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EFFECTS AND PLUG-INS IN AN OVERVIEW 189
Loading/Saving
Instruments, drum kits, patterns and setups can be selected using the "up/down" keys
located next to the display. Alternatively you can click on the display to open a list with
available presets. To save a preset, klick on the "Save" button (disk symbol). The current
preset name is selected. However, you can also enter a new file name and delete unused
presets from the folder view.
(Please note that Robota always uses the predefined directories, even if you switch to
somewhere else. You cannot save files in a different location.)
Robota organizes sounds and beats according to the following hierarchy:
• A single drum sound is saved in an “instrument”.
• The 8 instruments can be saved together as a “drum kit”. The individual instrument
parameters, however, are not saved, but rather the 8 references to the file names.
Therefore, if you manually delete an instrument from your hard disk or change one of
these sounds later and save it again, this consequently affects the drum kits that this
instrument uses. “Drum kits” are therefore suitable for organizing frequently used
sounds. So, if you have prepared your own drum sounds by changing existing presets
and would like to save these as a drum kit you have to first save the instruments as new
presets and then the new drum kit.
• All note information and snapshots are saved in a pattern.
• The combination of everything (instruments + pattern + further settings) is a “setup”. In
this case it does not matter which instruments belong to which “drum kit” and whether
you have made individual changes to the parameters. A setup always saves the current
master status, including all sound parameters, notes, snapshots and groove settings.
• In general, you can save all edit processes as a “setup”. This would “freeze” everything
safely and you could continue from this position at any time. However, we recommend
the following:
• Create a personal “instruments” library.
• Group regularly used instruments as a “drum kit”.
• Create a sufficient basis of “basic patterns”.
You have then also made sufficient provisions for future projects. You can now use
“setups” in a well-aimed manner by using these primarily as a “song basis”. An advantage
in this case is that in addition to triggering individual events by MIDI notes, you can also
changeover the patterns and drum kits. (Please also observe the Config View section).
You can changeover individual setups in Samplitude in the preset list (below the instrument
selection) or by means of MIDI Program Change (1-128).
If you save a project in Samplitude, the last selected setup is opened. Please make sure
that you save the state in the setup before closing the VIP.
(When using program changes please note that the storage locations can move when
inserting new setups). Setups do not have fixed program locations but are sorted
according to the alphabet.)