Summary
April was a relatively quiet month -- 33 PSR Performer songs, one new lesson, and some utility upgrades were added to the site. Behind the scenes, a new version of FileMaker Pro was acquired and I spent most of the month working through the FileMaker Training Series. I've just about finished that and now I can see how many of the new tricks I've learned I can apply to the databases I use to keep track of things. I am happy to say that Comcast did, finally, resolve the wireless problems we were having. There are, apparently, two alternative ways to configure a router and when ours was set to the second alternative, the Apple devices no longer had trouble connecting. I also obtained a network switch, which allowed me to expand the number of ethernet connections in my office from one to four. So, now, both my PC and my iMac have direct ethernet connections as well as the HP printer. All are working just fine. Finally, since there were no new "resources" added this
month, in fact, there are not likely to be new resources for quite some time, I am offering a "sale" on the new USB drives in May -- all 4GB versions will be delivered on an 8GB USB drive and all 8GB versions are $10 off the regular price. If you haven't ordered yours yet, you may want to consider getting your order in some time in May.
New Songs in April
9 PSR Performers added 33 songs in April bringing the total of MP3s for 2012 up to 227. Here are the performers and the songs they shared last month.
- Craig (Keyboardist) - Bad Day, Down Under, Main Street, Night Moves.
- Del Kay - Am I That Easy To Forget, Don't Be Cruel, Make Love To Me, Steel Guitar Rag, There's a Tear In My Beer, You Can Have Her.
- Ernie Mulder - Port D'Amsterdan (w/Alie), That's My Mama.
- Gary Diamond - Feather Song (Forrest Gump).
- Kieth Osborne, Born Free, Cotton Fields, Dambusters March, Ramona, Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree.
- Lynn Rae Couch - I'll Get Over You, I'm Leavin' It Up To You, A Picture of Me Without You, Three Chord Country Song.
- Mark Styles - 20th Century Limited, Fool If You Tink It's Over, Shade Of Truth, You Make Me Feel Brand New..
- Patty Jacobsen - Easter Parade, End Of The World.
- Torben Goldin - Japanese Boy, Macarthur Park, Meditation de Thais, Summer Wind, Two Sleepy People.
Lessons
Thanks to Ted Nicoson for a new lessons on Formatting USB drives (and hard drives) for your keyboard added to the Lessons | Start section. If you are new to USB drives, which can be used on models since the PSR-3000, you may want to check out this article.
Utilities
Michael Bedesem provided updates PadMakerMidi to Version 1.71 and PadMaker to Version 2.06.
Supporting the PSR Tutorial
The PSR Tutorial web site and the PSR Tutorial Forum are free to all visitors. Unfortunately, hosting and maintaining this large web site
and the associated forum is not free. I pay the costs from the proceeds I get by creating and providing
"resources" like the USB drives and CD-ROMs to supporters. So, if you order any of the available CD-ROMs or USB
drives you are, in fact, supporting the PSR Tutorial as well as gaining some very useful material. Supporters also get additional benefits in
the PSR Tutorial forum, including additional files and resources not available on the main site. All of the available resources are shown
under the CD-ROM menu item at the top of each page on the main site. You can order any of the items from the
main order page or from Add to Cart buttons on individual product description pages. Several new 4 GB
USB products have been announced this year. Some of these can also be ordered on 8 GB drives. In fact, some products can be combined and ordered on a
single 8 GB drive rather than on two or three 4-GB USB drives. These options are all shown on the main order page. Note that, for the month of May, all orders for a 4GB USB drive will be filled using an 8GB drive. In addition, the price of each 8GB option has been reduced by $10. Thanks to all who have contributed
to the support of this site.
-- Joe Waters, ( jpwaters@gmail.com ), 1 May 2012