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desired. In order to hide the browser completely, move the double-headed arrow cursor fully to the
left. Note that when
Strum Acoustic
is used as a plug-in, the browser size is fixed and can not be
modified.
5.6
MIDI Maps
MIDI maps containing information about MIDI links between the MIDI controllers and the
Strum
Acoustic
interface can easily be created as will be explained in Section 8.2. MIDI maps are rep-
resented in the browser with a MIDI connector icon. MIDI maps are treated exactly the same
way as presets in the browser and are saved using the
Save MIDI Links
or
Save MIDI Links As
commands from the
File
menu.
5.7
Exporting and Importing Presets and MIDI maps
The
Import
and
Export
commands, found in the
File
drop down menu, allow one to easily ex-
change presets and MIDI maps with other
Strum Acoustic
users. This feature can also be used to
decrease the number of elements in the browser by archiving older or rarely used ones elsewhere,
on CD-R, or a second hard disk for example. Files containing
Strum Acoustic
presets and MIDI
maps are equivalent in size to short text file, making it easy to send presets to other users via email.
To export a folder, a group of folders, presets or MIDI maps within a folder, select the elements
to export in the browser and use the
Export
command from the
File
menu. When the
Export
window appears, choose a file name and a destination location on your hard disk.
Strum Acoustic
export files will be saved with an “strumA” extension.
Importing presets and MIDI maps is just as easy. Simply click on the
Import
command from
the
File
drop down menu, and select the file to import. A new folder will then appear under the
Imports
directory in the browser, containing all of the files contained within the imported package.
These can then be dragged and dropped to a new folder, or remain in the Imports directory.
5.8
Backuping Presets and MIDI Maps
There are basically two ways to backup your presets and MIDI maps: exportation and database
backup. The database backup is more efficient when there is a large number of elements to backup.
The exportation methods consists in using the
Export
command from the
File
menu as ex-
plained in section 5.7. Once you have exported the elements you wish to archive, just save the
export file(s) to your usual backup location or medium.
The second backup method will enable you to archive the entire material present in the browser.
The content of the browser, including presets, MIDI maps and folders is saved into a database file.
This second backup method simply consists in archiving this file. The database file location is
different whether you are working on a Mac OS or Windows system.
