"The PSR3000 offers the most value of all the Arranger Workstation keyboards in our product line," states Mark Anderson, product manager, Portable Keyboards
LOL. So Yamaha doesn't consider the Tyros to have the most value. That's probably a true statement (then the PSR3000 has the most value for the bucks), but a strange statement coming from a manufacturer none then less.
Starkeeper

As expected - no new arranger from Roland!!!

Edited: well, almost - the EXR3 and EXR5 were "announced" at NAMM but we've already seen these arrangers on other world sites, so I guess they are "new" to the US... my mistake.

Here's the link: http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM04/Content/Roland/PR/EXR-5-3.html


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Roland should have gone bankrupt instead of Technics. No Roland EXR-7 to compete against the PSR2000/PSR2100/PSR3000. IMO the EXR-5 can't compete against the Yamaha PSR550 or Casio WK3500. You snooze you lose Roland.
Starkeeper

Any information about the PSR450? Sounds like a filler between PSR350 and PSR550 or it replaces the PSR350?
Starkeeper

Hmm, I haven;t been impressed with the last few years worth of Roland products in general, but this is pretty cool and something I'd like to see.
http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM04/Content/Roland/PR/VS8F-3.html

If the next generation Motif has something like this ( and there are subtle hints on the Motifator site ), they might just hook me again.

AJ

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If you want to hear what the new models sound like from Yamaha , find a current PSR1K . Identicle screens and features .

Dan O'

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the new yamaha psr 3000 has 61 FULL SIZE KEYS,so the reps HAVE taken notice of us,this is sure to be a winner,mike

Nardoni,
How do you know this? Yamaha DOES consider their arrangers to have full sized keys. They are FULL SIZED according to Yamaha standards. Full sized Yamaha arranger keys.
Starkeeper

Hi Mike. I wouldn't get too excited (yet) as even the PSR2000/PSR2100 is marketed as having 'full size keys'. I'm pretty certain that the PSR3000's key 'size' is probably 'no different' than on the PSR2000/2100 & Tyros. In Yamaha's defense though, there really is no exact 'key dimension specification of what constitutes 'full sized' keys. Afterall, even among the acoustic piano brands/models, key size varies. - Scott

Well, I haven't seen any piano with this key size that for Yamaya is "full size".
Keys size may vary, ok, but the reality is:
no piano nor professional keyboard has this key size, which is named standard for Yamaha, but is smaller than standard for the rest.
Why Yamaha? Why PSR's keys are smaller than any piano or any non-Yamaha keyboard? There is no logical reason. Only is a Yamaha tradition.
So, yamaha would say it: "Yamaha size keys, smaller than the rest"
It is only my h. opinion, of course