I can't believe I survived 70 years without the chord looper!!

Jerryghr

I think I read that 700 doesn’t have the chord looper. Hopefully I’m mistaken.

I was on the fence but so far I have not seen or heard demos that would make me believe it is worth the money. I mainly use my Ketron SD40 for gigs and it is outstanding. One of my concerns is the move to more "modern" sounding styles on the latests yamaha keyboards. For me that is all but useless. All my gigs are for people well over 60 years old - hell, last week I played a 100 year birthday party! They want songs they can relate to, those that bring back memories, those they use to dance to etc.. So far, I have not heard any demos that show off styles for the songs I get dozens of requests for on my gigs. What good is it to buy a new up to date keyboard and use styles from the T1, T2, T3, T4?

Deane

I’m waiting to get back up north in a few weeks I then hope to head to Frankieve’s Audio Works and give one a whirl. I’m very curious about the key action, I like that it has the playlist feature and touch screen too.

Hi Stephen,
all I can say is, it has a better feel than my psrs 950, don’t know how to put it, feels a bit more responsive? How keybed would compare to a Genos, or Pa4x, which is what you’re used to, no idea,

I would say, given the opportunity, would probably be best for prospective purchasers to check the sx out before buying. Wasn’t an option for me, hubby was sick of doing 7 hr trips every time I needed to do something keyboard wise. Haha.
I took the risk buying sight unseen. For me , no regrets.

Bill and Terry please elaborate further..?

In no particular order
Sounds not up to VST standards
Limited real time controls
Small touch Screen
Too much reliance on styles
Limited Midi
Limited control of additional keyboards and pedals
No capability to load 3rd party sounds
Nothing that will improve a players keyboard skills (The most important part of any keyboard)

Positives
Plenty of easy play features
Great for beginners and those that just wants to sit back play.
Plenty of song specific styles
Compact
Inbuilt speakers
However none of the positives have any relevance for me personally.

If you want Yamaha sounds for your computer just get Steinberg’s Halion Sonic VST, as since Yamaha bought Steinberg most of the new sounds were done by Yamaha.

Bill