Loading songs quickly

21 Sep 2009, 21:43

Here's a good one... What is the quickest way to load songs and start them? In my application, I will be playing bass guitar, and loading/starting the G8's sequencer. (and doing some singing) I need to have quick transitions between songs. Is there a way to make a "playlist" and just hit start? Or maybe use a foot switch to scroll to the next song while the current song plays out? Maybe assign a songs to various pads? We start rehearsals next week, so I am thinking ahead. I'm totally clueless on where to go with this. Pushing SONG, Song List, selecting the song, loading the song, pressing PLAY seems a bit labor intensive for a live show. I'm open to any suggestions.

(...."put them on your ipod!...." already thought of that,......)

Re: Loading songs quickly

22 Sep 2009, 01:57

You CAN assign songs to the pads. I think this is the best solution for switching songs quickly. To do this, you must use the Favorite mode. Instead of registering a Single, Live or Studio sound, you can register a song into a Favorite slot.
So, the procedure:
1. Load the project you want to work with
2. Double-click Favorite button
3. Select a pad slot to edit
4. Press "F6: Util Menu"
5. Press "Set Song"
6. Pick a song from the song list
7. Press "F8: Select"
8. Repeat this for as many songs as you like

Re: Loading songs quickly

22 Sep 2009, 17:03

Cool. Thanks so much. Am I limited to 16 songs per project then since there are only 16 pads?

Re: Loading songs quickly

22 Sep 2009, 17:12

You have 16 pads x 16 pad banks = 256 favorite slots available
You can change banks via pushing and holding the Roll/Bank pad (at the left of the pad #5). While holding the Roll/Bank pad, push one of the numbered pads. This selects which of the 16 pad banks is selected. Then you can select the favorites inside this bank.

Re: Loading songs quickly

23 Sep 2009, 02:27

Too bad there are only 50 songs to a project. Just over 3 Banks' worth. Roland should up this to something to the power of two that's more than 256 and less than 1024; I know: 512!! Also up the RPS Sets to a project to this number while you're at it! Pretty please.

Regards,
Laurenz Nitert

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Re: Loading songs quickly

23 Sep 2009, 03:00

Yeah, since we can have loads of memory when working with USB sticks, there should have been a lot more song slots, how about 128 or something like that.

And since we talk about song slots, it's been a long time ago since I had asked about that mentioned 1 million MIDI notes limit in the sequencer. How can we see that, in which page? How we can check how much we've used and whether we're near that limit?
Anyone that has figured this one out?