Yes, John, there seems to be no rhyme nor reason to the settings...I'll have a look when I get my S910...it was sent yesterday, so I may have it tomorrow or Friday.[crosses fingers]

I'm glad the panel isn't changed much...I like the registration buttons in the middle.

It will be good to be able to compare the S910's SA organs with the ones in my Tyros3...plus, it will be nice to have the new style format as well.

Are there people who prefer the release set so low? What are the advantages? Were the Yamaha people just willy nilly when they set these parameters or is there a purpose to it?

Beakybird

I doubt if they were set "willy nilly"...the Tyros3 and the S910 seem to be set the same way, so there is a common pattern.

I'll probably change the release and store it in a registration memory...that way it will be easier to add it to an OTS.

Usually the Release is useful if you want to build some automatic sustain into a voice - eg. strings, which are a little "too fast" for a slow tempo song and tend to cut off too soon.
For that you'd use positive values. Using negative values I've found up to now doesn't seem to do too much sonically. Going negative would help to cut off a voice more abruptly if it's needed but in general most of them cut off cleanly enough at close to zero. I can't see what benefits there are in going to -20's - apart from turning off the sustain pedal

John