Alright, the quick and dirty procedure is like this ...
Case 1- You don't know the general MIDI patch #'s for the instruments you want for favorites1- Go to the "Options" menu select "MIDI Settings"
2- Click the "View GS Map" button, you will see a map of general MIDI patch #'s (first picture)
3- Make a note of what instruments you want for your favorites, and the corresponding #'s from that chart.
4- Click on the GS map to close that window, and click the "Cancel" button on the MIDI Settings window to close that one.
Case 2- You do already know the general MIDI patch #'s for the instruments you want for favorites
5- Go to "Options" menu and select "MIDI Patch maps etc."> "Set favorite patches/Combos"
6- You will see the window in the second picture.
7- Enter the numbers you noted earlier next to each instrument in the list, click OK when you're finished.
You can enter a 10 favorites for each instrument.
Hope this is at least somewhat clear.
- Jay