Thanks for bringing this up again, DIKI.

As a non-performing songwriter, I use my old Yammie to help me "flesh out" new, original songs. The cost of most high-end arrangers can be prohibitive and I'd like to see a model available without speakers. (I never use mine when recording and always use headphones.) This might reduce the envelope a little or possible make space for more features. I'd also like to see a model with even fewer than 50 keys to reduce the width of the keyboard. I never play with my right hand. (In my case "play" means I normally use one finger chords on the left hand side of the "board.") I make no bones about it... I'm not a musician. Just a songwriter trying to compete in an already overcrowded market.

I catalog my style disks for quick retreival and "tweak" each style to suit the genre of the song being created.

I don't know if its only a problem with older Yamaha Arrangers but I'd like them to provide a way for the multi-pad volume to stay at it's adjusted volume when switching from Main C to D, etc. It can raise havoc when you attempt to get more or different instruments into a song and suddenly discover that the multi-pad accompaniment has reverted to volume 100 instead of volume 50 when you push the button to go to Main D. I've also noticed that the on-board multi-pads appear to begin, miss nearly a full measure then begin again after being selected.


I don't really need a hard drive so my ideal machine would continue to have a floppy drive. This might also reduce the cost a little. I could also do without the on-board recording feature because I use a USB digital recorder between the keyboard and my PC... where I do final edits. Most importantly, I'd like to retain the power of the Tyros Engine even if it has to be a pared down S910 version.

In my case, smaller is better. My once massive studio space is now a bedroom closet... LOL... and I need room for all my other recording junk.

Hope I didn't hi-jack your thread, DIKI but this seemed like the perfect place to bring this up. Thanks for understanding.

Dave Rice

http://www.ShowCaseYourMusic.com/DaveRice/