Hi Keith,
Thanks for checking this out. I was afraid that even after (sensibly) switching to using file path/names for favorites on the SX, Yamaha couldn't be bothered to finish the job and sort the items alphabetically in the selection screen.
It's a pity that the designers of the interface on Yamaha arrangers don't show a bit more thought as to how relatively simple additions/modifications can make the user experience easier and less frustrating, alphabetical presentation of lists being just one thing!
The order of the preset styles is a prime example, so much so that on my Tyros4 I had copied all the preset styles into a couple of folders on the hard disk, which are sorted into alphabetical order by default by the file management functions of the underlying OS.
Although this might be considered by some to be a waste of disk space, I consider it to be well worth it, since it makes locating one of the presets very much easier (as long as you can remember the name of course)! I might well do the same with my Genos and copy its presets to the User drive to make them easier to locate! Together they take up less than 40 MB which is not a significant amount on a 48 GB drive. It's a shame that I feel the need to do this though!
Thanks again for checking this out, and for the heads up about Favorites on the SX in the first place.
Regards
Ian