Midi Translator Manual: Presets

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Presets Overview
Changing Presets
Always Active Preset

Bomes MIDI Translator includes the capabiltity to encapsulate Translator entries into 'Presets' which can be managed at a more detailed level than a normal 'Global' setup where every translator is active all the time. A preset's active or unactive state can be determined by looking at the checkbox next to it's name. If the checkbox is checked, the preset is active and it's translators are being processed. If the preset's checkbox is unchecked, it is deactivated and no processing occurs.

Presets can be selected by clicking the preset's name, and they can be activated and deactivated via the mouse by clicking the checkbox. Presets can also be managed via the context menu accessed by right-clicking either the preset itself (copy, rename, delete, etc) or by right-clicking the Preset area's background.

Presets can be activated and deactivated by clicking the checkbox next to the preset name. This is the most direct way of working with presets. However, mouse and GUI access is at many times at a premium, so Bomes MIDI Translator features the capability to switch and work with Presets via the 'Preset Change' outgoing Translator action.

Presets can be activated via Preset Change action by one of three primary methods;

• Activate Previous/Next Preset
This outgoing action will cycle through the available presets in order, activating only one at a time. Presets must be arranged in the order of which the user desires to cycle them on and off. This is normally the preferred way of cycling through presets.
• Activate/Deactivate By Name
This action will activate/deactivate a preset that is selected by name from a drop-down box. This is useful for most simple preset setups involving few presets. Features that involve key commands can be enabled/disabled on the fly so as not to interfere with regular keyboard operation when not needed.
• Activate/Deactivate By Number
Presets can be enabled or disabled by number, which can be specified by a unique local or global variable (see the rules section for more information). This outgoing preset change action is useful for more complex MIDI Translator scripts that have many presets and change them on-the-fly depending on other Translator settings and variable states.

Presets also have the checkbox option available to 'Deactivate all other presets (except the always active). This can be enabled in any Preset Change outgoing action to automatically disable all other presets (except, of course, the 'always active' preset.

Bomes MIDI Translator includes, in addition to the standard presets covered above, an 'Always Active' preset that is enabled despite the condition of any of the other presets. To create the 'Always Active' preset, simply enter the 'Preset' menu and click 'Edit "Always Active" Preset'. If the preset doesn't already exist in your project, it will be created and the preset focus will be transfered to it. Translator entries are created as normal in this preset.

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