A long forgotten thread but content still valid.
There is a reasonable workaround although not very practical in the heat of improvising.
So you are in the midst of improvisation and find out you want to keep the original pattern+ sounds and the current state,
- trigger some looper to cover up optional but neat
- Save kit as new but remember the position of the old one
- copy pattern to a new destination
- hit yes kit and yes pattern - not quite sure if this is essential; or as in 6
- get back to the original pattern and load its original kit
- switch to the new pattern assuming it autosaves the original’s Kit assignment - not tested yet
- unloop the effector as you are ready for some more jamming.
- remember to save project as new at some point
Effector would cover up the change from old pattern to an empty one - necessary if you have it set to immediate change, as I do. Else, give the pause an artistic flavour/timing.
Unless the above can be streamlined, you’d need to choose not to save new patterns+kits when ppl are listening, which can be accepted as a minor limitation, with some regret sometimes.
AFAIK, reload kit on change does not solve the problem because the problem is automatic saving of kit to pattern assignment when changing pattern - whether intentional or accidental during lock modifications (opposite button press order).
A system update with the mod mentioned by technoid, i.e. ** system menu option: autosave on/off ** would be welcome.
Unless there is some rationale against, I will file a request.