Hi,
While making registrations, i usually follow some rules. Listing them down here. Please feel free to advise to add or modify them.
1) The First registration saves following info voice, Temp, Transpose, Keyboard Harmony, Style, Multipad, Text, Vocal Harmony
2) Second reg on wards, I check only voice, style and multipad. I don't choose others because tempo, transpose, Keyboard Harmony, Vocal and Text will not change for me (most of the time). Also, it becomes much easier to change the transpose or tempo of a registration set. You only need to change the first one !
3) Generally there are 3-4 registrations in a song for me. And I often use a text file for lyrics. So If I have to refer to the first registration again while playing, the page of the text file changes to page 1 of the text file again. Hence as a rule, I keep a gap of one registration and save one registration as similar to first registration without checking the text box. This helps me retain the same page of the lyrics. To explain, if I have 3 registrations in a song, I will keep the fourth one blank and save the 5th registration same as 1st registration without the text box checked.
4) Many a times, I need extra echo and reverb in mic, only for short duration, for an example at the beginning or end of a ballad or soulful number. Hence my 10th registration is reserved for vocal change only. The ninth one will revert back the mic voice to the normal reverb or echo. (so 9th and 10th store only vocal info)
5) I generally reserve the middle registrations (5-8) for any additional voices if required. I try to keep one blank on both sides of these voice registrations, to easily identify them.
6) I use playlists a lot. I make them based on the following - Singers, Showcase songs (songs which are very good for showing off
your playing or singing), Playable only songs (good for playing but not singing), Soulful songs, fast songs, slow songs etc
7) I have saved all my registrations, styles and multipads on the USB only. And I take a monthly backup of them
I know it is possible to name each of the 10 registrations separately for identification, but I find that too much, hence I follow these rules.
Thanks and Regards
Anand