U-he Bazille User manual

Modular PD & FM Synthesizer

user guide

version 1.1.1

19. Nov 2020

u-he • Heckmann Audio GmbH • BERLIN

Introduction 4 
Installation 4...........................................................
Resources 5...........................................................
Synth Overview 6...................................................
GUI Components 7................................................
MIDI Specialities 8.................................................
The Control Bar 9...................................................
Multicore / HQ 10...................................................
Oscilloscope 10......................................................
Patch Browser 11 
Overview 11...........................................................
Directory Panel 12.................................................
Presets Panel 14....................................................
Patch Info 15..........................................................
Drag & Drop Functions 16.....................................
Tagging 17.............................................................
Search Functions 18..............................................
Oscillators 20 
Pitch 21..................................................................
Phase / FM 22........................................................
Phase Distortion 23................................................
Fractal Resonance 24............................................
Outputs 24.............................................................
LFOs 25 
Filters 27 
Envelopes 29 
Outputs 30 
Processors 31 
MIDI & More 32 
Noise 32.................................................................
MIDI Control Sources 32........................................
Internal Control Sources 33...................................
CV Inputs 33..........................................................
Multiplex 34 

Modulation Sequencer 36 
Divide, Time and Trigger 36...................................
Snapshot Dial / Rotate 37......................................
Snapshot Values 38...............................................
How to Trigger Envelopes 39.................................
Tweaks & FX 40 
Overview 40...........................................................
Voice 41.................................................................
Pitch 42..................................................................
Glide 42..................................................................
Stack Voice Tuning 43...........................................
Microtuning 43.......................................................
Mapping Generators 44.........................................
Envelope Extras 46................................................
Filters 3 and 4 47...................................................
Ramp Generators 47.............................................
Effects 48 
FX Control 48.........................................................
Distortion 48...........................................................
Delay 50.................................................................
Phaser 51...............................................................
Spring Reverb 52...................................................
Configuration 53 
MIDI Learn 53........................................................
MIDI Table 54.........................................................
Preferences 55.......................................................
Tips & Tricks 57 
General Tips 57......................................................
Oscillator Tricks 58.................................................
LFO Tricks 60.........................................................
Filter Tricks 60........................................................
Stacking Tricks 61..................................................
Mapping Tricks 62..................................................
Processor Tricks 62...............................................
Multiplex Tricks 63.................................................
Sequencer Tricks 64..............................................
Envelope Tricks 65.................................................
FX Tricks 65...........................................................

