Layouts & Snapshots

Layouts

Since CV Toolkit was designed to work as a modular synthesizer (the software itself work as a synth case in which you can use to load up to different modules to the 12 slots, it made sense to add a way to save different setups which you could store and recall depending on the situation. That's what Layouts is for.

The Layouts feature lets you, for example, create a layout focused on random modulation sources, another one focused on creating polyphonic patchers, another one for live performance and so on.

When you save a new layout, it'll store which modules are currently loaded into the 12 slots, all the settings for each of the slots, all 8 snapshots, internal CV buses assignments, custom titles, voice mode, Routing Matrix routings, as well the the settings for the BPM and the global Quantizer.

After loading an existing layout, you can also click on the squares that represent the 12 slots (inside the Layouts Preview container) to reset the parameters of the corresponding slot back to the stored values.

The Layouts feature also lets you select which modules CV Toolkit will load whenever you open the application. Simply select the Default layout, load the modules you'd like to be loaded into the 12 slots and save the layout.

You can also export and import Layouts as JSON files via the Layouts menu available on CV Toolkit's menu bar.

If you have problems importing Layouts from previous version (prior to 2.7), try coping the Layouts.json file from the previous version and replacing it inside the new version (check instructions below on how to find these files).

NOTE: All layouts are saved to a single Layouts.json file so more advanced users can easily edit the file using any text editor. To access the Layouts.json file on a Mac, right-click the application, select Show Package Contents, and then go to Contents/Resources/Settings.
On a Windows PC, open the Resources folder and then open the Settings folder.

Snapshots

Snapshots offer a way to save and recall different states of the 12 slots. They can be used to save and recall different musical ideas based on the same layout.
You can save up to 8 snapshots per layout.

To save a snapshot, click on an empty (dimmed) snapshot button in the Snapshots section.

To recall a snapshot, click on the snapshot button that contains the snapshot you'd like to load.

To delete a snapshot, hold Shift and click on the snapshot button that contains the snapshot you'd like to delete.

If a snapshot contains data for a module that is not currently loaded into the corresponding slot, the snapshot will be ignored and the slot will remain unchanged.