Operation Manual

SOUNDS AND PATCHES
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About browsing large patches
As stated previously, when you are browsing patches (or samples), these are automatically loaded in the background
when selected. Most of the time, this happens instantaneously. Bear in mind, however, that some files (especially big
Combinator patches, which can contain any number of devices and samples) can take a little while to load.
q If you select a particularly large patch by mistake, you can abort the loading by simply selecting another patch.
Selecting multiple files
It is possible to select multiple files in the Browser, by using standard [Shift] or [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) selection
techniques. This, however, doesn’t necessarily mean that the selected files can be loaded. There are basically three
instances where selecting several files in the Browser file list is relevant:
• It is possible to load several samples simultaneously into the NN-XT and NN19 sampler devices.
See the “NN-19 Sampler” and “NN-XT Sampler” chapters for details.
• It is possible to load several REX files simultaneously into the Dr. Octo Rex device.
See the “Dr. Octo Rex Loop Player” chapter for details.
• You can select several files to add them to a Favorites list in one go - see “Favorites Lists”.
! In situations where several selected files (e.g. patches or songs) cannot be loaded, the “OK” button in the
Browser is grayed out.
Cross-browsing patch files
Cross-browsing patches is a powerful feature of the Patch Browser. It allows you to browse for any type of instru-
ment patches or effect patches, regardless of which instrument or effect device you opened the Browser from.
About instrument and effect patches
Patches are internally divided into two patch categories in the Browser; instrument patches and effect patches (the
Browser “knows” what type of patch it is). This is because instrument patches and effect patches are fundamentally
different - instruments are played, and effects are used to process sound - and you would logically browse for one or
the other, but not both.
When browsing patches from an existing instrument device, the options on the Show menu are:
• “XXX Patches” (where XXX is the device type you opened the Browser from, e.g. NN-XT).
• “All Instruments” will show patches for any instrument device.
When browsing patches from an existing effect device, the options on the menu are:
• “XXX Patches” (where XXX is the device type you opened the Browser from, e.g. RV7000).
• “All Effects” will show patches for any effect device that uses patches, including Combi patches.
! You cannot cross-browse to devices that don't support patches.
Cross-browsing - an example:
1. You are playing a Subtractor device but feel that the sound isn’t quite what you had in mind, so you open the
Browser to check out some other patches.
2. After browsing Subtractor patches for a while, you still haven’t found the type of sound you wanted, so you
click the “Show” pop-up and select “All Instruments” from the menu.
Now you can select instrument patches for any device. You decide to browse a folder containing Malström
patches. You can use the Previous/Next buttons to step through the files in the selected folder.