Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

"steve_the_composer" wrote:
"Just a tip I posted many months ago.
When I tweak or create my own presets, I have named them with an 
initial upper case letter.  This way the navigator finds it first. 
eg:  arp. --> Arp., bts --> Bts."

 Hehe,
 That was what inspired me to do it!

"I haven't done this in a while, but I did it from the Edit Preset 
Name menu."

 Naming the preset is not the problem. It´s not being able to use the 
catergories to weed out the old unused presets thats annoying.

"Also, I would be interested in other naming conventions people use."
Me too.
I thought the upper-case tip was a good one (thx) so I use it now for 
presets that should NOT be overwritten ....Its a nightmare going back 
to old patterns/songs and esp. multisetups and fiding all the presets 
don´t fit and throw the mix right out the window.
 I use KIK/SNR/HHT/TOM/CYM/PAD/BAS.. etc in a default multisetup - 
Like a canvas. SNR for example says to me :
dont overwrite - track 2 - sounds like something that could pass as a 
snare.
Any sort of sketchboard sounds that are evolving but aren´t specificly 
used I put the uppercase only for the first letter in the catergory.
e.g. 
don´t overwrite:PAD
sketchboard:Pad
overwrite:pad

The trouble is that my userbanks are now full of uppercase (mostly 
sketchboard)presets so im back where i started ;)
 I do alot of "save preset to" with  drum kits so that my desired 
intrument is at C3. It makes on-the-fly grid recording/editing quicker 
IMO.
The catergory feature is not everyones cup of tea but it goes well 
with my style of working.
Anymore tips on preset/track/pattern organisation much appreciated.
(I´m really unorganised BTW)
:P