User Manual

SOUNDS, PATCHES AND THE BROWSER
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About the “Load Default Sound in New Devices” preference
On the “General” page in Preferences, there is an option (on by default) to load a default patch when creating a de-
vice. For some devices, there are a number of patches that exist outside category folders in the main Sound Bank
folder for the device. These will be available on the browse list (see “About browse lists”) directly after creating the
device, which allows you check out a few sounds for a device without opening the browser.
Loading patches
Immediately after you have created a new device, the device automatically gets “browse focus”. This means that the
Browser is temporarily “locked” to the device and displays patches for the device you just created. Browse focus for
a device is indicated by orange side bars in the rack and on the sequencer track - and that the patch section on the
device is colored in orange. In the Browser the orange Browse Focus field at the top now shows patches only for the
highlighted device in the rack:
To load a patch for a device, use one of the following methods:
! For all the patch load methods described below, you can automatically revert back to the original patch, see
“The Revert function”.
D Double click a patch in the Browser to automatically load it in the device that has browse focus.
D Use the up/down arrow keys, or click the Load Previous/Load Next triangle buttons at the bottom of the
Browser, to select a patch in the Browser and automatically load it in the device that has browse focus.
D Click a patch in the Browser to select it, then click the Load button at the bottom of the Browser, or press [En-
ter] (not on the numeric key pad).
D Drag a patch from the Browser - or from the Windows Explorer (Win) or Finder (Mac) - and drop it on the device
panel (or drop it on the device icon in the Sequencer Track List).
! Automatic browse focus can be turned off on the General page in Preferences, see “New devices get browse
focus”.
! If you drop patches for other devices (of the same device type (Instruments or Effects)), the existing device will
be replaced by the new device. You can also drag and drop patches onto devices that don’t support patches. In
these situations, the new device replaces the current one and the dropped patch is automatically loaded in the
new device.
! Note that Instrument devices can only be replaced by other Instrument devices. The same goes for Effect de-
vices. Utility devices cannot be replaced using the “drag and drop” method!