Select patches and sets in the Patch List

You access patches in a concert by selecting them in the Patch List. You can play the selected patch using a MIDI controller (for patches with a software instrument channel strip) or with a connected electric instrument or microphone (for patches with an audio channel strip).

All of the patches and sets in a concert appear in the Patch List. To select an item in the Patch List in Edit mode, you can click the item, use key commands, or type its patch number or the first few letters of its name. The patch number appears to the left of the patch icon in the Patch List.

You can also skip patches or sets in the Patch List. When a patch or set is skipped, using the Command key together with the arrow keys to select items passes over the patch or set and the next (non-skipped) item is selected. However, you can still select the item by clicking it or using the arrow keys alone. Skipped items are also skipped when you use the patch selector in Perform mode.

Select a patch in the Patch List

In the Patch List, located to the left of the workspace, click the patch.
With the patch selected, you can start playing instantly.

Select a patch using key commands

To select the previous (higher) patch: Press the Up Arrow key.
To select the next (lower) patch: Press the Down Arrow key.
To select the previous patch: Press Command–Up Arrow.
To select the next patch: Press Command–Down Arrow.
To select the first patch in the previous set: Press Command–Left Arrow.
To select the first patch in the next set: Press Command–Right Arrow.

Note: When you use the Command-Arrow key commands listed above to select different patches, the selected screen control remains selected in the workspace. This makes it easy to see how a screen control is configured in different patches.

Select a patch by typing its patch number

Click the border of the Patch List to select it.
With the Patch List selected, type the patch number.

Select a patch or set by name

Click the border of the Patch List to select it.
With the Patch List selected, start typing the name of the patch. Once you type enough letters to uniquely identify its name, the patch or set is selected.

You can also select a patch by typing its name in Perform mode. For information, see Select patches by typing.

Skip a patch or set

Select the patch or set in the Patch List.
Choose Skip from the Action pop-up menu for the Patch List.
The item appears as a thin line in the Patch List.

Set a skipped patch or set to no longer be skipped

Select the item (patch or set) in the Patch List.
Choose Don’t Skip from the Action pop-up menu for the Patch List.
The item returns to full size in the Patch List.

Note: You can select multiple patches in the Patch List, and edit the parameters common to all the selected patches. The heading “Multiple Selection” appears in the header of the Patch List, and only parameters shared by all the selected patches are available.