analogika wrote:I see what you're saying, and I suppose having the Bank switch turn into a sort of pending mode until the patch number is entered is a solution.\
Yes, especially since the sound invoked by hitting a Bank button will almost
never be the sound you want to play (unless maybe you specially order your sounds to try to make that work); whereas there is an excellent chance that the sound you're already playing is indeed the sound you want to keep playing until you're ready for the next sound.
analogika wrote:Also, turning a bank change into "pending" mode would require a display change to show the current bank AND the selected bank — not sure how to solve this
I would have it show only the newly "pending" bank, but have it flash to indicate it is pending, and it could time out and revert to current bank if you don't complete the operation within some time (more on that below).
baekgaard wrote:it's probably a bit more like some of you used the old A/B/C/D bank buttons to get quick access to 20 programs, with two keystrokes.
Yes.
baekgaard wrote: The first keystroke, selecting the page, will not change the sound, as anotherscott said. However, it will time out after a couple of seconds, so you cannot press the first button and wait for 5 bars and then press the second button.
Bummer! I'm okay with a time out, but I'd be happier with something like 10 seconds.
analogika wrote:The biggest thing here, though, is that the new numeric mode actually enables seamless transitions to a far greater number of programs (25 plus live slots plus whatever comes up when you switch to Song mode), whereas having to switch banks on earlier OS versions would break the seamless transition feature.
Are you sure? According to the video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwdCUWhPHPU you could scroll through programs and banks and the seamless transition would still work.