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The following comments were extracted
from the
SynthZone General Arranger Keyboard Forum.
On May, 30, Scott
Yee, started a thread on the Music
Finder. I have reproduced some of his comments below:
PSR-2000: Powerful "Music Finder"
Database Feature!
From: Scottyee (5/30/2000
3:03 PM)
How many PSR keyboard players here are utilizing its powerful
Music Finder database feature to store your song repertoire?
I now have my core song repertoire (approx.
460 songs) ALL stored in my PSR-2000 Music Finder database (along
with appropriate selected styles, tempo, along with OTS voice setups).
I can now quickly pull up a given tune: alphabetically, by style,
or by song category (latin, pop, dance, jazz, R&B etc.). This
makes it really quick to select songs to fit the mood on the fly
(audience requests) etc. ...
From: Scottyee (5/20/2002
3:08 PM)
I forgot to mention, just in case you guys
don't already know, here's a link to Fabien's great Excel program
that let's you easily create & edit your PSR keyboard's Music
Finder Database:
Fabien: MANY thanks for your hard work and
generosity. - Scott
From Scottyee: (5/30/2002
10:38 PM)
Donny:
Never used it? hmmm. Well, I think you definitely
owe it to yourself to at least check out the PSR's Music Finder
and what it can do for YOU. Previously, I never used it much myself,
but after dedicating a weekend to entering my core song repertoire
(approx. 460 songs) into it, I realize HOW VALUABLE and useful the
Music Finder really is, especially for a professional musician (like
yourself) with a large repertoire. The Music Finder enables you
to store and quickly pull up any song (with appropriate style, tempo,
and OTS voice selection) quickly (on the fly), invaluable for performance.
The Music Finder database also allows you to create, edit &
print song lists (using Fabien's fantastic Excel Music Finder utility
program). You can then give this to clients or as an "audience request"
aid. You can also quickly display (on your PSR keyboard) song lists
by style etc., on the fly. I'm amazed at how quickly I can review
and select songs (by genre, etc.) at will as the mood strikes. If
the mood of the room calls for say a "latin bossa," I can quickly
pull up a list of all the bossa style tunes in my song repertoire,
and immediately select the perfect ONE (with appropriate style &
tempo selection) which suits the mood . NO wasted down time having
to manually select an appropriate style and tempo. This means NO
delays, which (as you know) can quickly kill the energy of the room.
For more tightly scripted numbers, I still
like using Registration Memory bank files & Registration Sequence,
but for a spontaneous performance, you can't beat the Music Finder
feature. I've found it well worth the initial time and effort entering
all my 460 core songs (and selecting appropriate style/tempo) for
each song. These settings can be easily changed at will too. It
seems like MANY of you PSR keyboard players are missing out on the
power of the PSR Music Finder. I certainly was, until NOW. - Scott
From Scottyee (6/2/2002
4:01 PM)
Hi All,
I just wanted to post a follow-up about the
"Music Finder" database. In addition to storing the songs title,
style, tempo, OTS settings, and music "genre" category, you can
also use the "keywords field" to store other important information
like song sub-categories names: wedding, nursing home, or any other
type of category you'd like your songs to be searched & then
listed by. I also use the "keywords" field to store & then later
view the appropriate intro/ending settings, but which (on the PSR-2000),
still have to be set manually
Be sure to remember to use a comma (,) between
each entry in the "keywords" field. The other thing that I do is
enter the KEY of the song right after the song name in the "song
title" field. Now you can choose and play any given song quickly,
and also be reminded of the correct key to play in as well as which
intro & ending to set the KB to
OK, hope this gives people ideas of the power
& flexibility of the Music Finder. Because of its flexibility
, there are many ways you can set it up to work for YOU. It's definitely
worth the initial effort of entering the data, especially EZ with
the help of Fabien's Excel utility. I would NEVER attempt entering
any of this info via the KB itself.
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