Looking at Dnj,Don M,Zuki and also others that I know in my own personal Xperience.

going from Yam and (Technics) -to others --coming back to Yammy again

These symptoms are very common.
Once you use Yam arranger (even if you used Korg ,roland,Ketron),it's harder to go back because your tolerance for Non sense OS becomes lower.

Quick sound and style selection,weight-price-sound-versatility ratio ,simple yet versatile styles (both classic and contemporary),quick effective fills,playing style drums sync'd with SMF , the list goes on.

Angry with their hardware,Keys,VH ,no 76 keys,some sounds(where competition is good at) ,but the ease of use,OS,3rd party support(meaning from others -not support from YAMAHA) and versatility beat the competition out of water.


You have to give a diehard Korg/Roland fan a yamaha arranger,make him gig with it(not in a band -OMB that uses styles) for a several weeks and he'll never go back once he taste the logical OS and freedom while performing .

we are taliking about ARRANGERS only .Not WS.WS wise Triton beats Motifs easily(aleast the first two).

If a player starts to use less backing styles, then they tend to go other way.

Again this is for arranger style using gigging musicians,home players with$$$ or SMF players- a different story.

Pleae feel free to add whatever you want.




[This message has been edited by jamman (edited 02-22-2008).]

I left Yamaha, went to Technics which I really liked (too bad they stopped making keyboards), then went to Wersi which I feel is the most advanced arranger available today. I'd never even contemplate going back especially to Yamaha. If there was one thing I missed on the Yamaha it's not coming to mind. I liked many of the Yamaha sounds but I didn't find them any better than what I was using on the Technics and certainly they are nowhere near the quality of the instruments in my Wersi. Of course YMMV but IMO the Wersi is hard to beat.

Also, I found Yamaha's customer support to be atrocious when I owned my 9000 Pro. Unless Yamaha comes out with an arranger that's leaps and bounds above what I am currently using (Wersi), which isn't likely, I'll never consider another Yamaha purchase again.

Do you gig with Wersi?how often in a week?,do you use mostly style play and in OMB?Do you carry your KB alone?

Do you play mostly EU ballroom styles mostly or contemp rock/pop/jazz?

alot of things changed after 9k pro.More lighter KBs with better sound,also not so great hardware.