Understanding PSR Files
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Naming Files

Copying Files

Downloading




Files in the Yamaha PSR-2100 play a critical role.  Key information used by the arranger keyboard are stored in files.  A style is a file.  A set of 8 registration buttons is a file.  A MIDI song is a file.  All of the paramaters that go into making a voice sound like it does can be stored in a file.  The data in the Music Finder Database is a file.  You get the idea.

Since the Yamaha PSR-2000 includes a floppy disk, these files can be moved from internal storage in the keyboard to a floppy disk.  Similarly, styles on a floppy disk can be read into the PSR-2000.  To get maximum benefit from your keyboard, you need to understand the ins and outs of that floppy drive and the files used in the system. We have four lessons to help you understand the PSR-2000 file system.

File SystemWhile files on the floppy disk can be read by the PSR, it may be confusing at first because you cannot really see the full contents of a floppy from the PSR.  This lessons shows the relationship between files on a floppy and where you see them in the PSR-2000.

File OperationsThis lesson covers, in detail the various operations on files that you can perform from your PSR-2000.

Naming a FileThere will be many times when you will want to provide a unique name for some file.  This lesson explains how to create file names from the PSR-2000.

Copying Files.  Here are step-by-step instructions on how to copy one or more files from one floppy disk to another.  There are also instructions on how to duplicate an entire disk.

Downloading .   Everyone will want to know how to move a file down from the internet to your computer so you can put it on a floppy disk and move it to the PSR.  This lesson help you understand how to download files.

WinZip.  If you are going to download files from the internet, you will have to learn how to use the WinZip program. Very often, files you want will be in a "zipped" format.  This compressed format allows quicker download of files because the are smaller than the originals.  They also take up less storage space.  But to use them you need to "unzip" the file and get it back to its original format.  This lesson will show you how.

 

 
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