ZEN: publishing my presets

[crimsonwarlock]

So I'm getting into ZEN big time and I like it. So I have a few small questions to get me going:

1. I added myself to the designer list in ZEN, is this synced to other ZEN-users, or when I upload presets that are tagged with my name?

2. Same question for the soundbank name.

3. I'll take it that I can tag my own sounds BEFORE uploading, or must I tag them after they are uploaded?

[Big Tick]

1 & 2: Until I get the tags cloud thing implemented, you need to ask me for creating new tags. Only takes a few seconds (just msg me with the Author name you'd like, and the bank names)

3. You can tag them before uploading. Or afterwards. Before is better since everything is then done in the same transaction to the server.

[crimsonwarlock]

OK, clear. So I added my name to the author list, I take it I can simply remove that one (as it's local, correct?).

Do you prefer a PM here on the forum or an email?

[Big Tick]

Email please - bigtick@bigtickaudio.com
Just don't remove your local tag yet. When the new, public tag shows up and you have duplicates, use your local tag to select all your presets and tag them with the public tag. Then delete the old tag (by renaming it to an empty text).

[crimsonwarlock]

Just don't remove your local tag yet. When the new, public tag shows up and you have duplicates, use your local tag to select all your presets and tag them with the public tag. Then delete the old tag (by renaming it to an empty text).

No reason to bother with that, I created the tag just to see if it would go in the list, didn't add any presets yet so nothing is connected to the tag yet. I'll start importing and tagging my Logana presets when you have added the tags and they show up

Message send

[crimsonwarlock]

Another question:

If the synth relies on the host for patch management, how do I give a name to a new preset I create while using ZEN. It seems that I can make a 'init' patch to create new patches from (this patch also holds the controller-mapping for my midi-controller), but when I import I get the message that a preset with that name already exists. I then accept but this gives me the new patch with the same name: 'init'.

Something else (didn't try this yet to prevent a mess), if I drag-drop an FXB-file into ZEN that has 128 slots but less presets, will ZEN import only the presets or all slots including empty ones?