TOC INTRODUCTION
Introduction
To follow this user guide it helps if you already know a thing or two about patching modular synths, 
as well as the basics of FM and PD (phase distortion) synthesis. If you have any questions that an 
Internet search can’t answer, please feel free to post a message in our user forum at KVR! 
Installation
Go to the Bazille product page at u-he.com, download the appropriate installer for your computer 
and unzip the compressed file. Open the Bazille folder and start the installer app. 
The only demo restriction is a mild crackling that occurs at irregular intervals after about two 
minutes of use. The demo is otherwise fully functional. Those crackles disappear after you have 
entered a serial number. For more information, refer to the ReadMe file included with the installer. 
CPU usage and audio quality
As a polyphonic modular synth, Bazille can be quite CPU-hungry! Monophonic operation without 
voice stacking should be fine, even on older computers. Activating Multicore, which distributes 
voices evenly across all available CPU cores, can help maximize the number of playable voices. 
Note: Due to inherent technical limitations of the synthesis method, Bazille’s PD-based oscillators 
are prone to aliasing. If you have Bazille installed on a high-performance system you should try 
activating the HQ (higher quality) option. 
Better Bazille
Early Bazille adopters should notice some improvements in this version, especially the powerful 
new preset browser. The minor fixes include much better envelope LFO-triggering. Although this 
particular fix affects some old patches, we feel that it was worth implementing – especially in such 
a “geek machine” as Bazille! See the explanation in the Tips & Tricks chapter. 
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Resources
File locations (default)
Win
patches (local) C:\Users\YOU\Documents\u-he\Bazille.data\Presets\Bazille\ 
patches (user) C:\Users\YOU\Documents\u-he\Bazille.data\UserPresets\Bazille\ 
preferences C:\Users\YOU\Documents\u-he\Bazille.data\Support\ (*.txt files) 
microtuning C:\Users\YOU\Documents\u-he\Bazille.data\Tunefiles\ 
alternative skins C:\Users\YOU\Documents\u-he\Bazille.data\Support\Themes\ 
Paths containing non-standard characters are not supported. If a previous installation into the 
VstPlugins folder did not cause file permissions problems, you can safely reinstall there. 
Mac
patches (local) Macintosh HD/Library/Audio/Presets/u-he/Bazille/ 
patches (user) Macintosh HD/Users/YOU/Library/Audio/Presets/u-he/Bazille/ 
preferences Macintosh HD/Users/YOU/Library/Application Support/u-he/com.u-he.Bazille... 
microtuning Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/u-he/Tunefiles/ 
alternative skins Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/u-he/Themes/ 
Online resources
•For downloads, news articles and support, go to the u-he website 
•For lively discussions about u-he products, go to the u-he forum 
•For friendship and informal news, go to the u-he facebook page 
•For video tutorials and more, go to our youtube channel 
•For soundsets and bundles, go to u-he soundsets 
•For 3rd party presets, go to Patchlb 
Team 2020 (Q4)
•Urs Heckmann (big concepts, big code) 
•Jayney Klimek (office management) 
•Howard Scarr (user guides, presets, grump) 
•Rob Clifton-Harvey (IT admin, backend development) 
•Sebastian Greger (GUI design, 3D stuff) 
•Jan Storm (framework, code) 
•Alexandre Bique (all things Linux) 
•Oddvar Manlig (business development) 
•Viktor Weimer (support, presets, the voice) 
•Thomas Binek (QA, bug-hunting, presets) 
•Henna Gramentz (office supervision, support) 
•Frank Hoffmann (framework, browser) 
•Alf Klimek (rock-star vocals, studio) 
•Sebastian Hübert (media, synthwave) 
•David Schornsheim (more code) 
•Stephan Eckes (yet more code) 
Special thanks
•Clemens Heppner, Thomas Helzle and Fritz Hildebrandt for help during early development 
•Everyone who contributed presets! 
•Brian Rzycki for maintaining the original patch library 
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Synth Overview

Click on the SYNTH tab at the top left. This arrangement of modules was designed to minimize the

lengths of patch cords required for two independent layers of 2 oscillators →filter →output:

Basic synthesis panels in the SYNTH window

Basic synthesis panels

In the centre below the data display and oscilloscope are the output and main filter panels. On

either side are four audio oscillators, flanked by two LFOs (low frequency oscillators). Beneath

the oscillators are the four envelope generators.

Signal processor and modulation panels

Beneath each LFO is an unlabeled panel containing the following signal processors:

•1 x sample & hold (left panel only)

•1 x quantizer (right panel only)

•4 x lag processors (in pairs, with shared attack and release times)

•2 x inverters, 2 x rectifiers

At the bottom left is a panel called MIDI & MORE containing several modulation sources (wheels,

key velocity etc.) plus two noise sources.

Although most of the patching is achieved with virtual cables, several parameters have a fixed set

of modulation sources which are available in drop-down menus (see Selectors on the next page).

That’s where the pair of CV (control voltage) inputs come into play: Anything you plug into a CV

socket can be used to modulate the LFOs, envelopes, mapping generators or filters 3 & 4.

The MULTIPLEX panel bottom centre contains four identical ‘multiplex’ units. Unlike the standard

‘multiples’ in analogue modular synths, these can be used as mixers, ring modulators, amplitude

modulators and more. Owners of Bazille’s little cousin ACE should be in familiar territory here!

At the bottom right is the MODULATION SEQUENCER with which you can morph or step through

up to 8 snapshots of 16 steps each, splittable via the 4 outputs (“taps”).

