 1. Unticked, it keeps your current settings and has no Game plan.

Auto-mix and Nonstop Courts. When the server runs the mixes for you, as scores come in (headless auto-mixing) or on a timer (Server auto-mix), it follows the same plan, game by game. A Nonstop Courts night doesn't follow the plan, because its courts don't share game numbers. The plan's label is hidden during a Nonstop night and while Mix Offline is on.

Launcher Settings never lock anything. You can still change any setting mid-session, or tap a preset to replace them all.

To set up a group's Launcher Settings or Game plan, see Group settings → Launcher Settings.

What's next

• Settings reference explains every setting a preset can move.
• What is a ladder league? for tracked divisions with promotion and relegation.