I’m sure I’m not the only one that has this problem, so I’m looking for advice on how others have solved it.

I play in a cover band and our lead singer has a tendency to change the set list ‘in flight’.  I can remember where I stored my voices for each song in the Performance settings, but I can’t remember exactly where the split points are and which octave I should be playing certain sounds in.  I have had to figure it out ‘live’ too many times, and it sounds bad to start in the wrong octave - not to mention the occasional start on the wrong sound.

Before everybody jumps up and says the obvious, I do know that I can hit the F3 ‘Voice’ button and it will show me what voices I have in 1-4 and a graphic of where they are at on the keyboard.  But it doesn’t show me exact split points, and I have to try and remember which octave to start playing in - and that can be tough when I’ve got 2-3 octaves dedicated to a sound.

What do others do?  Is there a text note I could put somewhere in the Performance memory that I can access quickly that says something like, “Start horns on E4”?  I have tried a paper cheat sheet but it takes time to look that up, and if I’ve moved my light for something else I can’t see it anyway.  Can I have something like a Palm Pilot (that is so old but it’s all I can think of right now) that I can connect that knows when I hit certain Performance settings and will pop up some information on its screen?

I know there’s no substitute for practice and memorization, but sometimes I only have a few seconds to change the Performance setting to a certain song and join in.  What does everybody else do?

I’m not that complicated in my set ups, but I have used the song / performance name to offer myself clues. You have to work out a system where (for example) the first or last 4 name spaces provide the split point note. If there are only two split points, then use the underscore to place blank spaces to indicate that. Another is to always build the split points to be on the same notes.

I’ve built a collection of patterns I use from time to time that are not a real song, just chord progressions I can play around with.  I put the chords in the name field so I can identify which one I want and what order they’re in without unsightly experimentation in front of everyone. :)

Of course these are all crutches for memorizing the details, but they work pretty well if you’re consistent.

Bob