George,
In your opinion, is the PSR 3000 the best out there for under $2000?
I think that a G70, based on what you're saying is $1,000 more than the Tyros, puts the G70 at approx. $4,000 (correct me if I'm wrong). Most likely this will be a bit steep for the budget I have to work with.
The main purpose of what I need an arranger for is that I lead worship at church, and many times I have to go solo, as the band cannot make it. An arranger gives me that flexibility to have a "one-man" band. Currently I'm using a borrowed PSR-740, and I defenitely need to upgrade to better sounds and styles. I don't use the vocal harmonizer on the PSR-740, but part of that is because I'm not crazy with the quality of the vocals and the lead part seems to be degraded as well, compared to a direct connect of a mic into a mixer board.
I don't use much synthesized sounds, but moreso the natural instruments (piano, guitar, bass, strings, brass, sax and flute, as the primary voices). I would like for these to be very good and natural sounding.
The other criteria for me is the styles, since I go solo often. The more natural the style sounds and transitions from one fill to the other, the better.
Another criteria is that it needs to be easy to use. How would you rate the PSR-3000 in terms of ease of use, to the Tyros and G70? If you recall what the PSR-740 was like and you can compare it to that as well, the better, since it's what I use today.
If there's anyone out there also that has experience with a PSR-740 and upgraded to a PSR-3000 and can provide feedback as to the experience, it will be very appreciated and helpfull with my decision making. I'm curious to find out what the learning curve is on the PSR-3000 or Tyros, coming from a PSR-740.
Thanks to all in advance for your feedback. It is much appreciated.