What is the SAVE TO PROJ function for and can we improve it?

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On various Elektron boxes, we have the following feature:

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I’m confused as to the purpose of these beyond just reloading something that you may have edited. How is this different from the FUNC + YES/NO (at least for the WHOLE PATTERN part)? Also, why wouldn’t it be possible to add a feature to the KIT DATA thing where you can actually SAVE the kits to be used across the machine? What am I missing? Also, how would saving SEQUENCE DATA be different than hitting PAGE+COPY in grid recording mode? Or is this function more for saving ONLY that active pattern to a project instead of saving the whole project at once?

But yeah, wouldn’t it be nice if that function allowed for KITS? :slight_smile:

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Save Project is not temporary.

You could load an existing project, change parameters, save this new state as temporary (func+yes), change it again, be dissatisfied, go back to temporary (func+no) or you will mess it totally up (by hitting func+yes again) and are always able to go back to the saved project.

The kits vs patterns workflow has been discussed a lot. There are pros and cons for both. Personally I like both workflows. Maybe the kit-less one is easier for beginners?

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Gotcha. That’s what I figured. Never bothered with it before. Seems silly that saving a KIT to a project doesn’t allow you to load it into a new pattern.

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