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Originally posted by montunoman:
Hi, I'm playing a few jobs next week doing all latin stuff. I'll be doing lots cha cha chas, boleros, rumbas, and a few cumbias, salsa and merengues. My Tyros 2 has very few of these syles. I've been to the Yamaha site, but they don't offer many Latin styles. Anybody know where I can get some?

Also just curious as to what arranger do you feel is best for Latin styles.

Thanks!


There are good amount of latin styles converted for the yamaha but many of them are not very good. I�m a Yamaha owner, so looked for good latin styles. There are conversions from other keyboards but roland and korg never had good latin styles to begin with, so the conversions will only make it worse. The conversions from ketron are so-so, because it�s missing the second drum which ketron calls the groove. That can not be converted since its specific to ketron. The second drum makes a big difference in the style.

The Roland gw-8L is a keyboard made for latin genre but I found that majority of the styles are not that good. There are a few but not good enough for me to want to spend $1000 for it.

If you�re looking for latin, ketron is your keyboard. Before everyone jumps up and yells Auyda, there are other ketron models that have fantastic latin styles. A mid-range keyboard is the Sd5 or older used models like the SD1 or X1. They are a little older but still out shines many of the other brands in latin. As this is just my opinion, but I know my latin very well. Glad to help.

You may want to YouTube ketron or go to ketron.it for some demos.
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