Uncle Dave, I'm as amazed (as Mario is) to hear that you don't use Registsrations at all. You say that you set things up before 'each show'. I'm not sure I understand this because, I would need to re-set up the keyboard before 'each song' as each song (and song section) typically requires a unique setup.

In my case, I need to devote all my energy to the audience: both playing & vocal delivery. Having to manually press a myriad of buttons thru out a single song would really distract me from performing at my best. I don't think I could survive without at least some use of the Registration Memory feature. In addition to custom song registrations, I also have a variety of music 'genre' specific Registrations which are customized for specific song styles. This provides pre-selected instrument template setups/voices (country, jazz, pop, new age, big band, etc) which are instantly assessable. Very convenient for those off the wall song requests and thousands of tunes which I don't already have a Registsration made up for yet.

Uncle Dave, since you say you don't use the Registration feature, I'm wondering 'how how many voice setup changes you make in a given song. Do you rely on the factory preset OTS settings to make voice changes or just make individual voices changes 'as you go'? I typically use the OTS settings as a starting point and then save my fav combinations/customizations to Registration Memory because it 1) supports more setups and 2) saves more setting parameters (even though it does lack some important settings you pointed out). I hope Yamaha will follow through and provide a chip update soon to address these issues.

Anyway, it's fasinating to hear how we all utilize our arranger keyboards differently, so perhaps Uncle Dave will shed some more light on how he uses his PSR2000 when he performs. I'm also curious to hear how others out there utilize their arrangers when performing as well. - Scott