Hi ,
I don't think I'd swap the type of setup I have at the moment.
Be oh so tempting to dash out & buy a new E80 or Tyros 2 etc ,and a few months down the line I'd be wondering what new styles & features the Tyros 3 will have.
Don't know whether there's any really TOP quality styles to be purchased anyway.
Purchased the majority of the disks that were created for the Technics range. Look back at the money wasted on styles I never really used. Buy a disk & get stuck with one or 2 styles you like , the rest never got used.
So if I was starting from scratch for home studio, I'd buy the the top of the line Clavinova CLP ( No styles) as I can't do without my piano
a top of the line pc to run my softsynths & music software,
a controller keyboard (for pitchbend, modulation wheel )
and the rest on software & softsynths.
One doesn't actually require an arranger keyboard for styles.
Inexpensive software like Jammer & Band in a Box have 100's of styles to choose from and they even help in the creative process of song writing. They give you ideas for chord progressions, melodies etc.
best wishes
Rikki
p.s. AJ , luv to hear some of your BIAB demo's.
I'm totally wrapped that I've finally found a source of New Age styles (in BIAB) It's a genre most keyboards don't cater for.
Currently i'm still putting a custom soundfont together for these styles and amazingly I think my soundfont does a better job than my sd1 as a soundsource.
[This message has been edited by rikkisbears (edited 08-05-2006).]
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best wishes
Rikki 🧸
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