Just got my shipment in of PSR-910.

Most of them have been pre-sold to allot of you synthzoners, give me a call and I will get them out to you today.

Frank

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How about a quick review?

thanks,

So far it's very nice. Very very similair to the S900.

The biggest difference I can see would be the screen, the extra voices, mp3 playback, and styles.

I like it allot, I forgot how light this thing is, I can literally hold it with 1 hand, ( i am strong) a great keyboard if you dont want weight. I still hate the keys. But I can get used to it.

Ok update, the are some styles from the T3, but I noticed there are not nearly as much as the T3, the T3 has about 450 styles we are talking about half, I keep looking for more pages since I'm used to the Audya and T3 amount of styles

Everything else is the S900

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Personally, I think the S910 is what the S900 should have been all along.

Definitely a nice jump up for PSR-3000/S700 owners; not so much for S900 users.

My sample account S900 goes back to Yamaha when the S910 arrives sometime next month, so I'll be looking forward to trying it out.
It has two of my favorite organ sounds from the Tyros3; SA Rock Rotary and SA Jazz Rotary...both are excellent B-3 sims.

The S910 will be only 400 lbs lighter than my old B-3.

From what I've seen so far I'm not sold on the S910 that would make me upgrade from my S900 "Cha Ching" machine at this time..............not enough change YET but hoping down the road things will get much better feature & navigation wise on the Yamaha arranger TOTL/MOTL units. Everything else out there that I've tried so far doesn't fit MY needs. I've become very patient

As Diki said on another thread...

"Depends on whether it loads T3 styles with less problems than the S900 has... That and the compatibility with the new guitar style format might future proof you for quite a while.

And, let's face it, as inexpensive as these things are (compared to, let's say, a Wersi ), you shouldn't be losing THAT much if you trade around carefully. If you have had your S900 a couple of years, the loss shouldn't amount to more than it costing you 50� a day. I don't know about you, but I can afford that."

So Donny...you're the guy saying that "it's only money"....sure wouldn't cost much for you to upgrade to a new "Cha Ching" machine that will have the latest upgrades to the style engine...it would pay for itself in no time with the amount of gigs you do.

Even your Cha Cha will sound better...more like "one, two, Cha Cha Ching"

Frank stated that most of the buyers who ordered the first shipment are Synthzoners. So, if you are one of the first S910 owners, please give us some review as soon as you laid your hands on it, specially concerning soundwise and styles comparing to the Tyros 3 and the Psr-S900 with the newest Psr-S910.

I'll be happy to, I should have mine on Monday......but probably won't post any comments until late Tuesday.

Good luck Steve....awaiting your A/B review.

I will be receiving mine on Tuesday. Will post opionions as soon as possible.

Beakybird

My shipment to Los Angeles won't be here until Wednesday. Unfortunately, Yamaha used to ship everything from Buena Park, Ca. and so I got everything earlier than the east coast guys but not anymore. Everything comes shipped out of Chicago now.


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Mind elaborating on what your needs are?

Did you buy two units, one for back up?

Yes, I purchased two. That way the keyboard that I practice on at home is the same as the one that I gig with.

Beakybird

Great!! good move.....good luck Larry give em hell out there!

I spent about 2 hrs playing and demoing the 910 at Alto Music tonight. Maybe it's because of the pre- release hype or maybe it's because I'm really diggin my Korg Pa 500 or maybe it's because I'm just tired of Yamaha ( I've owned 6 Yammie arrangers over the years), but I was disappointed. I had them hold the board for me, fully intending to take it home, but in the end I decided against buying it. It does sound fantastic - but two things that left me wanting were the keybed - even less key travel than my Pa500. Also it seems that there were too few styles - often the last page of each style genre contained only one style with the rest of that page left with empty blanks. You'd think yamaha could afford to at least fill a style page completely - especially since those empty spaces can't be filled by users.

The voice selection at first seems limited too - that is until I noticed voices that I was expecting to find were moved to the "Legacy" category.

There are some very cool new demo songs that really showcase the capability of this board and provide the WOW factor - the speaker system is powerful.

So I came home tonight without my highly- anticipated new S910...sorta feeling a bit of a letdown, but also confident I made the right decision ... maybe I'll get that new Pentax Kx digital SLR instead.

Tim

Thanks! I better give them hell. Business has been down in this neck of the woods - partly because of the time I had been spending songwriting, vocalizing, and recording. I'm making a lot of calls these days lining up shows for 2010.

Tim, everyone has different tastes. It is a shame that Yamaha didn't include more styles. At www.yamahamusicsoft.com there are some great Premium styles for the T2. These will sound great on the S910. Sure, they're $6.95 each, but you can choose which ones you want (unlike the onboard styles).

Beakybird

One of the strengths of Yamaha arrangers is the massive number of styles available for free, and the ease of auditioning them via USB drive.
You can find thousands at Psrtutorial.com
DonM

Well, I'm having 2nd thots about buying or not buying the 910. There's lots to like about it. The key feel did put me off, but I just didn't feel like dropping the $$ last night for another board when I just bought the PA500 last month.

My feelings are really mixed right now. My thinking all along was how cool it would be to have both boards to complement each other. Now my fear is I'll prefer the one over the other and wish I hadn't bought both.

Maybe I'm just a spoiled little kid, never satisfied with the toys I have. (Ouch-did I say that?)

Tim, you are not alone!!!

I have Korg Pa2xpro, that is my go to board, I really like it's live play features, ( lots of vertical sliders you can adjust on the fly great vocal harmonizer). But I also like Yamaha boards, Although I don't take both to gigs as a rule. Sometimes the Yamaha fits better for a particular gig.

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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What workarounds are you referring to? One of the workarounds that I like a lot is the Midi Solutions Footswitch Controller (http://www.midi-store.com/Midi-Solutions-Footswitch-Controller-p-16798.html). With this, I can use three footswitches instead of two on my S900. It runs on midi power from the keyboard which is great.

Beakybird

Beakybird



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I have the Tyros3 & the 910 and I don't have a problem with the keybed travel or the number of styles ... I don't like the Korgs' touch at all ... and you can add styles via a USB stick.

Folks ..... try it for yourself ...

Just in case some may not know- I have, since that original post, changed my mind on the the s910. I actually went back a few weeks later and bought it.
Now after owning it for 6 months, I'm totally in awe of this board and enjoying it daily...alongside my Pa800.

Tim