1/24/14: Mark Anderson of Yamaha USA talks with Martin Harris about the Yamaha Tyros 5 at Namm 2014:

https://hub.yamaha.com/namm2014/41358-na...custom&ref=

"Same as Tyros4 ( 93%). Too much money for T5. Tyros 5 = Tyros 4 with 7% differences that we will never use. Hello to everybody"


I found this reply to the interview ijnteresting..

That guy has no clue at all there are many advances on the T5 he s intititled to his opinion but I do not agree at all

Great video Scott - enjoyed it very much.

Gary

What would you list as the primary BIG differences between the T4 and T5, musicforyourday (think I'm going to use MFYD!)?

Apart from the audio drums and multipads (we've discussed these to death and back!), what would you say were the largest differences?

The ensemble feature seems great, but only for people that know great voicing already, the effects are nice, but simply a slight improvement (IMHO).

But I'm sure you have a better handle on what differentiates the two, perhaps you could tell us what makes the T5 such a great leap forward?

Diki, did you watch the entire video?

I'm not kidding...I fell a sleep watching this

Time for dinner..

Diki,

i think you pretty much described it, but forgot the exciting end result. I was a bit sceptical, but when you are in a live venue and hear this instrument it speaks for itself

The percentage changes are probably about right; however they don’t take into account the significant improvements in the sound that the small amounts of new features have made. (T5 is way ahead of the T4 in almost all departments because of this, but until they open it up for editing and import of 3rd party sounds, it’s pretty much a nonstarter for anything other than a home player (Which has always been the arranger intended market anyway)

I think they need to do more on the ease of use on the ensemble voices tough, as the sounds in the hands of anybody other than the demonstrators have sounded awful.

Whether you like it or not, Yamaha has another winner on its hands.

Enjoy whatever you play

Bill

Well, I think it is super..and for the kind of music I like there are some features & sounds that make it a easy decision for me.
Especially since T4's are still pretty darn high (new & used)

I can see if you have a T4 where you may not want to upgrade due to the high cost of upgrade.

Lee