Wednesday I will be meeting with the Marketing Manager for Yamaha Arranger Keyboards and someone from the UK to discuss what is needed on future models as it relates to the interface on Yamaha high end arranger keyboards. They are not going to be discussing content of sounds and styles but rather the functions, buttons, etc.

If any of you would like to comment about what you think has been missing or lacking this is your chance to speak up and be heard.

I will be happy to pass on any of your ideas to Yamaha.

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George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California
818-881-5566
www.kayesmusicscene.com

1- More seperate buttons and knobs, sliders for everything...

2- A "high quality" vocal harmonizer

3- ability to play simultaneous modes in real time ...style, smf, mp3

4- Bigger display screen with tilt on all models.

5- BLACK COLOR BODY

6- Dual XLR Mic inputs

7- Front load dual USB

8- Smaller footprint & lighter weight

9- Upgrade the MusicFinder to allow you to store transposed keys with the data as well as smf/mp3 with better search functions.

10- On back keep ALL inputs/outputs to the extreme left or righ sides leaving middle empty not to be blocked by keyboard stands like the Apex, etc.

11- design High Quality soft & hard cases for all models upon release.

[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 08-16-2010).]

Hi George!

I am not really into Yamaha arrangers, but here's what I'd like to see in all of the arrangers: as many asignable buttons and sliders as possible.

And, if they would make a stick pitch bender / modulation rather than wheels, I might buy a Yamaha.

George,
I have some for Tyros XX :
Set the default Modulation-wheel value to zero (no matter what the wheel's position is after changing voices. e.g. You can use Hammond samples and Leslie to Fast. (wheel turned to max)
After switching to another instrument the modulation is mostly unwanted and players have to pull the wheel back asap.... pretty annoying.

No bigger display... it suits perfectly to normal needs.

No touch display.

No more knobs.... perhaps 'real drawbars'

One XLR mic input (phantom powered)

No black body

+12 keys

Roel (Waiting for his T4 )

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George - I'd love to see Yammie implement the ability for the Style Creator to accept segments of MIDI songs when building styles. Maybe just the ability to import and process 4-bar and 8-bar segments of MIDIs when creating styles. Since they allow you to play the style segments live, they should be able to allow you to import the data from a MIDI file.

Would like a black case and fix the MusicFinder to allow you to store transposed keys with the data as well.



Thanks!
Randy

George,

Thanks for creating this post, and I sincerely hope some of the comments are considered. For me, I'm pretty happy with everything on my OLD PSR-3000s, with the possible exception of the vocal processor. Switching to a vocal processor along the lines of the TC Helicon Harmony-M would go a long way. And, the addition of phantom power would be a huge improvement.

For me, keep that silver color--it reflects heat instead of absorbing it like black does.

The display on the S-910 is really great, but still could be improved to make it sunlight viewable LCD super-twist.

The indicator lamps on the buttons are still low level LEDs, which cannot be seen at all outdoors, even in the shade. It wouldn't take a lot to make them sunlight viewable as well.

Thanks for thinking of us and good luck at the meeting.

Cheers,

Gary

Hi George ,

Here is my wish list !!

FSX Keybed on the PSR models

Keep the color SILVER { NOT BLACK ! , sorry Donny }

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As far as the Tyros line :

FREE Voice & Styles ( within reason , or reduce cost )

Metal Body would be a must , way to much to pay for plastic , of course they could keep the plastic and drop the price

Have BUILT-IN Speakers !! ( for use as monitors or small venues ) { Roland did it with the E80 ! }

XLR audio out

Firewire ( 800 ) or USB 3

3 Year Warranty with buyer credit for trade-up within that period.

There it is !! , I know I`m dreaming

Gary   

They need to put the reg mem buttons back under the screen. All players from beginner to pro will find this so much easier.

I use both hands on the reg mem buttons for very rapid sound changes as in the horn sections of a big band.

They could put them under the useless sliders, or better, they could put the sliders up and to the left of the screen. Or they could remove the sliders (best idea)

I will probably not purchase any more Tyros models unless this is done. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

I echo the need for an improved harmonizer. I would like to see a "restart" button as an arranger feature so that the measure would start over when the button is pressed.

Thanks,

Beakybird

A 76 PSR...

Akai import for the sampler

A chord sequencer

(normally just lurking, but this one is important)