It is no secret that a team of British players, known as the Yamaha development team, are in Japan working on a new product.
The secret of Yamaha's success is that they have a team of top professional players to work with the firm's technical experts to produce something that is user friendly to the home keyboard enthusiast. The positioning of the buttons (the tabs) is just one of the many detailed things that are considered.
Sound combinations and registrations are of prime importance to professional players - and if it suits the team's critical ears then it is sure to suit the home player.
This is where Yamaha score over their competitors because the software and hardware designers listen to what professional players have to say. If other firms listened to players with over 25 years of experience they may (just may) catch up with what Yamaha have to offer.
The only thing Yamaha is listening to is their own wallet, why havent they created a 76 key TOTL aranger ever since the 9000 pro?
If they want something truely astonishing you should be able to operate it intuitively while selecting programs and sounds.... but beneath the hood there should be an immeasurable depth tweaking the instrument... totally unnecessary to use by most players that just want to enjoy the standard choices, but very neccessary for pros that want to create their own sounds...
Bachus, Yamaha sells
every Tyros4 they make...some stores are back-ordered, and the Tyros4 has allegedly outsold both Tyros2 and Tyros 3
combined.
Nope, they ain't making what
you want...but, quite obviously, they are making what the
majority want, and the company has obviously learned that
you can't please everyone, and to do so, is usually a disaster, both in the corporate world, and also in our personal lives.
The goal is to please the home playing amateur and advanced players, as well as cater to some professionals...seems they have it covered pretty well,
in my opinion. Ian
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