Originally posted by guitarman:
Hi to all,
I have been thinking for a while now to expand my musical offerings with an arranger.
So I know qaulity instruments and wish my background music to be the same. I tried out the Yamaha PRS2000 and it sounded pretty good. I really like the Korg PA-80 also and it has 2 audio inputs, one for my mic and one for guitar- seemed perfect.
But reading your posts I kept on delaying because I really thought your comments were like warnings.
My question is this, the Yamaha Tyros started out with so much excitement but recently there have been some reservations.
For keyboardists, are these different instruments like say the difference between a Fender and a Les Paul for the guitarist? Or maybe a solid body vs. hollowbody? I am trying to understand why everyone would not be happy with the latest greatest from a company like Yamaha, who seems to have more models of arrangers than all the others combined.
Question 2; Is the mic input really useful if you already have say a small digital mixer from Roland or Yamaha with built-in effects (do the arrangers effects for vocals compare in quality)?
Question 3- Can you really use the builtin speakers for satisfy a crowd of say 30-50 that gets louder as they get drunker (I know, more drunk)?
Thanks for your answers if they come. Still I read and read and its great to know al your personalities.
UD ,
It sounds like he is asking for options .
You have made it sound like he is asking exclusively about the PA80 and my suggestion to consider a Ketron product is not out of place .
IMHO I believe that the onboard speakers of a PA80 are not powerful enough to handle a crowd of 30 to 50 as mentioned .
The drum and bass feature ( available on the SD1 + XD series) is a handy tool for guitarist .
Direct playback of sequences would also be a handy tool . That's just my opinion .
dan
[This message has been edited by DanO1 (edited 11-05-2002).]
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