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GUI Components
This section is an introduction to the basic components of Bazille’s user interface. 
Knobs and sliders
There are two types of controls: unipolar 
and bipolar. Unipolar knobs and sliders only 
allow positive values, while the bipolar 
knobs and sliders allow negative values, 
often within a range of -100 to +100. 
The image above shows the two oscillator tuning controls – the Tune 
knob is clearly unipolar and the Modify knob is bipolar. Envelope sliders 
are unipolar (despite the central line), while sequencer sliders are bipolar. 
All knobs and sliders allow the following methods of adjustment: 
•Coarse control: Click+hold with the left mouse button, then drag up and down. 
•Fine control: For 0.01 steps, hold down one of the SHIFT keys beforehand. 
•Mouse wheel: If your mouse has a scroll wheel you can hover over the knob/slider and roll 
the wheel. For fine control hold SHIFT at any time. If your mouse wheel is rastered (it has 
subtle ‘clicks’), go into the Preferences and switch on the Mouse Wheel Raster option. 
•Reset to default value: Double-clicking a knob reverts to a useful default value, often zero. 
Selectors
The orange-on-black text fields contain a list of options. Note that 
some of them also serve as labels for the accompanying knob. 
Click on a selector to open the list, or roll your mouse wheel to scroll 
through the options. 
Sockets and cables
Bazille’s modules are connected together (‘patched’) using virtual cables. The 
sockets are colour-coded: inputs are grey while outputs are red . 
To make a connection, drag and drop between an output socket and an input 
socket (either direction will work). Outputs will happily accommodate several 
cables, while inputs accept just one (any existing connection is replaced). 
As a rule you can’t connect two inputs together, but there’s one exception: Dragging a cable 
from an unused input to one that is already in use creates a ‘daisy-chain’. The source will be 
patched to both inputs. Try it! 
By clicking on active sockets, you can… 
•move inputs: drag+drop the input end to a different input socket. 
•duplicate cables: shift+drag the input end to create another cable from the same output. 
•move outputs: right-click on the output end, drag+drop onto a different output. 
•remove cables: either double-click the input end, or drag+drop away from the socket. 
•change cable colour: click on the input end of the cable until it appears in the desired 
colour. If you double-click by mistake (removes the cable), click on the UNDO button. 
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Parameter locking

Right-clicking on any knob, slider or selector lets you ‘Lock’ that parameter. You can

still adjust the value, but it won’t change when you switch presets. To unlock

again, right-click and untick ‘Locked’.

While individual parameter locking is great for keeping the Microtuning or Fine tuning fixed while

changing presets, it is less suitable for sequencer values, for instance, as locking them all would

mean working with 8 x 16 = 128 locks! Future versions of Bazille might include panel locking.

GUI size and skin

Right-clicking anywhere in the background opens a context menu containing the user interface

size options as percentage and width x height in pixels.

The menu also lets you choose between at least two alternative interface designs (‘skins’). The

‘GearPorn’ option shows all synthesis parameters on a single page - try it! However, this user

guide was written assuming that you are using the ‘Original’ skin. Both these settings are

temporary. For permanent settings, see the Preferences page.

Computer keyboard

The following modifier keys are used in the mapping generators and the patch browser:

MIDI Specialities

Multichannel MIDI

This feature supports a growing class of expressive ‘performance’ instruments (e.g. Haken

Continuum, Eigenharp, Roli Seaboard, Linnstrument, Osmose) that can send each note via a

separate MIDI channel. For Bazille to respond correctly, your host must be able to route multiple

MIDI channels to a single instance of a plug-in. Each voice/note will then react individually to the

performance controls pitch bend, Channel Pressure (aftertouch), Modulation (MIDI CC #01),

Control A (MIDI CC #02 by default) and Control B (MIDI CC #11 by default). See About MIDI CC

in the Configuration chapter.

While multichannel MIDI is received the voice modes Poly, Mono and Legato are practically

identical. In each case Bazille behaves like several (up to 16) mono synths set to the same

sound. However, the maximum number of Voices setting (TWEAKS panel) still applies as voices

can still be ‘stolen’ across multiple channels. Note: The Duo mode is not channel-aware i.e.

MIDI channels are merged.

Single trigger modulation sources (e.g. LFOs with the Phase mode set to ‘single’) listen to the

channel of the first voice being played. Caveat: Implementing single triggers in a multichannel

environment is rather tricky – we might have to spend some more time on this feature.

