More BR1600CD annoyances
A few more tidbits that BOSS/Roland should fix. When you use the USB connection to back stuff up to the PC, for one, it is incredibly slow, and two, the folders do NOT show the song NAME, just the system assigned song NUMBER. That is ridiculous because you cannot tell what song is what on the pc. When you are mastering, it does not show you the Vtrack NAMES, just the number. If you forget which Vtrack you want, you then have to get out of that screen, go to the Vtrack view, look at the track you want etc. Little things that really irritate. The SCENE settings are hard to use. I often use Scenes to increase/decrease the fader level on a given track, but don't want to change anything else. Lets say you had 3 of these scenes, and have them all set, then you decide that you want to change the EQ on scene 1. So you twiddle and fiddle until you get it right. If you forget to go change the same settings on the other scenes used in the song, the EQ will be off when those scenes are invoked. It is difficult to remember all the things done in a particular scene, and with the limited characters for naming them, it can get you into trouble. The FADER or SCENE option for the scene should NOT affect ALL scenes, it should just affect the scene you are messin with. THAT would help a lot...same for EQ on/off settings. THAT would fix my previous problem too, if you could selectively choose whether a scene invoked new EQ settings or not. I also think you should be able to selectively decide whether a scene affects the master fader or not. I had a sitch the other day where I had a couple scenes to 'bring down' the level gradually on one track near the end of the song. Well, I started fading the MASTER down manually BEFORE that scene was called. As soon as that scene was called, the master volume jumped up to where it was before. Annoying! Scenes are great, but you have to REALLY pay attention to what you are doing. With a few changes, they could REALLY be useful. Still lovin it, but I sure wish these things were changed. Oh...a notepad or something would be good too to keep track of what the heck I'm doin. After the seven thousandth mix, it is sometimes hard to remember! (or could that be my age)