Can anyone please answer these questions for me:

- optional ew cards can be installed on kn7000... What type of sounds in there(techno/folk/guitars/piano/drum kits)? And how many?
- is kn7000/Tyros suitable for dance/techno music?
- does it have arrpegitaor? (I know Tyros does not have it)
- how many drum kits dedicated to techno/dance music?
- availability in US?
- approximate price?

Thanks a lot!

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New Yorker

Based on what I saw and played, the Tyros has very good dance/techno styles.
Availablity of Tyros will begin in October.
Price has not been determined yet, but my guess will be somewhere in a retail price range between $2995.00 and $3995.00. This is just a "gut" feeling. I have no knowledge of what Yamaha is going to price the Tyros at. It should be known any day now.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California

Hi New Yorker, I answered this morning on another thread, but I can't see it anymore so here it is again:

01 has been around for a while and had about 200 new sounds in every category including drum kits. There was good brass stuff with mutes, cups, 40s, sforzando etc and various fixed tempo vocal patterns at various tempos, but extras of every kind of voice across the board.

02 was more specialised called 'movie production' and had about 180 sounds with celtic folk instruments and many strings, stereo orch sections, spiccato, trill major and minor, marcato, etc etc movie score is a good idea of the stuff.
I've had both of these in my 65, both are extra 16 MB wave rom and can be put in the new 7k.

03 should be released at the same time as the 7k and is called vintage keyboard, and apparently has different samples from examples of all the classic organs, pianos and particularly classic synths.

04 only has a provisional title called 'super sounds' (tells you a lot!) and should be out before Xmas.

If the last 2 are the same as the first 2 they should add up to a total of 64 MB wave rom extra.

I think its to expensive ewen 2000 is to much!Just think how many gigs you need to play four that kind of money!
No sample, no import!!!
A real god sampler / Player today cost just 700 dollars!Think about that!
10 years a go Ensoniq asr 10 cost 2800 dollars to day better Kurzweil 128 meg ram hd and more cost 1200 dollars in sweden!
So keep the 2000psr & buy a kurzweil as sampler!
Just my opnion!
Bye!

[This message has been edited by asena (edited 08-06-2002).]

Of course Tyros and 9000 do have an Arpeggiator!

You can use MultiPads for Arpeggios, and also a Style Track.

Both will be able to follow Chord changes as well.

good point. the 7000 pads are 2 track, and can drive the chord changes as well as follow them.