[64studio-devel] AmSynth

[pw.marcus]

Daniel James a écrit :

> Hi PW,
>
>> I'm using the amsynth synthesizer to create bass sounds, changing the 
>> the presets to tune to my needs, saving to another preset name, but 
>> each time I want to reopen the preset I've saved, It reopens but with 
>> completly different values.
>>
>> Is it a bug or else ?
>
>
> The preset setting is a little counter-intuitive. Here's how to do it:
>
> First click Preset -> New
>
> Create the sound, then click Preset -> Rename
>
> Click File -> Save Bank As and choose a filename other than the default
>
> Recall presets later with File -> Open Bank and select the bank 
> filename you chose
>
> Basically, if you don't click the Save Changes button (saves to the 
> current bank) or do a Save Bank As, you'll lose the presets you 
> created when the application closes. (There is a warning dialogue box 
> about this, but it's a bit confusing if you've already renamed some 
> presets, because you'd expect these changes to stick).
>
> It would be handy if you could type straight into the preset name box, 
> instead of having to use Preset -> Rename. I've posted a bug report in 
> the amsynth forum about that.
>
> I've just looked at my ~/.amSynth.presets file and there are dozens of 
> instances of 'New Preset' listed after 'Artic', none of which show up 
> in amsynth. So those new presets aren't being read back in - probably 
> because they don't have a unique name. I renamed a few of these 
> instances with random names, then they showed up in the presets menu 
> when I loaded the bank.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Daniel
>
Ok, it's not really simple !
Thanks Daniel for your reply, I'll try it.

Cheers