Donny:
Never used it? hmmm. Well, I think you definitely owe it to yourself to at least check out the PSR's Music Finder and what it can do for YOU. Previously, I never used it much myself, but after dedicating a weekend to entering my core song repetoire (approx 460 songs) into it, I realize HOW VALUABLE and useful the Music Finder really is, especially for a professional musician (like yourself) with a large repetoire. The Music Finder enables you store and quickly pull up any song (with approp style, tempo, and OTS voice selection) quickly (on the fly), invaluable for performance. The music finder database also allows you to create, edit & print song lists (using Fabiens fantastic Excel music finder utility program). You can then give this to clients or as an 'audience request' aid. You can also quickly display (on your PSR keyboard) song lists by style etc, on the fly. I'm amazed at how quickly I can review and select songs (by genre, etc) at will as the mood strikes. If the mood of the room calls for say a 'latin bossa', I can quickly pull up a list of all the bossa style tunes in my song repetoire, and immeditately select the perfect ONE (with approp. style & tempo selection) which suits the mood . NO wasted down time having to manually select an approp style and tempo. This means NO delays which (as you know) can quickly kill the energy of the room. For more tightly scripted numbers, I still like using Registration Memory bank files & Reg Sequence, but for a spontaneous performance, you can't beat the Music Finder feature. I've found it well worth the initial time and effort entering all my 460 core songs (and selecting approp style/tempo) for each song. These settings can be easily changed at will too. It seems like MANY of you PSR keyboard players are missing out on the power of the PSR Music Finder. I certainly was, until NOW. - Scott

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