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playing-patches [2022/02/17 23:54] – [Patch count and load-options menu] shaneplaying-patches [2022/02/17 23:57] – [Using the Patch Chooser] shane
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 ===== Using the Patch Chooser ===== ===== Using the Patch Chooser =====
   * **Left-click** any patch-name in the chooser to **load the patch, replacing any previously loaded patch**.   * **Left-click** any patch-name in the chooser to **load the patch, replacing any previously loaded patch**.
-    * Be careful, as this may discard any changes you may have made and not yet saved. 
-    * Unify does not yet have any "undo" mechanism, nor does it yet warn you that changes may be lost in this way. 
   * **Right-click** any patch-name to pop up a menu with additional options as follows:   * **Right-click** any patch-name to pop up a menu with additional options as follows:
     * **Load patch:** This is the same as left-clicking the patch name     * **Load patch:** This is the same as left-clicking the patch name
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     * **Add INST1 layer to current patch** Loads only the patch's first INST layer as a new layer in the current patch.     * **Add INST1 layer to current patch** Loads only the patch's first INST layer as a new layer in the current patch.
     * **Load into new Unify layer:** Creates a single new INST layer, using //an instance of Unify itself// as the instrument plug-in, and loads the selected patch into that. See [[embedded-unify|Using Unify itself as an Instrument plug-in in Unify]]     * **Load into new Unify layer:** Creates a single new INST layer, using //an instance of Unify itself// as the instrument plug-in, and loads the selected patch into that. See [[embedded-unify|Using Unify itself as an Instrument plug-in in Unify]]
-    * **Unify / No Pitch Shift:** As above, but modifies certain [[midibox|MIDIBox]] settings.+    * **Unify/drum (No Pitch Shift):** As above, but modifies certain [[midibox|MIDIBox]] settings.
  
 **As of Unify v1.4**, after loading a new Unify layer, if you decide you only need the first INST layer (very common for "unified" patch libraries having only one INST layer per patch), you can click on the layer's operations menu (concentric circles menu at right end of layer) and choose "Replace with embedded INST1". **As of Unify v1.4**, after loading a new Unify layer, if you decide you only need the first INST layer (very common for "unified" patch libraries having only one INST layer per patch), you can click on the layer's operations menu (concentric circles menu at right end of layer) and choose "Replace with embedded INST1".
playing-patches.txt · Last modified: 2023/05/13 13:58 by shane