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pkd23

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Hi....

 

I bought my PX-5S several months ago, and started exploring the many facets of this great instrument. I soon realized that I needed an organized system to manage the Stage Settings. (Maybe that's just me.) I had several goals in mind:

  • Familiarize myself with the Factory Stage Settings. (I'm talking about sound, texture, musicality, etc. At this point, I'm not concerned so much about sound design or construction.)
  • Retain the Stage Settings (SSs) that I like, and feel will be useful musically.
  • Label the each SSs so that I can easily find it, play it, edit it, save it, delete it, etc.
  • Other goals I haven't yet discovered

So I came up with this system. I'm sure there are many ways to do this, and not so sure how this will work out. It's brand new and I'm just starting to use it, but thought I would share it in hopes that it might be useful to others.

 

Generally, the steps I used were as follows:

  • Listen to each SS
  • Using a spreadsheet (see attached), I color-coded each SS (more on this later)
  • After all 100 SSs were evaluated, using the PX-5S Editor, I deleted those that I did not like
  • Now, with the new space available, I can download new SSs, or edit and save SSs in available locations.

To continue, make sure you have downloaded the Editor, and the very informative Manual. Get familiar with it. It's easy to use and intuitive.

 

Next download the spreadsheet attached to this topic. The spreadsheet contains several "SETS."  Each SET is simply a group of 100 PX-5S Stage Settings.

 

SET 1 is the Factory preset. That's what the instrument comes with, out of the box. Personally, I don't like the way SET 1 is configured, in that each BANK contains a sampling of Tones (e.g., Piano, Clav, Orchestral, Synth, etc.). I prefer to have Tones organized by BANK; for example, all Pianos in BANK 0, all EPianos in BANK 1, all Reeds in BANK 2, etc.

 

SET 2 is what's called the Alternate Stage Setting. It contains the exact same SSs as in SET 1, however is organized the way I prefer. It's available for download on this Forum, so I downloaded it into my board.

 

SET 3 started as an exact copy of SET 2. I then listened to each SS, evaluated it, and color coded each one. Here are the meanings of the colors:

  • No Color - keep the SS, I like it
  • Yellow - hmm, maybe delete it later; it's ok, so keep for now
  • Blue - keep it, because it might be interesting to learn about it's sound design....later
  • Red - delete this one, and free up some space

SET 4 is what I ended up with after doing the following:

  • Using the Editor, rearrange each BANK by moving up all the keepers (No Color), Yellows, and Blues, and in the process, overwriting the Reds. Now I have open spots at the bottom of each BANK
  • Next, I filled some of the open spots with new SSs that I downloaded from this Forum, and colored them Orange. And finally, any new SSs that I designed myself are Green, and blank spaces are open.

SET 4 is the final arrangement of 100 Stage Settings. I can easily see the original Stage Settings, those I may want to delete later, new ones, open spaces, etc. Of course the meaning of what's in each BANK may change, as things get mixed up in time. PX-5S Stage Settings.xlsxPrinting out SET 4 and keeping it handy may be a useful way of easily seeing the big picture.

 

Anyway, I hope this is of some use to you, while you get familiar with this incredible machine!

 

peace...

 

pkd23

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Thanks. Your spreadsheet ideas will be helpful. I've been needing to do something similar. My current bank content is very disorganized. I've downloaded new stage settings and replaced stock ones which I didn't like, without as much attention as I should have to where they landed. 

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