Is there a way of "saving" the patch position when played live?

#1

Sorry if this one has been asked before:

If I have a patch loaded to flash with some pots attached to GPIO, every time I switch the axoloti on the patch obviously resets. Without attaching to a computer to continuously save this param changes (as the Ax is loaded into my live rig, which doesn't use my laptop), is there a way that the patch can "track" the final position of the knobs, so that when I boot up the axoloti again the patch is still in that position? The same way a guitar pedal, or analogue synth, would work.

It sucks when I've found a really nice combination on the pots, then come back to it the next day and the patch is rebooted from scratch.

#2

You could use tables to store the data from the potentiometers, by routing them through a table, before sending the data to it's respective destinations. And then you simply just have to save the table before going offline and then you can recall it when laoding a patch again.

To store the data in table:
Potentiometer > table/write

And then to send the data to the destination:
table/read > parameter destination

Then use a table/save and a table/load to save and load the data.

I think that could work :slight_smile:

#3

Hey that's awesome - thanks Jaffa!

On this point - is there a way of it kind of auto-saving and loading? So, at a guess: a cycling device (sine wave?) "triggers" the table/save function rather than hitting a switch, and then there is some kind of table autoload when the patch is initiated?

#4

Yeah just connect a ctrl/i set to 1 to the 2 inlets of the table load object.

Save have to be done manually, every time BEFORE leaving the patch. I dont know how to that automatically.

You are probably going to play around with it for a while to get it working 100%, but it will work and its probably the cheapest/simplest way, dsp vise, to add presets. Use the SD-ram version of the table.

Axolotis own preset system is.... Just too much of a hassle working with. I mean, you have to assign each value to each parameter individually........... It takes forever just making a single preset. I personally really think this system should be dropped and instead make something that is a bit more 21 century.

@mlbstrd

Ahh, also,,, Sorry forgot about this yesterday, but You can also check @DrJustice contributions, he has made a presets manager that you can try out too.