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#1
Repertoire Help / Re: Feature request: Categorie...
Last post by arlo - Today at 05:37:08 PMThis isn't quite getting to what the problem is. You said the list is "cluttered." Can you describe a specific task you're doing that is difficult to do now?
#2
Repertoire Help / Re: Feature request: Categorie...
Last post by ChrisMikolaj - Today at 05:12:50 PMI'll try to explain it as clearly as possible.
In the screenshot you can see how my current MIDI presets are organized. The brown-colored ones are presets for our lightbar. At the moment, this color coding is only temporary, as we've just started testing these presets and they are not final yet. Depending on how the different color modes end up, I will probably adjust the color scheme as well.
The presets in the other colors at the bottom are currently pedalboard presets that are assigned to individual songs. As I continue to assign presets to more songs and add additional presets, this list will inevitably become more and more cluttered.
That's why I think it would be really helpful to have tags or user-defined fields to categorize presets — for example "Lightbar", "Guitar", or even more specific categories like "Ambient" or "Crunch". This would make it much easier to find, adjust, use, and assign presets later on.
With the current list view on the website, I feel that managing a growing number of presets will become increasingly difficult over time.
Maybe I'm a bit picky here, but I thought this perspective might still be helpful.
In the screenshot you can see how my current MIDI presets are organized. The brown-colored ones are presets for our lightbar. At the moment, this color coding is only temporary, as we've just started testing these presets and they are not final yet. Depending on how the different color modes end up, I will probably adjust the color scheme as well.
The presets in the other colors at the bottom are currently pedalboard presets that are assigned to individual songs. As I continue to assign presets to more songs and add additional presets, this list will inevitably become more and more cluttered.
That's why I think it would be really helpful to have tags or user-defined fields to categorize presets — for example "Lightbar", "Guitar", or even more specific categories like "Ambient" or "Crunch". This would make it much easier to find, adjust, use, and assign presets later on.
With the current list view on the website, I feel that managing a growing number of presets will become increasingly difficult over time.
Maybe I'm a bit picky here, but I thought this perspective might still be helpful.
#3
Repertoire Help / Re: Feature request: Categorie...
Last post by arlo - Today at 04:23:16 PMCan you describe in more detail what the problem is and what you want to accomplish?
#4
Announcements / For my friends around the worl...
Last post by arlo - Today at 04:18:48 PMI'm based in Portland, Oregon, USA. About half of my users are from outside the United States. This message is for them:
If you live in a country that the Trump government has threatened with annexation or attack ... punished with tariffs ... taken over by invading and arresting its leader ... encouraged to capitulate to other invaders ... or disparaged with profanities ... most Americans do not support that.
If you believe that cooperation between countries is better for everyone ... that historical alliances are worth preserving ... that other languages and cultures are interesting and deserve respect ... that most people around the world want the same things in life ... most Americans agree with you.
Personally, I'm proud to have built a product used internationally, and I enjoy working with users from other countries every day. Many Americans have family and friends in other countries, and many more love to travel. The Trump government does not represent us. We are doing everything we can to make the government represent us, as a democratic government should do. They have created many obstacles, but we won't give up.
You might have seen the way my city resisted when the Trump government tried sending military troops here -- the naked bike ride, the inflatable animal costumes, the music and dance. I'll end with my favorite image from that time. (It's a callback to a famous Barack Obama poster from 2008, for those who aren't that familiar with US politics.)
If you live in a country that the Trump government has threatened with annexation or attack ... punished with tariffs ... taken over by invading and arresting its leader ... encouraged to capitulate to other invaders ... or disparaged with profanities ... most Americans do not support that.
If you believe that cooperation between countries is better for everyone ... that historical alliances are worth preserving ... that other languages and cultures are interesting and deserve respect ... that most people around the world want the same things in life ... most Americans agree with you.
Personally, I'm proud to have built a product used internationally, and I enjoy working with users from other countries every day. Many Americans have family and friends in other countries, and many more love to travel. The Trump government does not represent us. We are doing everything we can to make the government represent us, as a democratic government should do. They have created many obstacles, but we won't give up.
You might have seen the way my city resisted when the Trump government tried sending military troops here -- the naked bike ride, the inflatable animal costumes, the music and dance. I'll end with my favorite image from that time. (It's a callback to a famous Barack Obama poster from 2008, for those who aren't that familiar with US politics.)
#5
Repertoire Help / Re: Feature request: Categorie...
Last post by ChrisMikolaj - Today at 02:50:27 PMColors wouldn't be my first choice, as I'm using the colors for my guitar pedal board to represent the colors on the effects. So I'm pretty much through most of the colors already.
