The Librarian is the third component in the Editor window.
The Librarian lets you store an unlimited number of Voyager presets. You can
also have as many library files on your computer as you wish. The Librarian
provides 32 sound categories to organize your Voyager sounds and have them
available for immediate use. For convenience, sixteen sound categories have
already been created, but all categories can easily be renamed according to your
needs.
A view of the Librarian function is shown below. Library sound categories are displayed on the left, a list of the presets contained in the current sound category is on the right, and buttons for library functions are at the top.
The currently selected sound category is indicated by
boldface type and a triangle to the left of the name. In the figure above you
can see that the Library (unassigned)
sound category is currently selected (it appears in boldface type), and contains
128 presets. The presets contained in this category are displayed in the preset
listing on the right.
You can change to a different category simply by clicking on the desired sound category name. For example, in the figure below we selected the Lead category, which only contains one preset:
Navigating the Librarian’s preset listing is exactly like navigating the User Preset Bank listing, using either the mouse or the keyboard. Options for changing the sort order of the presets in the list is done in the same way as described for the User Bank list (refer to pages 10 & 11 for details).
The Librarian has four buttons dedicated to manipulating
Library files:
The New button allows you to create a new Library. After clicking New, you’ll see a message dialog asking if you wish to save the existing library:
Clicking the OK button will present you with a save dialog box that will allow you to name and save the current library to the location you specify. Clicking the NO button will clear the existing library including all 32 categories, leaving an empty library. Clicking the Cancel button will cancel the operation and return you back to the library unchanged.
The Load button allows you to load a library file into the program. Loading a library file is just like loading a bank file, but with a difference – library file names have the extension .mvl.
Tip: You can load a new library into an
existing library to combine the presets of each.
If you wish to import an entire User Bank (128 presets)
into the Library, use the Load From User
Bank Data command in the Librarian menu
(shown below).
Note: It’s a good idea to receive all
data from the Voyager first before selecting Load From User Bank Data
to assure that it corresponds to the bank data in your Voyager.
It’s important to understand that when using the Load
From User Bank Data command, presets from the User Bank will load into
the currently selected Librarian category. Should you accidentally
load a bank into the wrong category, you can use the Librarian’s Clear
Category command to delete the bank, but realize that doing so will clear
ALL presets in that category, including any presets you intentionally placed
there.
Presets can be moved from one category to another by
dragging them with your mouse. Here we are dragging preset 001 ‘HERBY’S
D6’ into the Piano category:
You can also select and move adjacent selections in any Librarian category by using the SHIFT key, and ‘island’ (non-adjacent) selections using the Apple () key. Here we’ve selected three non-adjacent Voyager Bass presets (Preset No. 126, 128 and 130) by holding down the key and clicking on the presets:
By using both the SHIFT and keys, any number of
adjacent and non-adjacent presets can be selected and moved at once. Multiple
presets can be ‘dragged and dropped’ from one category to another, or from
the Library to the User Bank. Multiple presets can also be copied and pasted
using the Librarian menu commands
CUT, COPY and PASTE.
When dragging presets from the Library to the User Bank, the existing presets in
the User Bank will be replaced in the Bank and transmitted to the
internal Voyager bank. You will be presented with a dialog box asking to confirm
this operation:
Selecting "OK" will copy the presets into the User Bank and transmit them to the Voyager. Selecting "NO" will copy the presets into the User Bank without transmitting them to Voyager. Selecting "Cancel" will cancel the operation.
Note: The User Bank and Preset Genetics banks do not support the same
multiple selection options as the Librarian.
The Librarian menu (shown below) includes items (‘Load Voyager File’ and ‘Save Voyager File As’) that duplicate the functions of the Load and Save buttons mentioned above. It also includes commands to Load From User Bank Data (copies all 128 presets from the User Bank into the currently selected Library category), Add From Top Offspring (copies all presets from the Preset Genetics ‘Top Offspring’ list into the current category) as well as commands to Copy, Paste, Cut, Delete, Select All and Rename selected presets, and commands to Rename and Clear Categories. Also added (not shown in image below) is the option to load all Default Category Names.
Note: You can also change the name of a Librarian category by
double-clicking on the triangle to the right of the desired category name.
Selecting Rename Category (or double clicking the triangle to the left of the category name) will create a text window allowing you to change the existing category name or enter a new one:
Clicking outside of the name field will enter the new name and close the text window.
Selecting Clear Category will clear the contents of the selected category, leaving all other categories unaffected.