Hello

Haven't bought a Tyros yet but am pretty sure that's what I will do.

In the meantime, I thought I'd better get some info on how the hard drive operates on the Tyros.

Since I doubt I will use the Music Finder, (just don't like it, if anybody has any tips that would change my mind, I'd love to hear them. As it is, I think it is just too slow for the gig to suit me.)

I plan on putting all my songs on the hard drive. Rather than change any original factory settings on the Tyros, I plan on making changes, if any on the hard drive. I am planning on having ten catagories with song titles showing with the style name moved way over to the right were it can't be seen unless I want to check later to see what it was.

The ten catagories, some with sub-catagories which I have been using on my version of "gig disks" that I have been using for some time now for my PSR2000 and that I plan to use on the Tyros are as follows:

Ballad
Country
Fox
Latin
Misc
Pop
R&B
Rock
Swing, with subcatagories Big Band Fast
Big Band Medium
Big Band Slow
Combo Fast
Combo Medium
Combo Slow
Waltz

This way I can quickly and easily (I hope) move right to what I want, and be able to see LARGE lettering. BTW, this is SO much quicker than the Music Finder on my PSR2000, it makes me wonder why anyone would really want to use it.

I plan on getting an IBM Travelstar.

My main question at this point is this: While I understand the operation of the hard drive is very fast, I'm wondering how one accesses the hard drive for what I'm talking about doing. How many pushes of a button does it take to get to the hard drive initially, and how many pushes of a button would it take to get back to my catagory "menu" after I finish a song after changing registraions etc. I hope it is a quick and easy process. At least this is what I'm counting on, as I have not seen a Tyros with a hard drive I am only guessing it will be as easy as I want it to be.

As always all comments and suggestions welcome.

Scott Langholff