http://www.youtube.com/user/petrygilles#p/u/3/crr-G87Lhq4

This is what i mean about the choir voices sounding unrealistic . To me yamaha just wasted memory space on this.

Well that's just painful.

Ouch...that is sheer awfulness.

Ian

It sounds as if the modulation wheel was turned up too much, and there was too much reverb added. I've heard the sounds without adding effects and they actually sound pretty good. I believe much of the problem has to be with the way the song was set up by the player.

Thanks for the link,

Gary

Yes, the sounds I've heard (until this one) are very nice...obviously a poor setup, for sure (but still awful).

I must say, the style is really good.

Ian

He is playing a Midi File not a Style. He selected those Tyros choir voices and set them too loud probably. I like the song.

Ian, I don't believe he is playing a style..it is a commercial standard midi file..and he selected some poor voices..Yamaha isn't the strongest in SMF play to start with...and this is just poorer..

Yes, you're right, it is probably a midi file, and it was set up poorly.

I've never had any issues with accurate playing midi files on a Tyros or a PSR...some people just can't use the instruments properly...same goes for a G-70 (I've heard some SMF that you've put up that were less than stellar), or a Korg PA.

It's usually not the fault of the instrument in most cases.

Ian

I just downloaded the Tyros 4 Data List and it shows 83 voices under the Choir Group. I'll take a guess and say he picked this one:

Voice Name Number Type
GospelWow 8 33 55 S.Articulation!


-mike

Forget the voices. What about the player. I truly believe some people have no idea what they sound like. This guy has the rhythmic soul of a cheap plastic metronome. Why he'd want to plaster himself all over Youtube is beyond me. I guess that's the problem I have with arranger keyboards and SMF. Take a perfectly good arrangement and then a no-talent amateur puts this godawful lead/melody/head on it, complete with a horrible choice of backing voices because he has no concept of what does and does not sound good. What's worse, some of these people actually go out and gig. Yeeeccccchhh.

chas