Rory

There are other options available if the styles aren't going to be the main focus of what you'll use your next board for. I agree that the Tyros has good sounds, but I passed on it because I wouldn't use the styles all that much.

For example, I have One Man Band, which is a software program that can play chord progressions and style parts of any Yamaha format style in real time. I use my Motif ES and sometimes my SY-XG50 soft synth as the tone modules. I can also do the same with Yamaha's XG works software, but only step written / recorded. There are many styles available for pretty much any Yamaha arranger, as well as a lot of others ( Korg, Roland, Ketron, etc ) styles that have been converted to Yamaha format.

Occasionally I draw drum parts from the styles and elsewhere and then mix them up and modify them in Fruity Loops studio. There is yet another option with FL studio, because by changing the .sty extension to .mid, I can simply import the data I want and modify it in the pattern sequencer.
Styles can be modified insiode of an arranger too, but in FL studio I find the process to be so much easier and faster to boot.

Perhaps the Tyros is the right board for you. Getting your hands on it would give you a better idea. If, however, it isn't exactly what you want, there are several other ways to use style parts, especially if one doesn't need them for live , on stage work.

AJ



[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 03-13-2004).]