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A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s

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2.0 A Quick Tour of UniQuest For EWI 4000s

Getting the most from UniQuest requires a few adjustments in how you relate to

your hardware instrument. In the past you have no doubt worked entirely "in-place"

within the confines of your instrument's internal memory, which means perma-

nently overwriting an existing sound before being allowed to listen to another.

In typical hardware instruments, the presets are organized into banks which are

stored in ‘permanent’ memory which is either battery powered (in older instru-

ments) or Flash RAM (in modern instruments). Simply put, this kind of memory is

rewritable but does not get erased if you unplug the instrument. Typical hardware

instruments also have an ‘editing buffer’ where the currently selected preset is

loaded for editing and auditioning. This memory is temporary - It depends on the

instrument remaining powered up. If you turn off the power, the editing buffer will

be erased.

When you load a preset, you are actually copying it to the editing buffer. Similarly,

When you save a preset, you are saving the contents of the editing buffer back to the

preset bank - The destination location is up to you. This mechanism allows you to

move presets around in the bank by shuffling them through the editing buffer, but it

has a number of drawbacks. Firstly, there is only a limited amount of space in the

bank so moving presets always means overwriting others. Secondly, it’s a tedious

and difficult procedure to move blocks of presets around this way, and most impor-

tantly, there is a large possibility for confusion and mistakes, which could cause you

to lose the sound data you are trying to manage and protect! UniQuest eliminates

this situation, as we will now see.

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