First of all i must say that I am not good on arranger workstations technical knowledge. And i wanna ask you 2 questions about them. Thank you for your helps.

With Tyros 2 and Tyros 3, can i compose totally new styles freely. For example, can i create an arabic song's style? Are there any weaknes about creating new styles on Tyros 2 and tyros 3. Especially if we compare Tyros with Korg workstations.

And can i sampling an oriental musical instrument with Tyros 2 and tyros 3. or can i load new instrument voices that sampled other people? And again, are there any weakness about sampling new sounds on Tyros 2 and tyros 3. Especially if we compare Tyros with Korg workstations.


[This message has been edited by aramis (edited 10-06-2008).]

aramis,
One thing I can recommend is communicate with Rikki.

I don't know if she monitors here or not...but she is on the Korg arranger (PA2XPRO/PA800/PA500)forum..
She has TONS of experience on BOTH Keyboards!

Lee

I think a lot depends more on availability...

Both arrangers are pretty powerful, but the Korg has dominated the middle east market for quite a while, and very strong in the far east due mostly to the wide availability of styles and sounds already developed for that platform.

Unless you plan to develop your own styles from scratch, and do all your own instrument sampling (a tough job at best, and tougher that Yamaha doesn't support Akai import, where there IS a large supply of already well sampled mideast instruments), and are remarkably skilled in arabic and oriental instrument imitation, I would probably tend to recommend going the established route. Korg's are the dominant arranger in the arabic market, and strong in the oriental from what we are told...

[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 10-06-2008).]

Aramis.........ARABIC Stles = KORG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDJ9vO9ZEiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stjihGOdg6M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiGdpRnrDW4

if i dont misunderstood, i can arrange new styles and sample new sounds with tyros even if it can be a litle bit hard job.

I think all the people advise me korg. And yes a lot of musician use Korg in my country. But i fall in love Tyros. Especially tyros wonderfull voices. Is there a korg arranger workstation with sounds same as yamaha wonderfull sounds? Especially piano sound important for me.

aramis do they use alot of Piano in Arabic music?

aramis,
If you are a heavy tech person and want the most programmable machine....love lots of flexibility and the best, most functional style creation...go with the Korg.

If you want the most already available styles from Yamaha and third party go Yamaha.

Like others said however, when it comes to Mid-East sound/styles...go Korg.

Lee

He wants to know if the Tyros has the same "editing" capability for Style making as the Korg's do. In other words, will he have the "ability" to create his custom Styles on a Tyros as he would on a Korg? So first of all, is the Tyros3 capable of making complex custom Styles like a Korg can with Korg's micro-editing capability??; and secondly, if the Tyros IS ABLE to, would it be as "easy" to do on the Tyros as it would be on the Korg??.

I think that is the "central idea" of what aramis is trying to ask in my opinion. Although I could be wrong.

Best,
Mike

First of all, you can't sample with a T3. Or a PA2Xpro, for that matter. You can play BACK samples, made with something else, on the T3, but the choice of samples already made is miniscule compared to Korg, who allow Akai import (the most popular sampler format), whereas Yamaha insist on their own proprietary format, or just plain .wav import, which makes you do ALL the work (sampling acoustic instruments well is a science AND an art!).

And secondly, have you played the PA2Xpro? It's piano sound is light years ahead of the PA1Xpro, plus it's Akai sample playback capability gives you access to some excellently sampled piano sets from people like William Coakley, EastWest and others.