• When you perform a Global Open, the program asks you if you want to load only the names of the Patches in the file.
• You can delete the Data Dumps, but keep the names, in the Data Dump window, see next chapter.
So, why would you want to do that? The main reason is to conserve memory space (RAM) in your computer. If you are working on a large piece of music you will want to reserve as much memory as possible for your recordings.
If all you want to do is to select Patches by name, then you don’t need to have the Data Dumps in memory at all, you can just as well work with names only. There are two ways to achieve this: either you only load names with Global Open when you start your work, or you delete the data in the Data Dump window. This last option comes in handy if you in the middle of a session find out you need more RAM for recordings.
However, there are cases when you do need to have the data loaded too: when you want to be able to send out complete Patches to reprogram a Device (see page 116) or when you want to use the Macro Editor (see page 131). And as stated above, to be able to save the name changes, you must have some data in memory to save the names together with.
Furthermore, some Drivers (List Drivers and Hybrid Drivers, see page 154) can’t handle complete Patches at all, only names.