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Let's get back to that basic data table. The first column,
labeled "MUSIC," shows the song title. The second column shows
the suggested STYLE for that song. Column 3 shows the BEAT
for that style and Column 4 the suggested TEMPO at which this song
should be played.
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the right-hand side of the screen are some options you can use to
sort the database in different ways. Initially, songs are
sorted alphabetically under the MUSIC column. You may want, however,
to sort the songs by tempo, or, perhaps sort by style. Button [F]
-- SORT BY -- lets you pick any of the four columns as the sorting
column.
Sort by Style
In the screen above, the data are sorted
on the MUSIC column. By pressing [F], you can instantly resort
the information on the STYLE column. If you wanted to see
all the songs for which Beguine is the suggested style, you would
sort on STYLE and then just move down the list until you find Beguine.
When you have sorted on the STYLE, you can use either the [4] or
[5] buttons to move quickly through the list jumping one style
at a time. Buttons [2] and [3] still move one line
at a time when you've arrived at the style you want. (By
the way, in the "corrected" PSR-2000 database you'll find six "Beguine"
songs: Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White, For Once in My Life,
Hey Jude, Midnight in Moscow, More than Words, and Sometimes When
We Touch.)
Sort by Beat or Tempo
If you press [F] again, you will be sorting
on the BEAT and once more sorts on the TEMPO. If you were
interested in finding "waltzes," just sort on BEAT and
all the "3/4" songs would be grouped together. You might
want to play a slow ballad. Sort on Tempo and look for a suitable
song in the tempo you are interested in. You might find some very
appropriate tempos from style categories other than "BALLAD."
Pressing [F] once more takes you back to
sorting on MUSIC. Thus, pressing [F] simply cycles through
the four column sort options: MUSIC, STYLE, BEAT, and TEMPO.
Be aware that if you are sorting on Beat or Tempo, there is no "quick"
way to traverse the song titles. You're best bet is to use
the DATA ENTRY wheel to move quickly up or down the list.
Ascending or Descending Sorts
If you are looking for a song called "Zing
Went the String of my Heart," even jumping one letter at a time,
it could take a while (25 button presses) to get down to the Z's.
But I'm sure you've seen that button [G] -- SORT ORDER -- lets you
change the sort order. You can sort the columns in ASCENDING
or DESCENDING order. Pressing [G] merely flips between these
two options.
Building a Favorite
Song Collection
Select any song that you like and then press
the [H] button. You are presented with a message box asking,
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Yes
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[G]
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No
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[H]
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"Add selected data to the favorite list?
YES/NO". Select [YES] (by pushing the [G] button directly
to the right of "YES") to add the selected page to the
FAVORITE page. If there are particular kinds of songs you
like and play often, you could put them in the Favorites page.
By pressing the [NEXT] button you would move
from the ALL tab to the FAVORITES tab. The screen display will look
exactly like that under the ALL tab, but the list here will include
only those songs you have flagged as your favorites. Now,
instead of having to negotiate 500 songs, you would only have to
search through a (presumably) much smaller list. The song(s)
that you add to your "favorites" list are not removed from the ALL
list. Actually, each song includes a flag for "FAVORITES"
which is either ON or OFF (Yes or No -- True or False, these all
mean the same thing). When you go to the FAVORITES tab, the Music
Finder simply filters your music records and only show those where
the Favorites tag is set to Yes. It is important to understand this
if you are ever interested in moving the Music Finder database to
your PC and modify the entries there. More about this topic under
the Music Finder Utilities lesson.
Saving Search Criteria
Buttons [I] and [J] are used to narrow down the records to some
subset you are interest in. The next lesson will discuss the
searching option in more detail. SEARCH 1 and SEARCH 2 operate identically.
You define one or more criteria that help identify the song(s) you
are interested in. The Music Finder searches through all the songs
and, if the song matches the criteria specified in SEARCH 1, the
SEARCH1 flag is set to Yes (otherwise it is NO). When you press
the [BACK]\[NEXT] buttons to move to the SEARCH1 (or SEARCH2) tab,
you will be shown only those records that match the SEARCH 1 (or
SEARCH2) criteria.
Number of Records
Below the second search option you see the title NUMBER OF RECORDS
above a box with some number in it (149 in the screen shot above;
450 if you're using the original PSR-2000 Music Finder database).
This is not necessarily 450 "songs." You might have two or
three different styles that go perfectly fine with a particular
song and so that song title would be in the database three times,
one for each suggested style and tempo.
The PSR-2000 and PSR-2100 will hold up to 2,500 records.
However, as the size of the Music Finder database grows, so, too,
will the amount of user memory you use in storing that database
in the PSR-2000. If your database gets too large, you won't
have any room left for user styles you may want. Of course,
you don't have to put all your records in one database. You
could make multiple databases, each serving perhaps a different
potential audience, and just load whatever database suited the occasion.
Tempo Lock
Buttons [6] or [7] are used to turn TEMPO
LOCK ON or OFF. The TEMPO LOCK function lets you avoid changing
the Tempo during style playback when selecting another record.
Normally, as you select different records in the database, the tempo
is reset to whatever tempo is called for in the record. There
may be cases when you do not want the tempo changing. The
ON/OFF setting affects all four Music Finder tab pages (ALL / FAVORITE
/ SEARCH1 / SEARCH2).
Record Edit
Finally, button [8] is used to call up the
MUSIC FINDER RECORD EDIT display from which you can edit the information
that is stored in that record. Suppose you like a style, but
you think the tempo is a bit faster (or slower) than you prefer.
You could "Edit" the record and change the tempo and then save that
change in the Music Finder database. By modifying these records,
you create your own personalized Music Finder database with styles
and tempos the way you want them. An upcoming lesson will
explain how to edit an existing record and how to add records to
the database.
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