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Main (Right Button) Menu

Save Patch – Saves the current settings to the patch. Modify the name to create a new patch.

Delete Patch – Erase the current patch from the bank (unless it’s the only one)

Load Bank – Load a different bank

Save Bank – Save the current bank. Changing the name saves as a new bank.

Load Soundfont – Open a single soundfont and switch between/play its presets. Choosing “Save
Patch” while in this state will create a new patch in your bank that uses the current preset, 
allowing you to manually add sounds to your banks. To go back to your bank, choose “Load 
Bank”.

Effects – Allows you to modify the settings of the chorus and reverb effects units, and the gain 
(volume) of the SquishBox. Changes affect all patches in the bank – save the bank to make 
them permanent.

System (Left Button) Menu

Power Down – To protect the memory card of the SquishBox, this option should be used before 
unplugging. Allow 30 seconds for complete shutdown.

MIDI Devices – This allows you to see the names of the MIDI devices currently plugged in to 
the SquishBox, and attempt to reconnect any that are not responding.

WIFI Settings – Displays the current IP Address of the SquishBox. Tapping either button selects
options to scan for and connect to WIFI networks. You can also enable/disable the Remote 
Link, which allows you to remotely control the SquishBox and edit its patches from another 
computer using the 

FluidPatcher

 software.

Add From USB – If you have a USB flash drive connected, the SquishBox will search for any 
soundfont files stored on it and copy them to its memory card. If you have soundfonts in 
different folders on the flash drive the folder hierarchy will be copied as well.

SquishBox User Manual

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Summary of Contents for SquishBox

Page 1: ...The sounds come from soundfonts a widely available sample based sound file format that can contain multiple instruments referred to as presets The buttons on the SquishBox allow you to switch between...

Page 2: ...with a long thin cross head screwdriver USB Connections You can plug up to four MIDI controllers into the SquishBox s USB ports Controllers should be auto detected when plugged in even after the unit...

Page 3: ...isible to other operating systems Usage Navigating Patches Menus Tap the buttons to switch between patches Long press hold 2sec the right button for the main menu long press the right for system relat...

Page 4: ...make them permanent System Left Button Menu Power Down To protect the memory card of the SquishBox this option should be used before unplugging Allow 30 seconds for complete shutdown MIDI Devices This...

Page 5: ...your computer and enter the IP address in the address bar The file manager login is squishbox and the password is geekfunklabs You can use the file manager to upload new soundfonts or banks or edit yo...

Page 6: ...ribed in plain text bank files A patch consists of a batch of settings that are sent to Fluidsynth when the patch is selected This includes soundfont bank and program settings for any number of MIDI c...

Page 7: ...starting with channel 1 the way they are on virtually all synthesizers controllers DAWs etc This is in contrast to FluidSynth which numbers channels beginning with 0 Patcher handles all of the transl...

Page 8: ...n the to range par2 controls how the parameter values are modified e g the note velocity or continuous controller value fluidsettings a mapping of FluidSynth settings to values cc a list of control ch...

Page 9: ...also in YAML format It sets the root location of banks soundfonts and effects plugins the current bank file and FluidSynth settings The config file has the structure shown below soundfontdir root pat...

Page 10: ...x php to something like index php block You can set your own unique password and port for the remote link feature To do this add a remote_passkey item with a six character password and or remote_port...

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