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Old 10-25-2009, 11:06 PM
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Default Strategies for Navigating in Xpand2

So how do you all do it??

If you have tried, you know what I mean...unless I am missing something.

Loading a patch from one of the banks and up pops a window with dozens of voices.

They are not alphabetized, or given a number
After previewing a voice, you have to find you way back in to the sound you loaded by staring at the screen.

You go batty.

Even worse, there is no simple + - option to get to the next sound.

My scroll wheel does not work either, though it did in Xpand 1.

Please tell me there is a better way????
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Old 10-25-2009, 11:20 PM
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Please tell me there is a better way????
Nope

thatz been a topic in many many threads It does make for quite of bit of suck'age to not even really know what patch ur even on nevertheless the other points u made...
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Old 10-26-2009, 02:22 AM
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That is just crazy.

After 15 minutes of looking for sounds, I gave up on it.

Too bad because I like some of the sounds. The interface makes it unusable.
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Old 10-26-2009, 02:28 AM
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It's a joke. Ridiculous springs to mind.

This is 2009 no? Introduced 2007? Amazing.

Sounds good none-the-less. I'd rather visit my dentist tho-it's less painful.

All we need is Russ to chime in that 'updates are coming'. In 2020.
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Old 10-26-2009, 09:10 PM
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I don't know how you guy's are using Xpand!2 but if you have eyes you will see a Part Slot that will have a Category number and name from where the Part Name belongs.

Yes Xpand!2 has some short comings but it is far superior to programme than thee original.


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Old 10-26-2009, 09:14 PM
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thatz really not what we're(well not what I'm speaking of)...
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Old 10-26-2009, 09:23 PM
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Then learn the use Xpand!2 really. Navigate Presets.


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Old 10-26-2009, 09:40 PM
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I don't use it except to do dummy music to send to som1 else for ideas so it ain't crucial for me @all...
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There's a dummies version coming in 2020, in the meantime you take Filo's advice, not sure what the issue is!
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There's a dummies version coming in 2020, in the meantime you take Filo's advice, not sure what the issue is!
thatz good...until then the issue is(& I just purposely pulled it up on this session after reading ur comment) that one has no freakin idea as to where u are when goin thru patches not to mention when goin thru them VIA LOOKIN @ THE LIL # & NAMES they go in random order, which is still "an issue", not to mention the is no type of Highlighting of what patch ur own so that means u have to revert to LOOKIN @ THE LI' READINGS & once u click on that to try to keep up with what ur lookin @ it getz confusing ergo causing another issue hence the thread "Strategies for Navigating in Xpand"... which is THE issue...
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