converted for the S-970. I played them on my S-950 - WOW! The intros, endings, fills, breaks and overall style design is just incredible to say the very least. If I were not losing body parts left and right, I would shell out the money for a Genos in a heartbeat. For those of you that own any of the newer PSR and Tyrps arranger keyboards, go to the PSR-Tutorial site and download the converted styles - YOU WILL BE VERY IMPRESSED!

Gary

Gary...thanks for the tip. Sounds exciting!

jingleman

Gary, once again you are right on target! I use the Genos converted styles on my S975 and they really do sound awesome.

Deane

They take a bit more tweaking but they also work on the PSR-S775 (and Tyros4). I hadn't been to the PSR Tutorial site in quite a while...I'm very impressed at the sheer amount of high quality Yamaha styles available...revisiting the "old" styles for the Tyros and PSR-3000 was like visiting old friends, especially some of the fast and medium-fast jazz styles (awesome walking bass lines)...a real hoot to jam over again.

That site is a real goldmine.

Ian

Genos styles, and about everything else on this arranger, is very impressive.

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The styles are top quality at psrtutorial. A long way from the way it was around 2001. Yamaha really has the edge for styles.

Hi Ian, good to hear from you. Was just thinking about you.

Scott

As sharing styles all over the internet for free ...It will be a sad day for players when a company changes format to "Proprietary" only styles for each model only as it should be.Why spend 5k on a genos when you can play it's styles on a psr775, etc?

No matter what, more or less good conversions or not, they don't sound the same as at the keyboard as it is buildt and intended for.
Simple as that.

Hi Scott...I'm doing good...yep, the styles are the heart of any arranger...I remember when Roland had the edge, especially with their SuperCard in days of the old E-series.

What's nice about the current higher end PSR is that, although they don't have as many mega-voices as the Genos (and Tyros'), the ones now included are the most useful (especially the guitars and basses...the Acoustic Bass is a killer) and with some reworking with effects, EQ, etc. you can get extremely useful styles, (especially in combination with StyleAssembly, but, that's part of the fun of having a programmable arranger, besides playing it, of course!

I'm doing well, after a pretty serious rough spell, thank you, Scott...yes, I was auditioning some Big Band styles awhile ago, and I was thinking "this stuff is Scott Langholff's 'cup of tea'.

I'm always working on a "project" although, I have to say, I'm very selective (lazy) in what I get up to these days.

Ian

Very good to hear from you Ian..

Ian, Good got see you posting.

Hi Ian

Glad to hear you are doing better now. I was concerned for you.

Scott

Hi, Ian ... sorry to hear that you had some problems ... it is good to know that you are around ... please join us more often - we could use some sanity around here ...

Now all we need is Scott Yee and Diki to return!
Ian don't be a stranger.

Thanks Scott, and thanks to Steve and Sparky. After considerable research, I bought myself a PSR-S775 and it really sparked (or re-sparked) my interest...it is an amazingly powerful instrument...it has some cool features not on my Tyros4, and it has the SA organs, and SA Guitars...very nice. Programmable "Live" knobs for controlling filter/resonance and effects...Audio and MIDI recorders...even a half-bar fill for those pesky time signature surprises.

I love the light fast action....I missed it...I did much of my instrumental recordings on PSR instruments...I felt they were sort of the underdogs compared to Genos and Tyros, so I really worked hard to bring out what I thought was the best in them.

This one is the same...I've been immersed in it for the past several days...it will be my "jam session" instrument, and the built in speakers are a great asset. It even has a mic/guitar input (with effects) so it is a very nice and complete package indeed.

I still have the Tyros4 set up, and, the stuff I do on the PSR should work in it as well; so, I'm done with getting gear...with so much programmabilty at my disposal, it just is no longer necessary.

Thankfully!

Ian

Congrats on your s775.... Didn't see it on your signature.... Have fun!

Thanks Donny...the reason I bought it was to have "fun"...as Willie Nelson so aptly put it..."The life I love is makin' music with my friends." It shouldn't be work at this point in my life...I guess that's why they call it "playing"...that's my plan.

I've been sitting so long playing/exploring this new keyboard I'm going to end up with two flat spots on my arse...ha ha!

Ian

Hi Ian
Good to see you posting, old friend. I remember when I first got my s970, you were kind enough to send me a bunch of great styles. As for Yamaha psr's being the underdog, I kind of let my s970 slide the the end of the line compared to my Pa4x and Audya 76. All of this talk about the Genos styles for the little brothers got my attention, so I downloaded them. I have to say that they are marvelous, knowing the Genos itself would sound even better. This, however, reminded me of the old days when I thought my sounds were great, but, alas, not compared to today. Well, since I don't have a Genos to compare, I am having a ball using these styles for my core songs with great results.

As for Yamaha, my wife prefers the Yamaha for it's pretty styles and leads. She has a point in that, for many occasions, the audience doesn't necessarily have to have driving drums and bass to appreciate what you are playing; much to the contrary. With light weight, built in speakers, and new styles. I have taken my s970 out from the bottom of the toy box.

Ian, a name from the past. Good to see you posting. Hope all is well.

“Thanks Donny...the reason I bought it was to have "fun"...as Willie Nelson so aptly put it..."The life I love is makin' music with my friends." It shouldn't be work at this point in my life...I guess that's why they call it "playing"...that's my plan.”

I could not have said the above better --- refreshing. It is time to have fun with our playing.

Gary, ya did it again. Helping others is such a big part of you. Thanks my friend.
John C.

+1 to all the greetings and good wishes for you Ian.
Great to see you active at forum again.

Ian, good to hear from you again. There's a good reason that only 30-million people live in Canada. It can be explained with a simple, four-letter word "COLD." The closest I ever got to Capt Breton Island was Saint Johns, Newfoundland. Damned cold there as well.

I talked with Scott Yee a couple weeks ago. He's doing fine, just not performing as often as he once did, though.

Gary

Great to hear from you Ian! Keep warm.