THAT'S why the switch should be on the back!

RIM SHOT!!!

Aw Dave, I was gonna let them figure it out by themselves!
DonM

Don, first you forget to take the Keyboard to a Gig and now you accidently turn the power off during a song!! I'm beginning to wonder about you boss.

I can't fathom why your 'finger' would be up above the Mic volume knob during a song in the first place. And don't tell me you were trying to "push" the Mic 'knob' instead.

Possibly a bit of panic set in and you didn't realize what you were doing or where you were at in relation to some other 'button' you were trying to push?? Such as the Mic 'knob'? Or the Master Volume 'knob' just below it? That's a riot Don. LOL HaHaHa....

I'm not making fun of you Don, I'm just laughing 'with' you. I suppose you weren't laughing at the time though. Or perhaps you were. I probably would have chuckled if it happened to me. I'd of just brushed it off to the audience as an unfortunate 'glitch' in the Keyboard. >> Blame it on the Keyboard, right? Ha Ha.. lol

Now that I've laughed myself silly... [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img] I do want to say that I find it 'very' convenient to have the power button on the top of the Keyboard's casing, within easy reach to turn it on or turn it off..... although at the appropriate time of course... [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img]

The power button on the Tyros is very ergonomically placed, i.e. "out of harm's way" (except in the case of Don's left index finger that is wayward and trigger happy I guess) [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img] The reason Yamaha placed it where they did IMO is because it it not near any other 'buttons' only 'knobs' that are intended to be "turned" and not pressed. [img]http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de//happy/xyxthumbs.gif[/img] So there would be no instance to mistake it for another 'button' since there are 'no' other buttons in the vicinity, only 'knobs'. [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/wink.gif[/img]

And IMO having the power button on the back is a pain in the neck, literally. [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/smile.gif[/img] You have to bend over, and in many cases crank your neck and or twist your body or back or both. It becomes very tiresome very quickly.

Thank you Yamaha for giving the Tyros a convenient and "well placed" power button. [img]http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de//happy/xyxthumbs.gif[/img]

I'm sure DonM won't do it again Yammie and can't for the life of me understand how he did it the first time. [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img] Maybe he wasn't aware the Mic volume 'knob' was a knob but thought it was a button instead and he simply miscalculated his 'punching' it (instead of turning it like it's meant to be) and hit the power button by mistake? And since he only had the Tyros a couple of days[???] when it happened, he could chalk it up to user interface inexperience and his unfamiliarity with it, i.e. not knowing which were the buttons and which were the knobs? [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/wink.gif[/img]

Please give the Tyros II a convenient and ergonomically placed power button Yamaha such as the Tyros has, i.e. "on the top side of the Keyboard" conveniently placed and out of harms way. Except maybe in the case of Don's errant index finger. [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img] But like I said Yammie, he absolutely won't do it again! He promises! [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/wink.gif[/img] Really he does! [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/biggrin.gif[/img]

At least not during a Gig, right Don? [img]http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de//happy/xyxthumbs.gif[/img]

Best regards,
Mike

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That unplugged guitar sound sounds exactly like a sample of a guitar I have on my Roland XV-88, so I presume it's really a sound.

Luis Santos

Just contacted my dealer.
He had good- and 'bad' news.

The good news :The first G70 .... is mine !
The 'bad' news : It is expected the first week of December.

So... another week of waiting.

Sounds this Kb is being rushd out for the hoidays...I hope there wont be too many BUGS...

good luck

Nice demos, thank's for the links.
The price in the UK is going to be £2199, so I've been told by 2 retailers who have been to Italy and have had a say in this arranger keyboard. One has had a demo model with him and from what he's told me, I can't wait to see and play this instrument.
It seems like it is going to be in shops early December with a bit of luck.
I've never wanted to part with my G1000 or Ketron SD1 but I think this could be a good excuse to get rid of the good old G1000.

Roel, when you got the KB, do write a review.

Humm.... Not as cheap as I thought it was going to be. Of course UK prices oftentimes are higher than U.S. prices for the same item, in this case the Roland G70.

I'm hoping Roland releases the G70 in the States at no more than $2,750 [£1462]

You have to realize also that the G70 has no Sampler/CDRW Drive/Digital I/O, or internal Hard Drive capability.

Many Synth Workstation Keyboards such as the Korg Triton Studio (76 Key) have all of the above and if you look around it can be purchased in some cases for less than $2,500.

I think Roland is doing a dis-service to themselves by pricing the G70 at that price point in the UK.

My 2¢

Best regards,
Mike



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