Hi all, I'm new here. I noticed on the Tyros promo that to accomodate the tilting music display, Yamaha has put the music stand on some sort of risers. My guess is that it's about four inches or so off the top off the keyboard. So if you play facing your audience, you better use a seperate music stand or you'll be completely hidden from view. Also, I think we can expect Yamaha to hype as many features as they can on their promo, so the obvious things that have been not mentioned so far and likely left off of the Tyros would be multiple assignable outputs, expansion card compatibility, sampling, and possibly some of the "pro" features from the 9000 Pro such as lo-z mic input and gooseneck lamps (too bad we haven't seen the back of the Tyros yet). One scary omission: what about XG compatibility ? That's not always a given with Yamaha. No mention yet of digital recording outputs on the Tyros for studio users either, which the 9000 Pro was criticized in reviews for not having. The list price of the Tyros will be considerably less than the 9000 or the 9000 Pro (which makes you wonder why Yamaha would shoot itself in the foot by announcing the Tyros when the 9000-series is still on the market) so the possibility that this is repackaged technology looms large.
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Jim Eshleman