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#300015 - 11/29/10 08:47 AM
Re: "Hidden Features" in our arrangers - list
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Registered: 12/08/02
Posts: 15576
Loc: Forest Hill, MD USA
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Every arranger keyboard has a myriad of wonderful features available that make live performances easier. And, with each ensuing model those features have become more accessible and user friendly. Unfortunately, MOST arranger keyboard players do not take the time to explore their keyboards and discover all the wonderful and exciting features it has to offer. Diki and I don't often agree on many subjects, however, this is one that both of us feel very strongly about. It is likely that less than 10 percent of the world's arranger keyboard players ever take the time to read the owner/user manual that comes with every keyboard. Granted, the manuals are very poorly written and trying to read an arranger keyboard manual from cover to cover would put most people to sleep before finishing the first page. Fortunately, there are keyboard specific forums such as www.psrtutorial.com where information pertaining to Yamaha PSR and Tyros series keyboards can readily be found and questions are quickly answered. During the past two decades I have learned a lot of neat short cuts that really improved my performances. I must give credit to individuals such as DonM, DNJ, Pose, Uncle Dave, Fran, and others for sharing their tips and performance tactics with me. The one item on my Yamaha PSR-3000 that has been extremely beneficial is the Music Finder Directory. It's an extremely versatile tool that is essentially a list of miniature registrations that allow you to quickly select scroll through a song list and make a selection with a single button push. You can do this while playing another song and the operation will not interfere with the song you are performing. And, since the advent of Michael Bedesem's Music Finder View, a free program that allows easy editing of entries, you can create custom lists on your PC, then transfer them to the keyboard when needed. Cheers, Gary
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#300017 - 11/29/10 08:59 AM
Re: "Hidden Features" in our arrangers - list
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Registered: 09/21/00
Posts: 43703
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Originally posted by travlin'easy: During the past two decades I have learned a lot of neat short cuts that really improved my performances. I must give credit to individuals such as DonM, DNJ, Pose, Uncle Dave, Fran, and others for sharing their tips and performance tactics with me.
The one item on my Yamaha PSR-3000 that has been extremely beneficial is the Music Finder Directory. It's an extremely versatile tool that is essentially a list of miniature registrations that allow you to quickly select scroll through a song list and make a selection with a single button push. You can do this while playing another song and the operation will not interfere with the song you are performing. And, since the advent of Michael Bedesem's Music Finder View, a free program that allows easy editing of entries, you can create custom lists on your PC, then transfer them to the keyboard when needed.
Cheers,Gary The day Yamaha TOTALY redesigns the MFD to save ALL Parameters including Transpose and all registration information will be a Happy Day in Yamahaland until then it's remains useless & non existent for me!
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#300019 - 11/29/10 09:02 AM
Re: "Hidden Features" in our arrangers - list
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Registered: 07/27/05
Posts: 10606
Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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Originally posted by Dnj: This feature has been on Yamaha arranger KB's for 20 years since the Psr740 days...
"Direct Access"..... "Direct Access eliminates navigating through multiple menus. Press any function button while holding down the Direct Access button, and the keyboard will instantly jump to the screen associated with that function. Convenient for quickly setting voice and sequencer parameters, etc.
Yes, "Direct Access" is very handy. A quick way to get out of a menu, especially if you are in several deep, is to press "Direct Access" and "Exit" which takes you immediately to the Main screen. Ian
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