I finally got around to registering, and wanted to post something thanking all of you folks out there that are such a wealth of information. I have had my PSR3000 for 2 or 3 weeks now, and have been lurking for the last week or so. I just can't believe how much I have learned just by reading this forum, and listening to all of the music you guys share with everyone.

A few notes about myself.

I am 55 and do not consider myself to be a professional musician. I have been playing all of my life just about, and did the rock band thing many many years ago. I have pretty much played organs all my life and have owned everything from a few Hammonds to a Yamaha Electone El90 that I still have now. My first organ was a Hammond E100 which was probably the worst organ I ever owned. I also owned an L100, and a C3. The only arranger type keyboards I have ever owned are the Techniqs KN800 and now the Yamaha PSR3000 which I feel is the best money I ever spent. i couldn't afford a Tyros, so this was the next best thing. I have it hooked up to some Logitech z2200 speakers, and it sounds amazing.

I dont' consider myself to be very good at all, but I truly enjoy playing. I am totally blind, so I play by ear, and no, unfortunately, I don't have perfect pitch, but I wish I did. My ear has to work really hard to pick out the more subtle chord progressions and even then, I still don't always get them right, but I have a good time with it.

Meanwhile, thanks to all for being such a great community of people, and for all of this great info. I am like a sponge, soaking everything up, but, hopefully, I'll be able to someday contribute as well.

Rick Alfaro

Rick, a great BIG welcome to Synthzone. Congratulations on your new Yamaha PSR3000 keyboard. You are in for an exciting fun musical adventure here. I recommend soaking things up (like fine wine) a sip at a time. - Scott

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hi rick, welcome aboard,i noticed in your post that you are blind,and iv,e just thought about the difficulties you must have in navigating a keyboard,having to remember everything,i take my hat off to you,we don,t realise how lucky we are,hope to get more posts from you ,mike

Scott,

Thanks so much for the welcome. I have listened to your music from your site. If I had even just a quarter of your talent, I'd consider myself a very lucky man.

I can't help but marvel at some of the stuff you guys do with your Tyros units.

You are correct, this is like a fine wine to be tasted a bit at a time. I have to take things a small chunk at a time or it gets overwhelming. Trying to memorize the necessary keystrokes to navigate the 3000's menu system is difficult. Thankfully, the 3000 has lots of dedicated buttons which helps a lot. Hopefully, some day I'll be able to trade it in for a Tyros which I understand has even more dedicated buttons and are easier to work with since there are no speakers taking up space. Looking forward to reading more of your informative posts.

Rick Alfaro

Welcome Rick, this is the best place to learn, and contribute to the arranger keyboard community.
DonM www.donmasonmusic.com

Mike,

Thanks for the welcome. I'll admit it can be a challenge to get around on some of the keyboards, but I am thankful for the Yamaha PSR3000. At least it has dedicated buttons for the main stuff. When shopping for a new keyboard, I was amazed how many models would have been almost totally inaccessible due to touch screens and the lack of dedicated buttons. In addition, many of the units have menus that wrap around, so counting keystrokes can't work because you have no known starting point within a particular menu. Thankfully, the PSR3000 does not suffer from this way of doing things with the exception of a few of the multi-tab screens. The PSR3000 is also very logical, so lots of the stuff is easy to remember. Another big help are the registration buttons, and the ability to assign different things to the pedals. i just wish there was an easy way to have 3 or 4 foot pedals. There is probably a way of doing this via midi, but it will probably be a while before I am ready to take on the use of midi since it probably involves complicated setups that I know little to nothing about. Nevertheless, I really enjoy the PSR3000 and think it is an amazing instrument for the price.

Rick Alfaro

Congratulations for your new keyboard
I think by now you can load Tyros styles and double your pleasure

They are all available here www.musiciansroom.net

Welcome to SZone family, and congrats on your 3000 . I am sure that you will have a lot of fun !

Regards from Brasil
Chico

A warm welcome Rick! You'll enjoy the mix of people here! Out of curiosity, just how do you 'read' the messages here? Do you have someone with you, or is there a software programme to help you?
Enjoy the 3000!

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Roy-Andrè

Ramy,

Thank you. Since the 3000 also has MegaVoices, are there really noticeable differences between the 3000 styles and the Tyros styles?