Hi Rikki. I think just the fact that the newer Yamaha arrangers now support 1920ppq recording & playback in both its style creator & song sequencer is that it offers the POTENTIAL for more impressive lifelike styles which capture all the nuances of the musician who initially recorded the style to be created (both commercially or by the end user, us) This difference is most noticeable in swing (jazz) styles where these kind of playing sublties are most apparent (to me).

From my recollection, there are already a few internal Tyros styles which were recorded at 1920ppq, such as the Jazz 'Bebop' session style. I only expect that Yamaha will be featuring more styles recorded fully unquantized (1920 ppq) on future arrangers.

On the subject of recording to midi or just going directly to digital audio: Though recording directly to Digital audio is certainly a covenient approach, you have a lot more note editing control when recording to midi first, and then to Digital audio. For example, in an 'unquantized' midi file, it's a lot easier to edit/change a 'single' note(s) than it is to do in a digital audio file.

Scott