Program Change Mapping: Indicate which synth slot a preset relates to

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What is the problem?

Presets in Program Change Mapping contain entries for synths 1-3, but there is no way to see which synth slot an entry can be loaded into.

What should this feature achieve?

Each synth slot (1-3) has an assigned color, it’s possible to use that color, or to add a number 1…3 to indicate the slot.

Two special cases need to be taken care of:

  • an engine can be assigned to more than one slot
  • the engine may have been changed since the map was defined, so entries that apply to no slot might be present

This is how it looks like now:
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As an example, assume PHZ is used in synths 1 and 3, and ACD is used in synth 2, here’s how that might look like, first with colors:

# Name Engine Parts
0: Alien Lyre [PHZ] :blue_square::black_square_button::purple_square:
1: Bite [ACD] :black_square_button::yellow_square::black_square_button:
2: wharrgarbl [GRAIN] :black_square_button::black_square_button::black_square_button:

…then with numbers:

# Name Engine Parts
0: Alien Lyre [PHZ] 1-3
1: Bite [ACD] -2-
2: wharrgarbl [GRAIN] - ̵ -

Of course it’s possible to just add 1,2, and 3 to the end of the name, but that does not work out too well:

# Name
0: Alien Lyre [PHZ] 1-3
1: Bite [ACD] -2-
2: wharrgarbl [GRAIN] - ̵ -

… to make it work somewhat better without colums, it needs to be turned around:

# Name
0: [1-3] Alien Lyre [PHZ]
1: [-2-] Bite [ACD]
2: [- ̵ -] wharrgarbl [GRAIN]

Are there any workarounds?

No.

Any links to related discussions?

No.

Any references to other products?

No. I’m not aware of any product that would map program changes that way