Greetings, all -

I have been reading the specs on the Tyros 2. There is a lot to grasp but certain things come to mind - One, for starters and I quote, "PLEASE NOTE: TRSMS01 speakers will not mount on the new Tyros2 keyboard." A question one might ask, do ANY speakers mount on this keyboard? While on the subject of speakers, I am assuming there are no inboard speakers in this keyboard as there are on the KN boards - right? If so, I think this is a disappointment. Frankly, the speakers shown on the keyboard in the image look like two warts on a witch's chin plus, you have a woofer on the floor to stub your toes into. It certainly cuts down on having a variety of pedals to use. Keep in mind, you have all this "excess baggage" (speakers) to carry on a gig, along with whatever p.a. equipment you use.

With all the features this keyboard has, I am surprised that there are no recording capabilities other than using ONLY the sounds in the keyboard. Unless I am wrong, you can't for instance play a DAT recording of material done on a different keyboard, record it and make it play what was recorded, as you would with a typical outboard multi-track recorder. I'll ask now, can you record voices (human) in the sequencer? Technics didn't have this capability, which was a big disappointment.

Reading the specs, I don't see anything mentioned about composing your own accompaniment, as can be done in the KN series. Surely you can - it speaks of up to 8 tracks available for preset styles. Perhaps I didn't grasp it being mentioned in the specs.

From what I read, there isn't a way to use all our hard work done in the KN's in the T 2 - only "styles done in other Yamaha products." Where does this leave us that have done a lot of good work in the KN keyboards? Are we to toss this aside and move on with technology or keep the KN in order to be able to use what we have done? Questions, questions.

In closing, a word on technology - I am amazed that the Tyros 2 and other high-end keyboards haven't output jacks on EVERY track instead of just a left and right. This is a professional MUST for studio work. Lastly and as important, why no CD burning capabilities? Good grief, there are excellent 8 - 16 track hard disk recorders on the market that will fit in the palm of you hand and most all have CD burners in them. It doesn't take much room. These small recorders have mixing capabilities...the works. Of course, you wouldn't need the mixing capabilities because the keyboard has a mixer built in it. With technology becoming cheaper and cheaper and with the cost of this keyboard...one would expect anything and everything - perhaps in the Tyros 3.