Terry,



Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried velocity sensitive switching feature before, but didn't like it. I tried it with fill-ins. When I hit hard it triggers the fill. The problem was, when the dance gets momentum I too start to hit hard and I inadvertently trigger fills. If I program this to stop when I hit it hard, the whole thing will stop inadvertently.

Also as far as I have seen, this only lets you assign the velocity sensitive switching to fill1, fill2, break, or start/stop etc. (one of the style control buttons). In other words, you can stop the whole thing or hit the break (that I dislike), but can not stop only the accompaniment.

As for bitdump3's comment about the pads; I have received this suggestion before, but I didn't like it for some reason. Since I can't remember what the suggested method was, I can't remember why I did not like it either. (Maybe because it did not solve the problem I am having with the way I do it now; having to take the hand away from the keys and having to press something twice)

Yamaha's approach is I think much better in this regard. I've pretty much never had to play three adjacent notes at the same time in the song. That's what they are using to stop the accompaniment. This doesn't mean that I do not like the PA80; it only means that I do not like only some of the ways of PA80 does things.

Shiral

I love you Tom!!!

Hi -well I had decided to get a PA80 but was unable to get it on exchange for the VA7 without playing an extra $1000 Australian -which was rediculous seeing that the PA 80 was about $1000 cheaper than the VA7 to start with.They would only give me the value of my VA7 puchase if I bought a more expensive keyboard on exchange.So I bought a Tyros and recieved it today by post-not having even seen or played one.I knew it was going to be good because of what many people here were saying.And I wasn't dissapointed.The sounds are great and it is so responsive to every change.The syles are also great.It is a really classy keyboard.I havn't delved into recording and editing yet but so far it is definitely worth the money.Thanks for your advise and suggestions on this forum.Rod

Roddey,
Congrats on the new board and from my perspective having owned both a wise decision indeed.

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jam on,
Terry
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