Filtering by notes might be okay, but I cannot show the notes on the list of MIDI presets, so I kind of need to guess which would be the correct notes then?
So maybe if the notes could be shown it would already resolve the situation?
Filtering by notes might be okay, but I cannot show the notes on the list of MIDI presets, so I kind of need to guess which would be the correct notes then?
So maybe if the notes could be shown it would already resolve the situation?
#6
Account Help / Re: Features missing after rec...
Last post by arlo - Today at 01:21:53 PMIt looks like you changed your account level from Pro to Plus when you renewed.
Price changes were announced in January 2024 and a 2-5 user Pro account now costs $80. Current prices are listed here:
https://www.bandhelper.com/main/pricing.html
To change back to the Pro level, you can go to the Admin > Billing page of the website and add a month at the Pro level. That will change your expiration date. More info is here:
https://www.bandhelper.com/support/FAQ.html#account_level_change
Price changes were announced in January 2024 and a 2-5 user Pro account now costs $80. Current prices are listed here:
https://www.bandhelper.com/main/pricing.html
To change back to the Pro level, you can go to the Admin > Billing page of the website and add a month at the Pro level. That will change your expiration date. More info is here:
https://www.bandhelper.com/support/FAQ.html#account_level_change
#7
Account Help / Features missing after recent ...
Last post by megahertz - Today at 11:56:15 AMHi. This is my 10th year using bandhelper. I've been at the 2-5 users level all along as far as I can remember.
In december, my account renewed and I paid $60, which is what it's been for many years.
Now I notice that my checklists and sessions seem to be gone. Did the UI change and I'm just not seeing them in a new place? I've never had trouble finding and using these before.
Or do I now need an upgrade of some sort to get these features back? And are my checklists and sessions gone forever? I sure hope not.
Thanks in advance.
. Marc
In december, my account renewed and I paid $60, which is what it's been for many years.
Now I notice that my checklists and sessions seem to be gone. Did the UI change and I'm just not seeing them in a new place? I've never had trouble finding and using these before.
Or do I now need an upgrade of some sort to get these features back? And are my checklists and sessions gone forever? I sure hope not.
Thanks in advance.
. Marc
#8
Repertoire Help / Re: Feature request: Categorie...
Last post by arlo - January 15, 2026, 05:10:13 PMYou can set a color for MIDI presets and filter the list by color, or enter notes for MIDI presets and filter the list by notes text.
#9
Repertoire Help / Feature request: Categories/Fi...
Last post by ChrisMikolaj - January 15, 2026, 03:13:14 PMHi Arlo
Hope you're doing well.
We're just in the process of updating our MIDI presets and purposes a bit, which means that we will have quite some commands for different pedal boards and even our light systems as we now can convert MIDI to DMX - super decent!
But that also means there will be quite a number of MIDI presets, that will be more and more difficult to overview. So I thought maybe there's a way to add tags or categories or any sort of filter other than the name of the preset. Currently I can only try to make the name as unique as possible with a prefix, so I can determine what the preset does.
But it would be nice to be able to differentiate them with dedicated fields for that.
I remember you wanted to re-purpose colors and tags at some point as well, maybe the MIDIs are something to take into consideration in those thoughts as well. Or "simply" user defined fields for different purposes or something like that.
Thanks a lot,
Chris
Hope you're doing well.
We're just in the process of updating our MIDI presets and purposes a bit, which means that we will have quite some commands for different pedal boards and even our light systems as we now can convert MIDI to DMX - super decent!
But that also means there will be quite a number of MIDI presets, that will be more and more difficult to overview. So I thought maybe there's a way to add tags or categories or any sort of filter other than the name of the preset. Currently I can only try to make the name as unique as possible with a prefix, so I can determine what the preset does.
But it would be nice to be able to differentiate them with dedicated fields for that.
I remember you wanted to re-purpose colors and tags at some point as well, maybe the MIDIs are something to take into consideration in those thoughts as well. Or "simply" user defined fields for different purposes or something like that.
Thanks a lot,
Chris
#10
Polls / Re: How do your MIDI devices d...
Last post by arlo - January 13, 2026, 10:54:50 PMI don't have enough details to answer your question more specifically. But if you set up your presets correctly using 0-127 numbering and then you decide to use 1-128 numbering, you can change that and the presets will adjust, or vice-versa. If you set up your presets incorrectly, or made some other adjustment to account for some unusual setting on the receiving device, there is not an automated way to change them all.