LinPlug Alpha - Manual (Page 19)

Its title either reads Select Bank or Select Sound. If you are in Bank Browser, you can
• choose a bank from the list, Alpha will automatically advance to the sound browser
• click the cancel button on the lower right to close without selecting a bank
• click the bank name from the lower center to close without selecting a bank
• click the sound name from the lower center to not change the bank but advance to
the sound browser
If you are in Sound Browser, you can
• click on a sound name, Alpha will load the sound but keep the browser open
• double-click on a sound, Alpha will load the sound and close the browser
• click the cancel button on the lower right to close and return to the sound you had
before opening the browser window
• click the ok button on the lower right to close and keep the currently loaded sound
• click the bank name from the lower center to open the Bank Browser
• click the sound name from the lower center to close and keep the currently loaded
sound
While this might seem complex at first glance, when you get used to it its a pretty natural and
consistent way of navigating through the sound selection process once one get used to it
.
LinPlug Alpha 3.3 Series User Manual Page 19
About Sounds and Banks on your HD or SSD
The Alpha stores all its Sounds (Presets) on your computers drive. On PC thats by
default next to the plugin (in the VST plugins folder you chose during installation),
on Mac thats in the /Library/ApplicationSupport/LinPlug folder.
In the “Alpha 3 Banks” folder there are all sub-folders with all the Banks which ship
with the Alpha. In each of these subfolders are all Sounds (Presets) of this Bank.
These files do have the extension “.fxp”.
So the whole factory library in organized in Categories and can be easily extended
by you. Whenever you are going to save a sound you are directed to the “My
Sounds” folder. This is because most people do only few sounds themselves and
so they have them all in one place.
You can however create many more banks by creating more folders in the Alpha 3
Banks folder right from your operating system (Explorer in Windows and Finder on
Mac). Alpha can display up to 85 banks (and 85 presets in each bank).
Also, when you buy or download free sounds you may want to place them in the
“Alpha 3 Banks” folder so that they are new subfolders in there.