Coffeeshopped has released Patch Base 4 for Mac – an update that they say is “more polished, more stable, and has a couple of new features as well.”
Patch Base is a collection of editors and librarians for 85 hardware synthesizers.
New features include:
- MIDI Controller Support – you can now map knobs and faders from your external MIDI controllers onto the on-screen controls of Patch Base.
- Light Mode – Patch Base now has the light mode / dark mode settings that you would expect from a Mac desktop app. You can set the app to automatically track the mode that your computer is in, or set Patch Base permanently to either Light or Dark mode.
- External Keyboard Support – this version adds is an easy way to use an external MIDI keyboard to play your synths while editing them in Patch Base. Just tell Patch Base which keyboard(s) you want to use to play notes on, and Patch Base will route the MIDI from that keyboard to whichever patch editor window is currently active.
Pricing and Availability:
Patch Base 4 is available now for $49.99 with one editor, with additional editors available for $24.99 each. An all-access subscription option is also available.
Patch Base 3.x users can upgrade for $19.95, and I think those who purchased the tool shortly before the 4.0 release get it for free.
I see there is a TX816 editor there. Can it edit all 8 modules simultaneously? i.e. the power of the synth lies in it’s ability to create complex sounds using all of them to build one patch. For this to be convenient one has to both see and be able to edit parameters of them all. I haven’t seen anything able to do this since SoundDiver.
I’ve never used that editor, but fwiw you can duplicate the app and then launch multiple instances, which might be a way to get what you want.
Hey, Chadwick, Patch Base maker here. To answer your question, no, the TX816 editor can’t do that right now. I’m not totally sure that’s possible (but maybe?). I don’t have a TX816 to work with directly right now, but if you’d be interested in doing some testing we could see about making it work that way! Feel free to get in touch with me here: https://coffeeshopped.com/contact