#372877 - 10/11/1312:16 PMWhat keyboard made the biggest upgrade?
DannyUK
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I thought this might be an interesting topic and what members here would regard the biggest update that a given manufacturer as made in their next model.
I've owned a few keyboards over the years including ones from Ketron and GEM but I am probably more familiar with Yamaha & Korg keyboard updates.
In Yamaha's case, I think Yamaha's biggest upgrade was from the PSR8000 to PSR9000 perhaps? I thought those two were quite different in many ways. Any other opinions?
#372879 - 10/11/1312:34 PMRe: What keyboard made the biggest upgrade?
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ianmcnll
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My guess is probably Yamaha PSR-9000 to the original Tyros. Mega Voice made it's first real appearance on the latter, and has defined Yamaha's great style realism ever since.
Still, the 9000 was significant in having 4 Variations per style, as opposed to the two on the PSR-8000, so it's a tough call.
#372890 - 10/11/1306:18 PMRe: What keyboard made the biggest upgrade?
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DannyUK
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Originally Posted By: ianmcnll
My guess is probably Yamaha PSR-9000 to the original Tyros. Mega Voice made it's first real appearance on the latter, and has defined Yamaha's great style realism ever since.
Still, the 9000 was significant in having 4 Variations per style, as opposed to the two on the PSR-8000, so it's a tough call.
Ian
Regrettably, I never owned a PSR9000 as I went from the PSR8000 over to Generalmusic and the WK6 then to Solton's X1. I think back in those days there were a lot of choices and I fancied a big change from owning many Yammys, I totally underestimated Yamaha though with the 9000 and assumed it wouldn't have been a significant enough update.
#372897 - 10/12/1307:05 AMRe: What keyboard made the biggest upgrade?
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ianmcnll
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Originally Posted By: Graham UK
Foe me it was the Tyros 2. I have added the NP30 as lower board Twinset style
I saw a photo of your twin setup on PSR Tutorial, Graham...it looks very good, indeed, just like they were designed to be that way. The NP-30 has a very nice semi-weighted action.
I have passed on your idea to several friends of mine wanting a two manual setup.
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Ensoniq ESQ1 to SD1, if the latter would stay in tune I'd still be using it. After that PSR630 to PSR2000 - for the operating system sound and extra polyphony then 2000 to 3000 due to on board storage meaning no more floppy shuffles. From a functionality viewpoint the 3000 still does everything I need it's a pity the LCD is now completely useless!
#372945 - 10/13/1309:16 PMRe: What keyboard made the biggest upgrade?
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Wow!
How could all of you overlook Kertrons upgrade to the Audya? Even now, 5 years later, still in a class of it's own. Now THAT was really thinking outside the box.
All the best,
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I'd say, if talking about Ketron's, the first one that used audio. The SD-1, right? The Audya merely upped the use of that feature, but the SD-1 was the first, wasn't it?
Until then, all styles used MIDI.
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#372980 - 10/14/1303:07 PMRe: What keyboard made the biggest upgrade?
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DannyUK
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Originally Posted By: Diki
I'd say, if talking about Ketron's, the first one that used audio. The SD-1, right? The Audya merely upped the use of that feature, but the SD-1 was the first, wasn't it?
Until then, all styles used MIDI.
I thought it was the X1? I can't remember if it used audio or not actually, I should know as I owned one for a while !