Fran,

My post was not a challenge and was not meant to be in any way, shape or form. The comparison I was hoping to hear was a live performance MP3 done using the G-1000 V/S the Tyros2 of the same song. The midi file you posted as an MP3 was one that I have as well and it really sounds great. However, I have no way of knowing what keyboard the file was created with, and if I recall, it's a GM file that had lots of edits and layers. This doesn't tell me a thing about the G-1000's voices V/S some of the new Yamaha voices. It just tells me the G-1000 does an excellent job of playing GM midi files, which most of us already knew. I guess my point is that those new, live, super articulated and sweet voices, IMO, put life into the sounds coming from the keyboard. When you can hear the breath in a sax, vibrato in the trumpet, reverb and fret noises in guitars, this is a dimension that, at leat to me, is very exciting and adds realism that was obviously missing in the older boards.

An awared winning sax player who was recently inducted into the Musician's Hall Of Fame in Baltimore said "I wiah I could get the same sounds from my real sax as the ones I hear coming from my Tyros. They're fantastic!"

Another classic example can be heard by just listening to a live performance by Don Mason, of which I had the distinct privelage a couple years ago. Don can do things with Yamaha's incredible guitars that makes most musicians envious. Granted, much of this can be attributed to his playing skill, but a significant portion of the sounds must be credited to the creativity of Yamaha's engineers who put the depth and quality into each of those voices.

I guess if all you're doing is playing GM midi files, the older keyboards will sound fantastic. However, for live performances I sincerely believe the newer keyboards will provide superior sounds.

Cheers,

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

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