# What is a bank on synthsonline.com?

A bank is collection of synth messages stored on synthsonline.com that:

- may contain one or more messages
- can have a custom name
- can be sent to a device

<p class="callout info">The bank term is not directly related to the bank term used for synthesizers. However, they can reflect the same contents depending on how they were created</p>

Example of a few banks displayed in the banks sections of a synthesizer:

[![image.png](https://wiki.synthsonline.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-01/scaled-1680-/kVvimage.png)](https://wiki.synthsonline.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-01/kVvimage.png)

Example of bank contents:

[![image.png](https://wiki.synthsonline.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-01/scaled-1680-/emnimage.png)](https://wiki.synthsonline.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-01/emnimage.png)

<p class="callout info">Message detail and patch names are only available on selected synthesizers with a **Premium** subscription</p>