--- In sounddiver-users@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Frank" <forums@...> wrote: > > Message posted by Brian Frank <mrbfrank@...>: > > Hi, I was hoping you guys could point me in the right direction on this one. > When I install the Matrix-1000 adaptation into SoundDiver3 (PC version) it > has the ROM section populated with the default patch names which are very > descriptive and I find them to be quite helpful while browsing sounds. The > problem is, every time I wish to edit one of these patches for the first > time, SoundDiver requests the patch settings from the Matrix and the patch > name is automatically overwritten with something like "BNK3: 57" depending > on the bank and patch#. This generic patch name is not only copied to the > temporary edit buffer, but it overwrites the default patch name in the ROM > section as well. Also, manual attempts to change the name back are > unsuccessful due to the fact it's in the ROM section. Is there any way I can > configure SoundDiver to retain the default patch names in the ROM section of > the Matrix-1000 adaptation? Thanks for your help! :-) > > - Brian > I think this is a feature not a fault. The Matrix 1000 has nowhere to keep the name information field, The 6R has waht you want. What I do is to own a Matrix 6 too, and as this implementation of the design has a space for the names in its architecture, the names are preserved while connected to the sounddiver. Then I copy and paste the names to a spreadsheet ( quite time consuming and tedious ) and then print the list, keeping it in a folder with the instrument. The bank that gets transferred to the 1000 loses its names while in there, but they can't be displayed anyway, so who cares Each of these banks gets a name and then the instrument gets a Brady sticker reminding the bewildered user what the heck they did last timer they re-organised the bank. Once you have the empty spreadsheet with its numbering scheme organised to cover your range of instruments, the housekeeping isn't that bad. Easier than tidying your room I find. I came to the Matrix and Sounddiver combination after dealing with the OB8 and Voyetra. You can name patches in Voyetra Librarian but the OB8 has nowhere to keep them and no display either, apart from the airfield landing lights. Nobody was about to design a system for this, so after trying to use the scribble sheets Oberheim provided, I made a version in a spreadsheet, Lotus 123 on a 286 laptop. This was 1988 after al. Not anyone's idea of fun, but if a job's too dull to interest your nerdy friends, and you're too cheap to pay to have it done.....? Despite working in the studio business alongside many of the major names of the 80's and 90s, I didn't see anybody else doing any of this kind of thing, they all seem to just concoct something for the moment, and then move on to something new. The big names I see now aren't that different. In fact the younger ones just want something different more often. In retrospect, the names are less important than having them where you can find them in the heat of the moment.