Mike,

Thanks for the welcome. I'll admit it can be a challenge to get around on some of the keyboards, but I am thankful for the Yamaha PSR3000. At least it has dedicated buttons for the main stuff. When shopping for a new keyboard, I was amazed how many models would have been almost totally inaccessible due to touch screens and the lack of dedicated buttons. In addition, many of the units have menus that wrap around, so counting keystrokes can't work because you have no known starting point within a particular menu. Thankfully, the PSR3000 does not suffer from this way of doing things with the exception of a few of the multi-tab screens. The PSR3000 is also very logical, so lots of the stuff is easy to remember. Another big help are the registration buttons, and the ability to assign different things to the pedals. i just wish there was an easy way to have 3 or 4 foot pedals. There is probably a way of doing this via midi, but it will probably be a while before I am ready to take on the use of midi since it probably involves complicated setups that I know little to nothing about. Nevertheless, I really enjoy the PSR3000 and think it is an amazing instrument for the price.

Rick Alfaro