Items that are sold mainly into the consumer market, (Which all arrangers are designed for) the manufactures have to make them at least partly backward compatible otherwise they will lose the solid user base, which makes it difficult for manufactures to break new ground, however in the pro market, nobody bats an eyelid, as they are all looking for something new and innovative to add to what they already have. (If you look back since arrangers (As we know them today) came about, there has not been anything new or innovative, but instead there have been incremental improvements in sounds and features, plus the addition of pro features from about 5 years previous)

With Yamaha getting its fingers burnt over the poor sales of the T5, (Compared to the other T models except the T1) it will be interesting to see if they bite the bullet and forget Tyros, or just fix what is basically a good board, with the T6. (Assuming the accountants don’t pull the plug on TOTL Yamaha Arrangers, as their MOTL Arrangers are selling like hot cakes)

We will have to wait and see what (If anything) comes out from Yamaha in the future. (Forgetting the Tyros and any backward compatibility, and instead going for something totally revolutionary would be the ideal)

Bill

assumptions...

i think if the next yamaha arranger is really innovative and several steps forward.... noboddy will care about backward compatibillity, espescially not the home users...
Backward compatibillity only becomes an item if the step forward is minimal as we have been used inthe last decade..


According to Yamaha Europe, Tyros 5 has been the best selling Tyros of all time(worldwide) espescially the 76 key version was a huge succes in europe.. tough numbers dropped in the last year,... but then the first 3 years make up for the total succes


I highly doubt your source for the Tyros 5 being less successfull then earlier models. You might base your opinion on a micro local market and not on worldwide sales

HI Bachus

My information comes off the record from dealers, not the manufactures, who if you listen to them (And nobody who knows the trade does) all the T series have done great, even the T1, however as everybody worldwide knows, the Technics KN7000 outsold the T1 by a factor of 2 – 1.
The golden rule is, always take what the manufactures say with a pinch of salt, as the real information comes from the trenches.

Bill