10-05-2022, 02:36 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-05-2022, 09:47 AM by WalterWeinzinger.)
Hi Mike,
I'm wondering if you have ever considered making it possible to create a collection of sets. Our contra dance band has over 100 two/three-tune sets and we're creating more sets on a regular basis. Maybe 25 of these will be selected as our "current" setlist, that we'll use for our next dance. Then we might have another 25 that are in our "Working On" group of sets that aren't ready for prime time yet. Then we have a "Back Pocket" group of sets that are old standbys that we really don't need to practice anymore but run through them a few times a year because we still might use them at a dance.
Right now, I add a prefix to the name of the set to group the sets - xJD_ for our current setlist (the name of our band is Just Desserts - I change JD to UD for another band I occasionally play in which plays some of the same sets as Just Desserts, but also has some different sets as well), xJDWO_ for our working on setlist, xJDBP_ for our "back pocket" group of sets, etc.
It would be great to have all the sets we've ever created in the main MS setlist, and then be able to create subsets (collections) of sets from that main MS setlist. That would get rid of the need for set name prefixes to group sets and also the need for editing the set name prefix when a set gets moved from one group to another. Simple collections of sets from the MS setlist would be so useful!
Right now I use a collection for listing waltzes that we have learned anytime in the past, another collection for a list of waltzes that we are currently practicing and then another collection for a list of waltzes that we have ready to play at upcoming dances, but we only play one waltz at a time. We never play a set of waltzes. Collections work well for single songs. I would think collections could work well for single sets as well, although such functionality could involve quite a bit of coding, right?
Again, thanks for your consideration!
Walter
I'm wondering if you have ever considered making it possible to create a collection of sets. Our contra dance band has over 100 two/three-tune sets and we're creating more sets on a regular basis. Maybe 25 of these will be selected as our "current" setlist, that we'll use for our next dance. Then we might have another 25 that are in our "Working On" group of sets that aren't ready for prime time yet. Then we have a "Back Pocket" group of sets that are old standbys that we really don't need to practice anymore but run through them a few times a year because we still might use them at a dance.
Right now, I add a prefix to the name of the set to group the sets - xJD_ for our current setlist (the name of our band is Just Desserts - I change JD to UD for another band I occasionally play in which plays some of the same sets as Just Desserts, but also has some different sets as well), xJDWO_ for our working on setlist, xJDBP_ for our "back pocket" group of sets, etc.
It would be great to have all the sets we've ever created in the main MS setlist, and then be able to create subsets (collections) of sets from that main MS setlist. That would get rid of the need for set name prefixes to group sets and also the need for editing the set name prefix when a set gets moved from one group to another. Simple collections of sets from the MS setlist would be so useful!
Right now I use a collection for listing waltzes that we have learned anytime in the past, another collection for a list of waltzes that we are currently practicing and then another collection for a list of waltzes that we have ready to play at upcoming dances, but we only play one waltz at a time. We never play a set of waltzes. Collections work well for single songs. I would think collections could work well for single sets as well, although such functionality could involve quite a bit of coding, right?
Again, thanks for your consideration!
Walter