Application Menu Bar; File Menu - Native Instruments Absynth 5 Reference Manual

3 Application Menu Bar

The Application Menu Bar (here on Windows version shown)
The Application Menu Bar is only available if you are using ABSYNTH 5 in stand-alone mode.
It holds commands dealing with the overall functioning of ABSYNTH 5. Similar to the menu
bar found in other applications on your operating system, it contains three menus, detailed
below: the File menu, the Edit menu and the Help menu.

3.1 File Menu

The File menu contains the following entries:
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New Sound: Creates a new empty Sound in ABSYNTH 5. The default new Sound only
contains one Oscillator in its Channel A.
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Open Sound...: Opens a dialog labeled Open SingleSound File... allowing you to select a
Sound on your hard drive for opening. In the dialog, navigate to the desired Sound, select
it and click on "Open" (or double-click on the Sound). The Sound replaces the Sound
previously loaded in ABSYNTH 5.
•
Recent Files: Opens a submenu containing shortcuts to the 10 last Sounds that you
opened in your last sessions. Select an entry in the submenu to open the corresponding
Sound. At the bottom of the submenu, the entry Clear Menu empties the submenu.
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Save Sound: Allows you to save the changes made to the currently loaded Sound. If you
did not save the current Sound yet, this command automatically opens the Save Sound
As dialog (see below).
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Save Sound As...: Opens a dialog labeled Save SingleSound File As... allowing you to save
the current Sound under a new name. In the dialog, navigate to the desired folder where
you want to save your Sound, type a new name for the Sound and click on "Save".
! We recommend saving sounds to the default path, "My Sounds." This way, your Sound
will automatically be integrated to the ABSYNTH 5 Database upon saving.
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