The window
drawbar is one window over two places: the files on your computer and the sounds on your instrument. Open it at drawbar.app, or run the desktop app.
| Part | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Browser (left) | PLACES lists this computer and, once connected, the instrument’s folders. KINDS and TAGS narrow the list. |
| Library (centre) | One table over both places, with a Search… box. Sort by any column. |
| Documents (centre) | Every sound you open gets a tab beside the Library. |
| Keyboard (centre) | The instrument’s folders drawn as banks of slots, once connected. |
| Inspector (right) | What is picked, and while connected, how full each folder is. |
| Bottom dock | The send queue and the activity log. |
| Status bar | The last thing that happened. Click it to open the log. |
The toolbar holds Open, New and Save, and once connected, Read and Send. Each dock collapses and resizes, and the layout is kept between sessions.
Picking and acting
Click a row to pick it, ⌘-click to add more, ⇧-click to pick a run, and double-click to open. Right-click for a menu that acts on everything picked. In the Library, tick the checkboxes to act on many rows at once from the footer. F2 renames.
Reading the Library
The where column says where a sound lives: on this computer, on the keyboard,
or both, with = when the two copies match and ≠ when they differ. A name in
italics with a * has unsaved edits. The dot at the end of a row is green when
the slot holds what you saved, yellow when it holds something else or a send is
waiting, and grey while that is still unknown. Hover any of them for an
explanation.
Folders and tags
Folders group sounds on this computer; the instrument never sees them. Tags label sounds without moving them, and a sound can carry several. Both come from a row’s menu or the New menu. Removing a folder or a tag deletes no sounds.
Theme
The button at the top right cycles between following your system, light, and dark.