Chony, I'm glad to hear that you, as another 'live' performance arranger keyboard musician, echo my sentiments.

I'm still NOT convinced that Yamaha's SUDDEN elimination of the 'repeating' fill to self (via footpedal) feature on the Tyros alone, was an 'intentional' design change decision on Yamaha's part, as Steve Deming (Yamaha USA) contends. If so, then it signifies a BIG 'step back' for Yamaha's arranger keyboards, as this feature is a crucial element to presenting a truly 'exciting' LIVE performance.

I challenged Steve Deming (Yamaha USA) to give me a single legitimate reason why Yamaha needed to eliminate this on the Tyros alone, and he still has'n't been able to give me even 'one'. I've come to the conclusion that Yamaha refuses to acknowledge problems in order to avoid their responsibility to correct them. The ridiculous thing about this particular issue is that it could have been 'quickly & easily' resolved in far less time than it took for me to go over the problem here on Synthzone in the first place, with just a simple OS update, ammending or adding perhaps just a single line (or two) of software code.

I remain very disappointed with Yamaha's obvious disinterest in even acknowledging this as an issue. Afterall, it's been over NINE (9) months since I first brought up the problem both here and to Steve Deming (Yamaha USA) directly. I'm sure there are many here who may care less about triggering a 'repeating' fill via footpedal, but you have to at least acknoweledge that this remains a powerfully useful feature, giving us live arranger keyboard performers the ability to take our act to a higher level.

Steve Deming (Yamaha USA), as I haven't heard any news from you on this, other than your promise (back in July 2003) to forward my concern to Yamaha Japan, I'm hoping you'll take the time to provide us with an update on the situation. Thank you,

Scott

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