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Preset Categories

2004-07-22 by Fab Claxton

Good morning,
Last night, I was creating some user presets. I had them on User Bank 
0 - Preset 1 and User bank 0 - Preset 2. I wanted to give them a 
unique Preset Category, so that I could easily find them when using 
the Sound Navigator. So I called them "FAB". I used the Preset Edit 
menu and created this new category in the "PRESET NAME" screen. The 
first Preset (Bank 0, Preset 1) worked like a charm. So I did the 
same thing for the second preset (Bank 0, Preset 2). I went into the 
Preset Edit menu and changed the Preset Category to "FAB". Then, the 
strangeness started. I listened to both Presets, and they were 
exactly the same. They had different names (Kick 1 and Kick 2), but 
they sounded identical (Preset 2 was the exact same as the Preset 1 I 
had just created). So, I started the process again, thinking it was 
something I did wrong. I made double-sure that I wasn't saving Preset 
1 into Preset 2's spot - but the same thing happened again. What am I 
doing wrong? Is there an easier way to assign a Preset Category (ie: 
without making all the presets identical)? I know this sounds weird, 
but could the fact that I used all capital letters to name my Preset 
Category have something to do with it? (E-MUs preset categories are 
all lower-case).

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