Originally posted by keybplayer:
It has been confirmed that the Mega Voices (all 18 of them) are NOT playable in a live context.
Wake up! Mike, where have you been?
That's OLD news! This is the 'very reason' Yamaha introduced the 42 brand new 'Super Articulation' voices . . . to make them PLAYABLE!
Here's the list of the 42 new Tyros2 Super Articulation Voices: Concert Strings, Studio Strings, Tremolo Bowing 1/2, Spiccato, Big Band Brass, Smooth Brass, Brass Fall f/mf, Brass Shake 1/2, Accent Falls, Trumpet, Silver Trumpet, Golden Trumpet, Big Band Trumpet, Trumpet Fall, Trumpet Shake 1/2, Saxophone, Big Band Sax, Rock Sax 1/2, Concert Guitar, Flamenco Guitar, Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Warm Solid, Clean Solid, Guitar Hero, Heavy Rock, 70s Solid Guitar, Nylon Guitar, Folk Guitar, Warm Electric, Clean Electric, Half Drive, Feedbacker, Magic Bell, Harpsichord, Jazz Rotary, Rock Rotary
The 18 megavoices (10 ported from Tyros1 + 8 more) are included on Tyros2 for auto accomp part playback, and to afford backward compatbility with Tyros1: These include: Small Strings, Large Strings, Brass, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Nylon Guitar, Solid Guitar 1/2, Steel Guitar, Hi String Guitar, 12 String Guitar, Clean Guitar, Overdrive, Distortion, Acoustic Bass, Finger Bass, Pick Bass, Fretless Bass
Originally posted by keybplayer:
where did all the Drum Kits go? There are 13 Live! Drum Kits on the Tyros and only 9?? on the Tyros2? This is perhaps your one question I'd like to know the answer to as well.
Originally posted by keybplayer:
Bummer... same Live! Grand Piano patch as is on the Tyros. I was hoping Yammie would have put in even better Grand Piano sound
The classic Tyros 'Grand Piano' sounds perfectly acceptable to me, but considering the fact that Tyros2 (after ooptional installation of 1,024MB DIM chips, supports 1 GB of sample (WAV,AIF) playback, I suspect that a new dedicated acoustic piano may eventually be offered by Yamaha to expand the Tyros2 sound palette.
Originally posted by keybplayer:
No increase in Polyphony which is another bummer. I am guessing the Super Articulation Voices are multi-layered (probably up to 8 layers per voice) so you can see the Polyphony could easily be used up. It will be interesting to hear from T2 owners if they experience any note drop-outs.
Keybplayer: I actually spoke with a good keyboard buddy who had the lucky opportunity to play Tyros2 at length (for several hours!), including playing the Super Articulation Voices extensively, and he did not report experiencing note 'drop outs' whatsoever.
Scott