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9.5 EDITING A PRESET

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# 9.5 EDITING A PRESET

9. PATTERNS, KITS, PRESETS, AND SAMPLES
LOAD TO PATTERN loads the selected kit to the active pattern.
COPY TO BANK Copies the selected kits to BANK (A-H) The kit is copied to the first free slot of a
specific bank inside the +Drive.
SAVE TO HERE saves the active kit to the selected slot.
LOAD TO EMPTY loads the selected kit to all empty patterns in the project.
RENAME Opens a screen where you can rename the selected kit.
DELETE deletes the kit or selected kits.
SELECT ALL selects all kits in the list.
SELECT UNUSED selects all kits that are not used in any pattern in the project from the pool. The
presets are not removed from the +Drive library. Then select DELETE to remove the selected kits
from the project’s pool.
DESELECT ALL deselects all kits in the list.
TOGGLE enables or disables write protection for the selected kits. When a kit is write protected it
cannot be overwritten, renamed, tagged or deleted. A write protected kit has a padlock symbol next to
its name. The command is only available when you browse the +Drive library.
SEND SYSEX sends the selected kit’s presets as SysEx data.
9.4 PLAYING A PRESET
Press the [TRIG 1–16] keys to play the presets of the tracks in the active pattern. The [TRIG] keys will brief­
ly light up when pressed.
PLAYING A PRESET WITH AN EXTERNAL MIDI UNIT
The presets can also be played using an external MIDI device connected to Digitakt II. The MIDI channels
for of each of the tracks can be assigned in the MIDI CHANNELS menu, covered in the section “14.4.3
CHANNELS” on page 79. You can also use an external MIDI unit to play a preset chromatically when you
are in KEYBOARD mode. For more information, please see “8.5.1 KEYBOARD MODE” on page 25.
9.5 EDITING A PRESET
Select a track for editing by pressing [TRK] + one of the [TRIG 1–16] keys. When editing the settings of the
track, any changes made will be stored as part of the active pattern.
Adjust the overall volume level of the active audio track with the LEVEL/DATA knob.
Edit a preset by adjusting the parameters found on the PARAMETER pages. Access these pages by
pressing a [PARAMETER] page key. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs A-H to change the parameters. For more
information, please see “11. TRACK PARAMETERS” on page 53.
The complete preset, with all its parameter settings and sample, may be copied to another track. Press
[TRK] + [TRIG 1–16] + [RECORD], and then press [TRK] + [TRIG 1–16] + [STOP] to paste the preset to the
selected track.
9.6 SAVING A PRESET
After you edited the parameters of a preset, you can save it to the +Drive.
1.	 Press [PRESET/KIT] to open the PRESET/KIT menu.
2.	 Select PRESET > SAVE, and then press [YES].
3.	 Turn the LEVEL/DATA knob or use the [UP]/[DOWN] keys to select an empty slot to where you want
to save your preset, and then press [YES].
4.	 On the NAMING screen, name your preset and then press [YES]. For more information, please see
“6.5 THE NAMING SCREEN” on page 19.

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