Rory Hoffman? It's a pleasure to meet your aquaintance. Garnering a nomination for "New Artist of the Year" for the 2003 CCMA Awards is quite an honor. Congratulations!

As to the Tyros; it has a much better key feel than the PSR 3000 IMO (which is supposedly just like the PSR 2000/2100 Keybed action). But if you want Brass Stabs and Brass Falls on the Keys themselves you may want to consider the Korg Pa1X PRO. There are Brass Falls and Stabs on it. The Tyros does have Brass Stabs and Falls but like DonM said they are just within the context of the Multipads and cannot be played from the Keys themselves. But the Korg Pa1X PRO is quite a bit more expensive than the Tyros chiming in at a $3,499 MAP price.

Also all the Multipads on the Tyros are set to CMaj7 so you would have to play a Chord within the Accompaniment section of the Tyros then trigger the Brass Stab or Brass Fall of the Multipad simultaneously for the Multipad to play in the key or Chord desired. A little hassle but it can be done. The Pa1X PRO on the other hand is able to trigger the Brass Fall or Stab by playing the indivdual Keys themselves along and in conjunction with the actual Brass or Trumpet Voices.

The Yamama Motif ES series Workstation Keyboards also have Brass Stabs and Falls played by way of the Keys themselves too.

You can get a Motif ES7 for $2,395 which is less expensive than either a Tyros OR the Pa1X PRO.

Best regards,
Mike

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