The Tyros is a fine keyboard, but like all the newly released instruments has a few things that need to be fixed. This is a message which appeared in the Yahoo Tyrosworld Forum. I have removed the actual member names for the sake of privacy.


From: "*****"
Date: Tue Dec 24, 2002 1:17 am
Subject: Re: [tyrosworld] Some Gripes about the Tyros


I agree that this program/facility is frustrating.

I installed my Vince HD this afternoon (which comes with an unbelievable number of styles, programs, registrations and other musician oriented goodies!), and started to download files. Vince had put useful files in a couple of the partitions, and these took too many minutes to recall for display.

The slow updating makes the facility almost useless. I could not wait long enough and finally loaded my favorite files via floppy. The Tyros OS internal file system is fast; but the USB link can't cope if there are any number of files on the disk.

At some point I did something routine that caused the USB port to generate an error. I don't know what finally cleared it, but I did have to reboot the PC, toggle the Tyros power and disconnect the usb cable (I think this is what did it), before I could restore communication.

BTW, I was able to rename directories from the utility program. Right click on the name. You can make a new fiolder and type in a name using the new folder icon on the toolbar.

I also agree regarding MOST megavaoices. But HiString and 12 string are much more tolerant and the bass voices might be possible (I have not tried them yet).

Regards,

*****

***** wrote:

I spent a day transferring midi files, and that was after the 2 hours
it took to get the file transfer program to actually work. There
should be no Christmas bonus for the engineer who thought this would
be better than a simple SCSI or zip connection. Thanks for tying up a
days worth of my time. I can usally copy everything I need to (via
scsi) on the PSR9000 in about 40 minutes. It took 7 hours on the
Tyros. I hope to never use it (the file utility) again. I'll go back
to the prehistoric floppy....at least it's consistant. AND WHAT'S
WITH NO KEYBOARD. Get real. Who was the brainless idiot that removed
the ability to use a pc keyboard to input data like file naming....Oh
yea, it was the same person who removed scsi transfer!

My other beef - there is so much hype about mega voices. Yes, I've
downloaded all the samples. They are way too cool! Sure would be nice
if you could actually play one. No way Yamaha says. The mega voices
are for midi implimentation. Now I bet the average person that buys
one of these beauties is not a technical wizzard, will not have a lot
of experience with midi and won't have a clue about velocity control
and keyboard mapping. The mega voices realed in a lot of us. Their
are only THREE PAGES in the manual dedicated to mega voices. No
hints, no how toos. C'mon Yamaha, you can do better than that. I
personally feel that Yamnaha gave us the green weenie when it came to
mega voicing. At least one can play the live and cool voices.

This is marketed as a Digital Workstation. Must be because it has an
LCD screen. No CD burner. I guess that will come out on the Tyrex.

Finally, it would have been cheaper from a manufacturing point of
view to drill a hole on each side of the front panel and then have
the music stand (with longer supports) be inserted into the holes -
like the PSR 9000. My drummer wanted to know why the "handles" were
so tiny. It wasn't until I inserted the music stand into the holes
that he figured out what they were for.

Instrument sounds good - a lot of old, some new.