How Can I Create, Save and Load Snapshots in Reaktor?

Note: This article applies only to the Full version of Reaktor and not the free Reaktor Player.

A Reaktor Ensemble holds all the relevant information to a session of Reaktor, including all Instruments, their Snapshots, and global settings. Snapshots (i.e. presets) represent the state of all controls on the corresponding Instrument's Panel and are stored in Snapshot Banks which in turn can be saved on your hard disk.
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When you create a Snapshot, the current settings of all the Instrument's Panel controls and MIDI controllers are stored in the Snapshot. When you recall a Snapshot, all the Instrument's controls are restored to the settings they were in when the Snapshot was originally created. Each Reaktor Instrument can store 16 Snapshot Banks containing 128 Snapshots each, for a total of 2048 Snapshots.

Creating a Snapshot Bank
  1. To save a current instrument setting as a new Snapshot, enable the Edit tab at the top of the Reaktor window.

    Note: The Edit tab only appears when an Ensemble is loaded into Reaktor.

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  2. In the second tab of the left-hand side navigator, click on the Snapshots icon to make the Snapshots list visible, then right-click on Embedded and choose New Bank.
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    Note: You can also right-click on User and create a new folder for your Snapshots. This will allow you to update NI products via Native Access without the risk of losing your custom Snapshots once the Ensemble is updated.

  3. A new entry will appear in the Bank menu. You can right-click the new Bank folder to rename it.
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Creating Snapshots
  1. To save a Snapshot after editing a sound, click on the Add button.
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  2. A Snapshot entry will be created in the Snapshots list. To change the name of your Snapshot, type in a new name, then press Enter.
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    Your snapshot is now available for selection in your User Bank.
Exporting and Loading a Snapshot Bank
  1. To save a selected Snapshot Bank, right-click on the Bank and select Save Bank.
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  2. This will open a dialog box to choose where you want to save the Snapshot Bank file. Select a name and location to store your new User Bank, then click Save. The Snapshot Bank file will be saved as a .ssf file.
  3. To load a new Snapshot Bank into Reaktor, choose Load Bank from the Embedded drop-down menu. This will open a dialog box to browse for the .ssf Snapshot Bank file you wish to load.
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Saving a Snapshot Bank with your Ensemble

To save your Snapshot Bank as part of the Ensemble follow the steps below:

  1. Click the Menu button and choose File > Save.
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    A dialog window will open where you can name and select a location for the Ensemble. Click Save to confirm.

    Important Note: If the ensemble was already saved before, this will overwrite the previous version of the Ensemble!

  2. If you wish to save a new version of the Ensemble as a different file, choose Save As...This way you will not overwrite the original Ensemble.
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