The 3rd video clearly shows that both the player as well as Yamaha have no clue what modern dance music should sound... Just listen to some trance of Armin V Buren or Tiesto and then compare it to those styles...


This implementation of the feature is not what will sell these keyboards to new users..

Even a Tyros 5 doesn't sound like Avicii

Bachus, I've heard both DJ's you've mentioned, and I agree that the PSR-S970's Dance styles and demonstrator fall short. However, I think that if someone wants to sound like those DJ's, then they should use the same equipment, and not an arranger keyboard.

In my case, I'd love to get an arranger, probably the S970, but those Dance styles don't interest me, so it doesn't matter.

I'm just glad they finally put some good choir sounds in there, and judging by online demos, it sounds very good. Now, for those of us who want a Tyros but can't (or don't want to) afford one, the PSR-S970 comes pretty close.

I mean with styles not a sequencer. Dance styles of Yamaha sounds very weak. Your version isn't how real modern dance music sound but more how it sounded in the 90's

Gary ... I remember when my parents couldn't listen to our music too ...

Even a Tyros 5 doesn't sound like Avicii

If Yamaha modern dance styles are weak, what arranger or brand should I be looking for?

You know, that's a funny thing, Tony. My dad was a tenor with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir and, much as he hoped I would follow in his footsteps, he never once tried to discourage my 'different' taste in music.

I used to buy all the old Elvis, Little Richard, Fats Domino records and, he could enjoy those even though they were a universe away from the music he was brought up on.

I think that, after all these years, the main reason that I'm open to all kinds of stuff now is a direct result of his own broadness in music.

Not too many kids lucked out with a dad like mine, I guess.

None. You need a computer with a sequencer and the best VST's there are.

I agree, dance music ( modern ) is best served through VST technology. For the average arranger player that relies on their keyboard for voices and various style genres of music, however, the Yamaha product does a pretty good job covering the basic dance category.

If I really needed to prepare for the odd dance song, I could rely on some sampling and create audio multipads before hand. I am not prepare to drag computer gear with me. I agree that perhaps the dance category for most arrangers is the weakest, but comparing the Tyros 5 or the PSR-S970 to other brand arrangers, Yamaha does not have weak dance styles or lack the necessary onboard tools and functions to adequately produce a satisfactory dance song.

Yamaha styles are perhaps the most versatile and no shortage to find the style or style parts you need for your arrangements.

Yamaha's superior output converters, keep the sound alive and clear, even when a full blown busy dance style and other functions are processing at the same time, while some other brand arrangers audio output fades and can muffle the sound. ( A studio sound engineer pointed this out to me ).

Marcus

You know, that's a funny thing, Tony. My dad was a tenor with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir and, much as he hoped I would follow in his footsteps, he never once tried to discourage my 'different' taste in music.
I used to buy all the old Elvis, Little Richard, Fats Domino records and, he could enjoy those even though they were a universe away from the music he was brought up on.
I think that, after all these years, the main reason that I'm open to all kinds of stuff now is a direct result of his own broadness in music.
Not too many kids lucked out with a dad like mine, I guess.