Well, it was quite an interesting night to say the least. Being cripple is not a good thing for a working musician. Since I could barely walk, I had to rely on my band mates, my kids, and the generousity of friends to help me unpack and setup my gear.

We get to the Restuarant and they are packed to the gills. There is actually NO parking outside. What I didn't know, was they advertised on the Radio dinner specials, Roses and candy for all ladies, and Live music with our band.

We were supposed to go on at 9:00 pm but couldn't setup until 10:00 pm because they gave away the dance floor and part of the stage for diners!!!!!

We finally starting playing and things were going well. Two things that really irritate me about the Tyros and live situations is the following:

1. You cannont change the OCTAVE range of the LEFT hand voice!!! GRRrrrrrrrr!!!!!

2. I was going NUTS all night trying to keep my voices and my patches DRY; without any reverb or chorus. Every voice on the Tyros has some DSP effect. The patches that I commonly use and save to a registration are tweaked with all the DSP reverb effects removed. However, when you select a voice on the Tyros other than your registration voice, that voice will contain Reverb.

I wish the Tyros had a master dsp override to remove ALL REVERB or CHORUS to the voices!!!!!

To the Tyros' credit, using the registrations, voice layering as suggested by Uncle Dave, and that big helpful LCD panel really helps find patches and voices super fast.

I am also now thoroughly convinced that I HATE the Tyros keys. Not enough weight and not enough size. They just do not feel substantial enough and it really translates poorly during my playing. I do not feel expressive enough with the Tyros keyboard. I feel like I'm simply switching sounds on and off.

I am now seriously considering retiring the Tyros and using my Motif ES 88 and the New Korg Triton Extreme for gigging.

Whew, that's quite a few topics for one post!!!

Al