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5 In the Patch Select dialog, click Change.
6 In the Open dialog, do one of the following
depending on your computer platform:
• On Mac, navigate to /Library/Audio/MIDI
Patch Names/Digidesign/<name of manu-
facturer>, and select the MIDI Patch Name
file (.midnam) for the MIDI device.
– or –
• On Windows, navigate to Program
Files\Common Files\Digidesign\MIDI
Patch Names\Digidesign\<name of manu-
facturer>, and select the MIDI Patch Name
file (.midnam) for the MIDI device.
7 Select the MIDI Patch Name file (.midnam) for
the MIDI device.
8 Click Open. The Patch Select dialog is popu-
lated by patch names from the selected file.
9 For MIDI devices that have multiple banks of
patches, select which bank of patches you want
from the Bank pop-up menu.
Once patch names have been imported into
Pro Tools, they are available for that MIDI de-
vice in all sessions.
To clear patch names:
1 In the Patch Select dialog, click the Clear but-
ton.
2 Click Done.
Patch Select dialog
Change button
Patch Select dialog with patch names
Choosing a bank in Patch Select dialog