Hi Bachus

If you really need to use those drum loops in an arranger keyboard on top of what is available on-board, you can beat slice them in a ReCycle program and save as REX parts which can be imported into the Yamaha Expansion Manager and reassembled into the correct drum style parts or can repeat endlessly as a Multipad.

Korg arrangers allow beat slicing to use in Korg styles, but for the same work you can do the same on a computer program and import into the Tyros 5 YEM. Either way, better Real Drum Kits is the best way to go and more flexible. This is my view for Live Tracks as well, too fixed and boring after a while hearing the exact same instrument and limited loops over and over again, or have to constantly buy new loop packs for different voices and patterns.

Very impressed with the power of the Tyros 5 in the past 3 years, I am looking forward to the upcoming Tyros/Genos model. I personally would prefer everything I need on-board, and maybe a few specialized expansion packs to fit my needs.

Marcus