Poly pressure (polyphonic aftertouch)

As well as the more common channel aftertouch, Bazille recognizes and reacts appropriately

to polyphonic aftertouch – each note (e.g. within a chord) will receive separate aftertouch data.

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Mac / macOS

PC / Windows

shift = shift, ⇧

opt = option, ⌥, alt, alternate

ctrl = control

cmd = command, ⌘, apple…

alt = alternate

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The Control Bar
Along the top is a bar containing page switches, the data display plus a few global elements: 
Page switches
SYNTH patching, all basic parameters....................
TWEAKS & FX filters 3 and 4, maps, extra envelope settings, global settings, effects...........
PATCHES the preset browser / librarian................
Data display
The Data Display normally shows the name of the current patch. Clicking on the triangles to the 
left and right steps through patches. Clicking on the patch name lets you select a patch in the 
current directory. Since version 1.1.1 you can even load a preset by dragging it from your 
desktop (or any system window) onto the data display. While editing a patch it shows the 
parameter name and value for a few seconds before reverting to the patch name. 
New feature: If you drag a Bazille preset from elsewhere (e.g. your desktop) and drop it onto the 
data display, that preset will be loaded but not automatically saved anywhere. See Drag & Drop. 
Initialize
To load a simple template, right-click on the data display and select init (initialize). If you want to 
start from scratch every time you open an instance of Bazille, save this under the name default 
into the Local root directory. 
Undo / Redo
Use the UNDO / REDO arrows to fix recent mistakes. Although the number 
of undo steps is limited to 10, you can even undo a change of preset: So 
switching presets before saving doesn’t mean losing your work! 
Save
Stores the preset into either the currently selected folder or the User folder, depending on the 
Save Presets To setting (see Preferences). To select a different folder, click on PATCHES and 
navigate in the directory. Then click on [Save], give your preset a suitable name and enter any 
details you would like to appear in the INFO area of the browser. Please avoid using the 
following characters: (\ / ? % * : " > < =). 
Right-clicking on [Save] opens a menu with a choice of file formats. h2p is our standard cross-
platform format, while h2p extended includes extra readable information. The native option is 
the standard format of your system (.fxp for VST and AAX, .aupreset for Audio Units). 
MIDI
To the left of this label is an indicator which flashes whenever MIDI data is received. 
Output
The main volume control and signal / overload indicator (turns red if you overload the output). 
Revision number
Please quote this number when you report any trouble to our support. 
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The u-he badge
Clicking on the [u-he] logo opens a menu containing links to this user 
guide, to the Bazille documents folder, to our homepage, to our support 
forum as well as to our presence in various social networks (Twitter, 
Facebook, YouTube). 
At the bottom of the u-he badge menu is the entry Install Soundset… Unless you are running 
Linux, you should not need this – see Installing soundsets. 
Multicore / HQ
To the left of the oscilloscope are two switches: 
Multicore causes voices to be distributed across multiple CPU cores, which usually allows more 
voices to be played simultaneously. This works well on recent processors such as the Intel i5 and 
i7, but performance can even be reduced if your CPU is older. Note: Some hosts have their own 
multicore support, and activating both can lead to poorer performance. In such cases, please 
switch either Bazille’s or the host's multicore option off. 
HQ switches various algorithms over to higher quality versions, but this comes at the cost of much 
higher CPU usage. The two options as they appear in the data display are called ‘Good’ and ‘High’ 
– the former is almost always good enough, there’s no need to waste CPU for little or no gain. 
These two elements are in the oscilloscope panel because there wasn’t enough room for them in 
the control bar (where they arguably belong). 
Oscilloscope
Oscilloscopes were always useful tools for synthesizer sound design, and that’s reason enough to 
include one in Bazille. You can check and adjust waveforms, monitor the effects of audio-rate 
modulation or filtering, view envelope shapes etc.. Or watch it purely for entertainment! 
The oscilloscope shows a mono sum of both outputs, pre-effects. The trigger is synchronized to 
MIDI notes as well as to zero-crossings, and is also updated whenever a longer scan is completed. 
As synchronization is automatic, Bazille’s oscilloscope requires very few controls: The Frequency 
