Saving Music Finder Databases
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Loading an MFD

Saving an MFD

The MF Screen

Editing Records


TYROS Function Menu ScreenIf you make changes to the Music Finder database, you will definitely want to SAVE those changes in a new MFD and store it on a floppy disk for backup.  After all, if you change a lot of records and then simply replace that database with a new one, ALL OF YOUR CHANGES WOULD BE LOST.  You need to SAVE that database.

The steps are very similar to those for loading a database. For variety, the illustrations here are from the Tyros.

Bring Up the FUNCTION Screen

Step 1 - Press the FUNCTION button and select UTILITY [I].

Go to SYSTEM RESET - MUSIC FINDER

Utility - System Reset screenStep 2 - Use [NEXT] to tab over to the SYSTEM RESET page.

Step 3 - Press button [I] to select MUSIC FINDER under the OPEN/SAVE SYSTEM FILES..

Step 4 - Use [NEXT] to tab over to either the USER or the FLOPPY DISK area.  If there are already files present, you will see options to NAME, CUT, COPY, DELETE,, or SAVE the file(s).  If there are no files present, the only option you will see will be SAVE, button [6].

SAVE Your File

Step 5 - Select the SAVE option by pressing [6].  If you have loaded an MFD in this session, the name of that MFD will appear in the file name window and you can save the file Utility - System Reset - Music Finder Screen under that name or rename it.  However, if you have turned off your keyboard and then turned it back on since you loaded the current MFD, the name in the filename window will be set to "MusicFinderPreset."  The PSR-2000 defaults to this file name.  If you had loaded a different MFD, say the UltimateFB.mfd, and used it to REPLACE the current set of records, the PSR-2000 DOES NOT SAVE the filename when power is turned off.

Step 6 - Put in an appropriate name of your own choosing before you complete saving "your" Music Finder database file.  You can call it My Music Finder or whatever you want, but don't leave the name at MusicFinderPreset since you don't want to confuse the file you have been working on with the original MusicFinderPreset file.

Step 7 - Complete the SAVE operation, by selecting button [8] for OK and the current set of records in memory will be saved to the floppy disk under the name you supplied.. 

Number of Records

If you look in the bottom right-hand side of your Music Finder screen, you will see the number of records in the database.  The original, and corrected, versions of the PSR-2000 Music Finder database have 450 records.  The maximum number of records is 2,500 for the PSR-2000 and 1,200 for the PSR-1000 including the internal records.  Those of you who may have looked closely at the earlier screen shot of the PSR-2000 corrected Music Finder names may have noticed that there were 959 records in that database.  That's more than twice the number of records in the original Yamaha PSR-2000 database.  As you proceed through these lessons, you will eventually get to the Music Finder Bonus where you will see a database with many more records than even that.

Of course, the more records in the Music Finder database, the harder it may be to "find" the song you are looking for. In the next lesson, we explore the different "searching" techniques available in the Music Finder.

 

 
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