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Originally posted by Scott Langholff:

Also a post by Scott Yee in the Yamaha forum (I think) about the PA80 not being able to handle the expanded jazz voicings like the PSR2000 which I am planning to learn.


ScottL: Right. The 'reason' I can't consider Korg, Roland, or GEM arrangers (yet) is because none of them recognize the more sophisticated jazz type chord voicings. These chord voicings have become a trademark style for playing classic standards, especially 'two handed' stacked 4th voicings, which provide a cool 'open' sound (great for jazz inspired blues, as well as the famed altered Bill Evans (A&B) rootless voicings which provide a sophisticated flavor to classic jazz standards/ballads. I demontrated this to Andrea (Dreamer) when he visited me last week from Italy, by playing several songs, using different types of chord voicings (standard root, rootless, 4th voicings, etc), and he noticed 'right off' how much more pro sounding and impressive these jazz style chord voicings sounded on the songs I played (Misty, Night and Day, Girl From Ipanema, etc).

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Originally posted by Scott Langholff:

Man, that piano sounds tinny on the 2000 compared to the 80.


Hmmmm. I guess it's 'different strokes for different folks', because I came to the opposite conclusion, prefering the PSR2000's acoustic piano sample over the PA80.

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Originally posted by Scott Langholff:

Also, can anybody tell me about the vocal-harmonizer in these two units?
Scott


I can't speak for the PA80, but, as a singer, I find the PSR2000's built in vocalizer works beautifully for me. In fact, I no longer need to take the standalone Digitech Vocalist Workstation to my gigs anymore.

I guess (for me) the PSR2000 has turned out to be a BIG surprise! I orginally purchased it only as a secondary inexpensive backup keyboard to my former Technics KN5000, but after playing & gigging with it, I quickly discovered I now prefer its much more realisticly impressive sounds (especially horns, woodwinds, and drums) over the KN5000, and after importing some of my key KN5000 styles (mostly jazz/swing/brushes) over to the 2000, sold the KN5000, and now perform (gig) on the PSR2000 exclusively. I think the PA80 is a great board with impressive styles, but for my taste, the styles are a bit too contemporary Korgish sounding (and a bit too busy) for my song repetoire tastes. I need styles to act as a backdrop (enhancing, yet not competing) with my live singing & keyboard playing. I also found the PA80's OS really un-intuitive, while I was able to confidently take the PSR2000 out gigging within a week.

The best from the 'other' Scott on the forum,

- Scott Yee

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