Hi Tom, Wow, I think you just helped me discover "why" Yamaha may have chose to store the LEFT VOICE with the STYLE parameters instead of with the other VOICE parameters now. Perhaps there was a Yamaha method to the madness afterall.

Yep, the LEFT VOICE which always plays after the ACMP button is selected, following inital keyboard boot-up is: "Live Strings". Unfortunately, after you select a style and then START up the auto accomp, the LEFT PART selection button light goes out and the LEFT VOICE is no longer heard.

On the other hand, if you now re-activate the LEFT PART selection button light, select a VOICE for the LEFT PART, and then activate the FREEZE button (with Freeze content's: STYLE checkbox marked), you'll then be able to freely select ANY style on the keyboard and switch between registration (1-8) and OTS (1-4) buttons, while retaining the LEFT VOICE selection to the voice initially selected.

Storing the LEFT VOICE selection with the style itself, and not with the other voices (RT1, RT2, Main, Layer) is what provides the ability to freeze 'only the left voice' in this situation. Even so, I personally prefer to setup my default LEFT VOICE selection along with my startup default 'registration file' settings (vocal harmony type, split point, chord recognition type, etc) to be all automatically called up by the press of a SINGLE button right after startup. The initial Registration setup configurqation programing may take little time, but once programmed, you never have to think about it again: http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/Forum37/HTML/002610.html

Unfortunately,the above doesn't solve the nagging problem of the OTS preset LEFT VOICE Part selection automatically turning off when selecting an OTS button (1-4). Yes, you can utilize the freeze button to retain the OTS LEFT VOICE selection while that specific Style is selected, but if you select ANOTHER style, you have to: de-select the freeze button, select the new style, press an OTS button (1-4), press the LEFT PART button again, and then activate the freeze button (yet again). I can only hope Yamaha will finally address & correct this in Tyros II.

Tom, thanks again for pointing to the possible explanation why Yamaha chose to store the LEFT VOICE settings with the Style settings.

Scott

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 01-30-2005).]