Set Default Range after Custom Preset Swap

[plowman]

On page 54 of the Synchron Manual PDF v 1.71, instructions are given for swapping the instruments of a custom preset. For example, a user can apply a template customized for Dimension First Violins to Dimension Violas.

In my own season of custom templating, this has been an extremely helpful time saver. 

But there is a catch not mentioned in the manual. Instrument ranges differ. A simple example would be violins starting on G3 and violas at C3. When the manual’s instructions are followed, ranges do not carry over. The new violas begin at G3. 

The user has two alternatives: A ) dragging each sample manually in the Synchron edit tab, or B ) an additional search/replace in the text field:

Violins: "rangeFrom" : 55,

Violas: "rangeFrom" : 48, 

( And usually “rangeTo” : also needs to be updated. )

To streamline this process, I ask for a new command to be available from a parent slot: “set default range of all child slots.” This command would examine the patches in each patch slot and re-set the ranges according to their default. 

[andi]

Hello plowman!

We are planning to add the range editing information to the Synchron Player manual. Here is, how this can be done.

After replacing the instrument and folder names you have the preset still in your text editor. To reset the range of all slots of an instrument, all lines that include the words "rangeFrom" or "rangeTo" need to be removed. This can be done with help of so called regular expressions, which is an advanced method of using wildcards. Some text editors (like Notepad++) offer the possibility to include Regular Expressions in the Search/Replace fields. In our example these fields would look like this:
Search: ^.*?range.*?$\R
(Please note that the search command might have to look differently in other text editors.)
The replace field stays empty.
Then click "Replace all".
Now the preset can be copied back to the Synchron Player.

Best regards,
Andi