Asena-
OK guys, listen here, there is many Places we dont use, Like Style part, USER styles, Pick a style, * 8 beat( and Change it a litle beat, Cut down some parts, And use your NEW ideas, on it!
And do the same thing whit Same Style and make another change, And save it on USER style again , *8 beat 2* var 2 or like that, And you dont need the extra buttons, Comoon guys come whit better and more useful things, Not only a button whit 8 colors and bigger LCD or A satelit anten.
We have the same point as I see.
LEE-
my point is...lets say you are playing along and you want to mute (right hand) 1 sound, AND un-mute another QUICKLY...then in the next part of the song you want to mute that one again and un-mute the third at the same time..it's very hard to do that on the touch screen. Or even worst you want to change all three's mute status at the same time...WOW...tough on the touch screen.
Yes you can setup a STS to do all that...but you only have 4. Each STS can have options on 3 RH sounds, so you can mute...un-mute the sounds within 1 STS as you go, giving lots of sound flexiblity.
RH Parts 1, 2, 3, buttons are much easier to deal with when you want to change sounds as you go...QUICKLY. I wouls like to have Korg ADD those 3 buttons (and maybe one for LH). Not to take away anything from the touch screen at all.
I'm with you-
Now you will understand my suggestion-in the post-"DEAR PAOLO- for things for easy work", To have the ability with the EC5 or other assignable switch, to move in the 3UP it self, up and down, from 1UP to 2UP to 3UP, it is easier even from 3 new buttons in new PA3X, we can have it now with a new OS!
DEAR Assyrianpianist-
Avi, sorry i didn't read the entire post you wrote, but regarding a few things that cauthgt my eye here and there:
In time of reading all of it, you were saving the time of writing…
some songs can be broken into more than 4 sections, and i would never complain if one day korg give me the ability to program more than 4 vars
I'm agree with you, but we can still use 2 styles for long song, because 8 VAR for long song still make a need for mor then 3 FILL IN if you want to make a color to the song, so the trick to use the FILL IN bank for VAR dos not help so much!
So- my point again, way not just to use 2 styles then to ask 8 VAR and 6 FILL IN'S?
I know that the old KB in the past was having less VAR FILL INS and it always nice to have more, but the solution is here and easy!
[By the way to have too much, is not so simple for use, see what
iaoranaemaeva have write, and I'm agree with it.
[…I would be unable to remember the differences between 8 "blind" variations - I mean without any mnemonic display like STS ones (remember STS in Pa80…]
And
Serop Bedros speaking about 10 styles for a GIG, sure that it is boring!
Use more styles for the same song, [one after one continuation for the same song], and for all the songs, and do not call it more VAR in a style. And if VAR are missing way the FILL IN are not?
Get my point, way I cannot understand it.
So my vote- if it helps the others way not?
But if the problem is 10 styles in a GIG or in a song- way not just to use more styles for them?
One press on "next" in the song book and you has the 4 next VAR for the same song, it is the same style but you make it a little deferent with your touch as you want. [And have more FILL IN'S in the same time].
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