Thank you for listening.

I don't think anybody is listening. We've heard it all before.
chas

I should start out by saying I should kick myself in the head for my finicky and abrupt attempt to sell my Yamaha S970, WTF was I thinking? Today I said to myself let me sit down and dig into what this S970 can really do and I am pleasantly finding new features I didn't know were there. As I am always trying to downsize my rig and travel to jobs with as less as possible to perform with and setup. So I did some experimenting and I am so happy that when I plugged in my laptop to the S970 AUX input I found that I can using the LIVE CONTROL knobs I can assign one knob to control the Volume of the songs played from the LT & one knob to control Vol of the MIC BRILLANT!! This in turn will let me eliminate my mixer as i also have dug deep into the MIC Effects to find a usable solution to singing thru the KB and when needed using the VH2 harmony...
both are pretty acceptable vs my previous S model arranger KBs in the past or any PSR.. I will also say the speakers in the S970 after much testing are definitely better the my old S950,
why I don't know but I do know what I'm hearing .

I'll dig deeper when I get some more time....
So for now I'm a very Happy Yamaha S970 player
Thank you for listening.

Donny,
We all have different personalities; yours is to get excited about a new keyboard, so what! I owned and sold three Kn7000 – I now own my fourth Kn7000.

Part of the problem, if you consider changing keyboards often a problem is this forum; It is not possible (for me) to read and hear about how wonderful the new S 970 is without being tempted.

Can you ever forget how excited you got when you were waiting for the FedEx truck to come.

Hey, the forum would become a bit boring if it weren’t for people like you.

John C.
PS, Donny, ya wanna buy my keyboard? (grin)

It happens...

I am on my 3rd Kronos... First i sold, 2nd got stolen...
But sometimes even the best can be confusing if you expect something else...

Ouch, I forgot; Donny, you can’t do this with wives it’ll bit you.

John C.

I could spend 15 minutes demonstrating the PA4X to you and you would be on the phone with Frank!

And Gary would say "I TOLD YOU SO ... IT'S BEEN THERE ALL THE WHILE" ...

Uh, chas ... since you responded, doesn't that mean you were listening -

Uh, Tony... I expected the usual 'pushback' anytime I post ANYTHING...just not from you. So what? I should just join the usual chorus of "Oh Donny, you poor thing, I feel your pain". Hey, I'm sympathetic to the first two or three "same ol, same ol" repeated mistakes, but not the next ten. And yes, I do read a few of DNJ's posts; if I didn't I'd have to skip over 90% of the forum....just sayin'.

I've heard members called out MANY times on this forum without so much as a whisper, sometimes justly, sometimes not so much, but if I, me, chas, decides to 'call BS' on someone, out comes the 'Wrath of God Squad'. All I'm asking is BE CONSISTENT; just treat me the same as everybody else.
Have a nice day.
chas

WHOA, BIG FELLA !!! ... I thought I WAS treating you the same as anyone else by doing a little friendly 'busting' ... but I guess I can't do that unless I define every word ...

have a great weekend ...

I should start out by saying I should kick myself in the head for my finicky and abrupt attempt to sell my Yamaha S970, WTF was I thinking?

Same boat here.

I'm still thinking about the PA4X. I know it's a superior instrument.

BUT

The S970 is a great machine. I've been putting in hours reprogramming it and it does a nice job...not as good as my Tyros but good. And I'm also finding lots of stuff I didn't know the S970 can do.

If I TRY to sell my S970 around here I'll be lucky to get 60% of what I paid for it just a few months back. And I think of time wasted reprogramming.

Then there's the issue of learning the PA4X OS, and reprogramming my show...lots of hours.

I could buy the PA4X without selling anything...but what am I going to do with 4 keyboards? Arrangers, the way I use them, aren't like a guitar that you just pick up and play.

Donny, your not the only one that goes through changeitis.

Donny,
Great news...I'm happy you like it that much...a great endorsement....
Kind of sad for me as I was going to buy it from you.

Tony, check your mail.
chas