I can't believe Fran hasen't told you all this yet ! The lowly 2100 can substitute ANY rhythm pattern for an existing drum track from a sequence...just like the ..... what was it again....hmmmm ....SD-something-or-other (SD1)

If you're doing a song that has weird program changes (dog bark, hand clap) - MUTE the drum track(#10) and turn on the appropriate rhythm style. VOILA ! Perfect sync...perfect timing.

Pretty cool. Does the 2000 and/or the Tyros do this?

But Dave, Fran still plays the G1000.

2000 and Tyros both do it also.
Don

Not the end of the earth, but cool enough that SOMEONE shold have mentioned it before this. Especially since so many GM sequences seem to call up weird drum voices in Yamaha products. I think it's pretty neat how easy it works.

As Dave has mentioned , when I found out[thru experimentation]that the arranger functions while sequence playback is running, solved a big Yamaha problem for me[hand clap]..This feature mutes the parts that the arranger plays[instead of the sequence part] automatically.This gives a variation available to us if you get bored with the sequences..It allows us to play more with the sequences also, you can play accomp as well as the right hand sounds. The combination of the score and lyric window aids in learning to play with the sequences. The vocalizer in "auto" works perfect for my use.I use the flash ram a little differently then most people..I use one registration, this sets up all the important ready to play and sing paramaters for me, the rest of the flash ram[1500kb +]is dedicated to my sequences[ over 40 tunes with lyrics and harmony], I still have 200kb left for styles or other temp operation..Add the floppy disk and I have an average of 30 more sequences on board, that's 70 or more sequences ready to go with no shuffleing of disk, enough to work all night..For a little package, this works pretty good. Roland has boards that do the same things, DisCover 5[unbeatable sequence play] and Vocalizer, E600 drum mix, and features on the VA's, but the PSR2100, with all the goodies at this price, deserves credit,,,and it is a keeper for me....at least till Roland combines the DisCover and my G1000 in a new board....I always push a keyboard to see what it can't do, sometimes finding workable soloutions as I have found with the 2100....

Fran, I thought the day would never come.

Come on Frank, the day hasn't come....yet..we can have new playmates and still play with our old, reliable, dedicated, trustworthy and helpful friends[G1000]...In other words when a "hot looking girl walks by with many great features, we all admire[want]her, and can see ways we could use her to make our life better, but in the end we go back home to our comfort zone and no hassles..

Fran waxes philosophical while I am jealous and mired in dreams of yesterday. Oh my!!!

"I believe in . . . yesterday".
DonM

Uncle Dave,
You mention someone should have reported sooner about the great feature of being able to play midi files and use the built in styles on the PSR2000.
I posted this back on 10/26/2001 when giving my opinions on the just received PSR2000 keyboards in my store. As I recall, you were less than excited about the PSR2000 I think because of the light feeling keys.
"Later on I put in my tune 1000 song Dream, Dream, Dream to try out the vocal harmonizer. It worked great but my favorite thing to do is to start playback of a country style using only the drum track and the drum track of the midi file is replaced instantly and in perfect sync with the country style. A few measures later I changed to a disco style and again instant change. If I hit stop on the style section, the original dream, dream, dream drum track starts playing. There is no lag or glitch in this method of altering the tracks played. If I decide to play the style with the proper chord changes, then the song plays with me playing the chords. All of these are really great features Yamaha has included into the PSR2000."