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Four useful patch control buttons are located underneath the patch Display:

Random will choose a random patch. This is intended to help you explore the vast library of

Iris 2 patches and perhaps even be inspired by a patch you hadn’t discovered previously.

New will create an empty “blank slate” for you to build a new patch on. All controls will

revert to their default states, and all sample pools will be empty. There is a feature available

in the Options Panel which will have Iris 2 will ask you before clearing out your patch so

you don’t lose any unsaved work.

Save will save a new patch with the settings and samples you have currently loaded. You

can choose a name and appropriate folder for this new patch. Patches themselves are very

small ﬁles, so you can save the same patch (or variations) in multiple folders without using

up excessive amounts of hard drive space.

Update will update the patch you currently have loaded with any changes you have made

to it since loading.

Note: Updating a patch from the Iris 2 Library means you will have overwritten the original

patch. You might consider using the Save button instead to create your own modiﬁed

version while retaining the factory patch in your library.

UNDO/REDO

To the right of the Patch Display and controls, you’ll see two opposite facing arrows labeled

“Undo” and “Redo.” Just like Undo and Redo in your audio editor or forward and back

buttons in an internet browser, these oer you the ﬂexibility to back up in case you made a

mistake or just don’t like where your sound is going. This will work for nearly every function

in Iris 2: loading patches, updating patches, making spectral ﬁltering selections, or just

changing a knob setting.

FAQ: Why doesn’t Command/Ctrl+Z work with undo in Iris 2?

Answer: When plug-ins are used in most major audio editors it’s the host that receives

the Command/Ctrl+Z command and would engage its own undo system, meaning it will

probably un-instantiate the plug-in! That’s why we gave you prominent buttons right in the

center of the Iris 2 UI so you can always ﬁnd them.