From what I've heard, most of what you have suggested will be in the Tyros II is correct. The one thing I heard was that it will have sampling memory to load samples in but not actually have an input to sample directly into the keybaord. This might not be the case though. Everything else you say is what I hear as well. 61 keys.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

Well then, goodbye Tyros. Time to start looking at other boards. I just cannot stand the Tyros keys, key feel, and length.

Maybe I'll do a Korg Pax1 or a G70 with a Motif ES Rack.

Al

I have an idea for a Tyros III - it'd be cool for Yamaha to invent a keyboard that could be expanded. It seems like you could have a 61-note arranger with covered side areas on either side of the keybed that could be removed and an expansion keybed plugged in. For that matter you could have optional plug-in powered speaker modules also. Oh well.

A 61-note keyboard on a Tyros II is a deal-breaker for me too. It's a non-negotiable point. Guess that's why it's being called a "Tyros II" instead of a "Tyros Pro".

Speaking in very naive terms, "glueing" the Psr 9000 pro keyboard mechanics (that many people here have praised) in a Tyros design, surely is not a big deal for the hardware designers of Yamaha.
Actually IMHO it is nothing, probably something like "plugging it in". No major design changes.
Makes you wonder why they won't do such a thing. Tyros is too much money and too much keyboard for me to buy, but I realise that 76 keys mean world to many pros.

Send a picture of yourself, playing a competitor's keyboard in a pro situation, with the quote "I would buy Tyros in an instant, if it had 76 keys, so think again!" to a Yamaha exec.
Maybe that will work. At least you will get a laugh.

Maybe that will work.

It looks like it will be a great keyboard. I am surprised by the jump in price. If this is true, I don't think many Tyros owners will jump. The SmartMedia option is also surprising. SmartMedia is obsolete now. Those cards will be very hard to find in a couple of years when Tyros III still hasn't come out.

Beakybird

They don't sell Grand Pianos (for the most part) with 61 keys. Most professional digital piano's have either 76 or 88 keys. Korg and Roland clearly see the value in 76 keys in a keyboard. Why can't Yamaha understand there are people out there that just can't do arranging fuctions with only 61 keys? The Piano was meant to have 88 keys, not 61. 76 is a good compromise.

I want my 76 keys!

TYROS II sounds like just another recycled kb to sell old parts

How much is SRP of current Tyros in USD? Dnj says Tyros II is $4,689.

I think it is $3499. The actual retailing price is around $3000.

Let's not get too hung up about the price yet. The prices in the US are not always automatically converted from European ones. Also, most Euro prices include VAT, or a similar tax, which is around 17% (?). So let's wait and see what the actual features and price be, before jumping to conclusions.