Moondog Wily
Experienced
The new song/set list is an incredible new feature and I know it is going to make my life easier and more manageable especially in live situations! Thanks to all involved for bringing this new feature to us free of charge, it is above and beyond the call of duty IMO!! Although some may say "who could ask for anything more", others might say "I want mixed berries on this delicious cheesecake you just served me"!!!
I felt that the discussion on this topic in the 19.06 beta release thread had become a bit long in the tooth, and thought it would be best to start a wish list for what users may like to have with this freshly opened can of worms ;~)) Here are my wishes, in no particular order!
1. I would like the space to have more songs and setlists. I understand that X amount of memory was allocated for this new feature and as a programmer of 30+ years, I get it, but it is never the less, a desire I have for various reasons.
2. I would like more sections available within a song. As I talked about in the 19.06 beta release thread (post #26), I would like to be able to hit a single switch to be able to move through the entire song's sections. The sections that I need may be duplicated throughout the song (verses use same preset/scene, as do chorus parts, etc.) and I could have switches for sections 1-6, but the less I have to think about which switch to hit, the easier it is for me to play and manage my sounds (I am after all, playing guitar, singing and using each foot to play drum pedals for percussion so the less I have to keep track of with switches, the more I can do with percussion). Under this proposed scenario (with say 12 or more sections available), I can have the whole song be cycled through with a single foot switch. I would just keep hitting switch 1 on my FC12 and I am at the next section. Admin M@ provided some workarounds on how this could be done (post #29), but IMO those workarounds do not compare with the simplicity that this modification would offer. Both options of those workarounds would reduce the already limited amount of songs I could put in the setlists. Some may say "well what if you hit the switch twice, then you are out of sync". Well, switch 2 on the FC could go back one section if I were to make that mistake. Barring any mistakes in my tap dancing though, one switch could carry me through the entire song and that would be a true treasure for me! One possible update that could provide the same functionality is, if we were able to program into the song, the order in which sections are called. So I have a song in the set list, and in that songs setup I tell it, hit switch 1 and it goes to section 2, hit that same switch again, and it will take me to section 3, hit it again and it takes me back to section 2, next hit takes me to section 4, etc. Within the song setup, you could program what a single switch does for the successive hit. This way, we can keep the 6 sections as it is, but be able to program the song to cycle through those sections in a pre-defined sequence with the use of a single foot switch!
3. Tempo per song! Several users have talked about this option (and this option has it's own wish lists AFIK), and I am all for it!! As some have said, tapping in the correct tempo between songs can be difficult to accomplish when things are moving fast, and being able to store that tempo within each song would be a wonderful feature to have rather than having to use another preset with the proper tempo. I can't think of a better place to put it than in the new song list setup options.
The continued work and support of the FAS team is a dream to say the least! I know of zero products I have ever owned that provide so much value, and continue to give us even more at zero additional cost! It is like some sort of musical equipment surreal fantasy game because I don't understand how it can be true and can continue to get better ;~)) So thanks again to all involved in making these dreamy products become the impossible dreams! But if I could have some additional layers on this dream cake, the above are 3 of the toppings I would happily chew on!!!
I felt that the discussion on this topic in the 19.06 beta release thread had become a bit long in the tooth, and thought it would be best to start a wish list for what users may like to have with this freshly opened can of worms ;~)) Here are my wishes, in no particular order!
1. I would like the space to have more songs and setlists. I understand that X amount of memory was allocated for this new feature and as a programmer of 30+ years, I get it, but it is never the less, a desire I have for various reasons.
2. I would like more sections available within a song. As I talked about in the 19.06 beta release thread (post #26), I would like to be able to hit a single switch to be able to move through the entire song's sections. The sections that I need may be duplicated throughout the song (verses use same preset/scene, as do chorus parts, etc.) and I could have switches for sections 1-6, but the less I have to think about which switch to hit, the easier it is for me to play and manage my sounds (I am after all, playing guitar, singing and using each foot to play drum pedals for percussion so the less I have to keep track of with switches, the more I can do with percussion). Under this proposed scenario (with say 12 or more sections available), I can have the whole song be cycled through with a single foot switch. I would just keep hitting switch 1 on my FC12 and I am at the next section. Admin M@ provided some workarounds on how this could be done (post #29), but IMO those workarounds do not compare with the simplicity that this modification would offer. Both options of those workarounds would reduce the already limited amount of songs I could put in the setlists. Some may say "well what if you hit the switch twice, then you are out of sync". Well, switch 2 on the FC could go back one section if I were to make that mistake. Barring any mistakes in my tap dancing though, one switch could carry me through the entire song and that would be a true treasure for me! One possible update that could provide the same functionality is, if we were able to program into the song, the order in which sections are called. So I have a song in the set list, and in that songs setup I tell it, hit switch 1 and it goes to section 2, hit that same switch again, and it will take me to section 3, hit it again and it takes me back to section 2, next hit takes me to section 4, etc. Within the song setup, you could program what a single switch does for the successive hit. This way, we can keep the 6 sections as it is, but be able to program the song to cycle through those sections in a pre-defined sequence with the use of a single foot switch!
3. Tempo per song! Several users have talked about this option (and this option has it's own wish lists AFIK), and I am all for it!! As some have said, tapping in the correct tempo between songs can be difficult to accomplish when things are moving fast, and being able to store that tempo within each song would be a wonderful feature to have rather than having to use another preset with the proper tempo. I can't think of a better place to put it than in the new song list setup options.
The continued work and support of the FAS team is a dream to say the least! I know of zero products I have ever owned that provide so much value, and continue to give us even more at zero additional cost! It is like some sort of musical equipment surreal fantasy game because I don't understand how it can be true and can continue to get better ;~)) So thanks again to all involved in making these dreamy products become the impossible dreams! But if I could have some additional layers on this dream cake, the above are 3 of the toppings I would happily chew on!!!
