Yesterday I received delivery (UPS from Conn. to CA) of my Tyros4!
Many thanks to friend & dealer Frankieve (
AudioWorks ) for getting it out to me so quickly.
Perhaps its because I upgraded from the 2 generations ago Tyros2, but the moment I turned Tyros4 on and played it 'out of the box', I was very impressed by its awesome sound advancement. As a longtime Yamaha player (going back to PSR2000; Tyros1, Tyros2) I've appreciated the Yamaha Tyros2 sound and had an inkling of the degree of sound improvement I might expect with Tyros4. I wasn't let down. Even out of the box, the overall new sound is both rich and full and has mid-upper range sparkle as well. I especially appreciate the new Tyros4 'concert grand' piano, a noticeable improvement over the grand on Tyros2. As others too have claimed, Tyros4's new drums and built in vocal harmonizer really shine and with many new outstanding voices and styles, I'm very happy with Tyros4, especially because it retains the same ease of OS navigation I've grown so familiar with from previous Tyros models, and supports a huge number of awesome custom styles & voices (sound samples).
My biggest disappointment with Tyros4 are the confirmed bugs that
Chony reported earlier. I agree with him that these aren't mere annoyances but critical feature bugs that prevent you from reliably saving styles or utilizing custom voices in styles.
Another thing I've already observed, albeit only on one occasion (so far): while playing songs via Music Finder, suddenly out of nowhere, the RT sound volume dropped in volume about 30%. The only way I was able to get the RT volume back up to normal again was by rebooting the keyboard. Interestingly enough, another Tyros4 owner who has owned his for a month, reported experiencing the exact same thing to me, but after that one incident he never experienced it again. Yamaha really needs to investigate & correct this as this would be disastrous if it happened in the middle of a stage performance. OMG!
These are my first 24 hour impressions so as I continue to explore this keyboard further, I'll post updates. In the meantime, I'm really enjoying Tyros4 a lot and believe it was a substantial upgrade for me, just as long as Yamaha is able to address & correct the above problems. - Scott
[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 12-11-2010).]