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Patch Pilot 2.0

Manage presets on your hardware synth over USB, straight from your phone

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About Patch Pilot

Patch Pilot lets you browse, organize and edit the presets stored on a hardware synthesizer, directly from your phone or tablet over USB - rename, copy, move and delete presets without a computer or the manufacturer's own editor software.

Supported instruments

- Nord Grand, Nord Grand 2, Nord Stage 2 EX, Nord Stage 4, Nord Electro 7, Nord Piano 6, Nord Lead A1, Nord Wave 2
- Behringer Pro-800
- Yamaha Motif XS6 (the XS7 and XS8 are recognized as well, but not yet confirmed on real hardware)

Each instrument connects over USB, directly or via USB-MIDI where the instrument supports it. Other Nord keyboards that speak the same protocol can be used with a warning; the app's debug menu can run a regression test and share a report that helps get them officially supported.

No account, no ads, no internet access. The app has no network permission at all and never sends data anywhere - the only thing it talks to is the instrument plugged into your phone.

Not sure it fits your setup? Open the app without an instrument attached and choose "Try demo mode" to explore the preset browser on a simulated instrument.

Free software, licensed under the GNU GPL v3. Source code: [link removed]

Patch Pilot is an independent, unofficial project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by Clavia DMI AB (Nord), Music Tribe / Behringer, or Yamaha Corporation. Product and brand names are used solely to identify the hardware this app is compatible with. This software interacts with your instrument's internal storage, including operations that overwrite or delete presets. It is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. Use with real hardware is at your own risk.

License: GPL-3.0-only
Release info Update on Oct 14, 2026
Release notes Added
o The Fractal Audio Axe-Fx III is supported: its presets can be browsed, loaded, renamed, copied, moved, swapped and deleted. Verified on a Mark I. A Mark II is recognized and lists all 1,024 presets, but has not been tested yet.
o The Moog Subsequent 37 is supported: its presets can be browsed, loaded, renamed, copied, moved, swapped and deleted, and their categories shown and set. Reading its preset list takes about 2 1/2 minutes, the instrument's own transfer time. Verified on a unit.
o An instrument can show a notice when it connects, with a "Don't show this again" option; Settings -> "Show Hidden Messages Again" brings hidden notices back.
o Each GitHub release also carries the R8 mapping file for its APK, so a stack trace from that build can be read.
o On a Nord, a notice on connecting says that every edit loads the program it changes, so unsaved changes on the panel should be stored first.
o On a Yamaha Motif XS, a notice on connecting says that renaming the loaded voice reloads it, so unsaved changes on the panel should be stored first.
o When a MIDI instrument is reached through another MIDI interface (a hub or an interface it is cabled to), its row in the device list says which, so it can be told apart from its own USB connection.
o A MIDI instrument reached through another MIDI interface (shown as "via ..." in the device list) gets timeouts that allow for the cable's speed: a preset transfer there takes about half a minute instead of a second.
o Settings -> Legal has a "Source Code on GitHub" link to the project repository.
o An edit interrupted by a lost connection now says on the disconnect screen what may be affected: which presets a swap may have touched, or that another change may or may not have been applied.

Changed
o The rename dialog says why a name can't be stored (characters outside plain ASCII, or a name the instrument reserves) and only enables Rename for a name that can, before anything is sent.
o On a Nord, the preset list updates faster...
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