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--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "Jerry A" <jerrya3@h...> wrote:
> Fellas:
> 
> A couple of questions (apologies if this has been asked and 
> answered). 
> 
> 1) I'd like to be able to copy a scene from one scene to another or 
> from one patch to another. Is this possible from the front panel?

Yes. This question was just asked and answered week before last by 
Gary G...

You can perform this operation at the synth using the SCENE LOAD 
function (see p22 of the manual)

Alternatively if you are using An1xEdit: double click the source 
voice in the library so that it becomes the current edit voice. Then 
select any control in the source scene and use the Edit menu copy 
option.  Now load up the target voice from the library and select any 
control in the destination scene......then choose the Edit menu Paste 
Scene option.

This is one of those FAQs that I need to post on my web site 
http://www.jdlx-musique.com/support/an1x/an1xpage.htm
 
> 
> 2) When I am playing I often make edits that distort the sound of a 
> patch. When playing like, I would like to recall the original sound 
> of a patch without having the sound cut off. Right now, I am 
> switching to the next patch and switching back, but the sound cuts 
> off, which I don't like.
> 
> Any pointers?

Off the top of my head, I can think of two possibilities.

1) Make use of the two Scenes available in a Voice and 'morph' 
between the 1st and 2nd scene (where one is an identical but unedited 
copy of the other.) Or you could manually swap between the two Scenes 
using the dedicated buttons on the front panel.  

2) Make the necessary MIDI CC assignments to the Assign knobs so the 
parameters you are affecting to distort can be readjusted on the 
fly.  The only drwaback to this approach is the initial value of the 
Assign Knob may not equal the initial value of the programmed value - 
therefore resulting in too sudden and dramatic of a change. 

Hope this helps,
Jon