Mosiqaar,
Once more, updated above.
Thanks,
AJ

Dear Mosiqaar I balance all volumes by Registrations. I strongly recommend this. Pierce

Thanks AJ, I guess I will follow the suggestion from flowerssupply for now.

Can you try to incorporate these two features into the new OS please:

1-The Group function now only works well if the patterns use the same sounds, by putting patterns in the same group, it allows the instant change but it locks the sounds of each track. Can we have it to where if I put patterns into one group that I can have instant style change but at the same time sound change recognition still occurs?

2-In the EDIT PATTERN, it seems that there are certain limitations to what sounds can be assigned to which track. For example it appears that I cannot chose any drum kit I want to for DRUM2, and I cannot use the BASS track with a DRUMKKIT sound. I own a GEM and this is one cool feature where I can assign 5 drumkits to 5 differnet tracks I wanted to. Can this be done on the X1 to where we can put any sound or drumkit on any of the available tracks?

Thanks AJ

Flowerssuply thanks for your suggestion. I only had my X1 for less than a month now, let me ask this. If I setup one registration (I have not used them yet) to have a certain volume on the arranger and a certain mix of the different tracks, can I simply select that registration and be able to change sounds and styles without affecting the volume setup? In other words can a registration lock my arranger without locking my styles or sounds?

Thanks

Mosiqaar,

The use of Registrations (suggested by flowerssupply) is good (%90) for you can actually 'lock' the global volume of the LHS as you change from REGISTRATION to REGISTRAION (with each registration having it's own styles per your assignment). The only limitation with this is that sometimes, the style's volume could still vary (slightly) not because of the over volume of the style per say, but because of the individual volumes of the components of each style which the global left volume doesn't directly control.

* Please explain (a little deeper) point (1) above.

* We will evaluate this possibility of assigning all sounds on board to all tracks (seq/arranger).

Thanks,

AJ

Thank you AJ.

About the GROUP function. It was added and explained in the addendum to the manual that the GROUP function allows the instant change from style to style within the same group, but the problem is that when certain styles are put in one group, x1 assumes that they are using the same sounds on the left hand side thus, when changing from style to another, it does not recoginze sound changes! For example, if I have pattern 1 and 2 and 3 of BANK A, assigned to GROUP 1, and patterns 4, 5, 6 of BANK A assigned to GROUP 2 lets say. It is possible to do instant changes between patterns 1,2 3, OR between 4,5,6 (but if we switch from 2 to 4 lets say it will wait till next measure). The problem is, if pattern 1 has USR DRUM1 and PICK BASS, and pattern 2 has USR DRUM2 and ACOUSTIC BASS lets say, then by putting them in the same GROUP (group 1 in this case), the X1 will not change the sounds as we change from pattern 1 to pattern 2. So even though the loops change to the new pattern, it will still use the same sounds of the pattern u were playign before, so switch from pattern 1 to 2, would still use USR DRUM1 and PICK BASS in pattern 2, when it really should be switching to USR DRUM2 and ACOUSTIC BASS. So apparently when putting patterns into one group, you are disableing sound change recognition. The only way to not have that problem is to turn the GROUP function off when loading patterns (or editting them), but that will force the styles to wait till next measure before going to the new one. It would be great if we can have the best of both worlds. Be able to switch styles instantly and have the voice change recognitions for the LHS.

If I need to elaborate more please let me know.

Thanks again

-I guess concerning locking the volume I am going to have to go to each pattern/style I use and set the right volumes on it and save them.

Mosiqaar,
Thanks for the explanation mentioned above. I will look into a possible modification of this feature.
Thanks,
AJ

No AJ, THANK YOUUUUUU . Let me say that I still cannot get over the excitement I get everytime I think that we are directly in touch with those who modifdy and develope the keyboards we own (that would be you). Man if you asked me a few years ago, it was not even thinkable to actually hope for what I want in a product I own to be delivered to a company, let alone for it to be considered, and let alone to actually be done.
The next best thing is if I meet you in person . By the way, your job has always been a dream for me (I am an engineer and a musician and I always dreamed how great it would be if I could use both skill in one place, I even thought maybe that will allow me to engineer THE ULTIMATE keyboard for me anyway). If you ever hear of openings let me know .
thanks again