Basics
File Operations
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| New patch | Cmd+N |
| New performance | File menu → New Performance |
| Open file | Cmd+O |
| Save | Cmd+S |
| Save As | Cmd+Shift+S |
| Save all slots | File menu → Save All |
Patch Settings (toolbar)
- Patch name — click to rename
- Category — dropdown to set sound category
- Voice mode — mono / legato / poly
- Voice count — number of voices
- Variations 1–8 / Init — click to switch variation
- Right-click any variation button to copy its parameters to another variation or to Init
- Non-Init variations also offer Set to Init (overwrites this variation with Init parameters)
- Drag a variation button onto another to copy (asks for confirmation)
Morph Toolbar
Shown below the patch toolbar whenever a patch is loaded:
- 4 Morph knobs — one per morph; each has a source selector below it to pick what drives it
- Patch Level — master patch volume (knob)
- Active/Mute — checkbox next to Patch Level toggles patch monitoring
Right-click a Morph knob to assign a MIDI CC to it (see MIDI CC Assignment).
Slots (A / B / C / D)
- Click a slot button to make it active
- Top indicator: keyboard status; bottom indicator: active status
Shift+click— toggle slot active;Ctrl+click— toggle slot keyboard
Performance Mode
Click Perf in the toolbar to switch between patch and performance mode.
- Performance name — click to rename (max 16 chars)
- BPM — click to set tempo (30–240)
- Run — toggle master clock
Settings pane → Performance Settings also has:
- Range Enable — turns KB Split on/off for the performance
Per-slot configuration is in the same section:
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Active | Slot plays audio |
| Key | Slot receives MIDI |
| Hold | Slot holds notes when not key-active |
| Range | MIDI note range (0–127) for this slot |
Settings Pane (Cmd+,)
Editor Settings
- Theme — editor color theme
- Knob control — Knob Mode (relative/absolute) and drag Sensitivity
- Cable rendering — Gravity, Opacity, Thickness
- Hidden modules — show/hide hidden (not recognised by Clavia editor) modules in patch browser
The patch browser’s disk folder is set from the
…button in the Disk tab (see Patch Browser below), not from this pane.
Synth Settings (requires G2 connected)
- Synth name
- Memory Protect
- MIDI channels — per slot (A/B/C/D) and global; each can be set to Off
- MIDI settings — Local, Clock (off/send/recv/both), Program Change, CC (off/send/recv/both), Sysex channel (or All)
- Tuning — Semi, Cents
- Pedal — Polarity, Gain
- Global Oct. — global octave shift (−2 to +2) with an Active toggle
Patch Settings
- Arpeggiator — on/off, Time, Mode, Octaves
- Vibrato — Source, Rate
- Glide — Type, Time
- Bend — on/off, Semitones
- Octave Shift — −2 to +2
Patch Browser (Cmd+B)
Three tabs: Disk, Patches, Performances. With the Browser pane focused (and no text field active), ← / → cycles between them.
Disk Tab
↑— navigate to parent folder…— open system folder picker- Search — filter files; Esc to clear
- Click folder — navigate into it
- Click
.pch2/.prf2— load into active slot
Patches / Performances Tabs (G2 connected)
Patches and performances stored on the G2, grouped by bank.
Navigation
| Action | Result |
|---|---|
| Click bank header | Collapse / expand bank |
| ▶ / ▼ button (top-right) | Expand all / collapse all banks |
| Click entry | Load patch or performance |
/ or focus search | Jump to search |
↑ / ↓ in search | Move selection through visible entries |
Enter | Load selected (or first) entry |
Esc | Clear search |
Search — auto-expands any bank with a matching result; restores previous collapse state when cleared.
Right-click a patch entry
| Item | Action |
|---|---|
| Store “name” here | Write the current slot’s patch to this bank location |
| Delete (clear this location) | Erase this location from the G2 bank |
Right-click a bank header
| Item | Action |
|---|---|
| Store “name” | Submenu listing all locations — choose where to write |
| Clear all in bank | Erase every location in this bank |
| Sort | Submenu: By location · By name A–Z · By name Z–A · By category |
Store is unavailable for performance banks unless the G2 is in Performance mode.
Resource Monitor
The toolbar shows real-time CPU and memory usage from the connected G2:
| Indicator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| VA cycles | Voice-area DSP load |
| VA mem | Voice-area RAM usage |
| FX cycles | FX-area DSP load |
| FX mem | FX-area internal memory |