Saving patch without overwriting another.
 

Okay, hi all, newbie here.

I just bought a second hand Virus C desktop and I've been making my way through the manual WHICH IS ATROCIOUS. I'm surprised no one hasn't written their own version. It's amazing how they don't explain how to do simple stuff like how to exit the edit menu after just telling you to do so. They just casually move on to the next topic while my edit button is still blinking at me all crazy. :D I can already tell it's going to take me like 2 weeks to make it through this manual.

Anyway, I was going through the manual and was actually able to create a pretty interesting patch after playing around for a bit. Now, here comes the problem: It appears that I can't save it unless I overwrite one of the already existent patches in Bank A or B. I really didn't want to do so, so, I downloaded the SoundDiver Version 6.6r1 Mac OSX [bundle version] .

Well, thus far I've been able to request all of the patches from my C and have them loaded into Sounddiver. I figured I could just save all the patches in the rewritable banks (A and B) on my computer, empty out those banks and just start creating my own. No such luck. The save options are all not available.

Does this version of Sounddiver not allow saving?

Please let me know. Until then, will I have to leave my Virus on in order no to lose the patch or will it still be available even after a restart?

Also, if there is a user created version of the Access manual that is more palatable, please let me know.

Thanks.

P.S. I was hoping I could try out the freeloader program in the post "!!Heres how to update patches or reset virus.!!", but, the link for the Mac version is expired. I don't know if it has the same capabilities as Sounddiver, but, if it's more user friendly, I'd love a link if anyone has a copy.

It's been a while since I have had a Virus c, but I used to do sysex dumps to save my patches.

Using which program?

whatever sequencer/daw program you are using

That's the thing. I'm mainly a reason user and I only use AudioDesk for bouncing of tracks. Would have to start using it more frequently now with my Virus, though.

there's actually quite a few free sysex editors out there for the mac. Here take a look at this url, this app may be what you are looking for --> http://download.cnet.com/SysEx-Libra...0_4-24336.html

Thanks. I downloaded it and have already done a midi dump of Banks A and B. My only beef with the program is that all the identifying information is in hexadecimal and ASCII formats This is an area where Sounddiver shined, allowing you to see the patch names. I just could not figure out how to save the files as a library to my computer. If anyone has any idea, please let me know. Thanks a lot though, Doc.

Why don't you just dump one patch at a time and name the MIDI files?
It will probably take you about 2 hours

Sounds like fun, but, I'd much rather do a mass dump, ya know?