Fran,
Absolutely, you want the polyphony allocation by priorities (You should see how Kurzweil does it, amazing). Yamaha's does not do that? Are you sure, hard to believe. I'm not saying you are wrong, I'm just surprised.

Lee S.

Lee I don't know if the newer Yamaha uses reserve allocation..but the older models didn't..but something doesn't work according to reports...Maybe Yamaha has to poll there membership and find out if this is good marketing strategy..

I believe the report to be accurate as well.

I also believe that playing block chords when the instrument already has harmony assigned to the stacked voices, would tax the polyphony of any instrument.

Ian

Yep Ian I agree...why would the guy play block chords in RH with harmony turnd on?

That had to sound like crap.

Lee S.

Actually, Fran, I honestly do not know.

Does the G-70 use reserve voice allocation?

Ian

YES

Did you try stacking 3 voices in the RH, and applying Melody Intelligence, or whatever Roland now calls automatic harmony...and checking to see if you lose any voices in the style (or elsewhere)....especially Big Band or other styles that use lots of style parts.

Perhaps Diki, and other G-70 users, could try this as well?

Same for the Korgians.

Ian

Gilbert, your above cited report was Leigh Wilbraham's initial reaction written back on Oct 9th following a relatively short 2 hr demo, and without sufficient opportunity to really delve into the keyboard himself.

The latest recent report (Oct 25) was written only after purchasing & now owning the Tyros4 himself, and finally having extensive time to explore & play it.



Can you please provide a link.



Hi Ian. I seriously doubt Leigh attempted to play RH block chords with Tyros4's 'harmony button' on. Leigh's arranger keyboard knowledge and pro level musicianship evidenced by this video by him certainly appears to attest to this.

That said, because I too like to play arranger kb in a similar jazz style to Leigh's video, I'm now anxious to find out how serious (if at all) polyphony is on Tyros4. Any other Tyros4 owners (or those who have auditioned one) care to comment? Thanks. - Scott

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"Hi Ian. I seriously doubt Leigh attempted to play RH block chords with Tyros4's 'harmony button' on. Leigh's arranger keyboard knowledge and pro level musicianship evidenced by this video by him certainly appears to attest to this."


Scott, I did not know it was Leigh who wrote the article...

However, even with his level of musicianship, it could happen.

Perhaps Leigh himself should be consulted.

Ian

Scottye,
Thanks for the heads up I was not aware who compiled the Reports only they were written by the same person,Reading the two conflicting reports made me question the credibility of either.

Regarding the other members report see,
http://www.yamahapkowner.com/forum/index.php?topic=27625.0

Read the whole thread.

Gilbert.