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#267738 - 07/18/09 10:44 AM
Re: PSR-S910 & S710 info
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Registered: 07/27/05
Posts: 10606
Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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Could be, Diki...I do see the obvious upgrades of better button visibility as important, and I am surprised there are no SA2 voices, although, I must say, the SA are perfectly fine by me.
If it has a lot more SA voices, which is not indicated in the preliminary specs, it might tempt a few S900 users (me included)...and surely, 3K, 2k users, and those wanting to upgrade from entry level instruments.
Like a few others, I find the S900's panel layout a bit easier to use than the Tyros3....I love the centrally located registration buttons, for instance.
Only change I'd like to see would be moving the DSP-Var/on/off buttons to the left side, or the ability to assign the mod wheel to those functions.
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#267739 - 07/18/09 11:17 AM
Re: PSR-S910 & S710 info
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Registered: 10/08/00
Posts: 4715
Loc: West Virginia
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This looks more like the upgrade from the PSR-2000 to the 2100. For those who've been wanting an S-900 (and don't own it) would benefit from the S910.., but is it really worth the money in the upgrade for current S900 owners?
A good thing to take note of is the bump up in the S-710. They upped the poly to 128.., and I even see USB audio recorder on there too.., and added some S-900 voices to it.
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#267741 - 07/18/09 11:41 AM
Re: PSR-S910 & S710 info
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Registered: 01/27/01
Posts: 2227
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Wait a second, I think I came across something significant.
The S910 specs do not specify what kind of new voices there are, but look at the total:
S900 = 891 S900 = 1186
If many of these 295 new voices are Cool!, Sweet!, Live!, and S.A. voices, then this is a game changer.
First, it would allow users of the new board to play T3 styles (which are available in cyberspace but don't work on the S900 because the S900 doesn't have the voices).
Second, it would give us lots of new voices for accompaniment and for styles.
I think the two most important reasons to upgrade an arranger are 1) access to new styles and 2) access to new voices. The other reasons are improvement in features and build quality.
As far as improvement of features, the S910 offers little new. The only things that come to mind are the mp3 player and the better screen.
As far as build quality, I doubt there are any improvements. You can see that the new keyboard is built on the same exact platform with the same exact buttons as its predecessor.
But if this new keyboard has lots and lots of Yamaha's best voices, then I am excited enough to maybe buy two of them.
Beakybird
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