Hey Donny,

It's sounding real nice on my Grado SR60 headphones. Wanna have some fun?...Listen to the Korg's bebop sample and pay attention to the drum kit sounds, especially the cymbal strikes, the timbre of the strikes and the realistic decays. This DEMO is getting my vote for best drum kit sound (in a demo).

http://www.korgpa.com/files/mp3/bebop.mp3

Now go to Yamaha's site and listen to the Tyros' Bebop sample.

http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/Multimedia/KeyboardsDMI/Flash/Tyros/Tyros.htm

Yamaha's doing their demo thru a flash presentation now, load the flash, click on Sounds, click on Tyros styles, click on Bebop, wait for load.

Whadda ya think?

Now hang on Tyros fans, I'm not trying to slam the Ty here...I still like it just as much as you do (I just haven't bought one yet). I'm just listening to what has been made available to me by the manufacturer.

Anyway, my real point is, I think this new Korg will be a contender and we should have some real interesting 'sound wars' coming soon (hopefully).

mike

PS. Let me reiterate one more time, I still like the Tyros sound, no question. Yeah I know, it's not the best demo (sounds kind of compressed when compared to the Korg). The Tyros has blown me away with some great sounds. I just think it's time for the other guys to step up and take their shot.

[This message has been edited by msutliff (edited 10-24-2003).]