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October 2024
Welcome to the October 2024 Newsletter from "The Unofficial Yamaha Keyboard Resource Site".
This newsletter covers the period from the last newsletter (November 22, 2023).
Yes, it's been a very long time since the last newsletter; and this I deeply regret.
But now it's time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this site.
But first the news since last time
- PSR Tutorial - the best forum in the world - is back after a few months of shutdown with all the old material and a new, fresh design adapted to view on all screens!
- Two new software programs and an ins file for the PSR E463 have been added. See more here.
- Nine of my software programs were updated in January. See more here.
- Six of my articles were updated in the month of January. See more here.
- A huge style collection created by me in year 2000 has been added at My Styles page.
And now a little about me, the website and the future
I founded my website exactly 25 years ago and have since expanded its content with my 44 software programs, my 60 articles, my 200 styles and hundreds of links to other yamaha keyboard and music related resources.
It has been an exciting course in these 25 years, where I have made many friends and received a lot of information and a lot of positive feedback from the large group of users all over the world. So thank you very much for that.
Read the About This Site page to get the story of this web site.
My activity on my website has been decreasing in recent years, partly because my energy and my time priorities have changed.
Now I am 75 years old, and fortunately have good health, a good family, good friends and, last but not least, I found a wonderful girlfriend three years ago. It spread new light in my life after my wife's death in 2018.
There must be time to enjoy life with my girlfriend and to pursue our common interests, including traveling in Denmark and abroad.
And there will be time for my other interests: Writing and producing musicals and plays; to work on genealogy; shopping at flea markets and online; to exercise; as well as being with family and friends.
My mediocre abilities as a performer on the keyboard cannot justify a - for a pensioner - large investment in the latest keyboard models.
This has meant, among other things, that I cannot develop new software to support the new models' new features, and that I cannot update my current software 100%, as I do not have the latest keyboard models to test on.
Furthermore, the primary drive to develop software programs has been the previously difficult or impossible options on the keyboard that could not satisfy my own need for editing capabilities.
Fortunately, the editing options on the keyboard have continuously improved, and the need for additional programs has thus decreased. And fortunately, more software developers have been added in the 25 years.
Since I am not completely up to date with the latest models, new articles and updating of old articles may also be lacking.
But I will try to keep my website updated in the future under the given circumstances. And I would like to point out that I do not intend to close my website at all.
Just don't expect the website - or me - to be 100% up to date with the very latest knowledge.
The site is dedicated to Yamaha keyboard players - and to musicians generally.
At the site you will find my keyboard and music software programs; my articles about keyboards and music related topics; and my keyboard styles.
Besides this you will find links to keyboard discussion forums; keyboard resource sites; keyboard and music software programs and utilities; and technical data and specifications.
Also included here are links to numerous music related web sites; including resources for music software programming; MIDI files; sheet music; and songwriting.
More information are to be found at The Unofficial Yamaha Keyboard Resource Site.
This site has now reached more than 12,500,000 visits.
Thanks for your support through 25 years. Yes, we celebrate the 25th anniversary at October 22 this year!
Donations
Now - once again - I ask you to help me secure the future existence, development and maintenance of my web site, my software, my articles and my styles.
I pay most expenses (web site hosting; software development tools; keyboard etc.) from my own pocket.
Thanks in advance. And thanks to the donors so far. More at the Support Page
Comments and suggestions to the site content are most welcome!
Jørgen