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Personally, I do NOT like the NP-30 keybed... A friend has one, and a sorrier action I haven't played in a long while (if you discount the S950 I played a few weeks ago).

Yamaha make an excellent 76 for the Motif XF7. I sincerely hope they use that one...

Yeah, the NP-30 is a $300 (US) keyboard; I wouldn't want to have its keybed (I have an NP-30) on a $4000+ arranger!

Jim

The NP-30 doesn't have aftertouch either...a $4000+ arranger should have aftertouch. Having been spoiled by the aftertouch on my present arranger, I would really miss it.

The NP-30, however, has dedicated MIDI in/out and has been used by quite a few arranger owners as an inexpensive second (lower) keyboard to give the player more of a double manual organ type experience.

It appears to work very well in that application, plus, even on it's own, I think it does have a great piano sound (same as P95), has layering capabilities (piano & strings) and is super, super portable.

I'm pretty sure Captain Russ has one and plays it occasionally (on a plane, I think).

Ian

What I'm hearing thru the grapevine NEW TYROS 5 ?
Get ready to be Amazed!!

Are you talking about the T4???

It certainly has after touch and has the same keybed as the Motif 61 key - a fairly popular keyboard.

I'm pretty sure now that the Tyros 5 models won't be received in the USA until December with very limited availability and the official "coming out party" will be at the Winter NAMM Show.

George good news makes sense Thanx

Can't wait to see & hear new Tyros 5. George when will we actually get a look at her?. I picked up an s750 as a handy light 2nd tier kboard, excellent sounds, but the keybed is shocking! So cheap @ nasty! I know the T5 will be better, will need to be for the dollars required. Yamaha, glad i didn't spring fir the S950 $$$$ as no way would justify extra bucks for that keybed.

MAP price for the 61 key should be just under the current Tyros4 and about $250.00 more for the 76 key version. There will also be a "bundle" version with speakers like the tyros4 external add ons, flash memory and stand.
The little bit of information I know is that there will be new pianos, more and new SA2 voices, new styles and lots of new options when playing chords from both the right and left side of keyboard. I have no info yet on features and if there is a touch screen or not.
I do know that the keyboard will be shown in Germany on the 25th of October so we should get a lot of information by this weekend.
I did confirm that a small amount will arrive hopefully in December.