For those of you who have not seen DNJ (Donny Pesce) for a while, he has been on the South Beach Diet for nearly 10 months, lost a ton of weight, and really deserves a big round of applause for his achievements. He has also slimmed down his system as well, and like him, it really looks great, does a fantastic job and keeps the dance-floors packed.





Atta' Boy Donny!

Gary

well done donny,just think if you never made that start 10 months ago,where would be now?congratulations,mike

Gary

Can you explain Donny's computer and mic setup? I looks like the computer shelf is attached to the 3K and also the mic. It looks really cool and compact.

Gary, got another question not related to the above. In the PSRTutorial forum Dennis said you have a way of turning on/off the Harmony for the right hand with the buttons instead of using the footswitch. I wanna get a sax section sound play one finger melody in the right hand.

Peter

Peter

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Way to go Donny-O....keep up the good work...
now you're giving me somethiung to shot for..
Tony Rome

The computer is on a shelf connected to his X-stand, and so is the mic boom as well. Both are available from Quik-lok and can be left attached to the stand.





What Dennis was talking about is using a simple momentary switch that can be purchased at RAdio Shack, mounting the switch in one of their plastic utility boxes that is not much larger than the switch, then attaching it to the keyboard and pluggins the switch into the foot-pedal jack. It takes the place of a foot pedal, but for me the pedal works just fine, especially when you consider that you must take your right hand off the keys to activate the switch. additionally, there is still no indicator light telling you whether the harmony is on or off. Just a bad design by Yamaha.

Gary

NICE LOOKING OUTFIT I MUST SAY, everything just right for the gig including the artist behind the board just keep on rocking ,man, best regards ,BENNO

Gary......thank you.

Peter

Donny

You're lookin' good man. I'm happy for ya.
Also gives me a little incentive to drop a few. Quite a few actually. It'd probably help out my diabetes.

I love that set-up you've got. Nice, neat,clean look to it. Vey few pieces which I really like. I am strongly considering getting a 3000 just because it'll fit into my Kaces #7 Porter, whereas my Tyros, which I absolutely love as far as an instrument, needs a Kaces #9 case which is bulky and very clumsy to move around.

Best Wishes

Scott Langholff

Scott, you'll never be satisfied with the 3000 after owning the Tyros.
DonM

You know Don, you're probably right. I think if one is actually trading up and/or updating that it would be a very welcome change. But, once you play the Tyros,well, I know when I A/B'd the Tyros and the 3000, it was a very, very big letdown.

I am thinking of having a second keyboard just to have one around basically. These new Yamaha keyboards are built to last for years, contrary to a lot of people's thinking that these are of a cheap build, so I don't think I will really ever need it as a back up, but perhaps for a band rehearsal or if it's a relatively unimportant gig and don't feel like hauling the Tyros, or maybe if it would be outside and the weather looks iffy.

In this case, for my purposes the PSR2000 will probably be preferable. I still have all my user voices, music finder database, and I know it with my eyes closed. As a matter of fact all of the above plus my Gig Disks are available over on Joe Waters very fine psrtutorial.com site. A very nice sounding kb I always thought. This is when I changed from not liking Yamaha to being very impressed with what seemed to me a great leap forward.

Also, Michael Bedesem has updated his Music Finder program so all of the 600 tunes I have set in the Tyros will easily be transferred to the 2000.

Oh well, guess I'll know what I'm going to do in a short time.

Best

Scott

Don

BTW, I see you now have a Ketron?? A SD1?

I understand the Midijay has the same sound. I still think about that thing once in a while.

Have you seen the Midijay yet? A couple pounds for that and a controller kb sure sounds tempting. But, I imagine that once one is used to everything layed out on a keyboard that the module might seem cramped.

Hey, I know what, Ketron, how about sending a demo to me. I'll check it out and give a review on it.

What do you think of the SD1 compared to the Tyros? I was rather suprized when you made the switch. Did you do it just to keep things new and fresh or is it that much better?

I see some people mention that this is the closest sound to a real live band. But on the other hand I remember hearing th Ketron online demo for, I think they called it Supersax. Sounded pretty corny to me. Immediately went to a different site. But there must be enough good stuff on it, otherwise people wouldn't be saying all those good things I would think.

Scott

Dnj ...... I hardly recognized you ... lookin' good man ... great job ...
How is the new club working out for your Thursday nite dances? ...
t.

And although Donny is on a short hiatus from posting, he still checks in regularly, even during his breaks.



-mike

I switched to the SD1 because I like the live sound, especially of the drums and bass. The operating system takes some getting used to, but I have it down pretty well now. I've started using the 6-pedal foot switch to control the vocal harmonizer, breaks and fills. I also use a sustain and sometimes a volume pedal.
The vocal harmonizer is much improved over the Tyros. It also has two mic inputs, one that can access the harmonizer, and one that does not. Effects and volume can be assigned independently to each. There is also an independent mic output if you prefer outboard processing.
I miss some of the features of the Tyros, but nothing I haven't adjusted to.
As far as the Midjay, my friend HankB has one and is using his PSR3000 to control it. It sounds just like the SD1 to me. Hank spent a few weeks learning it and getting it all set up, but now is using it regularly. He can tell you more about that. All I know is that the sound is excellent.
DonM

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