I am trying to look ahead and decide about loading several hundred bread and butter registrations from the old board.

OOH this represents many many hours to build a playlist,OOTH it is duplication except for the occasional substitution of not found voices.

My first thought is to load the old at first with the idea of building a separate folder(s) of S970 styles and voices.

This is all assuming backward compatability.
What have you fellows done?

I would start from scratch Bernie using the S910 REG as a guide loading all the S910 Styles /Reg you can and then tweak each one as you go along with new updated voices you like for style parts & lead voices.....then start to replace all similar styles with the new ones on the S970 with the same titles but have different parts within....yes it takes time but once you do your home work the keyboard becomes yours alone to enjoy and perform with...I always try to keep it as simple as possible,.....IMO the less styles used the better for my needs....40-50styles tops can cover anything on stage,....good luck!!

Thank you Donny

Your welcome Bernie...I Know you'll do good...
if you need help just shout.

Hi Bernie:

Your post sounds like you have already acquired a 970? If so, congratulations... if not, the 910 is a pretty darn good "board" on it's own merits. You bet I'd go for the 970 if my budget would allow it... but tomorrow, there will be another model with even more bells and whistles... LOL!

I enjoy my 910 a great deal but don't "gig" like most of you here. I'm only a songwriter who sings demos of my own original songs in a futile attempt to plug into the money stream if someone rich and famous decides to record a "cover" of one of my songs. (It ain't happening so far... but hope springs eternal.) You can listen to a few of my songs at the following page which gets a new set of songs about once each week:

http://www.ShowCaseYourMusic.com/DaveRice/

Bernie Dony’s ideas as usual are great. I have found that when I have to reprogram songs the finished product is better than before. That may be because I have learned more about setting up.

It’s opportunity time.
John C.

John
I agree. I have done the same many times with various keyboards. I thought this time, rather than going willy nilly into the same routine, I would see what others do.

It will be an adventure either way.

I would advise, that if you have time, start from scratch. Yes, the old Registrations convert just fine, but I sometimes fall into the trap of trying to make the new keyboard sound just like the old one, in the interest of time.
I have done a mixture with this one, using my existing registrations as a starting point, then adjusting, changing styles, changing lead setups, etc., as I go along.
Keeps a boy busy and out of trouble.

Thank you Don, I always value your opinion. That is what I will do.

I am rather impetuous.and had a thought of slapping my mem stick into the S970 Tuesday and going with it, The trouble is I wouldn't have the same incentive to make the board my own, as it were, if I took the S970 out too soon.

I guess I want my cake and eat it.

Well I must admit, I slapped in the stick and took it out the first night, but since then have done a lot of work re-doing things.
I'm still preferring my Korg in many ways, but the S970 sure has some great sounds, including, at long last, the drums.