Check out this Jumbo Flash Drive - 1 Gig for $65.99!!!

http://www.softwareandstuff.com/DRV10522.html

Wow! That is a great deal Al.

I paid twice that for a 512Mb Lexar Jump Drive a little over a year ago.

One thing you have to realize though is that not every Flash Drive, Thumb Drive, etc. will work on the PSR 3000. The Motif ES's either. If the Thumb Drive/Flash Drive requires a 'Hub' driver to operate, it won't work on either one of them.

Since Kaser doesn't list a CD-ROM - (used for installing a Driver) as part of the package, I would think it wouldn't require any Hub driver. If that is the case, then it should work fine on the PSR 3000 or Motif Es'es.

Best regards,
Mike

Mike, Great Point!

Who wants to be the guinea pig?

Not me.....

I would probably go for it if I actually owned a PSR 3000 or Motif ES currently.

Especially at such a good price and having twice the capacity my Lexar Jump Drive has.

Btw, I'm hanging on to my Lexar Drive just in case I get the Tyros II which undoubtedly will have not only Smart Media capability - (I was hoping for SD [Secure Digital] Card capability because of greater capacities especially if the Tyros II can't use an internal Hard Drive, but it's unlikely Yamaha will incorporate SD technology into it). But the Tyros II will undoubtedly incorporate the use of external Storage Devices such as Thumb Drives, Micro Drives, external Hard Drives, etc., also.

512 Mb's is still a pretty good chunk of real estate IMO. And it worked flawlessly in my Motif ES7 when I had it.

Best regards,
Mike

[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 11-19-2004).]

Geez, that baby looks like a cell phone. Do you think it could stay in the USB jack for hours without falling out?

That's been my worry. I'm also worried about someone walking past my keyboard and catching their pocket on the bugger and ripping out my USB port!!!! :-(

you can always use the adapter (included) and let it rest on your board,mike

[This message has been edited by nardoni2002 (edited 11-20-2004).]

What is the YAMAHA OFFICIAL Storage LIMIT for a USB Jump Drive that will work in the PSR3000?

A little OT here, but has anyone found a way to use USB with the floppy drive keyboards (like psr2000). I vaguely remember some talk of a disk adapter ???

cassp,go to www.psrtutorial.com ,lessons,usb flash drives,mike

nardoni, the psr tutorial is for the 3000, which already has a USB port. I was interested in an adapter or something that could be used with the PSR2000 or other floppy drive, non USB instruments. Thanks anyway

The 1gig drives have dropped down in price. Office Max is advertising at $49. Will anything this large work?

Jerry

Another missed opportunity by Yamaha U.S, i.e. "Steve Deming" to answer relevant questions regarding his company's products to people who own his company's products, e.g. - you and me.

PS: You may want to re-think your, and or, your "company's" tactics regarding third party Forums, i.e. (not necessarily Yamaha authorized) when it comes to legitimate questions regarding Yamaha's products Steve.

In other words; don't be a stranger, stranger! Ya' hear? Enlighten us Steve!! >> Will a 1 GHz Thumb Drive work with the 3K? Taking into consideration that the Thumb Drive doesn't require a Hub driver to work like the Lexar Jump Drives, which don't either.

Note: The reason I said "re-think" your policy is because when the mice are away (speaking of Yamaha) the "cats" will 'play' (in this case the Roland G70, the Korg Pa1X/PRO, the Ketron Midjay, or any other non-Yamaha Arranger, etc.).

Does Yamaha want this?

Maybe Yamaha considers the SZ a second class Forum with second class Yamaha customers because it is not a Yamaha 'authorized' Forum? And whose questions aren't really worth the time and effort to answer on a consistent and timely basis because of it?


>> Hey guys!! The Roland G70 looks mighty nice! So does that Ketron Midjay!!

Yea!! Let's check 'em out!

ROLAND/KETRON/KORG/GEM < YAMAHA asleep at the switch

Best regards,
Mike









[This message has been edited by keybplayer (edited 11-30-2004).]

I im sure they make a female to male cord just for that reason so it wont fall out.

Phil

My opinion is it WILL work Jerry. But it MUST NOT require a Hub Driver. The Lexar Jump Drives don't use Hub Drivers so they would work. The only question is, will the 1 GB one work. Since the PSR 3000 can use other external Storage devices such as an external Hard Drive or a Micro Drive which have larger capacities than 1 GB, then a 1 GB or greater capacity Thumb Drive should also work without any problem.

Best regards,
Mike

PS: Sorry if I ticked you off Steve. I did notice in another thread that you answered a question recently about using Main and Layer Voices that are the same and the result being an unnatural sound. You told him to quit doing it if it sounds bad. Succinct and to the point.

I guess what I was trying to get at is answering questions and doing it on a timely and 'consistent' basis. But I do appreciate when you do respond.

If it's not possible for you to do so, would it be possible for Yamaha to place another employee to monitor this forum in addition to your own monitoring? It would sure be a boon not only to the members here but I think also to Yamaha Music Division in general.

This may work for 3000, but will not work for Tyros, even with a gender changer adapter/cable. The two ends of the USB link act differently: the master (or A-end) issues commands (e.g. to give a list of stored files, or to transfer contents of a file, or to accept changed/new contents or a new or existing file). The slave end (B-end) contains logic to understand the master's commands, and respond to them.

The Tyros USB functions are limited to acting as a slave, hence it only has a USB-B-connector. Simply changing the connector type will not make Tyros acquire the functionality to act as a USB master end. The computer is designed to act as a master, and is required to transfer data to/from the Tyros' hard drive.

The PSR3000 has this master functionality, when you connect to the Master (A) connector, which is what makes it possible to use USB storage devices with it.

As USB is becoming a more prevalent standard of the computer industry, I can only hope that the Tyros II will have this functionality. I also hope that it will support USB 2.0 standard of communicating with the computers, and allow multi-channel digital audio streams to be sent to the computer. This should be much more useful than having a built-in CD-R drive, which adds bulk, and extra logic, and still does not allow the same level of flexibility as the dedicated recording programs do (and please don't forget 76 keys please).

Regards