nord lead a1 patch organization

[justinm0rgan]

hey folks,

not new to nord here, been working with the nord stages for years. currently have the stage 4 and loving it.
but new to nord lead a1.
curious how others have organized their patches.
i factory reset and now have program 8 bank blank (50) and performance d blank (50).
i want to create a bunch of usable sounds for messing around with live band stuff whilst writing i.e. some pads, some arp stuff, some leads, some bass tones.
has anyone come up with a structured way to organize it for playing on the fly?
since there is no way to quickly navigate by sound type kind of makes it difficult to do so, i suppose i could reserve first 10 program slots for one type, then another type etc.
after we write as a band typically i will sculpt sounds on my own and then create more complex patches which i could then save as performances.

just curious how others have approached this, bc i don't want to be carrying around a piece of paper telling me what number is what patch lol.
also eventually i plan on creating program changes from the nord stage so i can clearly see what the song is...see i missed the a1 from the nord stage 3..the wave in the stage 4 just doesn't do it for me.

thanks,

[Proche3]

Wow no replies.

Just got one myself. My initial thought here is to use the abc and d in program mode as my “categories” for basic live band stuff you can quickly get to. Pretty similar in performance mode i guess, I’m gonna try to use the software editor to sort my “like sounds” by banks and yes, still have to remember numbers for my setlist. But it would be a more organized chaos than it is now!

[Nordlicht]

I had an A1 in the past and still love its capabilities and overall sound, but finally sold it because of the "old school" display (and the cheap keybed without aftertouch). I also struggled with a proper patch management and ended up having a wild mixture of sounds widely spread throughout the memory.
I still hope for a Lead A2.

[Mighty Motif Max]

Just picked up an A1. If I come up with any worthwhile patch management methods, I'll post them here. Probably just going to start with a number system (i.e. 1-20 are synth type "x", 21-40 are another, etc), or maybe even do patch selection via an iPad or Mainstage if I go that route long term.

[ericL]

Over the years I have used many of the Nord Leads such as NL1, NL2, NL2X, NL4 and others plus multiple rack units. I’ve always had a master keyboard sending the program changes and never fiddled with the numeric display. It takes a lot of time at home and eventually pays off.