Hi all!
I've just purchased a 3500 and am learning the board. I'm hoping you folks can flatten the learning curve for me a bit! First, some background info.. I play in a cover band, variety to heavy rock..and I'm the left hand bass player. I've used a Yamaha PSR 730 for a few years, and its a great board to use on stage. Other players come up to check out the board, and are astounded at the sounds it's capable of (bass patches in particular) when hooked into a pro rig (I use a Yorkville RB 400 bass amp). I think the sounds on the new Casio are even better! They blow away my k2000 Kurzweil and GeneralMusic Equinox right out of the box...leslie fx on the org patches are amazing for this price. Anyway, what I really need help with is this.. Does anyone out there know how to assign actual lettered names to the registration voices (instead of just bank numbers)? My yamaha lets me name each registration setup, and that's the MOST important thing on stage for finding the setups for songs in a hurry. Please tell me this board does this....or at least a workaround using ext media storage or something.
I must admit, I've alway snickered at the idea of a real Csio board, old CZ/FZ and VZ synths notwithstanding. But, I heard this one and had to try it..never could pass up a good deal. Still, I felt a little....well, dirty at the checkout register. Weird, huh?

By the way, how does this board hold up to abuse :-) ? My 730 has soaked up 2 pints of Guiness in the past year and made it through both gigs! Gave me premature gray hairs, though....