Just had a terrific 1 hour free Skype chat (Rome to San Francisco) with Dreamer (Andrea Rotolo) in which he gave me a wonderful personal demonstration, playing his Tyros2 LIVE. He played for me MANY of the Tyros2 voices & styles. As I had expected, the Super Articulation voices sounded stunning, capturing the life-like nuances of an acoustic instrument better than I've ever heard b4 on any arranger keyboard I've ever played, which have included: Roland G70, Korg PA1Xpro, Ketron SD1, and Tyros1 too. Andrea first played(in auto accomp mode), an 8 bar melody featuring Yamaha's standard sax, trumpet/brass, and guitar voices. This sounded respectfully impressive as I would have expected, But Andrea then followed up each melody with another 8 bars+ playing the new 'Super Articulation' voice equivalents of the same acoustic instrument voices. The dramatic improvement was immediately apparent. It was like going from black & white TV to color TV, or a 2 dimensional image (flat) to 3D.

Of interesting note is the Tyros2 Super Articulation 'Pedal Steel Guitar' Voice. I was amazed how it sounded when Andrea played it live, along with a Country style. When you apply the pitch bend wheel, it only bends one note in the chord played with your right hand, as a true pedal steel works. Impressively authentic. Cool

For LIVE KEYBOARD PERFORMANCE players here who want to re-create the most authentic sounding acoustic instruments, and with the most lifelike 'musical expression', the Tyros2 is it. I've now played & auditioned live, the Roland G70, Korg Pa1XPro, Ketron SD1, and Tyros1. Though they've all got their strengths, for portable live keyboard performance, the Tyros2 is the one to beat.

I'm now more excited than ever to receive my Tyros2. In the meantime, I've decided to keep my Tyros1 a little while longer, so I can make sure my existing Tyros1 songs, styles & Regs are successfully moved over to the Tyros2 & sounding the way I want them.

In closing, I want to thank Skype, MSN, and other free internet PC to PC services now available for giving ALL OF US the ability to freely chat (both IM, VOICE, and Webcam) with virtually anyone in the world now. I first Andrea several years ago here on SZ, and then, when he came to San Francisco on an extended visit 3 years ago(?), we spent a lot of time together discussing and playing music together, quickly becoming lifelong friends.

It's only because of the newly discovered magic of PC to PC internet telephone + video cam, that we're able to stay in touch regularly, and chat with each other (including video) as if we live right next door to each other. The sound quality is INCREDIBLE (both voice & video). I encourage others to reach out to fellow SZ friends this way as well. BTW: Skype also supports 3-4 way conference calls. And of course . . . it's ALL totally FREE! My skpe ID is: scottyee

Scott

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 10-23-2005).]