http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hulf0U5Lyw

can this guy smile?

He has nothing to smile about...the keyboard sounds like a Casio(sorry, Casio owners).

He needs an S900...big grins assured.

Ian

ianmcnll, I remember your reaction when I made a little joke with the announcements of a few styles for the G70 and not for the Tyros3. Now you showed us your real face by your comment on the GW8 and the Casio keyboards.
You are very unfair with your comment.
With this kind of reactions you are bashing this Forum !

Sorry pal, no bashing...just an accurate observation.

Last time I checked, we were all entitled to our opinions on this forum.

Ian

GW series sounds pretty good to me if you know how to record a KB demo & most of all know how to play an arranger.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndPwCTxKUgI

Also....Roland have done nice ones in the past with the Gw7.......... as these....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5H8_6WgwgY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBwUWB0YTA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG5FIfkxSGk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqaYzpDnuIE&feature=related

Exactly.., there's nothing wrong with the sound engine on the GW-8..., and I'm surprised to see someone who "claims to be all great" due to past and current postions in doing keyboard demos who then uses a YouTube video (done with a very cheap camera) to make such a bold statement regarding the GW-8's sound quality..., then comparing that to a inexpensive Casio.

I would hardly compare the the SonicCell/Fantom X series sound engine to a Casio.....

It's not the keyboard that sounds bad in this demo.., it's the Family-Dollar cheapo camera the guy is using along with not so great playing.

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Certainly it does Donny, but that first clip was pretty bad...it wouldn't make me want to buy one.

I wonder if they'll come out with a version for the American/Canadian market...style wise, I mean.

Ian

I just wanted to make a point that all the hoopla about Tyros 3 or what ever is the latest & greatest means nothing unless you can make it sound the way it should be played.....many run out and buy these arrangers & dont have the ability to make themselves or the keyboards sound the way it should. But they are lead to believe that they can....why? because of the Demos which in some cases dilussionalize their mindset into believing what the manufacturer wants them to so they can sell the units....because after all that is their goal and bottom line to make money. Tyros 2 came out just a short while ago.....OS upgrades would have been enough to achieve better results but NO......these poor people who had to shell out thousands of their hard earned money only to find out that now Yamaha slaps them with Tyros 3 just a short while later...see my point?

All good points Donny..., and there's no harder hit keyboard player IMO in this area who really get's hit harder in the pocket than the arranger player.

I still don't see the value in a T2-T3 upgrade. Maybe if you still have a T1 or someone going from a 3000 or 900 to the T3 I think would make more sense (in terms of cost weighed against features).

Sadly arranger players have been taking a hard pocket hit for years. A brand spanking new Yamaha Motif XS6 only cost $2199.., hell the 88 key Motif XS still costs less than the Tyros 3.

Maybe it's just customer base, but I'm fairly certain that Yamaha would get quite a verbal whippin from Motif customers if a Motif XS6 costs $3800


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Yep, I do, Donny.

Of course, we are learning that a lot of this hoopla is based on fact, according to preliminary reviews of the T3.

I'm more anxious than ever to get mine.

Ian