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Re: Anybody else use strips of paper between the track enable button rows?

2008-08-19 by emuxl7

I actually made some templates that fit around the buttons..and had 
my traks labeled for each song.
--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "malik" <malik_martin@...> wrote:
>
> 
> the manual suggests a similar scheme i was never able to follow. 
> was thinking about buying those little colored dot stickers that
> teachers use and put them on buttons for groups.
> 
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, "just john" <just_john_jj@> wrote:
> >
> > A tough thing for me had been remembering which track had which 
patch
> > (and which part.)
> > 
> > Finally, I cut a bunch of half-inch strips of paper for placement
> > between the rows of track enable buttons.  Then, for each 
pattern, I
> > wrote the part name for the button above or below.  IE: each 
strip
> > winds up with two rows of part names, one for the buttons above 
and
> > one for the buttons below.
> > 
> > This helps a LOT.
> > 
> > So far, this is a manual process.  Now that I have a printer 
again,
> > I'm thinking of automating it a bit better, and maybe branching 
out to
> > something to hang on the knob array, with useful information for 
them.
> >  (Part names, and for individual patches, starting positions.)
> > 
> > But perhaps you guys are miles ahead of me, so I figured I'd ask 
if
> > anybody else has done this.
> >
>

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