(From someone named Michael on YouTube called KeyboardKrazy49)

Video is not great, but Audio is decent.

Part 1 Audio Styles Demo:




Part 2 Audio Styles Demo:

Many of the styles he is playing on this demo are not audio styles but rather pro styles. When you see a style in the video with "green" icons these are not audio styles but rather using drum kits within the 950. At first I thought he had additional audio styles because I was not recognizing these as the ones inside my demo unit at my store but as I watched and listened I realized these were many additional styles inside the keyboard that one might think could be audio styles but are not.

Thanks for sharing Larry !! Some of
them sound so different to the MIDI drums that its like having an Audya and PSR all the while Not all sound like Audio styles but sound like good MIDI drumkits.

It would be nice if the users could download the audio styles in the genre they like to play .. if its expansion packs then 64 Mb is far too less. Hope the T5 gets something like a 512 MB or 1 GB for such expansions. But I am happy with the variety in sound offered through audio styles. Wish all styles were audio or even better ... high quality samples used in MIDI styles.

I don't see a point in having dance audio styles.I mean club music.First of all they are not real drums to begin with.I am not saying they sound bad,but it's a waste of space.Still no one is saying how these audio drums work.Do they go to ram or something else???
I still believe audio drums are waste of time and space.Good drum engine with great drums would sound the same.I mean something like these vst drums(bfd2,Steven Slate drums,Superior Drummer etc...).
If we have to buy all these audio styles,than keyboard itself should be much cheaper.
And I am for that.To choose which styles to have on your keyboard.

Anybody know why the skimping of internal memory in keyboards when it's so darn cheap. I bought a 64G micro-SD card for about 60 or 70 bucks. Heck, I even got a 120G SSD from amazon for $99. So why, on a nearly $5k keyboard, would they limit internal RAM to 64Mb and to add insult to injury, not allow the process using that RAM to access an external card. Anybody know?

chas

Kits... 'Nuff said.

still wondering if the Voice/Style expansion kits like the Brazil one are functional in the 750/950....

the "Latin" styles in those demos are only a teeny step up from the last gen boards. they seem to mix very typical Yamaha percussion with a few more idiomatic-sounding instruments....I would buy one of these boards if I knew I'd be able to expand the percussion voices (and styles)...sure wish Yamaha was clearer on this.

No the Brazilian pack is not compatible with the PSR s950 and s750 See http://eu.yamahamusicsoft.com/en/instrum...89?currency=EUR

How many songs do you think you could do in a night using one of these audio styles, especially the latin ones, before your audience would notice the backing being the same?

If it's a genre I play a lot of, I usually need 3-4 to avoid them sounding cookie-cutter.

I've found that limiting the use of the same auto intros and endings helps disguise the styles that are used frequently. It took me a while to figure that out. By creating my own intros and, maybe, using a fade-out ending or first-ending button, I've been able to get away with the same style used in many songs.

Trouble with audio styles is, you CAN'T create your own Intros and Endings. At least, and have them sound anything like the style...

In the Audya keyboard it can be done.

How? Without access to the recording session, how are the drums going to do what YOU want?

Thanks for pointing that out George. We will need to let him know.

I liked some of the "dance" styles and I'm happy to see that a good reggaeton is included. I've been looking a this style for a long time as it is the among the most popular contemporary Latin styles for YEARS now. I didn't hear any bachata which also very popular but also overlooked KB styles.

Paul,

Have you heard this style?



Good, So-So, or Not That Good?

Sounds great to me Larry but not really what I need...

EQ Demo:

Larry, I also make use of the Filter section at the Mixing Console(Panel Part) screen...for example, Live! Grand Piano with a Brightness setting of -12 is perfect for smooth, warm Jazz Ballads.

Works on Tyros, 3K, S910, S900 etc.

Ian

Thanks Ian...I'll try it on a 3K...love a 'warm' piano sound