You know, that's one area where the sampler MIGHT be the best solution. There's a pretty large selection of sampled drum kits out there, some pretty decent ones are even available for free. I know that building the kit will be a PITA (thank you, Yamaha, for making it so much hard work when Akai import would only make us lazy! ), but as drum sound choice is so individual, perhaps building your own would be the solution..?

Has Sørenson, or any of the other Yamaha software writers (who Yamaha ought to be on their knees thanking, as essential as most of them are!) ever taken a crack at a sample editor for the Tyros's? That would be a game changer, right there. Given how easy it is on a computer to assemble and fine tune drum kits, it is unconscionable that Yamaha have left the users of the most expensive keyboard they make (in a 61 ) so completely unsupported...

But given how they leave all their other arranger users on their own, and rely on unpaid third parties to remedy their OS shortcomings, I am not surprised. Compare the level of support and software editing assistance they give for free to their MoXS users, and then the vacuum of assistance for their customers of a FAR more expensive keyboard, and make your own mind up if you are being shortchanged...