Posted by: Scottyee
PSR2000: SERIOUS Reg Memory/Reg Sequence PROBLEMS ! - 03/16/02 05:23 PM
Ok ok, I admit I still like my PSR2000 overall, but here's ANOTHER PSR2000 feature (bug?!) which continues to irritate me a LOT, particularly during a tight show set performance.
As I mentioned before, I utilize 'Memory Bank Registrations' and the 'Registsration Sequence' feature to advance thru different setups for sections of a song or song medley. Before begining a song, I always have to REMEMBER to set the the 'Reistration Sequence' button setting back to Reg #1 before performing the song, otherwise, you could be starting at any of the 8 Reg Memorys. Unfortunately, pressing the physical black Registration Memory button #1 (the one right above the keybed itself, will not accomplish this. To move the Registration Sequence back to #1, you must use the 'back/next' buttons (to the right of the top of the LCD screen) and scroll the Reg Seq back to #1. I would think that the black square #1 thru 8 Registration buttons should have been designed to be LINKED to the Registration Sequence numbers (which appear on the LCD), so that you could simply press one of the #1-8 buttons to effectively change the Registsration Sequence setting to the same place, because it DOES work the 'other way around'. In other words, when you change the Registration Sequence numbers via the back/next buttons, the Registration Memory buttons change accordingly.
Ok, so what's the beef? Too many times, I have loaded a Memory Registration for a specific song, and see that Registration Bank button #1 is lighted up, so assume that every thing is set correctly and all ready to go , but quickly find out (when I start performing the song) that the Registration Sequence was NOT set to #1, but to another registration altogether. This has proved disasterous on several occasions. I have to resort to putting bright colored stickers next to specific buttons on the 2000, so I can remember to check specific functions before I start EVERY song. What a PAIN. If these functions could be saved as a part of Registration Memory, this could be avoided.
Yamaha needs to 'fix' the LCD 'Sequence Registration' settings so it's numbers reflect physical button changes made on Registration Memory Buttons (1-8) itself. This makes sense to me and would avoid the problems I outlined above.
In addition, the on/off status of the following buttons need to be able to be stored in Registsration Memory. Currently this is not possible, so I always have to remember to check the status of these button before I begin a song.
* Sync Start
* Sync Stop
* OTS Link
* Auto Fill In
I hope Steve Deming (head of Yamaha PSR Tech support USA) is listening.
I'm curious to hear from others on this as well.
- Scott http://scottyee.com
As I mentioned before, I utilize 'Memory Bank Registrations' and the 'Registsration Sequence' feature to advance thru different setups for sections of a song or song medley. Before begining a song, I always have to REMEMBER to set the the 'Reistration Sequence' button setting back to Reg #1 before performing the song, otherwise, you could be starting at any of the 8 Reg Memorys. Unfortunately, pressing the physical black Registration Memory button #1 (the one right above the keybed itself, will not accomplish this. To move the Registration Sequence back to #1, you must use the 'back/next' buttons (to the right of the top of the LCD screen) and scroll the Reg Seq back to #1. I would think that the black square #1 thru 8 Registration buttons should have been designed to be LINKED to the Registration Sequence numbers (which appear on the LCD), so that you could simply press one of the #1-8 buttons to effectively change the Registsration Sequence setting to the same place, because it DOES work the 'other way around'. In other words, when you change the Registration Sequence numbers via the back/next buttons, the Registration Memory buttons change accordingly.
Ok, so what's the beef? Too many times, I have loaded a Memory Registration for a specific song, and see that Registration Bank button #1 is lighted up, so assume that every thing is set correctly and all ready to go , but quickly find out (when I start performing the song) that the Registration Sequence was NOT set to #1, but to another registration altogether. This has proved disasterous on several occasions. I have to resort to putting bright colored stickers next to specific buttons on the 2000, so I can remember to check specific functions before I start EVERY song. What a PAIN. If these functions could be saved as a part of Registration Memory, this could be avoided.
Yamaha needs to 'fix' the LCD 'Sequence Registration' settings so it's numbers reflect physical button changes made on Registration Memory Buttons (1-8) itself. This makes sense to me and would avoid the problems I outlined above.
In addition, the on/off status of the following buttons need to be able to be stored in Registsration Memory. Currently this is not possible, so I always have to remember to check the status of these button before I begin a song.
* Sync Start
* Sync Stop
* OTS Link
* Auto Fill In
I hope Steve Deming (head of Yamaha PSR Tech support USA) is listening.
I'm curious to hear from others on this as well.
- Scott http://scottyee.com