I am excited about Tyros 5. Many seem to feel it isn't that major an upgrade but if you look at all the comparisons over all the models Yamaha has made real improvements on each model. Many said the same things about Tyros 4 over Tyros 3.

I am particularly excited about the audio styles coming out on Tyros 5. I use several wav loop based programs on my computer and have been blown away with their behavior the past 2 years. Super fast computers now allow seamless sound shaping and modeling and time stretching. Fast memory allows hundreds of wav samples to be played at very high quality. Computers and keyboards no longer have to have the hardware to "make" sounds. Many just need the speed and capabilities to play back high quality samples of real instruments. I'm glad that Yamaha is adding this technology to their toolbox.

I have always thought it was strange that electronic instruments were sometimes criticized for their inability to reproduce acoustic sounds at high quality. Now that they can play back real recordings of acoustic instruments they sound much more realistic. I hope this lets "synthesizers" do thier thing.........which I define as creating sounds that do not occur naturally.