This seems to be something that confuses most newcomers to the world of SynthEdit plug-in design. Once you know how it’s done its easy, if a little repetitive in large projects. The usual mistake that’s made is to change the Name in the properties panel, then wonder why the control is still labelled “Knob” in the panel view.
The first thing to realise is that the Knob control is not so much a module as a prefab, which you can open up and customise.
How to rename the Synthedit Knob control.
Put a knob control into a structure window. Double click on the blue bar at the top, and it will open a new structure window.
Once this is open all you need to do is select the Text Entry4 module, then in the Properties panel change the entry in the Text box from “Knob” to a suitable title for the control. press the return (enter) key and close the window. Your knob is now renamed.
Hint:
If you find yourself doing this lots of times and using the same titles, why not set up some prefabs knobs of your own with useful titles such as: Cut-off, Q, Frequency, Attack, Decay & so on. You can even set up your own sub-folder in the Prefabs folder called Knobs to keep your selection in. You’ll usually find the Prefabs folder by using Windows File Explorer in one of the sections under Users: see below…
Saving a new Prefab.
Just right click on your renamed Knob control, and select Selection to Prefab from the popup menu and save in your folder of choice. You’ll then be able to see your new prefab control in the Modules menu.
