I have been a Tyros owner for almost two and a half years by now. Before that I had PSR9000 and before the PSR9000 I had PSR4000. At the moment I also have S08 and I use it mostly as a digital piano. In many ways I like Yamaha keyboards. They all have had very high quality sounds and many advanced features that I like. These two are the main reasons why I always choosed a Yamaha keyboard. But in many ways I have been disappointed. For example the OS of the PSR9000 was not ready when I bought it. I had to wait for six months to get the OS version 2 and even that was full of bugs. Also the customer support of Yamaha here in Finland is very poor. I didnīt even get the OS 2 manual.

The same thing is going on with the Tyros. There are some functions missing on the current OS of Tyros. Also Yamaha doesnīt support Tyros owners at all. I havenīt seen a new OS update for a long time. Also Yamaha doesnīt support Mac users very well. The Tyros Mac software is so poor that I donīt use them at all. I also donīt like the styles. For example the styles PA1Xpro are much better. So the Tyros will be my last Yamaha product.

Things change. Today I donīt much need the styles anymore. The truth is that I donīt need a keyboard anymore. What I need more and more is a synthesizer. A synthesizer like Korg Triton Extreme or Roland Fantom for composing and recording music and also for creating sounds. I also need more and more the features that a synthesizer has (like sampler, SPDIF connection and etc) and less the features that a keyboard has (like vocal harmonizer).

The poor thing is that I donīt have much knowledge about synthesizers. I have two options Korg Triton Extreme and Yamaha Fantom. Which of them is better? I want to have a synth that has very high quality sounds and is easy to use. I would also need a good sequencer and the possibility to add more sounds to the synth later.

So the question is, which of the two synths should I buy? I would be very grateful of all your help.



Micco