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9.3 PLAYING A PRESET

9. PATTERNS, KITS AND PRESETS > 9.3 PLAYING A PRESET · PDF p. 34–35 · OS 1.10D

# 9.3 PLAYING A PRESET

9. PATTERNS, KITS AND PRESETS
ADD TO POOL adds the kit’s 16 presets to the pool of the active project.
SORT ABC / SORT 123 toggles between if the kits are sorted in alphabetical order or by slot number.
SELECT BANK opens the KIT bank selector. The currently selected bank is shown in parenthesis. Use
the [TRIG 8–16] keys, the [ARROW] keys, or LEVEL/DATA to select bank.
SEARCH will perform a text search and list all kits with names matching or including the text input. For
more information, please see “6.5 THE NAMING SCREEN” on page 19 on how to enter text.
Press [RIGHT] to access the KIT OPERATIONS menu. The available operations will affect the highlighted
preset. Press [YES] to apply the commands to the selected kit. Press [NO] or [LEFT] arrow key to exit
the menu.
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
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.
9.3 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.
9.3.1 PLAYING A PRESET WITH AN EXTERNAL MIDI UNIT
The presets can also be played using an external MIDI device connected to Digitone II. The MIDI chan­
nels for of each of the tracks can be assigned in the MIDI CHANNELS menu, covered in the section
“13.4.3 CHANNELS” on page 76. 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
24.

9. PATTERNS, KITS AND PRESETS
9.4 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. This setting is saved as
part of the kit.
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 57.
The complete preset, with all its parameter settings 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.
9.5 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.
5.	 On the TAGS screen, use the [ARROW] keys and [YES] key to select the appropriate tags for your
preset, and then select <SAVE> and press [YES].
9.6 THE SETUP MENU
Press [FUNC] + [FLTR] to open the SETUP menu. Here you can set a number of track and kit related pa­
rameters. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys to move between the options. Press [YES] to confirm your
selection. Press [NO] to exit the menu.
9.6.1 KIT
Here you can select which tracks that should be affected by control all and set up the track routing to
the compressor.
CONTROL ALL CONFIG
Use the [TRIG] keys to select which tracks that you want to be affected by the control all functionality.
MIDI tracks can not be selected. For more information, please see “6.2.2  CONTROL ALL” on page
19.
•	 Control all operations also affects the active track, whether it is selected to be
affected or not.
•	 The control all functionality is not available for the MIDI tracks.

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