Muse Research Receptor manual v1.2 - Manual (Page 131)

11: GUI - Saving and Managing Patches 131 Receptor Manual
Save/File Panel: Bank and Patch Lists
Receptor saves each type of individual patch (whether a Multi, Single, or Plugin patch) into a container of 128
patches, called a Bank. Receptor is capable of saving up to 16,384 banks of patches and, since each bank can
hold up to 128 patches, this means Receptor could theoretically save as many as 2 million patches! Obviously,
the ability to group patches into banks is very important.
You may find it useful, for example, to group like-sounding patches together into a bank (such as a bank of bass
sounds, a bank of brass sounds, and so on). Or, you may wish to group patches by project (such as a bank of
patches used in a particular film score, or another bank used in a live performance). The choice of how you want
to organize your banks and patches is totally up to you.
As you’ve seen, the Save/File Panel has two tabs at the top: Patch and Bank. Click them to switch between the
two lists. In general:
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Patch List
The Patch List always displays 128 patches, since there are always 128 patch locations within any bank.
If a patch location is not used, it’s called an (empty) patch. The number and name of all 128 patches in the
current bank are displayed in 4 columns.
NOTE: Patches stored in ROM banks (such as all <factory> banks) can not be overwritten or deleted.
These patches are indicated by <brackets> around their name. Similarly, since you cannot write to a ROM
bank, no empty patch locations are indicated.
• Bank List
The number of banks displayed by the Bank List is variable. For example, if you have an “analog synth”
plugin with only three banks of patches, then the Bank List displays only those three banks. If a particular
patch type has more than 128 banks associated with it, a pair of paging buttons will appear at the bottom of
the panel.
Previous page of 128 banks Next page of 128 banks
If you’re looking at the first page of Banks, the Previous button is disabled. If you’re looking at the last page of
Banks, the Next button is disabled.