Originally posted by TomTomSF:
I think the sliders on my new T3 are not well implemented. First off, Yamaha should make it so you can assign any of the sliders to anything you want on the Main page. I want to be able to control drum & percussion volumes and still be able to control right voice volumes. As Ian mentions, you must go into the Mixer page to control these. BUT, they are on different pages and you can not go directly to these pages. You must cycle through all 4 pages by repeated button pushing. This is not something easy to do while playing. It's poor.
Yamaha missed the boat on this. Korg has it down much better. I really hope Yamaha looks into improving this feature with an OS update that might make it actually useful for live playing. At the very least, Yamaha should vastly increase the possible options for the "assignable" slider. Right now, for me, the assignable slider is useless. It can only control 10 specific things, and drums or part volumes are not in the 10. If Yamaha can't improve this feature with an OS update, I guess they will want you to wait 3 years, spend $4k and get the next Tyros.
Tom G.
[This message has been edited by TomTomSF (edited 11-14-2008).]
You guys need to understand something about Yamaha and the TYROS. It is considered and marketed as a HOME/STUDIO keyboard. There is no marketing directed at the Live player.
There is nary a word on the website directed at the Live player or ease of use in such an environment. Yamaha makes these boards for Home users and Studios. They are not as suited for OMB use as the Korg PA2x. Apparently That's not Yamaha's PRIMARY market otherwise they would have had to change a lot of things to make it more live friendly. More like the Motif.
People should stop whining about the Board and get the Korg or maybe even the Roland. Those keyboards are DESIGNED primarily for live use. Especially the KORG with the dual MP3 player cross fading sequencers and numerous other live enhancements. Yamaha had THREE versions to implement the 76 keys everyone wants for live use. Looks like they know their market better or are willing to give up the live market to Korg.(which seems to be having its own issues now)
[This message has been edited by Kingfrog (edited 11-14-2008).]
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