Tyros2 was officially unveiled for the first time to retail dealers in Europe a few days ago, Sunday, Sept 18th, 2005, in Tyrol, Austria. Peter Baartmans and Michel Voncken wowed the audience with an impressive live Tyros2 show demonstration:



Here's what Patrick Piens, head of Pien's Music (MusicPlanet) had to say after having attended the event:

"When I first saw the Tyros-1 some years ago, I was stunned. My first thoughts were then : this instrument is so good and sounds so pure that nobody will ever be able to do better ... Tyros-1 was indeed a big improvement compared to its predecessors, the PSR-9000 and the 9000 PRO.

This time however, the step forward is indeed much more impressive ! How is this possible ! With this technology, Yamaha takes a giant leap of 10 years into the future of the electronic keyboard ! The improvements in its functions and sound quality are so big it is almost unbelievable ... ! You close your eyes and you hear a live band !

The newly developed Super-Articulation-Voices Technology takes the YAMAHA TYROS-2 to the Top of the keyboard instruments. This instrument is so good that it will find its way to not only 'Entertainers' and 'One-Man-Bands'. Every Cover Band, Rock and Pop Band, and indeed every Recording Studio will buy this new-generation instument.

The design of the new graded hammer keyboard with both velocity sensitivity and aftertouch allows an unprecedented level of expression. The instrument will behave completely different when played 'staccato' than when played 'legato'. This lets you control the YAMAHA TYROS-2 samples with amazing details : if you play the saxophone sounds, you can actually hear the keys open and close ... !

All the styles are either new or completely revamped to make sure all the details in the Super-Articulation-Voices make the difference. And it is indeed a real difference !

Also, the Music Finder has been re-invented. There is also a very interesting new button in the Style Selection Menu : I saw a "Repertoire"-button that brings up a list from the Music Finder for the Style you have selected. Very convenient ... !

I also saw a real-time test and demonstration of the Hard Disk Recording function. This is easy as 1-2-3 and it works flawlessly. Files are writen in .WAV format. The Tyros-2 Disk Management System supports Hard Disk up to 200 GB ... !

For me personally, it was a pleasure spending some hours with Martin Harris, Global Content Planning Manager for the TYROS-2 Project, Simon Inkley, Project Specialist Global Content Planning and Yasushi Sakurai, Manager - Content Group from Yamaha's R&D Centre in London. They explained a lot of details and shared some really interesting inside stories on the making of Tyros-2 ... !

The guy responsible for the sampling of the YAMAHA TYROS-2 sounds explained that Yamaha spent astronomic amounts of money for voice sampling. And indeed, if you hear the instrument, you can tell Yamaha did not save on the budget : they even hired the accordion player of the world famous Malando Tango-Orchestra to record different accordion sounds and flew in the James Last String Section to get some good violin-samples ... !

The result is absolutely astonishing : Every sound I heard, every note I played is the best I have ever heard ... !"

Detailed POV shots of Tyros2:



















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Scott [img]http://www.synthzone.com/ubbs/smile.gif[/img]

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 09-23-2005).]
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