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195Logic Pro User Guide
Merge patch settings in the Logic Pro Library
You can merge patch settings from another patch with the current patch. This has
several uses: for example, you can merge effects with a patch while keeping the existing
instrument, or conversely try out different instruments while preserving the existing effects
setup.
The patch merging area contains buttons for four types of patch settings: MIDI effects,
instruments, audio effects, and sends. By default, all four types are selected, in which case
selecting a patch replaces the current patch. By deselecting some items, you can choose
which patch settings are merged with the current patch. When you choose a different
patch from the Library, only those settings corresponding to the selected buttons are
changed, while other settings remain unaltered.
If you deselect the Sends button, the channel strip (or strips) in the patch can access the
existing project auxes (or any auxes created by existing tracks/channel strips).
Open the patch merging area
In Logic Pro, choose Enable Patch Merging from the Action pop-up menu at the bottom
of the Library.
Choose which settings are not merged
In Logic Pro, click one or more buttons to deselect those patch setting types.
Selected patch setting types are merged when you choose a different patch, while
deselected types are kept unchanged.
Close the patch merging area
In Logic Pro, click the close box at the upper-left corner of the patch merging area.
When the patch merging area is closed, choosing a patch from the Library replaces the
current patch (equivalent to all buttons being selected).
When the main track of a summing stack is selected, patch merging is not available.
Reset Logic Pro patches
You can reset a patch to its original settings, discarding any changes you previously made.
Reset a patch to its original settings
1. In Logic Pro, select the track, then click the Library button if the Library is not
already open.
2. In the Library, select the patch you want to reset from the list on the right, then click
Revert.
If you want to save your changes to the patch, save the patch with a different name, then
reset the original patch.