knob adjusts horizontal resolution while Scale adjusts vertical resolution. Perfect synchronization is 
not always possible, so try playing a different key. 
eco, fast, glow, ﬁre, wind
A right-click in the oscilloscope window lets you switch the style: glow, fire and wind add different 
fade-out effects at the cost of some extra CPU. These modes are also a bit more sluggish than eco 
or fast. To minimize CPU-usage, choose the eco option. 
This setting is temporary. To make it permanent, change the ‘Oscilloscope’ option in Preferences. 
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Patch Browser
Overview
Bazille presets are sometimes called patches, a term borrowed by modular synth pioneers from 
19th/20th century manual telephone exchanges. For obvious reasons: Calls were connected in a 
similar fashion using large jack socket matrices (disconcertingly called switchboards).
You can load any preset in the current folder by clicking on the data display and selecting from the 
menu, or step through all presets by clicking on the arrow symbols either side of the data display. 
However, no self-respecting synthesizer wouldn’t include a browser, and Bazille is no exception – 
click on the [PATCHES] button at the top left… 
Most of the GUI is replaced by a set of three connected panels: Folders appear on the left, presets 
in the centre and information about the currently active preset on the right. If you can’t see the 
folders 01 to 10, click on the triangle to the left of Local. If you can’t see the PATCH INFO pane, 
click on the button in the top right and activate Show Preset Info. 
The Local root directory contains a representative selection of presets copied from the subfolders 
(but without the tags). Immediately after loading a preset by clicking on its name you can step 
through all the others using your computer’s cursor keys. 
Default preset
Whenever Bazille starts it checks whether the Local root contains a preset called default, which is 
then loaded instead of the demo sound. Note that default will not appear in the browser. 
Extra sounds
Any commercial soundsets we distribute on our website (for instance the Bazille Cookbook) will 
appear in .uhe-soundset format. See Installing soundsets a few pages down. 
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Directory Panel
If you don’t see this panel on the left of Bazille’s Presets browser, click on the DIRECTORY tab. 
Local
Bazille’s factory presets are sorted into folders 1 through 10. We recommend that you do not 
add or remove any presets here, but save all your creations in the User folder (see below). 
MIDI Programs
Local also contains a folder called ‘MIDI Programs’. All presets (up to 128) present in this folder 
will be loaded into memory when the first instance of Bazille starts. ‘MIDI Programs’ can then be 
switched via Program Change messages. As the MIDI Programs are accessed in alphabetical 
order, it’s best to prefix each name with an index ‘000 rest-of-name’ to ‘127 rest-of-name’. 
IMPORTANT: Unlike regular presets, MIDI Programs can’t be added, removed or renamed on 
the fly. Changes will only take effect after the host software is restarted! 
The MIDI Programs folder can contain up to 127 sub-folders of 128 presets, switched via MIDI 
Bank Select messages (CC#0) preceding the Program Change message. The MIDI Programs 
folder itself is bank 0, sub-folders are addressed in alphabetical order starting with bank 1. 
When Bazille receives a program change, it will display the bank and program numbers to the 
left of the preset name e.g. ‘0:0’ for the first preset in the first bank. In certain hosts, however, 
the first bank / preset is designated ‘1’ instead of the correct ‘0’. To avoid another possible 
source of confusion, please make sure that there are no junked presets in the MIDI Programs 
folder! All files in there will be adressed, even they are hidden. 
User
This is the best place for your own creations as well as third party soundsets. You can either 
select the User folder immediately before saving the preset, or set a global preference which 
ensures that it will always be saved there – see the Preference Save Presets To. 
Tip: To find out where the User folder resides on your computer, hold down option (Mac) or ctrl 
(Win), right-click on the User folder and select Show in Finder / Explorer. 
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Smart Folders

The other folders do not contain files, but display the results of querying a database of presets.

The content is therefore dynamic i.e. it will change whenever the underlying data changes.

Search History

Click on this folder to display the results of past searches (maximum 10). Whenever you need to

make the results of a search more permanent, right-click and select Save Search... The entry

will be moved to the ‘Saved Searches’ folder – see below. To remove all searches from the list,

right-click on the ‘Search History’ folder and select Clear.

