@Paul said:
With the stand-alone version (only!) the following shortcuts can be applied:
"ctrl + alt + w" (WIN) and "command + alt + w" (OS X ) will open a dialog window which enables to exchange instruments with matching patch names.
For example P1 substituted with P2 will reload all patches with player 2 instead of player 1.
Thanks for this useful tip Paul - however, I can't see how it speeds up loading all 8 players' patches into a single player? As far as I can see, you still have to load them one at a time. Since using eight players together is such a central function, maybe VSL would consider adding a 'combi' feature to the Dimension Strings libraries? The combis would be exactly the same as the patches, but containing all the players rather than just one. The browser tabs could be expanded to PRESET / MATRIX / COMBI / PATCH. I don't think this approach would work for any other VSL collection, but it makes sense with DS strings.
Having said that, it only takes a minute or so to create an 8-player set-up, so it doesn't strike me too much of a hardship to have to do it one player at a time! The set-up can then be saved and quickly recalled, you only have to program it once. As for the point about browser windows automatically closing when you click on the next one, that confused me at first, but with the extra layers of sub-folders in DS I think it would be a chore to have to close each window separately.