Specifications

THE BROWSER
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Opening the browser
You can use any of the following commands to open the Browser dialog (what
file types you can browse for depends on which method you used to open the
Browser dialog):
D By selecting “Open” from the File menu.
This opens the Song Browser where you can select to open a saved Song.
D By selecting “Browse Patches” on the Edit menu with a patch de-
vice selected (or by clicking the “Browse Patches” button on a de-
vice panel).
This opens the Patch Browser allowing you to browse patches for the se-
lected device. You can also use “cross-browsing” (see page 90) to select
patches for other device types.
D By selecting “Browse Samples” on the Edit menu with a sample de-
vice selected (or by clicking the “Browse Samples” button on a de-
vice panel).
This opens the Sample Browser, where you can browse for samples in the
supported audio formats.
D By selecting “Browse ReCycle/REX Files” on the Edit menu with a
Dr. Rex Loop Player selected (or by clicking the “Browse Loops”
button on a device panel).
This opens the REX File Browser, allowing you to browse for REX loops.
D By selecting “Import MIDI File” from the File menu.
This opens the MIDI File Browser, allowing you to browse for MIDI files.
D By selecting “Create device by browsing patches” from the Create
menu.
This allows you to browse patches for any device. When you select a patch
in the browser (without clicking “OK” in the browser dialog), the correspond-
ing device is automatically created in the background, together with a corre-
sponding sequencer track if an instrument patch is selected. See page 91.
Browser elements
The Patch Browser dialog.
Regardless of what browser mode is chosen (song/patch/sample etc.), the
Browser dialog basically contains the same main elements, although items may
be grayed out if not applicable. The dialog contains the following elements:
File and folder list
This is the main browser list, showing the contents in a selected root folder - see
page 88.