Saved Searches

This folder contains searches that have been saved via right click from the Search History. To

remove individual saved searches, right-click on the search and select Delete.

Tip: Entries dragged from Saved Searches and dropped onto real folders within Local or User

will create a folder containing real copies of all found presets.

Favourites

8 smart folders, colour-coded. See Presets context menu on the next page. Presets dropped

onto a Favourites folder will be marked as such.

Favourite status can be removed by right-clicking on individual Favourite folders and selecting

‘Remove all Favourite (n) Marks’.

Junk

A smart folder pointing to all junked presets. See Presets context menu on the next page.

Presets dropped onto this folder will be junked, and will therefore disappear from the rest of the

browser unless made visible (see Show Junk in the Presets context menu).

All Junk marks can be removed at once by right-clicking on the Junk folder and selecting

‘Remove All Junk Marks’. If hidden, previously junked presets will reappear in the browser.

Tags

Smart folders for each Category/Subcategory, Features and Character tag. Presets dropped

onto these folders will adopt the corresponding tag. Presets dropped onto the ‘Untagged’ folder

will have all Category/Subcategory, Features and Character tags removed.

Author

Smart folders for each Author. Tip: Instead of signing each of your creations, you could sign just

one of them, then select them all and drag onto ‘Author/(You)/’. As the process cannot be

undone, please use this feature with caution!

Directory context menu

Right-click on any folder within ‘Local’ or ‘User’ to open this menu:

Refresh: Update the contents of the browser.

Create New: Insert an empty subdirectory.

Rename: Edit the folder name.

Open in Finder / Explorer: Open a system window for the currently

selected folder. Hold down option (Mac) or ctrl (Windows) to switch this

to Show in Finder / Explorer, which highlights the folder instead of

opening it.

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Refresh

Create New…

Rename…

Open in Finder *

Move to Trash

On Open Expand to

Show Folder Icons

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Move to Trash / Recycle Bin: Moves the selected folder and all its contents to the trash.

On Open Expand to: The options here determine how deeply the browser will open any sub-

directories whenever the GUI is opened or the Refresh function is called. The first option (none)

collapses all folders, while the final option (all levels) reveals all nested folders.

Show Folder Icons: Unselecting this hides all icons in the directory except the Junk symbol.

Presets Panel

The central unlabelled area of the browser is where you click to load presets...

Presets context menu

Right-click to open a menu containing functions that can be applied to individual presets.

Mark as Favourite: Choose one of eight ‘Favourites’. The selected entry will be replaced with

the option to Unmark as Favourite.

Mark as Junk: Instead of deleting unloved presets, you can mark them as ‘junk’ so that they

disappear from the browser.

Show Junk: Activate this option to display junked files (marked with a STOP symbol), which

would otherwise be invisible.

Select All,Deselect: See Multiple Selection below.

Rename: Change the names of presets using this function. Only the most recently selected

preset can be renamed i.e. you can’t rename multiple files at once.

Copy to User Folder /Duplicate: This entry depends on the preference Save Presets To and

whether the source presets are in Local or User. Selected presets are copied with a number

appended, which increments so that presets cannot be overwritten by mistake.

Show in Finder / Explorer: Opens a system window for the selected preset. Windows users:

After adding, removing or renaming preset files outside of Bazille’s own browser, remember to

Refresh the directory (see previous page).

Convert to native / h2p / h2p extended:This resaves each selected preset(s) in the format

previously chosen by right-clicking on the [SAVE] button.

Move to Trash / Recycle Bin: Immediately moves the selected preset(s) to the system trash.

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Mark as Favourite 1

Select All

Deselect

Show Junk

Rename…

Copy to User Folder *

Show in Finder *

Convert to h2p *

Move to Trash *

Mark as Junk

Mark as Favourite 2

Mark as Favourite 3

Mark as Favourite 4

Mark as Favourite 5

Mark as Favourite 6

Mark as Favourite 7

Mark as Favourite 8

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Restore

While in the browser you can audition presets without losing track of the one that was previously

loaded: Click the [Restore] button to get back to where you were before entering the browser.

