I loved the trumpet sound on my Kn7000. I hated it on the Psr3000 and the Tyros1. The Tyros 2 came with great trumpets. I understood, and it is hearsay, that some of the Technics tech went over to Yamaha.

My ratings (Personal opinion)

Psr 3000 excellent keyboard.

Tyros 1 better, but not earth shattering.

Tyros 2 much improved and back to excellent.

S900 is like my Taylor C314 guitar – it’s sweet – nice to play – nice tone. But ain’t as good as the C714 at almost twice the price.

John C.

Hi Scott,
Well, my friend, I can only say, that except for the main piano sound, the Tyros2 and S900 sounded very much the same to me, when played through my sound system.

The drawbar organs SEEM to be same, at least to my ears, although the organs for both the T2 and S900 don't sound much like a real Hammond to me.

The SA sounds appear to be identical (minus the aftertouch)and, in my opinion, are the most useful ones from the Tyros2...they are excellent.

Hammond's XK1 and XK3c, which I tried last week, are the closest to the true Hammond sound...they smoke the other clonewheels by Korg, and Roland, but carrying another instrument(or module for that matter), is a hassle...if I was going to carry anything else, it would be an 88 note hammer action digital piano...but I haven't found one under 30 lbs that I like.

I am more than pleased with the sound, reliability and overall performance of the S900.

Ian

Thanx everybody for your detailed answers and tips. I look forward to testing out the s900. Someday, I'd also like to test out the NI B4 II.

I don't need no stinkin' backup. Arrangers are just computers with keys, and everybody knows computers never break dow

I hope you're

I didn't know the gun was loaded, and I'm so sorry my friend.
I knew there was a country song there somewhere.

Cheers,

Gary



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Travlin' Easy

I had the crowd in the palm of my hand.
They were diggin' every word I said.
Then the lights went out and when they came back on,
My poor PSR was dead.
{chorus):
Oh, the men all laughed and the ladies wept,
And my stomach began to act up.
All because I didn't listen to Gary,
and have another board for BACKUP.
All together now, "YEAH!"
DonM

THANKS GARY -

Who needs a hard drive??? The USB file system save works effortlessly - awesome.

zuki

hey everyone,

I didn't mean to turn this into such a big drawn out post.

I hope i didnt cause any hurt feelings about who should have a backup, and what the right thing to do is...yadda, yadda..etc

my number 1 reason for having the backup is I'm playing outdoors on a simulated beach at a resort in the cape cod air. Between the sand blowing around and the salt in the air. It's impossible to keep crap from getting in the keys. I tried blowing it out all summer with canned air but i could never get it completely. The keys would get stuck in the pressed position sometimes and not come back up

The 3 service centers in my area wanted the keyboard at least 7-10 days to clean. I was working 6nights a week there and leaving it that long wasnt an option.

My choice for the tyros 2 was #1 the keybed. It has a different method for for making contact. My hope was a little longer playing time inbetween cleanings. It has dramatically improved that. By having a quick backup, the arranger music would never stop during service times. I was forced in playing the same show with my acoustic guitar. Doesn't have the same overall effect.
I will use a laptop also in the future to have option 3 in place by recording smf's, and backing tracks.

I have to give props again to all those who have helped me on here. You guys are amazing!
There are so many of you that have helped me along the way. I must say Gary Diamond, Michael Bedesem, and Scott Langholff have helped me out of some of the biggest messes I've ever managed to get myself into. Thank You Guys.
Your help is priceless!!!!!

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God Bless,
Mikey

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Mikey , for a gig like that..why not use a Zune or Ipod...There is no reason to subject your electronic equipment to those elements...it is abuse..

And the alternative would work fine..