Hello to all arranger friends .

I will be closing my store June 29th to July 6th . "In my mind I'm going to Carolina " .

I'm takin the family ( wife , 2 kids 9 + 11)on a long planned vacation to the Outer Banks of North Carolina . I'm going to see how the Tyro's can hold up against the fresh atlantic sea air .

I hope everyone has a great Holiday /Independence Day.

Pray for peace , soldiers are dying .

Dano

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Keyboard City
1826 E.Joppa Rd.
Towson Md. 21234
410 665-MIDI (6434)
keyboardcity@yahoo.com
www.keyboardcity.net

Wow .... DanO is leaving his old dog (SD1) at home and taking the "new kitty"(Tyros) on the family vacay !
Whodathunkit ?

hey Dan,


Don't forget to try the great BBQ on the banks also!!!

Have a nice time!!!

I can honestly say that I'm having alot of fun with the Tyro's . The screen and multipads are very intuitive .

I'm even going to order a Tyro's shirt , hat and tattoo !


[This message has been edited by DanO1 (edited 06-28-2003).]

Dan! You getting yourself a Tyros nose ring too?

btw: what are you going to take to play your Tyros thru: MS01 Tyros speakers, Motion Sound KP100S, headphones, or?

Great to hear you're enjoying the Tyros.
Have a great vacation and don't forget to post pics.

Scott

Dan is likely not having the best vacation right now - the outer banks are being hit by tropical storm Bill and rain is expected for days. Fortunately he can keep his kids entertained in the hotel room with his Tyros, eh?

It's a gift from Louisiana!
DonM

Any damage Don? Looks scary on the news!

We didn't even get any rain from it in North Louisiana. Down south they got a little flood damage, but not bad compared to many hurricanes.
DonM

Hello to all ,


I am back and Bill gave us 1 1/2 days of rain . No problem's . A nice break . I didn't answer the phone's and I did not take my shell phone .

Hi !


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Keyboard City
1826 E.Joppa Rd.
Towson Md. 21234
410 665-MIDI (6434)
keyboardcity@yahoo.com
www.keyboardcity.net

Did you play your Tyros alot? What do you think so far comapred to your SD-1?

Hi Donny ,

Yes I played the Tyro's about 30 minutes each day and had some fun . Most of my fun came from playing all the new "funk" type styles and alternating the multipads with the multipads assigned with one touch.

A few examples I worked with are synthseq , heaveHarp,congobonga and acidbank are all very cool mulitpads to interact with the styles. I could not get the guitar strum multipads to fit into a style for my tatse , but I'm going to mess with the guitar multipads further .
Ketron is still the winner for incorporating guitar strums within a pattern . Technics and Yamaha seem to be the leaders for incorporating multipads .
Ketron SD1 does not have multipads at all .

The Yamaha Tyro's is real strong with the swing / bigband styles /power ballads/ funk/hiphop and the gospel styles are great .
Philly Disco 1 style surprised me .
I liked it .

I think the latin styles are better on the Ketron products , but utilizing the multipads on the Tyro's can help .

For midi sequence playback , the Ketron does sound better imo . Ketron's utilization of the hard drive is second to none . Drum Remix and instant editing of sequences ( drum and bass , manual bass ) are still one one my favorite features on Ketron products.
But I really do like the notation/score feature on Yamaha and the 26lbs weight is nice.

The like the harmonizer on my SD1 better than the Tyro's , but the Tyro's screen is laid out really nicely . The verbage Yamaha uses to describe effects for editing is much better than Ketron . To me , the X1 and SD1 harmonizer sounds a little more natural for my taste .

I definately like the key action on the SD1 vs Tyro's.

I would love to see a 76 note version of the Tyro's .


Off to get some rest . Dano

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Keyboard City
1826 E.Joppa Rd.
Towson Md. 21234
410 665-MIDI (6434)
keyboardcity@yahoo.com www.keyboardcity.net

[This message has been edited by DanO1 (edited 07-08-2003).]

Dan,

Thanx for your insightful thoughts on the Tyros vs the SD-1.

I will be going to Nashville next week .

Last year , all kinds of keyboards were introduced at NAMM . Dam

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