The Tyros can play 32 Bar Loops maybe an even greater number. But there aren't many Styles on the Tyros that take advantage of that. In fact there's only one that I'm aware of. Maybe someone else can enlighten us further. But at least it has the capability to play a 32 Bar Loop. I agree with you Boo, that Arranger Styles should be full of 32 Bar Loops. I guess it takes Yamaha a considerable more amount of time to develop the more sophisticated Styles hence the reason there's nary a one on their Arrangers. I hope they wake up to the fact that people like to play along with Styles that have larger Bar Loops than the 4 Bar Loops they mostly provide now.
Btw, glad you're enjoying that i30 Boo. As long as it sounds good enough to your ears (and that's the only thing that counts besides those that hear you play)
And as long as they're not throwing tomatoes at you I guess you ain't doing too bad.
Who cares if the i30 is going on 5 years old. As long as you enjoy it, that's all that matters.
Best regards,
Mike