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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: What Does the .- before a style mean

« Last post by overover on Today at 09:13:20 PM »

... I will download converted styles for my PSR900 and every style will have the .- in front of the name and will not load.  But, the very same styles are also present and do not have the .- in front of them. Can someone explain this to me. ...

Hi Hammer,

Such files with ".-" at the beginning of the file name come from a Mac computer. These are Index files (sometimes also called "Metadata" files) that were generated by the Mac OS. Yamaha keyboards cannot do anything with these files or are thereby "confused".

If you work with Windows, you can simply delete these files (only about 1 - 2 KB in size) in Windows Explorer. If you have a Mac, there are several ways to prevent such ".-" files from being written on a USB stick. See also the following threads:

>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php/topic,65965.msg499890.html#msg499890

>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php/topic,68527.msg516863.html#msg516863

>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php/topic,67235.msg507333.html#msg507333

>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php/topic,65447.msg496343.html#msg496343


Best regards,
Chris

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: What Does the .- before a style mean

« Last post by hammer on Today at 09:06:43 PM »

That software would be awesome. I currently
Delete them on my keyboard.  They don’t
Show up on my imac.

Hammet

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: What Does the .- before a style mean

« Last post by Amwilburn on Today at 09:03:28 PM »

In that case it's probably the MAc OS thing.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/14980/why-are-dot-underscore-files-created-and-how-can-i-avoid-them

There was a thread on here where someone referenced a tool that would automatically delete all these junk "._" files (useless for the keyboards, they're only for Mac OS file system use) but I can't seem to find it. Anyone?

Mark

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: What Does the .- before a style mean

« Last post by hammer on Today at 08:56:37 PM »

The styles with the .- will not load. All the others
Load just fine. 

Hammer

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: Korg PA5X v PSR SX900: initial impression

« Last post by Amwilburn on Today at 08:53:10 PM »

Maybe the synth string pads, but one of the weaknesses of the Korgs is the acoustic orchestral string ensembles. I'd say the weakest part of almost any Korg; that and the lack of a proper sequenceable registration.

I *do* really like their drums & electric basses though. Super punchy.

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / Re: What Does the .- before a style mean

« Last post by Amwilburn on Today at 08:50:50 PM »

If you converted from SFF2 to SFF1, I believe one of the options was to put an underscore in front of the converted sff1 style in order not to accidentally overwrite the sff2 original. However, if you have a mac, it could just be 'junk files' (to us) that they generate for file maintenance; if you can load them, then it's definitely not the latter,

Mark

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Genos2 / Re: Discovered an error in the "Mellow Trombone" sound in the Genos2 Complete

« Last post by Amwilburn on Today at 08:48:08 PM »

Don't worry about it Luke. Based on some of the odd phrasing, I'm sure we can chalk it up to Google translate being inaccurate.

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PSR-SX900/SX700/SX600 / What Does the .- before a style mean

« Last post by hammer on Today at 08:41:38 PM »

Look at the picture.  I will download converted styles for my PSR900 and
every style will have the .- in front of the name and will not load.  But, the
very same styles are also present and do not have the .- in front of them.
Can someone explain this to me.

Thank,
Hammer

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The Next Yamaha Keyboard / Re: Why do we always want more?

« Last post by DrakeM on Today at 08:30:14 PM »

But upgrading to the latest model 7 years later is not the same as being unhappy with the existing model.

"Whatever" as the kids say now a days.

I just pointed out what obvious and very funny. IMO

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The Next Yamaha Keyboard / Re: Why do we always want more?

« Last post by p$manK32 on Today at 08:04:44 PM »

And yet Eileen, will be the first person to get the NEXT Genos offered. 

But upgrading to the latest model 7 years later is not the same as being unhappy with the existing model.