Scan / ready

In the top right of the presets panel is a dark rectangle normally labelled ‘ready’. Whenever you

use the refresh function (see the Directory context menu on the previous page), this turns into a

progress indicator while the preset database is being refreshed. The process should only take a

few seconds, even for a very large preset library.

Multiple selection

A block of adjacent presets can be selected via shift+click, and individual presets can be added

to the selection via cmd+click (Mac) / alt+click (Win). Presets can be moved to a different folder

via drag & drop (see below). To deselect, either click on an unselected preset or choose

Deselect from the context menu.

Patch Info

The panel to the right displays information about the selected preset. If you can’t see this panel,

click on the “triple bar” [≡] button in the top right corner and tick Show Preset Info.

You can enter DESCRIPTION and USAGE text immediately before saving a patch.

CATEGORIES, FEATURES and CHARACTER are the tags for the current preset (see Preset

Tagging). You can remove or add tags directly – see Tagging via PATCH INFO.

If you prefer to see less information, try hiding either the entire PATCH INFO panel or just the

tags: Click on the [≡] button to open this little menu:

Untick to hide. The triple bar [≡] button will remain visible at all times.

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Show Tags in Preset Info

Show Preset Info

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Drag & Drop Functions
To manage your preset library more comfortably you can drag presets and folders between 
Bazille’s browser and your desktop or any system window.. 
On the Mac, most Finder operations will automatically update the browser. It might not update 
instantly when using multiple formats or multiple host applications, but all it usually takes is a 
click on the GUI or in the directory tree, which sets the focus to the plug-in instance. On 
Windows, a manual refresh is required more often. 
Exporting data
Smart folders: Drag any smart folder onto the desktop to create a new folder containing those 
patches. Drag an entry from Search History, a Category, or one of the Authors… 
Favourite status: You can export Favourites, all at once or individually: Shift+click and drag the 
‘Favourites’ folder or a sub-folder onto the desktop to create a file called Favourite (n).uhe-fav. 
Such files can then be imported into Bazille’s browser on a different computer (for instance), via 
drag & drop onto the Favourites folder (or anywhere within Favourites). 
Note: Importing .uhe-fav files from another computer will only work 100% correctly if all patch 
names and locations are identical on both computers. 
Installing soundsets
Any soundsets we distribute ourselves will have the extension .uhe-soundset, and third parties 
are encouraged to use this format for their own commercial soundsets. 
To install, drag & drop the file into Bazille (anywhere will do). The soundset will appear in the 
User folder. If a soundset already exists with the same name, any modified files will be backed 
up automatically and the location displayed. 
Alternatively, such files can be installed by selecting the entry Install Soundset… from the u-he 
badge menu. This option is especially useful for Linux users, as the Bazille version for that 
platform does not support drag & drop. 
Note that regular folders containing Bazille patches can be copied or moved into the User folder 
manually. You might have to refresh the browser (see directory context menu) before the new 
patches appear. 
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TOC PATCH BROWSER

Tagging

Tags are elements of metadata, information added to presets so you can find them more easily.

The Tagging Window

Right-click on the [SAVE] button and select Tag this patch:

Categories describe a preset by analogy to instrument types or typical usage, and each one has

an appropriate set of subcategories. Features are technical classifications, and Character tags are

pairs of opposites from which you can choose only one.

Tagging via PATCH INFO

In the PATCH INFO panel, right-click on the Category, Features or Character and select or

unselect tags from the menu.

Note that this method only works for individual presets. If you right-click on an existing tag, the

first option in the menu becomes remove tag.

The function create Search from Tags finds all presets with exactly the same set of Categories,

Features and Character tags.

Tagging via smart folder

You can tag multiple presets by drag & dropping them onto Tags smart folders. To remove all

tags, drag & drop presets onto the Tags / Untagged folder.

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IMPORTANT

Tags are updated automatically – clicking on the [SAVE] button isn’t required! The main

advantage is that presets don’t have to be saved every time you edit a tag. The main

caveat is that you should only edit tags after saving your preset…

For instance, if you decide to edit tags while creating a 2nd version of an existing preset,

please remember that you are actually changing the tags in the original preset!

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