Eric......simply awesome Wow, what you can do with this baby!!!

Thanx for sharing!!

Not heard a Yamaha synth for ages and WOW this thing rocks.
Please stop posting these tempting links, I'm on the phone to my music shop now getting a part x price against my SD1.
This would sit lovely above my T2 lmao

I'm thinking about adding a Motif Rack ES to my Tyros2 for nice Synth sounds, arpeggios and more. Anyone that has done this already? The price is around 1200 Euro's.
http://www.motifator.com/rack/index_rack.php

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Didn't even know about these new synths!

I've been drooling over them too especially the studio management software that allows you to graphically edit the onboard voices, setup performances, etc and save it all INSIDE your sequencer as part of your song/project (Cubase, Logic).

Hi,
I have a Tyros 2 and a Motif ES rack and I love it. Wish Yamaha had included more arpeggios in the Tyros 2 multipad banks and also the great acoustic bass found in the Motif.

Hi Andrea,

great seeing you post again.
I have a couple of questions regarding your setup:
1.Can you sync the appregiator of the ES with the styles of the T2?
2. Since the ES has a lot of the sounds of the T2 what is the main difference or advantage of adding an ES to the T2 besides the appregiators?

I have been thinking of maybe adding one myself to the T2 down the road.
3. Is it easy to set up?
4. Can you store settings of the ES in the registration memory of the T2 via midi? That would be kind of important to me.

Thanks

Eric

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Oh My Goodness - This summer I'm going to be working and I will buy this baby for sure ! I don't need anything else - I just want that sweetie !

Does anyone have Midi file for Roland VA-76 ( Maroon 5 - This Love )? and Coldplay ? (The GM files that this guy has on the MO6)
I'd like to have them for my Roland VA-76.

Thanks

Eric,
thank you for missing me...
Hope that all is well with you, Claudia and Sunny.

Now, to answer your questions:

1. Yes, the arpeggiator can be synced with an external source (midi clock); of course there are a few things to set in the Tyros 2 midi page as well.
2. The Motif ES has many sounds not found in the Tyros, and vice versa. Aside from the terrific acoustic bass I mentioned (which is sadly missing in the Tyros), I love many of the organ sounds of the ES, and find them better and more realistic, compared with the Tyros. On the other hand, the ES lacks all the beautiful SA voices, in particular the acoustic guitar and the tenor saxophone.
3. I would lie if I'd tell you that the ES is a piece of cake to program: it's indeed rather complex to set up and things aren't made easier by the tiny display. Luckily, included in the package there is an editor you can use on your computer to modify all the parameters (the computer must be connected to the ES via USB).
4. Unfortunately, the T2 has very limited master keyboard abilities; from this point of view, I think that the only arranger keyboard that can store settings like bank and program changes in a registration is the Korg PA1 X pro. It looks like Yamaha thinks that the Tyros is a self-sufficient entity, that does not need to transmit data to external devices. Roland did the same mistake with the G-70, which could have been a perfect master keyboard, otherwise.

If you are looking for an external module with very interesting sounds, to add to the T2 internal ones, I can suggest you the Fantom XR; I own one and am very happy with it. The arpeggios are not on the same level as the Motif ES (both in number and variety), but the sounds are different and complement the Tyros very well. Plus, it has EIGHT expansion slots, and Roland just released a card with killer electric pianos (the SRX 12).

Ciao!

Andrea