Libraries and V-Synth projects
Your work is kept as you go
Every change is written to the app's own working copy a moment after you make it, so nothing is lost if you quit or the Mac restarts. That working copy is what the app opens next time, unless you choose otherwise in Settings › General › At Launch.
A library is a file you save, named as you like. When the working copy holds changes the library file does not have, the sidebar shows — Edited after the library's name.
Library commands
| File menu | What it does |
|---|---|
| New Library… ⌘N |
Starts a new library, either an Init library (every patch initialized, System and Setup as the factory sets it) or one made from a V-Synth project folder. |
| Open Library… ⌘O |
Opens a saved library, or a V-Synth project folder. You can also double-click a library in the Finder. |
| Open Recent | The ten libraries opened or saved most recently. |
| Close Library ⌥⌘W |
Leaves no library open. The window then offers to open the last library, start a new one or choose one. |
| Save Library ⌘S |
Writes the library back to its file. A library that has never been saved asks where to put it. |
| Save Library As… ⇧⌘S |
Saves under a new name or in a new place. |
Whenever an action would leave unsaved changes behind (quitting, closing a library, opening another library or starting a new one), the app asks whether to save them first. If you choose Don't Save, changes are not saved to the library file. When quitting or closing, the changes stay in the app's working copy and come back on next launch unless you've set the Settings › General › At Launch setting to Open to Init Library or open a different library. If you choose Don't Save when opening a different library or starting a new one, all changes will be lost.
Saving also becomes the new starting point, clearing the undo history and resetting the baseline for the orange edited marks and Revert.
What a library holds
A library is a single item in the Finder (a package ending in .vspclibrary, though the extension is normally hidden). Inside it are:
- a complete V-Synth project folder: the 512 Work Area patches, System, the Patch Palette, the Sampling Templates and any samples;
- Setup and the sixteen Temporary Area Parts, which a V-Synth project does not contain
- your keywords and notes.
Importing a V-Synth project folder
The V-Synth saves projects as folders ending in .prj, on a memory card or in its internal memory, which the Mac can reach when the instrument is in USB Storage mode. To bring one in:
- Choose File › Import Project Folder… and select the .prj folder.
- Read the confirmation: importing replaces the whole Work Area, System, the Patch Palette and the Sampling Templates with the project's. Setup's other settings and the Temporary Area are left alone.
Importing cannot be undone. Save the library first if you want to keep what it holds now.
The project's samples are copied into the library, so they are still there after the card is removed or the instrument USB drive is ejected from the Desktop. Imported patches show no green check. Revert returns an imported patch to what the project held.
Exporting a project for the V-Synth
Choose File › Export Project Folder… to write the library's contents as a .prj folder the instrument can load onto a card or onto the V-Synth in USB Storage mode. It writes over an existing project or into an empty folder, and changes nothing in the library. Keywords and notes are not exported.
A few settings live only in project files and cannot be sent over MIDI: the Patch Palette, the Sampling Templates and some System settings such as Powerup Mode, Tx Edit and V-LINK. The editor marks each of them with an asterisk (*). They reach the instrument only when it loads a project you exported.
Waves and samples
- A V-Synth PCM oscillator plays a wave by number. Its row shows the wave's name. Click List… to choose from all of them, searchable by name, number or category.
- Click a wave's Play button to hear it. Only samples in a project can be played on the Mac. The factory waves are built into the instrument, so the app can name them but not play them.
- Wave names come from the project you imported, since a project's numbering can differ from the factory's. Until you import a .prj folder, the factory names are shown.
Starting over
Data › Initialize Library… initializes System, Setup and the Temporary Area, and erases the Work Area and every keyword and note, while keeping the library's name and file. It always asks first, and it cannot be undone.