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4.7 Importing Sounds from Previous versions of Chromaphone
Chromaphone 3 includes a converter that allows one to import sounds from Chromaphone 2. The
conversion operation simply involves copying an Chromaphone 2 pack file into the Chromaphone
3 sound pack folder. The conversion operation is then triggered automatically when Chromaphone
detects a pack from a previous version.
Chromaphone 2 sound packs, which were then actually called banks, can be found by opening
Chromaphone 2, clicking on the Manage button at the top of the Chromaphone 2 interface in order
to open the manager, and then clicking on the Show Files button at the bottom of the manager
window. On the Windows operating system, this command will open an Explorer window at the
location where the Chromaphone 2 sound pack files are stored while on Mac OSX, the command
opens a Finder window
Once you have the Chromaphone 2 files you wish to import, go back to Chromaphone 3, click
on the Browser tab in order to open the browser, click on the ellipsis icon next to the User label in
the left part of the browser and choose the Show Packs Folder command. Again, this will allow you
to access the location where sound pack files are stored using a Finder or Explorer window on Mac
OSX or Windows respectively. Copy the Chromaphone 2 files to be converted to this location and
they will be automatically converted to Chromaphone 3 sound packs and appear in the browser.
While the great majority of sounds should be recuperated without noticeable differences, the
conversion program is not infallible which means that some sounds might need some readjustments
after the conversion. This is due to the fact that the mapping of the parameters from different
versions of Chromaphone is not direct as a result of changes in the architecture, modules and the
effect section between the different versions.
Note that AAS expansion sound packs for Chromaphone which were installed on your com-
puter prior to the installation of Chromaphone 3 should not be converted in this way. The Chroma-
phone 3 installer you will have downloaded from our server should indeed also include your ex-
pansion sound packs and take care of their installation automatically. If this is not the case, or
some packs are missing, please go back to your account on the AAS user portal and download the
latest installer for these sound packs, they have indeed all been updated and optimized for this new
version of Chromaphone.