There has to be a WAY!

workingspliff · Post by **workingspliff** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:05 pm

Hi real keyboard folks.
I'm a string player who has to play keyboard so our band can do the songs we like. (We have two bass players) So I am the biggest newbie in the world to this new TR music work station I bought to replace my DX7, which started to do strange things at gigs. I can access all the prog patches and comb patches, and they are fabulous compared to the poor old yamaha, BUT it takes me forever to find the right patch for each song, and my bandmates are really pissed as I punch buttons and scroll down in the dark, trying to find the sound I want. I made a laminated index to the preloaded sounds and our setlist, but even with that it takes too long to find the right patch. I don't want to synthesize, sample, sequence or anything. I just want to get the "classic click" patch, the "journey to bali" or whatever preloaded sound into a group I can find fast, without searching through all this other stuff...Is there a way to configure the sound banks to put the sounds I want all together?

fischek · Post by **fischek** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:39 pm

I don't know if it's the smartest way, but you can first write down all the sounds you're using for your songs and then load each of the sounds and save a copy to a different location thus overwritting the existing sound.

This way you can stack up sounds so they are in a sequence:

A001
A002
A003
A004

And use only the data wheel to move accross the sounds. You might also use the 4 sound banks to create a desired order at the beginning of each of the banks if there's too many changes during the gig. This would allow you to browse trough the custom made order of patches within the sound banks.

The only downside is you need to do some programming and think of a way to avoid loosing sounds you like by overwriting them.

Hope this helps...if not - someone will surely have a better idea.

Fatalmasterpiece · Post by **Fatalmasterpiece** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:44 pm

I play live in a band and I use the method Fischek describes above.

higskies · Post by **higskies** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:39 am

I do it the same way, too.

Nealster · Post by **Nealster** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:21 pm

Check out this article on the Korg website:

Keyboard master class - Organizing Your Sounds for Live Performance

workingspliff · Post by **workingspliff** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:01 pm

This is totally what I was looking for! Thanks so much. Any of you guys have gigs in the Spokane, WA area the weekend of April 19th? I'm organizing an outdoor Earth Day Celebration in Riverfront Park and looking for live music. It would be a daytime shortie, only paying a hundred bucks, but it would help you fill your venue that evening! (Not so easy in Spokaloo if the locals don't know who you are...) Anyhow, just thought I'd throw that out. And if you plan on playing in the Spokane, Couer d'Alene, or Sandpoint ID area, I can help you with who to book with and who to avoid like the plague! With gas prices the way they are, the last thing you need is to book a gig with five other bands and walk away with less than $5. No kidding...