Demand for PA Arrangers software for resources management

sridharar · Post by **sridharar** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 12:36 am

Hello Rick [All]

Thanks for your note.
Sorry for the radio silence for a while.
I was just distracted with other things.

[I am writing/capturing this here with the intent that I can copy/paste and send this to KORG Product support and discuss with them]

I really believe that what I have listed below are quite basic and do not need any revamp. Some minor UI/Top layer things changes should do the trick. I am basing this only on a black box view of KORG and without any knowledge or assumptions about their implementation architecture.

a) Add one more place/item/slot to the Global Scale -- so a user can program a scale and use it like all the other built-in scales. Even cheap keyboards provide for this now and have been available for many years. 15+ years ago, I found it available on most keyboards in $500 range, before I settled on one [Technics].

b) Ability to import and export that scale from/to file will add significantly to user's ability

c) Sub Scales -- I really do not know the purpose of making it transitory in scope. Make it controllable by a user. So it can be transitory or be lockable.

d) Assignable Switches -- ditto.

e) STS -- why are they write-only? We can only save and invoke, but cannot see what it contains. Yes this will add a new UI screen/form.

f) User Scale on STS -- Just have the ability to load it from a file -- rather than entering it manually.

g) Playing MP3 files --make it possible for adjusting the tuning of the keyboard for aligning it with MP3 song. Right now, anything one does to the keyboard also applies to MP3 play. Limiting paradigm.

h) Samples/Sounds should play clean. A basic expectation. I have not tested other sounds -- but I can vouch for this for the Violin Straight Sound. It does not play in a consistent manner across the key board. Sound jumps across some keys, sound plays differently coming from lower and higher keys, and right, and there are some ugly resonances. May be these are smarts built into the sound or rendering engine. Why not provide some guideline for turning them off to get a clean sound? Or just fix whatever is wrong with the sample.

i) Sequencer and Recording a Song: There is no way to apply or check and control that a desired scale/subscale is in force.

j) As I mentioned on an earlier note, PA600 does provide ways to import/export STY, PCG, SND, QTP etc. Why not provide some documentation of the formats? So we can use simple software utilities on our laptop.

[Fyi, it was quite simple to figure the QTP format and I am creating custom subscale settings for ragas now. Will post a separate on this]

k) Balance Knob -- make it work for recording. So while recording a backing sequence with a style, we do not have to individually change the volume settings of accompaniment tracks

k) Robustness of Joystick - I know this is a physical thing. Within a few months of use -- my Joystick is making so much of physical squeaking and rattling noises - not related to sound coming from the Keyboard. In comparison, on my other 15+ years keyboard, pitch bend wheel is still extremely quite. No squeaks of any kind.

I am sure I have recalled all the items. So I will pause here and add to these later.

I hope others could also add to these simpler-side feature needs.

Br Sri.

sridharar · Post by **sridharar** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:04 am

Also see my post regarding editing Drum Kit layers.

Br Sri.

darrylkorg · Post by **darrylkorg** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:03 am

Hi Sri,

Just my thought on selection of sounds.

1. when we want to change the sounds using sound category / performance button, it takes 2 clicks. 1. selecting the sound category 2. selecting the sound.

Would be better if the previously selected sounds are pulled automatically when we hit the particular sound category / performance button.

2. When we select a sound category (For eg; Strings) in factory and move to GM, User, Legacy etc, it does not show the Strings page automatically. if this is made seamless, it would take lesser clicks to get the desired sounds during a live performance.

Not sure if this is relevant to the topic.

Regards,
Darryl

sridharar · Post by **sridharar** » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:32 pm

Hi Darryl

Good points. I agree. I also goet annoyed by these.
I do not know their motivation for the way they have implemented.

Optimizing user experience and productivity should be the driving principle- though they seem to be blind to that in many instances.

Br Sri.

Earl78 · Post by **Earl78** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:30 am

Hello friends!! I am using software that is Self storage management software for managing things of my office. This software is very easy to use and provides information of your business data anywhere from the world in just few clicks, now I can manage the data from my other branches too.

Nemik · Post by **Nemik** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:30 pm

Earl78 wrote:Hello friends!! I am using software that is Self storage management software for managing things of my office. This software is very easy to use and provides information of your business data anywhere from the world in just few clicks, now I can manage the data from my other branches too.

Excuse me! Are you lost?? You came to wrong forum !!!

WAVEXtractor · Post by **WAVEXtractor** » Wed Dec 24, 2014 10:22 am

Perhaps this thread is a lil outdated, but after all there is always KORG PA Manager to help your needs.