I'm pretty sure the internal styles from the PSR-510 are available through some of the forums (the PSR-1700/2700 had similar styles), and the optional style disk library for those instruments is also around as well.

As far as I know they've been converted/adjusted for the newer instruments.

Ian

Yes they are Ian, I've got them and organised them and mos sound pretty spot on.

The PSR-510 was a huge leap forward to the PSR-500 which was my second ever keyboard.

Yes, I had the PSR-500 as well...it wasn't in the same league as the 510...it didn't have as many style parts (it had only drums, bass and three other parts), and it would not read bass inversion (on bass) chords....it did have some great AWM sounds, and I remember one of the styles, New Age, was excellent....I used it to do a radio ad.

The PSR-1700 was quite a bit like the 510, but added the disk drive instead of using the 4 page/panel setups...I think a lot of the styles were very similar.

It was with those products that Yamaha finally started catching up to Roland's awesome (for the time) E-series.

Ian

With the exception of a few models, all of the styles on previous models will play on the S-910. You'll find thousands upon thousands of those styles at www.psrtutorial.com as well as the forums listed above.

Have fun with that new keyboard,

Gary

Thanks to everyone for their comments and links. I will definitely check them out.

Hitman says, "I don't see a need to store anything internaly since the USB flash drive is so much more convenient."

I'm trying to figure out how one uses styles directly from USB external storage on the 910. Does it take more button presses and take longer to bring up a style from a USB device than it does internal styles? Can USB styles be used in registration memory?

I finally ordered the PSR-S910 online. It will be delivered today. I couldn't find any dealer in the Bay Area that had the PSR-S910 on the show floor so I'm buying the 910 purely on spec and forum comments.

Guitar Center in Santa Clara said they did but when I got there they said they would take it out of the box for me to play after I bought it. They did have the Tyros 3 out which I played for awhile. Very nice.

I also bought an FC-4 sustain pedal (I don't like my FC-5 .. it keeps moving around), an FC-7 volume pedal, a headset mic, a 16GB USB flash memory stick, and some cables.

This should keep me busy for awhile.

DNA
When you get your S910 read up on registrations. You will use your flash drive to store all your styles via registrations. The onboard memory is very limited.
Eddie

Eddie,

Thanks for the advice! The S910 is a lot more complicated than my 15 year old PSR-510! However, it is amazing to me how close they have stayed to the original design and layout over the years. When I tried out the Tyros 3 I could immediately start playing it, selecting voices, styles, variations, etc., almost as if it were a PSR-510 with extra buttons, LCD display, and more realistic voices.

David

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