Well, yes it is great and I enjoyed having it, BUT he is demonstrating how much better the audio drum styles sound than the midi styles, and they do. Problem is there are 40 of them. More than half I couldn't use. A lot of them seem to be song-specific. They make you want the good drums sounds on everything, but there just aren't enough for that.
I wish they would either go to primarily audio drums, as Ketron has done for many years, or concentrate on making the midi drums better, as Korg, Roland and Ketron have done for many years.
Yes, great value for the dollar. It depends on what you want to hear I suppose.
Guitars are unsurpassed, I must say, although I love the new ones on PA4X too.
Still no touch screen, and that's almost unforgivable today.

Never gonna happen, thats another Tyros only feature...

no one knows that for sure...anything can happen in teh future units..heck even my old Technics kn5000 and my Roland EM200 had a tilt up display screen whats the big deal its needed for many reasons..if Yamaha wont give us a touch screen at least they could put a tilt up on the s series..

Heck, my kn1000 had a tilt screen ... didn't show a heck of a lot, but that was when? 1990 ?!? ...

Tony excactly my point ALL keyboards arranger, synths, workstation, digital pianos, organs etc,
should all have a Tilt up DISPLAY!!
It's like having a car with out a tilt steering wheel!! ....just sayin'

I agree ...

I agree, too, but you have to consider that in the 1990s it was even more necessary as the displays had much less contrast compared to today. But it is a stupid way to cut costs.

contrast isn't the issue then or now, ....when your on stage every day and there are overhead lights casting blinding display glare down you cant see hardly anything....every room has different lighting the only thing that will work and that the player can adjust to the situation is a TILT Display with different positions to combat that glare...

Hey Donny, how about using a detachable hood until a tilt screen model comes along. You could make it with a piece of black, construction paper and keep in inside your keyboard case pocket until it's needed. Or, you could Velcro the back edge of the screen to the keyboard and just fold it down when the keyboard goes in the case. Not a big deal to make or install.

Gary

I was talking Yamaha arrangers specifically....

Its one of those things (keybed, tilting screen, sa2 voices, organ world, ensemble voices) that yamaha uses to try and make people buy the tyros...