Does the s910 have SA2 voices? If so which ones? I'd like to make sure it at least has the clarinet and sax. Also the rock and acoustic drum sets.

No SA2 voices at all. No "live" drums.

No SA2...there are some new SA voices, and some new styles, plus, a great new screen, similar to the Tyros3's, but without the tilt.

The styles, in the S910, also use the same style format as the Tyros3...SFF GE (Guitar Edition) is an
enhanced format of SFF, which features improved note transposition for guitar tracks.

That means that the Tyros3 styles will at least load in without conversion, and quite likely, will work very well with a bit of tweaking and/or re-voicing.

I wasn't really expecting SA2 at this price point....maybe the next MOTL S-series arranger will have them...remember, Tyros3 only has a few of them.

As I said earlier...I feel the S910 is what the S900 should have been.

If there are no SA2 voices and no live drums, what, pray tell, does the s900 add that wasn't there before?

What's new?

1. It has almost as many voices as the T2.
2. It has the style format of the T3 which creates more realistic guitar voices.
3. It has an improved screen.
4. It has an MP3 player.
5. It has 17 more styles than the S900.
6. It has 1mb (not gb, mb) more USER memory.

Altogether, it doesn't sound like that much.

I did my best to keep my S900s in good condition. Hopefully, I will get a good price for them so that I won't have to pay too much for the upgrade.

I have a feeling that Yamaha is going to offer another upgrade in a year or two. I don't believe the denials that the impressive specs we heard several months ago about a "PSR-S950" were true.

I think bumping up the model # by 10, from S900 to S910 is an acknowledgement that there isn't much new - just like when Yammy moved from the PSR2000 to the PSR2100. That upgrade had about a dozen new voices and a dozen new styles, and like the S910, the PSR2100 came with the same shell, layout, and OS as its predecessor.

Beakybird

Since the newest Psr-S910 styles come in the same format as the Tyros 3, which is GE, I'm very interested to know if the Tyros 3 styles will be played in the S910 without any conversion, and also, since the S910 comes with the Arabic and India Drum Kit, will this mean we're going to be able to play the Oriental styles found on the Psr-OR700?? Let's wait for the S910 first owners post some reviews about it.

I think bumping up the model # by 10, from S900 to S910 is an acknowledgment that there isn't much new - just like when Yammy moved from the PSR2000 to the PSR2100. That upgrade had about a dozen new voices and a dozen new styles, and like the S910, the PSR2100 came with the same shell, layout, and OS as its predecessor.

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Hi Beakybird, I have always stepped up to the next model and never regretted, It was like growing along with the keyboard. My knowledge and ability to perform with the Kn7000 was right up there.

I am doing the same thing with Yamaha, from the Psr2100 right up to the Tyros 3, I did not miss a model. I feel you are going in a good direction.

None of this applies when the dollars are limited.

John C.

With luck I'll be playing one at the local GC next Thursday. Until then I'll have to reserve my judgment.

That said, if the S910 is as much of a jump up that the PSR-3000 was over the PSR-2000, there may be a change in the immediate future. If it's the same increase, however, that the PSR-2100 was over the PSR-2000, then I'll stick with what I have.

Should be fun,

Gary

I will say this tong-in-cheek.
For me to think that Yamaha with its large staff is making wrong decisions is a bit arrogant. Yes we can judge a single move but when you stand back and look at the bigger picture remembering the little chair I am sitting ----- and that they are still working to supply a new model for our use and enjoyment, unlike Technics that turn away from our needs and is no more.

Talking about the different features is valuable without a doubt.

My wife sat in a woman’s meeting where the woman complained about the many things their husbands did like leaving their socks around, not leaning up and getting involved in a sport event on TV --- A woman stood up and said, “I give anything to see my husband involved in watching a sport event on TV while his socks on the floor in the middle of his mess, You see he left me”.

I would not be a happy camper if one of the big name keyboards faded out – and for me that would be Yamaha. This is a feeling that many of the Technics keyboard feel about the Kn8000 that never came. What would we do if there wasn't a s950 or a Tyros 4 to to dream about.

Again, In my humble opinion, John C,

Who cares?.....there is more then enough great arranger Kb's right now on the market to make great music!! newer models will not make people play better....that only comes from a persons raw talent, diligent practice & a love for performing music. Until yamaha makes a COMPLETLY NEW LINE with the pro user in mind of arrangers void of TYROS I'll stay with the S900 which I consider with using some workarounds one of the best sounding, reliable arrangers ever made for MY NEEDS..



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