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jpscoey

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Hello to everyone: this is my first post on this forum, so please be gentle with me & bear this in mind!

I have just acquired an M50-88 & so far I am delighted with it!

Now: I'm sorry if this is an obvious question, or if an answer has already been posted elsewhere, but I've looked around the site & the manual,
and I couldn't find anything - it's probably right under my nose !

My question is this -

During the course of a set (or just general use in rehearsal / at home etc) I may use about 20 to 25 'stock' sounds, e.g. -
4 or 5 organs, 4 or 5 pianos, strings, pads, choral, synth lead & so-on.

Is there a way of re-organising the order in which the voices appear in the menu-list so that all my 'favourites' appear a the top of the list
in the banks A to E ?... ie: my favourite 5 piano sounds appear in slots 1-5 in bank A, my favourite 5 organ sounds are 1 -5 in bank B, etc etc.

I would also like to be able to organise likewise in the 'catagory select' menu.

I'm not talking about a cue-list for particular songs -
just 'grouping' my most often-used voices adjacent to each other so I don't have fly from one end of the menu to the other,
then try to find something tucked away in the middle somewhere.

I hope I've made my requirements clear, and if any of you good people are kind enough to provide an answer,
could I ask, with respect, that you please try to avoid confusing me with mega-technical jargon & the like?
I don't wish to appear rude, but I've seen some forums where certain members just seem to want to show how clever
they are, rather than giving a simple, straight-forward answer!

Thanks in advance!

John.

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KORG gear: M3-73 Xpanded, M50-88, X50, Kaoss KP3.
Other gear: Nord - StageEX-88, Electro2 - 73.
Hammond - XK1
Yamaha - Motif XS7.
Roland - SH201.

runeharpun · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:09 am Post subject:

Hi.
I believe you can create your own patch/performance category (not to be confused with bank), and then save the new chosen patches/performances tagged with this category. Then you could just click on the category on the main display and choose your own category.

Another way is to save your patches/performances into a separate bank.

I don't think it's possible to put something into two categories, like putting a piano into both piano and your favourite category. That's why you need to resave the patch/performance into a new place (duplicating it).

R

edenboy · Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 6 Location: south yorkshire

Good point that, I struggle to remember where all my faves are unless i write em down....even alphabetical order would be better than nothing,thats assuming I can remember the name of the prog/combi.

im hoping to get my M50 over the next couple of weeks if i sell my karma for enough.

Edenboy

FifthElement · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:47 am Post subject:

For live play, I've created a category called "STAGE" and sub categories called piano, organ, guitars etc.

It then doesn't matter where the patches are stored you can still pull them up quickly via categories.
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jpscoey · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:57 pm Post subject:

[quote="FifthElement"]For live play, I've created a category called "STAGE" and sub categories called piano, organ, guitars etc.

Hi FifthElement, this sounds as though it's the type of thing I had in mind -
could you point out where I could find how to do this (is it in the manual?)
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Job: Professional Piano tuner/technician.

www.myspace.com/jscoey

KORG gear: M3-73 Xpanded, M50-88, X50, Kaoss KP3.
Other gear: Nord - StageEX-88, Electro2 - 73.
Hammond - XK1
Yamaha - Motif XS7.
Roland - SH201.

FifthElement · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:06 pm Post subject:

[quote="jpscoey"]

kimu · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:15 pm Post subject:

StudioMan · Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:34 pm Post subject:

If your trying not to use the touch screen, then over-write existing combis/programs.

To save even more time, write then across the same number, but different banks for the same song (this will give you 4 combis & 5 programs at the press of one button.

Mike

jpscoey · Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:16 pm Post subject:

Hi again, I'd like to thank you guys for the info so far.

Wouldn't you just know it, but due to having my entire house re-carpeted

a week earlier than they said they were coming, I've not been able to get

on the keyboard since I posted the question!

It will, of course, be the first thing I do as soon as I'm straight again

and I'll let you know how I get on.

In the meanwhile any more tips would be gratefully accepted!

Thanks again.

John.
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Job: Professional Piano tuner/technician.

www.myspace.com/jscoey

KORG gear: M3-73 Xpanded, M50-88, X50, Kaoss KP3.
Other gear: Nord - StageEX-88, Electro2 - 73.
Hammond - XK1
Yamaha - Motif XS7.
Roland - SH201.