Taken from the Tyrosworld discussion group:

Guess what I found! I was just doing some surfing, using some
Metasearch engine... at first I kept getting Tyros, but look
at this page:


The Incredible New Tyros Pro II http://www.geocities.com/spacesigns/TyrosII.jpg


Finally! The keyboard the real Pros have been waiting for! A Tyros
that has everything... an 80-note keyboard (with 8 more keys to be
added later as an Upgrade)... a Super Widescreen Color Tilting Display
which displays every keystroke and timing signature Note By Note as
you play, and even has a built-in DVD player with hi-fi Stereo sound
to let you watch movies during a dull gig.

An added option is a Scanning Video Camera (built into the back of the
keyboard) with a built-in Zoom feature that lets you see and videotape
CLOSE-UPS of your audience's reaction during your performance.

The Megavoice Samples have been increased from 10 to 56, and include
not only TWO DOZEN guitars but 600 Megabytes of samples: Bass,
Violin, Flute, Trumpet, Mute Strumpet, Elec. Piano, Grand Piano,
Oboe, Marimba, Vibes, Ocarina, Shamisen, Dugong, Koto, Moko, Elmo,
and Kermit, just to name a few. If you think Tyros I sounded good,
wait till you hear this. (It's even got Voice Harmony that allows
you to use your favorite singer as a backup... Celine Dion, Whitney
Houston, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and
45 others.)

The keys can be weighted or non-weighted, as each key has a weight
adjustment feature for whatever your preference. And Yamaha rounded
this beauty off with an 850,000 note sequencer and Instant Editor
for making corrections on-the-fly.*

With a Hard Drive option, you can store more than 500,000
Registrations and nearly a million songs! (Also the songs can be
digitally compressed, so you can store more than 2000 songs to one
floppy disk!)

With all that extra memory, Yamaha decided to add Sampling as an
option, although with 2400 Voices on board you'll hardly need it.
There are also more than 1000 Styles, created by Professional
Musicians like Slim Whitman, Tiny Tim, Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Frankie
Avalon, and others. And with 256 notes of Polyphony, you can get as
Multi-timbral as you've ever wanted to.

The best part about the Tyros II is how lightweight it is -- only 24
lbs! How did Yamaha do it? They used a new material called Vomplex
for their chipboards. Vomplex is lighter than styrofoam but stronger
than steel, and is made from an enzyme found in the regurgitations of
cows. (No wonder the voices include 38 different "moo" sounds.)

And the price? Only $3950 U.S., just slightly more than the Tyros I.

Unfortunately this new keyboard won't be available until after January
2006, or whenever interest in the Tyros I begins to wane, whichever
comes first.


* flies are not included


(I'm kind of disappointed, because I've already put in an
order for the Tyros I. Do you think I can get my money back?)


Eddie