Pentagon won't save my patches.

Hey all,

This problem has been very frustrating and I've searched the forum for possible related topics and didn't come across much. Here's the deal. I pick a preset that I like in Pentagon, like "ana bass 01 (vel) BT". Then I tweak anything on it, like volume, some oscillator settings, filter cutoffs, etc. I proceed to save the tweaked preset as a differently named patch, something like "my-ana-tweaked-bass". Then I even save the whole session, not just the plugin patch. I close Sonar and restart it, opening my file. I go to the Pentagon synth, select 'my-ana-tweaked-bass' and it just loads the default "ana bass 01 (vel) BT" without my tweaks to it!

Funny thing is, for a split second right after I load my tweaked patch, I see its correct settings appear (all the knobs snap into the positions i saved them in), and then almost instantly they snap to the default positions of the original preset that my patch was based off. Anyone have any ideas on why this problem is happening?

Thanks,
Stan.

ORIGINAL: René

When you tweak a patch using an external wavetable, you need to save it as Extended Program (.p1), under the options menu.

If the name of the .p1 file matches the internal name (the one you see in the Pentagon I display), then it'll be automatically reloaded on program load, together with the external wavetables.

From Michael:

I have had the same problem on Pentagon 1 trying to save my own patches.

Where on Pentagon 1 is the Options Menu or is it the options menu on Sonar.



-René

Did you save it as 'Extended Program (.p1)'?

You can access edited Extended Programs via the context menu as well. Try this procedure

1- Select F1 patch (5fth down sweep BT)
2- Move 'Portamento Time' knob to the max (or any parameter)
3- From Pentagon I Options Menu select "Program... Save Extended Program (.p1)
4- Select '5fth down sweep BT.p1' to overwrite it.
5- Select A1 program (hUnison)
6- Select F1 patch (5fth down sweep BT)

Portamento Time should be maxed. In general terms, you need to ensure that the internal name (the one in the NAME window) matches the .p1 filename exactly, and Pentagon I will recall all settings and load all wavetables on context menu, song reload, etc.

Please follow the procedure exactly and report back. If it works that way, I'll expand on how to give it a unique name.

Cool, thanks. To get the patch saved under a different name, just do this:

1- Rename the internal program to the name of your choice (Clicking on the Patch Name in the top/right corner of Pentagon I and entering text).
2- Save it as Extended Program using the same exact name.

Great.   Thank you