Noel Jay:
I have the same problem, I thought at first it was neat to have the reg buttons in the middle of the board, but keep getting my fingers on them when not paying close attention, I figure a couple of times of switching from a waltz to a screaming rock guitar, while the dancers are dancing will probably cure me of not paying close attention..

I'm still learning how to run the ty2, and at this point I'm very dissapointed with the registration operation compared to my old board.
Only thing I can think of is maybe leave the 8 buttons empty for awhile until you get use to it....pose