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LIBRARIAN EDIT MENUS
This chapter contains a lot, so let’s break it down a bit. When Librarian View is set to SINGLE BANK mode, Bank Edit menu contains different elements compared to MULTI BANK mode.
We will cover SINGLE MODE functions from the menu first and compare those to MULTI MODE functions in the context
After BANK functions are done with, we will check how to import banks to Librarian and how to save banks to HDD. There is also some helpful actions in the menu as well.
Let’s begin!
BANK EDIT menu overview
Open menu by clicking the BANK EDIT [1] button in the Librarian.
microQxR User Manual – Bank Edit Menu
There are different segments in the menu to keep functions in order:
- Request Patch / Multi Data…
- Store Patch / Multi Data…
- Sync Current Data from HW
- Push Current Multi to HW
Functions above represents hardware to software and software to hardware specific commands.
- Overwrite Bank
- Save As…
- Import…
- Refresh Folders
Functions above are HDD to librarian and librarian to HDD specific commands. Rest of the functions are not relevant to Librarian usage, and we will discuss them later in the manual.
Request SINGLE PATCH Data from Hardware
Open BANK EDIT menu and select Request Patch Data… [1] item from the menu. This will open a sub menu, with different request options:
[2] from Active Slot to Plug-in GUI
- Request data from hardware buffer to active part on Plug-in user interface.
[3] from Active Slot to Librarian
- Request data from hardware buffer to active slot in the librarian view.
[4] from Selected Program Slot
- Request data from hardware to active slot in the librarian view, based on bank and program combination.
- Bank is chosen from the plug-in control display.
- Program is determined by the chosen slot in the librarian view.
[5] All Patches from Bank A … C
- Requests all patches from the selected hardware bank to librarian.
microQxR User Manual – Request Multi Data
Store SINGLE PATCH Data to Hardware
Open BANK EDIT menu and select Store Patch Data… [1] item from the menu. This will open a sub menu, with different storing options:
[2] To Currently Selected Slot & Bank
- Store single patch data to hardware memory based on plug-in Bank & Patch combination.
[3] from Selected Bank to BANK A … C
- Store all patches from currently active Librarian list to selected bank destination!
microQxR User Manual – Store Single Data
TIP #6: You can toggle on Category filter on the Librarian and store i.e., Sequence patches to the hardware memory if you wish to do so! Same applies to search results. Just remember to make the lower list active before storing data.
TIP #7: Do not disturb the data flow while writing is in progress. Let it complete the write task and start your tweaks after it is finished.
Request MULTI Data from Hardware
When Librarian View is in MULTI BANK MODE [1], open BANK EDIT menu and you can see that it has different items compared to SINGLE BANK MODE. Select Request Multi Data… [2] item from the menu. This will open a sub menu, with different request options:
[3] from Temp Buffer to Plug-in GUI
- Request Arrangement data from hardware buffer to Plug-in user interface.
[4] from Temp Buffer to Librarian
- Request Multi data from hardware buffer to active slot in the librarian view.
[5] from Selected Program Slot
- Request data from hardware to active slot in the librarian view, based on current program.
- Program is determined by the chosen slot in the librarian view.
[6] All Multis from Selected Bank
- Requests all multis from the hardware to librarian.
microQxR User Manual – Request Multi Data
Store MULTI Data to Hardware
Open BANK EDIT menu and select Store Multi Data… [1] item from the menu. This will open a sub menu, with different storing options:
[2] To Currently Selected Slot & Bank
- Store single multi data to hardware memory based on plug-in Patch number.
[3] All Multis from Current Bank
- Store all multis from currently active Librarian list to hardware!
microQxR User Manual – Store Multi Data
Sync Data with HW
Sync Data from HW [1] will request the entire Multi, Part 1 to 16 and System settings from the microQ to the plug-in user interface. Same function is achieved with “SYNC DATA FROM HW” button.
Push Current Multi to HW [2] will push your current plug-in user interface settings to the hardware temp memory. Same function is achieved with “PUSH DATA TO HW” button.
microQxR User Manual – Data Sync Options
Overwrite Bank
This option will overwrite your currently chosen bank in the Upper Librarian View. In this case we would overwrite “microQ Factory 2001 Singles 1.mid” permanently!
microQxR User Manual – Save (Overwrite Bank)
Save As…
[1] Standard MIDI (*.mid)
- Writes the current upper list bank as a Standard MIDI (*.mid) file to your HDD.
[2] microQxR Format (*.mqr)
- Writes the current upper list bank as a MQR formatted (*.mqr) file to your HDD.
microQxR User Manual – Save As…
NOTE #1: Save your bank to Patches folder / sub-folder to view it in Patch Librarian.
NOTE #2: Set the bank name after selected option is chosen. Keep the name simple!
Import…
[1] Standard MIDI (*.mid)
- Import Standard MIDI files to Librarian. See notes below!
[2] SysEx (*.syx / *.mqr)
- Import System Exclusive / microQxR Editor MQR files to Librarian. See notes below!
microQxR User Manual – Import…
NOTE #1: Librarian will only import data to librarian if the file contains Waldorf microQ formatted Patches / Multis.
NOTE #2: Individual Patch / individual Multi import is not currently supported.
Refresh Folders
If you have made changes to the Patches folder outside the plug-in, you can click Refresh Folders to reload the Patches folder content and rebuild the menu structures.
microQxR User Manual – Refresh Folders
Register Plug-in… / REGISTERED
Indicates if the plug-in has not yet been or is registered. We covered this topic earlier in the user manual.
microQxR User Manual – Register Plugin
Open Data Folder
Open BANK EDIT menu and choose Open Data Folder to see where the patch banks, log file and license is stored in at.
microQxR User Manual – Open Data Folder
About…
Opens About window
microQxR User Manual – About This Product
Librarian View Right Click menu
We are not done with Librarian functions yet. We still have right click menu functions to cover.
Right click in lower list only shows option to copy, whereas in upper list it has a lot more options because the upper list is our edit buffer like mentioned earlier.
Let’s dive into the details!
microQxR User Manual – Right Click Functions
Lower list Right Click
Like mentioned above, there is only one option in the lower list, which is Copy. This will copy the right clicked librarian item to the clipboard.
microQxR User Manual – Lower List Right Click Menu
Upper list Right Click
Upper list has a lot more options than the lower list because this is our “edit buffer” like mentioned earlier.
[1] Paste
- Paste data from clipboard to chosen slot.
[2] Rename
- Opens a new dialog to rename the patch in the librarian.
[3] Initialize Slot
- Initializes the currently selected slot
[4] Get DATA from..
[4.a] Plug-in (active patch)
- Gets currently active part data from the plug-in user interface to selected slot.
[4.b] Hardware Edit Buffer
- Gets data from currently active hardware part to selected slot.
[4.c] Hardware by Prog No.
- Gets data from hardware based on the selected librarian slot.
microQxR User Manual – Upper List Right Click Menu tour
This is it – You’ve got it all from the Editor perspective.
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