I have been looking round for something to help me with my live performances and SetList Maker may be just the thing!
So, I just wanted to ask a few things to aid my understanding of it all
My Set up
a NORD STAGE 2 and a JUPITER 50 (No physical thru MIDI socket on this)
I need to see Lyrics and chat sheets for chords etc (Terrible memory!!)
iPAD?
What is recommended for this...it is really only for use with my music so what would be the recommended spec / model?
....as this obviously impacts on initial costs but I do not want to lose out or OVER spec it either

Is iPAD the only vehicle for this...KINDLE HD?
What extra hardware (etc.) do you need to connect the MIDI keyboards up? I see the ALESIS and a couple of cheaper MIDI IN/OUT only optiosj ..any more in teh pipelien that you knowmof? The ALESIS (from Customer reviews) had some previous issues of not working with later IOS updates...has this now all been sorted?)
I do not need to play along with backing songs BUT I DO need a lot of sound changing (as the songs tend to be complex and long)
so - - Some of these are there on the website, but wanted to make absoultely sure and ask directly (sorry)
1. You saw that you can send MIDI Program changes...
a) I assume I could send in ONE press/click a Program change command (PC) to both NORD and J50 (they can be discreet i.e. PC110 to Nord and also PC78 to J50 simultaneously) i.e. can you STACK unique PC messages on different MIDI receive channels?
Website says Ok
2. Can you do all this in real time...i.e. have a set of buttons visble to press etc as you play along? (as I said lots of sound changes to do) Website says yes but only a limit of 5 changes per song?
3. Can you also set up a default SEND out of PC messages when you load a song in? Website says yes
4. Can all this be done at the same time you have LYRICS/CHORD CHEATS on screen? pluis the MIDI PC buttons (as I need these at all times as well!)
6. It states 5 PCs only per song...any plan to expand this to allow more?
I have very long songs where 10 1-5 changes may be needed throughout..I guess I might get around it by splitting one song into 5 individual parts (ie Song X - Part1 then Song X - Part 2) and then define each part with the needed PC messages /yrics/chords etc....but its a bit limiting
7. Backing up /. Restore - not sure from reading the site how to make a backup of the all the setlist data to my Windows PC (I do not use iTunes etc)
Now a more complex one...
I see the ALESIS has both USB and MIDI ports - does the app distinguish input channel as well as MIDI channel number? i.e. so you could us USB - Channel 1 (Keys1) and MIDI - Channel 1 (Keys 2)? or is it just b1-16 MIDI Channels to choose from?
In my example the NORD has MIDI Sockets In/Out/Thru but the J50 has only In/Out so if I also wanted to add my Roland SPS-D Sampling Pad [for perc/FX samples etc] (which also sadly has only MIDI In/Out sockets) into my live set up, then I'd have to use the USB Alesis out to connect to the J-50 and have the Nord linked In from the Alesis MIDI Out and then onwards THRU into the Sampling Pad (if you see wjhat I mean ?? Complicated!! Does the app or iPad have any MIDI Merge issues?
I am sure that I will have a few more that have not occurred to me...but any help on any of these questions greatly appreciated!!
Thank you
Guy