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#108604 - 11/28/00 03:26 PM
Re: PSR740 vs Casio MZ2000 comparison, please
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Senior Member
Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
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In my opinion the MZ beats the 740 in several areas...... The sound quality is unbelievable! It's hard to believe that those sounds are coming out of a Casio. My suggestion to you is this. Go the Yamaha's site and print out the specs on the 740, then go to www.mz2000.com This is a full interactive tour on this keyboard. It's got to be one of the best demo sites I have ever seen. All the info on the casio is there including full lists of sounds, styles ect. One big thing to keep in mind is that the 740 lacks a true sequencer... It lacks most of the features needed like copy, paste, and many others... Also the sounds on the 740 are as is, meaning that you are stuck with them and no room for editing. The Casio has a synth engine on it so you can edit the voices. There are just so many good features on the MZ, Go check it out and make a comparison. A friend of mine did a side by side with the two and said the MZ in his opinion was the better of the two. I value his opinions too because like me he has been playing for over 20 years and knows a great deal about synths...
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GEAR: Yamaha MOXF-6, Casio MZX-500, Roland Juno-Di, M-Audio Venom, Roland RS-70, Yamaha PSR S700, M-Audio Axiom Pro-61 (Midi Controller). SOFTWARE: Mixcraft-7, PowerTracks Pro Audio 2013, Beat Thang Virtual, Dimension Le.
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#108606 - 11/29/00 11:27 AM
Re: PSR740 vs Casio MZ2000 comparison, please
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Senior Member
Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
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Rodrigues, Forgot to tell you one thing about the demos on the MZ site and that's that they don't do the keyboard any justice. They were not recorded at a high quality, I beleive they were recorded at 28 Khz, and are not of MP3 quality. The keybaord itself sounds 100 times better than the demos. There's a woman on this site names LindaFus who has an MZ2000. She can tell you all about the sounds and how much better they are than the demos on the interactive tour....
Squeak
PS: I agree with you that the MZ does have more features and has a better cosmetic appearance too... OH keep in mind that one REALY BIG downside to the 740 is that THE BUTTONS ARE ALL PAINTED! I've heard many complaints from users of this board that the paint is rubbing off the buttons along with the numbers and letters.. Some people say this is no big deal, but as far as I'm concerned, if you pay $1000.00 and up for a keyboard, the thing should look nice down the road.... The MZ has a more solid construction of the body, and the buttons aren't painted...
Squeak
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GEAR: Yamaha MOXF-6, Casio MZX-500, Roland Juno-Di, M-Audio Venom, Roland RS-70, Yamaha PSR S700, M-Audio Axiom Pro-61 (Midi Controller). SOFTWARE: Mixcraft-7, PowerTracks Pro Audio 2013, Beat Thang Virtual, Dimension Le.
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#108613 - 12/03/00 04:40 AM
Re: PSR740 vs Casio MZ2000 comparison, please
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Registered: 01/27/01
Posts: 2227
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Quick way to load from floppy on PSR 740:
You know the keyboard's limitations. Part of the secret is being quick with your fingers. First, do not have any usr files on the floppy. This takes too long for the yamaha to read. Keep your favorite styles on style #'s 162 and 163. Don't touch these.
On your floppy you might want to name the style by the song you use it for for easy access. You might want to set the tempo and transpose it to the key you'll be using it for via the computer so you won't be wasting much time with it after it's loaded.
Now press LOAD. Quickly find your file. Since you only have style files on your disk, the seek time for the yamaha is very small. After you scroll to your style, press NEXT twice with your left hand and YES immediately afterwards with your right hand. In about 5 seconds your style will load. Press EXIT with your right hand and immediately afterwards you can press (I don't have the keyboard with me so I'm not sure) INTRO and SYNC/START with your left hand and AUTO ACCOMPANIMENT and VARIATION A with your right hand. If you're quick, you can load styles quickly using this method. I load styles often during performances, and it's pretty doable.
Don't mess with USR styles as this slows down seek and load time.
You can actually use limited one touch settings with loaded styles! Set registration to memory and press the FREEZE button. Now choose four favorite instruments and save each one to registration to registration bank #1. Since you have set FREEZE, the Yamaha will not change styles when you access these registrations. The only thing that will change is 1) the voice, 2) the multipad, and, unfortanately, 3) the transposition. You can set other registration banks to the same or other instruments and a transposition (up 1, down 2, etc.) This way, you can use the registration banks to transpose the song. Then when you choose the voice you want, you can stay in the same key.
I hope this is a helpful way for you to overcome the nearly insurmountable limitations of the PSR 740.
Larry
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