Rod,
I have not used the record function that much on my Tyros and I did not use it on my PA 80 either as I choose to record externally instead, but.....both have editing capabilities, step recording etc. There is a limit on both machines as to how much in depth editing can be done. You should d/l the manuals for both and read through the record editing functions to make sure they do or do not have what it is you want to be able to do.

Both have style morphing capabilites. I find the Tyros one to be better and more straight forward then the PA was. There are more styles available for free on the net for the Tyros. The Tyros, I believe has a better more user friendly interface for my tastes than the PA has.

Both are very good boards with pros and cons to both. The PA has harder edge sounds to it by a little, the Tyros a bit mellower. The Tyros has a much better fill function that flows better into the styles than the PA has. It also has 4, PA only 2. The PA has the very cool feature of allowing you to overwrite the factory styles and create your own board of styles, the Tyros you can't and have to put them on the hard drive instead.

The Tyros has USB and software to arrange styles and tweek voices (although some feel it's too slow, I don't) Tyros flip up screen in color is very cool. The speaker setup is marginal, if you're going to use an onboard speaker set up.

Of course the best test is for you to go and play them both, because we primarily buy them for the sounds and styles. Buy the one that inspires you the most.

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jam on,
Terry
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