Main menu – Sonic Charge Synplant User Manual

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Main Menu

The Main Menu is reached from the button located in the upper-left corner of the

Synplant

user interface. The menu contains the following choices:

Undo / Redo

These choices undo or redo recent changes to the loaded patch. The "undo history"
is virtually unlimited, but it will be cleared every time you close the editor window.
Undo and Redo are also available as buttons in the

Synplant

toolbar.

Open Patch…

This item will display a file dialog where you can browse for patches on your com-
puter. You can preview patches directly from within this dialog without needing to
open them first. Simply select a ".synp file" and you will be able to play it directly
from your MIDI keyboard. Click OK to load the selected file into

Synplant

or Cancel

to return to your former patch.

Another way to reach the patch browser is by clicking the

Patch Selector

and choose

Browse Patches….

Save Patch As…

This item lets you save the current patch to disk (to a so called ".synp file").

Copy Patch

This copies the currently loaded patch to the clipboard.

(Note that the patch format is in

clear text format. It is actually possible to paste the patch into a text-editor, make modifica-
tions there and copy it back into Synplant.)

Paste Patch

This pastes a patch from the clipboard into

Synplant.

New Random Seed

Use this menu item to plant a new random seed. All sliders (except

Tuning

) will pre-

serve their settings. The

Atonality

slider affects the type of seed being created. If the

slider is turned all the way down to 0, the seed will typically produce a melodic and
playable sound. If it is turned all the way up to 100 the seed is more likely to become
an unpitched sound effect.

Optionally, you may hold down the control-key

(Windows)

or command-key ⌘

(Mac)

and click on the

Seed

to perform this action. While holding down the button you will

hear a preview of the new seed.

Plant Chosen Seed

This menu item does the same as clicking the seed inside the bulb, i.e. it plants the
currently selected branch as a new seed.