SYNTH ZONE
Visit The Bar For Casual Discussion
Topic Options
#192953 - 10/01/01 02:45 AM PSR 2000 bought, PSR 740 sold- first impressions
Rodrigues Offline
Member

Registered: 09/20/99
Posts: 95
Loc: Portugal
Hi,

I have received few hours ago my new PSR 2000. Here are the first impressions:

User styles: Direct disk styles playing. Just introduce a disk, wait only one second and the styles are disponible. Just choose the intended style on the side display buttons, wait less than 2 seconds and it’s ready for playing
.
The limit for Internal User styles (instantaneous playing) is 580 KBy (Total of Flash memory-580 KBy) (there is not a fixed limit in number of User styles as on the previous PSR 730 and 740).

The Internal styles are quite identical to PSR 740 or 9000.
The Preset Internal voices are also identical to PSR 740 thought now there are more additional voices, and some cool and live voices from 9000.

The Registration Memory also is different from 740. Now, there is not a fixed number of Banks. It’s similar to the Explorer of Windows. We create Forders and sub-folders until the limit of the flash memory that is still not used.

There are the same 7 DSPs as on 740: DSP1 to styles and songs. DSP2,3,4 for Right and Left voices. DSP Mic for Talk mic function. Reverb and Chorus as System DSPs). The news is that DSP4 is used to Vocal Harmanizer when this is on with the Effect on. This is, the DSP mic is only to Talk mic function, not for Vocal harmony.

The Mic has now a 3 band equalizer, a noise gate and a compressor all editable.

The operative system is not so simple as 740, though now there are a lot of parameters that can be configured, while on 740 the feature is there but normaly it’s not configurable. Eg.: User effects.

There is not direct Groove on the styles as on 740. On 2000 we can use the Groove but it’s necessary to store the style in the user or disk memory to use it with the programable groove. It seems that is equal to 9000.

During styles (and songs playback) there are in the Main Display a Bar indicator counting the measures already played along the song and a Beat indicator counting the beats 1, 2, 3.... instead of tradicional dots or Leds.

There are two split points: one for Style chords and other for Left voice, whose may be or not different according with the user.

Now there are step by step style or song recording with event list editing. I don,t know yet the power of copy and paste function.

The Feet pedals (2) can control much more things, eg.: changing Mains in the style, Fills, Fade in/out, percussion voices playing with feet, etc.

There is the function Chain songs playing as on 740.

Thre are 10 preset Organ Flutes.

It’s nice the Score and Lyrics display with a jumping point ball, moving along the beats and measures.

And for today it’s enough

Carlos Rodrigues

Top
#192954 - 10/01/01 06:11 AM Re: PSR 2000 bought, PSR 740 sold- first impressions
Beakybird Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 01/27/01
Posts: 2227
Dear Carlos,

Congratulations. Sounds like a pretty nice keyboard.
Question: What is it like accessing the different intros and endings?

Thank you,

Larry

Top
#192955 - 10/01/01 08:50 AM Re: PSR 2000 bought, PSR 740 sold- first impressions
Rodrigues Offline
Member

Registered: 09/20/99
Posts: 95
Loc: Portugal
Dear Beakybird,

To choose the Intro and Ending is quite simple. Just push button E (Left side)in the Main display and again using button E choose the intended Intro or Ending.
During the song playing, to choose other Intro or Ending it's more dificult to continue playing the song without losing time and measures, making that operation.
This is, in this keyboard it seems that the correct way is to choose before playing the song, which I/E we want to use.

Carlos Rodrigues

Top

Moderator:  Admin, Diki, Kerry 



Help keep Synth Zone Online