Reason not saving A-List Acoustic Guitarist 'Phrase' setting

[cjb123]

Got a little thing that's a bit annoying. Maybe I'm just missing something - it wouldn't be the first time

When I open a project I'm currently working on which contains 2 A-List Acoustic Guitarist instances, although I've selected a Phrase - 'Standard 4' - in both previously (and saved the Reason file) it reverts to Phrase '1' each time I open it - and I have to reset it to Standard 4. I tried saving the patch and then saving the Reason file and that didnt make any difference - the patch loads but the Phrase selection for each has reset to 1.

Seems strange that the Phrase I've selected isn't saved along with the project - this is how other RE settings work. Any ideas reasoners?

[buddard]

This is because phrases are selected via note messages (eg from your MIDI keyboard). This means that the selected phrase can't be saved with the patch/combi. You have to record the key at the beginning of A-List's sequencer track in order for it to be remembered when you reload your project.

[cjb123]

Of course - thanks for that buddard! Dumb me ...but then like I said it's not the first time I've missed something! Cheers!

[craven]

I'm not really happy how the phrase selection works, I wish it had a drop down menu as well and would save the chosen phrase with the patch. Often I have only have the laptop and no midi keyboard attached. Makes using A-List a bit cumbersome to me. One workaround is to first record the melody and then play with the phrases and record that.

[mcatalao]

Craven, i just use a second midi lane (hit dub, or "," on your keyboard) for phrases, and dial them in as if they were new notes, so that i can mantain the main chord progression, and change the phrasing as needed. If you want, you can also record the phrases with the keyboard piano roll (f4), but i really never liked it a lot. A friend of mine just lent me his 2 oct keyboard and i us it for composing on vacation (do this a lot in summer vacations).

[craven]

Craven, i just use a second midi lane (hit dub, or "," on your keyboard) for phrases, and dial them in as if they were new notes, so that i can mantain the main chord progression, and change the phrasing as needed. If you want, you can also record the phrases with the keyboard piano roll (f4), but i really never liked it a lot.

thanks for your comment! yeah, I record them using the piano roll (F4) but also don't like it so much. However, it's the best way of previewing the styles in my opinion. Still, I wish there was a better way of previewing the styles when having no midi keyboard available.