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  • Patch editing

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    M

     Hi all (mainly VSL, though)

    This question has been asked before - I can't find the best keyword to come up with the particular post - but: are there any plans to make some kind of multi-patch-flexi-copy system for VI? The reason is that, particularly with the new Dimension Strings, I find it 1) really useful to make my own patches, but 2) an insane amount of work to make consistently useful ones. Imagine:

    1) I make a nice 5 x 3 matrix for a violin. Violin 1. Bit of work, but good to be a bit into the data.

    2) Now, given that I have 8 violins, I'll just copy the whole thing and then painstakingly turn every v1 into v2, v3, ... v8. Almost the same time amount of work as 1, but x 8. Parameters stay pretty much the same, so that's nice.

    3) Oops, I figured I DO want to have all those espressivo notes for every one, after all! Go back to 2 and change for all.

    4) Hmm, given that I play the violin (badly), I should like to say for myself what string to use and hey, there's the new force-g, etc, feature. So, now I want, like in one of the presets, have 4 matrices with keyswitch so I can get full control. But oh dear, that's 4 x 8 times as much work, for a single extra feature, as 1).

    5. Now, I finally find out I want to be able to crossfade so and so patch - go through all the 4 x 8 matrices once again.

    So, I realise the Preset is basically there, but I think like most people here, I prefer to make my own from the ground up. What I would really like is a feature that does "Copy matrix, to ... but change each occurrence of text X (say vi1) into Y (say vi2). This would save me an *immense* amount of clicking and dragging.

    Any hopes? Well, if not, no matter, I'll continue supporting anyway :)

    Best,

    MSpape
  • H
    H

     It's possible to exchange instrument patches of loaded presets automatically with standalone version of VI PRO. With the standalone version 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.

    This feature can optionally applied to an actual selected matrix or the whole preset.

    Be aware that this feature is a "hidden developer tool" and is not officially supported.

    best

    Herb
  • M
    M

     Wow, that's brilliant, thanks for letting us know! (and sorry about the late reply)
  • M
    M

    As an addition: When using large matrices the pop-up window is so large (and not scrollable) that the dialogue buttons are out of reach. You have to confirm with yes, but the default is set to no, so you have to press the tab key, then enter to confirm.

    But what still is missing is the possibility to copy some basic settings like how matrix cells are switched. I basically get along with most of the factory presets, so just loading them saves a lot of time, but doing so overwrites my controller settings. Right-klick on the X/Y/AB area to copy the selected controllers, and the information which values to switch to the next colum/row would be a huge timesaver, and probably quite simple to implement.