I suppose some of you are really bored, confined in your homes, with tons of time for testing new zynthian features, so, here we go with the first one: Favorite Presets
From Presets screen, “bold select” for adding a preset to favorites.
Favorites are marked with an asterisk (*)
From Presets or Banks screen, “short learn” for toggling “Show Only Favorites” mode. Clicking back (for going Banks screen) turns to “normal” mode.
The feature is not merged with master, so you need to select the “favorites” branch for zynthian-ui repository on webconf. And of course, update!
Nice feature! But there are (obviously) a few glitches… I think the best way for me to explain is with a small play-by-play.
Starting at the empty Layer List menu…
Layer List (Empty) > New Synth Layer > ZynAddSubFX > MiDI CH#1
At this point the screen shows all the banks (Arpeggios, Bass, Brass, etc.)
click Snapshot > Favorites menu
But the Favorites menu is completely empty.
click Back > ZynAddSubFX banks click Select > Arpeggio presets click Snapshot > Favorites menu
And now the Favorite menu is full of my favorites!
So there’s the first glitch. The second one is weirder…
Starting from where we left off… click Back > ZynAddSubFX banks click Snapshot > Arpeggio presets
What? Shouldn’t that take you to the Favorites menu instead?
click Back > ZynAddSubFX banks click Snapshot > Favorites menu
There’s the second glitch. And it’s not just a single time. Every other click Back then click Snapshot cycle takes you to a preset list instead of the Favorites menu.
Thanks @jofemodo!
You definitely fixed the second glitch, but not the first.
Just to be clear, the first glitch is that the favorites bank remains empty until you load a preset bank.
For example, my ZynAddSubFX Favorites bank remains empty until I enter, say, the Arpeggios bank.
If more explanation is required, let me know.
All the best!
-Jack
BTW, is anyone else testing this? If so, could you confirm/deny this behavior? Thanks!
Adding Pianoteq layer, for example K2 (1#PT > K2), list of presets in the beginning:
Prelude
Close Mic
Close Mic fig8
Dreamy
and so on…
now bold-select on Prelude:
*Prelude
another time:
*Prelude
another time:
**Prelude
another time:
** Prelude
another time:
***Prelude
another time:
***Prelude
(You get the idea).
Now, even stranger:
bold-select on Close Mic:
****Prelude
*Close Mic
Once more on Close Mic:
*****Prelude (+1)
*Close Mic
bold select on Dreamy:
******Prelude (+1)
*Close Mic
Close Mic fig8
*Dreamy (+1)
again bold select on Dreamy:
*******Prelude (7 stars)
*Close Mic
Close Mic fig8
*Dreamy
short back - short select:
********Prelude (8 stars)
*Close Mic
Close Mic fig8
*Dreamy
short snapshot (to get into favorites menu):
********Prelude
This only happens in Pianoteq. Other synths get their favorites stars assigned / removed as intended.
Hah, first I thought this odd behavior is some kind of new ranking system that keeps track of the mostly used instruments / presets but then I realized that this actually must be some kind of bug as the number of stars kept growing and growing…
This has been changed recently (not sure if merged on master tho) when showing the preset banks now you’ll see a ** Favorites ** bank at the top of the list.
But there are (obviously) a few glitches… I think the best way for me to explain is with a small play-by-play.
