I can only find very old topics about this, and am none the wiser:
I just got an A4 Mk1. It has a bunch of sounds on it, but it’s messy. Banks F and H are duplicates for example, some banks are nearly empty, there’s stuff I don’t need or want, etc…
What is the fastest way to organize this with the latest state of things (OS 1.40A, Overbridge)? Ideally I’d just be able to drag and drop these around, rename, delete through a computer but i get the impression that’s not possible? Alternatively I don’t mind fully clearing the +Drive and re-uploading some sets, but I don’t even understand how you determine where (what bank) the sounds from a .syx file end up?!
There isn’t really an easy way, I spent 2 days re tagging and moving presets around on the AF to get how I liked, I asked elektron think this may be added to transfer eventually not %100 sure though…
Over Bridge is how I do it. I drag the samples from the banks that I want into the audio pool, then erase the bank and move them back to the empty bank. Easiest way I found.
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Best work around I’ve heard of so far!
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Ah, great tip! I’ll have to try this. Not used Overbridge much at all, but do you “move back to empty bank” with Overbridge, or on the device?
Also, still wondering what bank a .syx file with sounds ends up with when using Transfer? Is this hard-coded into the .syx file, using the same bank the author set them up in? What does it do if that bank is already full?
It’s just weird how you have zero control over this. That’s one thing Arturia (surprisingly) does much better than Elektron, at least you can kind of manage things on a PC…
Overbridge. Try it out and then come back to this post and you’ll get it.
Read the instructions for one of the Elektron Soundpacks.
On the A4, when specifying that it must receive presets, you can specify which bank too place it. Or by default, it just continues in the first open slot IIRC