9.3.4. Revert a pattern
To revert to the version of a pattern that is stored in the flash memory, hold Shift and press
the Save button (which has the word Revert written in blue underneath). There is no pattern
selection involved here; the pattern you are currently working on is the one that will be
rewritten.
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: This is the only way to revert an edited pattern to its stored state; pressing Load and attempting to
load the current pattern again will not do it.
9.3.5. Save a pattern
As mentioned in the
section, the MiniBrute 2 holds an entire
bank of 16 patterns in its RAM, and can continue to hold all 16 patterns in an edited state.
And we described the dangers of loading in a pattern from a different bank without saving
your edited patterns first: all 16 patterns from within the newly selected bank will be loaded
at the same time.
So the thing to do is perform a rapid-fire Save procedure and save those edited patterns,
one after the other. It's very easy to do.
But first there are a few things to know.
When pressing Save, the 16 pads will show you:
• Which patterns are empty (unlit)
• Which patterns have not been modified (blue)
• Which patterns have been modified compared to their saved state (purple)
• Which pattern is currently selected (blinking)
Summary: the purple pads tell you which of the 16 pads have not been saved to the Flash
memory. These are the ones you have slaved over, and they're the ones you will lose if you
load a pattern from a different bank.
And it will take you all of three seconds to save all 16 of them. Here's how:
• Hold the Save button
• Press the purple pads one after the other.
• When they've all been pressed, let go of the Save button.
That's it! This method of saving patterns makes it easy to work on a bunch of patterns, then
quickly save them all.
You may have some questions, such as "Can I save an edited pattern to a new location
instead?"
The answer: yes, but that is a Copy/Paste procedure. You can only save a pattern back
on top of itself. To copy an edited pattern to another location, hold the Copy button, press
the desired pad (it should be blinking), then hold the Paste button and select another pad
(preferably one that is dark, i.e. empty).
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: The copy/paste technique also works on individual steps in Step mode.
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