Registration Effective, Powerful , Necessary …..But Confusing

[Nova227]

I have been reading various and regular posts on Registration Memory concepts and challenges it presents for many . The registration design is fine but the concept is to much for new users  and for those who like to keep  things very simple.  Most players are not performers we only need simple.

Yamaha could do something like this with out any changes in hardware ..... program code only needed. A seasoned player would think this is nuts but here my thoughts in practical terms

1. You walk by the keyboard and you have a few minutes to sit play.
2. You like what your doing , times up, you want to save it
3. You hold the Playlist button down for 5 second
4.  A playlist comes up that is called Playlist "Quick "
5.  Your creation is saved as playlist entry immediately . ( the PSR behind the scenes sets up the registration memory needed to support this)
6. You name it or have the keyboard name it for you with a date . This very common on many iPad apps very useful. This would also name the supporting registration bank memory
7. You come back sometime later by that time your partner, band mates or kids have been playing and setting and registrations may have been changed.....no problem go the Playlist Quick load you entry.
8. You sit down play , maybe something  new or hit Playlist  Quick for a previous  session.
9. You want save you current session back to step 3.

Interested in your thoughts .

Nova227

[mikf]

Well you have to not only save something, you have to be able to find it again, so it needs saved to a location with a name. By the time you do that I think a lot of people would say saving a set up as a registration is no more difficult.

[Nova227]

Good question

The idea would be ......when you add it to quick playlist it would create the registration information needed just as it would if you were using the normal method registration then playlist.

Nova 227

[mikf]

I think you can possibly achieve the same thing on the current keyboard this way - although I have never done it.
Have a start up registration bank. (More in a minute on why a start up registration bank is a good idea in any case). Name the last registration in this bank "Q 1 ". When you hit the issue you describe and want to save the set up, just hit memory then the last registration and you will have the set up saved in an instant. Then when you start again hit reg Q1 in your start up bank, and there it will be!

A start up registration is a something everyone should consider. This is a great way to make sure the keyboard is set the way you like to start. For example I like my keyboard always to be set to full piano keyboard, pedals set a certain way, and voice set to Grand  piano.  So I have a start up reg bank, with this all set this way in ref 1, and when I start up I always hit the first reg in my start up bank, and bingo, it's all set up how I like it.
You can get a little more sophisticated and set a couple of registrations in the start up bank differently. For example reg 2 in my start up changes my swell pedal to pitch bend control, reg 3 splits the keyboard  for more conventional lh/rh arranger playing.
Keep it simple, so you don't have to remember a lot, and no reason not to make reg 8 your "quickset" button, as described above.
Mike

[Divemaster]

I think you hit the nail right on the head, and it's taken me many months of reading, using YouTube, reading dozens of articles, and the manuals.
But getting a handle on them Is worth the time spent.
To pro players it will seem remarkably simple, and once learned.... It is.. But I understand how, at first, your legs seem to be paddling at a hundred miles an hour, but your mind is firmly anchored to the bank. Believe me, as you get older, the more confusing it all is!
So my advice would be to persevere.
And, of course, ask questions here.
I'm still working on Registrations, but accept that with a modern, and fairly expensive arranger keyboard, learning how it works is worth all the study.
Yamaha have done most of the hard work for you, so take the time and trouble to do your bit.

I remember the first time I sat down at a large Chapel organ.... THREE KEYBOARDS, (manuals) SO many switches, buttons and stops, AND pedals to play with my FEET!!!  Nearly had me climbing up to the bell tower to end it all! 
Don't let it phase you.
You are in charge. Learn a bit at a time.

Hope that helps.
Keith.