Loading Patch Banks Into SQ8L

[LAGinz]

Every time I try to load a KVR sourced patch bank for the SQ8L into it, I get a message saying if I press yes it will delete the existing banks (which obviously I don't want to do). I've tried doing it as adding a library or bank--same problem. If anyone out there has done it and has (or can point me to) an easy step-by-step, I would really appreciate it

[ENV1]

Dont worry, nothing will be 'deleted'.

Its just that the synth has to erase the current bank data in order to load the new bank data in.


To be able to get the presets from your old bank back (in case you use presets you made yourself) just save that bank before you load another.

To restore a banks default presets you can either save the bank and reload it as needed or delete SQ8L_backup.dat in the SQ8L folder. The latter will initialize all banks and presets to factory, where banks A and B will contain the same presets as C and D. The synth will create a new SQ8L_Backup.dat the next time it closes.

Note that banks C and D are not writeable anyway so they will always be there.

For more info see this readme excerpt:

--- E.6. The sound library ---------------------------------------

In the latest version an SQ8L library contains 256 user sounds
organized in two banks "A" and "B". In addition there are two
write protected factory banks "C" and "D". Bank "C" contains
128 SQ8L factory sounds. Bank "D" contains the 40 factory sounds
of the orginal SQ80 in the slots 000 to 039.

In the FILE menu, the Load/Save/Init Library commands refer to
the user sounds in banks "A" and "B". Thus, a SQ8L library now
contains 256 sounds.
The Load/Save/Init Bank commands in the FILE menu refer to the
currently selected sound bank. Note, that you can't load anything
into the factory banks "C" and "D", nor can you initialize them.

The user library is shared among all running SQ8L instances
(in the same VST host instance).
The user sounds in the current library are backed up when
the last SQ8L instance is closed and restored when the first is
reopened. The file used for this is named "SQ8L_backup.dat" and
is in fact an ordinary SQ8L library.

Note: SQ8L versions 0.90b or higher use a new library file format.
Files from older versions are automatically imported, but
exporting in the old format is not supported.

! Caution: A present "SQ8L_backup.dat" in old format will be
automatically imported and saved in new format. Currently there
is no way to convert it back the old format!



--- E.7. Selecting & writing sounds to the library ---------------

Above the LCD you'll find a panel containing a text box with the
name of the sound program currently in the edit buffer.
Clicking on the arrow buttons* loads the next/previous sound
from the current sound bank.
Double-clicking or right-clicking it opens a menu which lets you
select one of the sounds currently in the library.
The bank can be selected by clicking the "BANK" button or in the
sound selection popup menu.
Caution: An unsaved sound in the edit buffer
will be lost when switching the bank!
Left-click on the sound name box to edit it. Press "Enter" or
click elsewhere on the synth to end editing.
Click on the "WRITE" button to save the edited sound to the
library. In the dialog that will open you can select the slot
in the library to overwrite. If "COMPARE" is checked you can
play the selected sound stored in the library.
The "INIT" button initializes the sound in the edit buffer.

* Hint: The behaviour of the arrow buttons can be changed by
editing "swapProgUpDn=0" in the file "SQ8L\SQ8L.ini".
Possible values are:
"swapProgUpDn=0" : up button=next sound, down=previous
"swapProgUpDn=1" : up button=previous sound, down=next

[LAGinz]

Thanks, guys