Operation Manual

14 Bank and Program Management
program list.
Programs can be deleted from a bank by first selecting them and then clicking on the Delete
button. This will move the programs to a special bank called Trash which is located below the
regular list of banks. This means that deleted programs can always be recuperated as long as they
are not deleted from the Trash bank. The content of the Trash bank is viewed by clicking on its
name; the different programs can then be moved to the other banks as explained above. The Trash
bank can be emptied by clicking on the Empty Trash button which appears below the program list
when the Trash bank is selected. Be careful as this command can not be undone.
2.4 Using MIDI Program Changes
The synthesizer responds to MIDI program changes. When a program change is received by the
application, the current program is changed to the program having the same number as that of the
program change message in the currently loaded bank.
2.5 Backups of Banks and Programs
User banks are stored on disk as simple text files located in the following folders:
On Mac OS: /Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Applied Acoustics Systems/Chromaphone/Banks
On Windows: %AppData%\Roaming\Applied Acoustics Systems\Chromaphone\Banks
The bank files saved by Chromaphone are named using the following convention:
[name of bank].Chromaphone Bank
These file contain all the information corresponding to the programs they include. These files can
be displayed directly from Chromaphone by opening the Bank manager and clicking on the Show
Files button. This will open an Explorer or Finder window on Windows or Mac OS respectively at
the right location.
The simplest way to create a backup of banks and programs is to make a copy on an external
media of the above mentioned folders. Individual banks can be backed-up by making copies of
individual bank files.
2.6 Exchanging Banks and Programs
Banks and programs can easily be shared with other Chromaphone users. This operation simply
involves the exchange of the above mentioned user bank files. When a new bank file is copied to
the bank folder, it is automatically available to Chromaphone.
Note that individual programs can not be exported. They always appear inside a bank file. If
you only wish to share a few programs, create a new bank, copy the programs you wish to exchange
to this bank and share the corresponding bank file.