I have about 50,000 third-party Yamaha styles, many of which are song specific, therefore, never worried about being repetitive and using the same style for other songs. It took me a decade to accumulate these styles, some of which were duplicates that had been renamed, and I auditioned each and every one of them to determine their quality and variation changes, and the OTS settings, all of which are important factors for entertainers and musicians alike.

Over the many decades I have been playing music, beginning with an old upright piano, I never considered myself a musician - just a player that could sing pretty good. When I began entertaining others while playing various instruments, at age 16, I still did not consider myself a pro, though I was being paid to play and sing.

Having owned at least one or more of all the other top brands, Korg, Roland, Tecnics, etc..., I stuck with Yamaha, mainly because of the versatility and the style selection, which is immense. Every day, on the PSR-Tutorial site, someone requests a style for a specific song. 99% or the requests are filled, often within an hour. Granted, most of the song specific styles are for songs in the 90s and early 2000s, however, there are a lot of newer style requests that are also posted.

A few members on another forum I frequent, take their Yamaha arranger keyboards to a whole new level, creating incredible movie tracks that are beyond description. These individuals have taken the time to explore most, if not all, of the incredible features of these fantastic instruments and produced some of the most amazing music I've ever heard.

Yes, this is an Arranger Keyboard Forum, a place where individual arranger keyboard players come to learn more about their keyboard's features and inner workings. Over the years, I have done my best to help those in need of specific information and solve some of the problems from a technical aspect. Yeah, I can play, I used to be able to sing pretty damned good, and I can read music, though not enough to hinder my playing.

If you want to download some of my Yamaha style files, you can do so at My USB Drive These are the styles that I keep on the USB drive of my PSR-S950 and link to my Music Finder Directory and registrations. They will work in any Yamaha Arranger Keyboard, though some of the voices may be substituted. These voices can be changed, though, using the keyboard's onboard style creator program.

Back to your regularly scheduled program.

Gary