Boys!

Am I glad to hear you all agree that the operating system is 'unfriendly'. When I was at Pakefield last year, I remarked that I thought most of the modern keyboard's O.S. are far from 'User Friendly particularly the Tyros keyboards and there was a shocked silence for a moment, followed by a lot of protests at my remark. However, I still think that in view of the way technology has moved on these past few years, particularly in the 'User Friendly' area, I do not understand why the keyboard manufacturers haven't kept up with it. I agree the keyboards themselves have excellent programming facilities which when used properly are 'magic' but they are badly let down by the O.S. and the Manuals (if you can get one) which are often badly written and/or designed causing much confusion as a result people give up on them.

I have to admit that if it wasn't for friendly Forums such as this one, I would have gone back to an acoustic piano or organ, years ago. Through these Forums and the kindnes of it's members, I have learned so much for which, I shall be forever grateful.

Audrey

Hi Audrey, you can always count on me to bring a different view – sorry.
I have owned Technics, Yamaha and Korg keyboards and the only way I succeeded with Yamaha and Korg was to clear my mind of how Technics’s worked. After the many years of dedication to Technics that was not an easy task. My age did not make it Any easier.

1-I would ask myself how can I do what I did on my Kn7 on the Tyros? Wrong question. The creator of the Tyros keyboard wants me to use the keyboard as he designed and not as Technics designed theirs. Wow, the Bible is saying the same thing.
2-How long did it take me to master the Technics Kn1000? And didn’t each new Technics model increase my knowledge of how to work the new keyboard?
3-Yamaha and Korg also have easy OS system. Each time I talk to a player who is going to a different make keyboard I would hear the same thing. “Boy this new keyboard is very friendly”.
4-With each new option on a keyboard comes another learning curve; and aren’t we all asking for more new options.

IMHO, John C.