Operation Manual

5.2 Playing and Changing Presets 37
When you start the application for the first time, the program list contains a selection of presets
from the factory preset library. At that point, the presets in the program list are identical to their
version in the library.
5.2 Playing and Changing Presets
Presets are always played from the program list. The name of the current program, in other words
the one currently loaded in the synthesis engine, as well as its number are displayed in the left part
of the toolbar. Its number and name are also preceded by a check mark in the program list. The
current program can be changed in different ways:
• scroll up or down in the program list by clicking on the ‘+” and ‘−” buttons located on the
left of the program name or use the ‘+” and ‘−” keys from the computer keyboard,
• Display the content of the program list by clicking on the H button and select a program by
clicking on its name.
• Use the Switch to Program command from the Programs menu and enter a specific pro-
gram number. This command can also be activated by using the Ctrl-P/Apple-P keyboard
shortcut.
• Send MIDI program changes from your MIDI controller. Strum Session will load the pro-
gram having the same number as the program change number received by the application.
A Preset can also be loaded from the preset library. It is then stored in the current program
replacing the preset that was already stored in this location. It then becomes immediately available
to the synthesis engine. Different options are available to load a preset from the preset library into
the current program:
• In the browser, double-click on a preset icon.
• Drag and drop presets from the browser onto the Strum Session interface.
• Select a preset by clicking on its icon and use the Enter key from the computer keyboard.
Once a preset has been selected in the library, it is possible to navigate in the library using the
Arrow keys from the computer keyboard. A preset is selected when its name is highlighted.
• Select a preset and use the Open Preset command from the File menu or the Ctrl-O/Apple-O
keyboard shortcut.
Note that when a preset is loaded from the preset library to the list of programs, the program
name displayed in the toolbar changes but not its number. This indicates that the current program
number used by the synthesis engine is still the same but that the preset corresponding to that
program has changed. The 128 programs can therefore be customized by selecting different pro-
gram numbers (by using the ‘+” and ‘−” buttons from the toolbar or selecting programs from the
program list) and loading presets from the library.