Some personal demos as promised:

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I am in LOVE!!! with this AMAZING!!! software & the results say it all. The following was created LIVE!!! using My PSR S770, a Desktop PC and a mouse:

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Thus you CAN!!! play live with this as a touch screen tablet mounted slightly higher than the keyboard will make things much less complicated. Also, I've discovered that you can link certain things to any key/s on the arranger - So I've linked FILL UP, FILL DOWN, INTRO3 & ENDING3 to the very end keys. This makes things much, much easier.

Tell me that everything does not sound much more real with the 8 variations & 8 OTS's? The interface is absolutely BRILLIANT!!! - much thought & care went into it. You have to play with it to discover it's real power. I learn something new every few minutes that makes things much easier. Just see how quickly I am able to record with it and the results get exponentially better with each recording.

Never before could I create such beautiful styles with such ease...

Made some more recordings of modified styles today:

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Live play becoming easier & more natural with every attempt:

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Another nice feature - you can select the split point to be shifted continuously to just above the chords you play, making room for your right hand performance. Play chords lower and split point moves lower also!

Watching with interest amid all the developments. I am somewhat confused over your styles,Revo drums, and the purchase of one of three levels of Groovyband Live. Then there is the question of suitability for live play. It started out with your better sounding styles, then Revo drums making it even better, to $400 software.

I am sure I am missing something here.

Bernie

Bernie I am confused also..with all the gear you already have what do you intend to do with this program for live play ...etc...?

Let's recap a bit, shall we?

1. The Yamaha styles are 90% about effects. Don't believe me? Go listen again to the effects demo on your very own arranger where Yamaha themselves demonstrate this clearly & even bragging about it.

2. The PSR up to S975 is limited to the type and number of effects that can be used by it's internal style engine. So apart from the new voices, this is why the SX900 & Genos sound so much better.

3. Groovyband Live! developed a way to replace the style engine totally with software. The results are then driven through midi to the PSR which allows many more effects to be used.

4. They perfected this along with a intuitive interface which allows advance editing not previously possible.

5. They seamlessly apply the next OTS settings allowing the current settings to first play out in full.

6. They included 8 variations, 8 fills to & from, two breaks and 8 OTS's which follow the correct variation exactly as per Yamaha.

7. They included the registration function exactly as Yamaha.

8. They move the split point continuously to just above the chords you play giving your more room for your solo performances.

9. They allow 3 RH voices plus 1 LH voice, same as the Genos/SX900

10. The velocity of played notes can be randomized to varying degrees of "humanization"

11. Same Beat Reset function as per the newer Yamaha's.

12. Half bar fills.

13. Round Robin drums like the Genos adding humanization to the drums too.

14. Every L/R voice can have its own independent harmony settings. All the L/R voices can be configured as R (R1÷4). You can therefore build quartets of different instruments, each one playing possibly different harmonized notes.

There are more, I am still finding them

Hi Bernie.

1. The Revo styles will still continue to be updated - the Groovyband Live! software sidetracked me for a while, but for good reason. New Revo styles will follow soon. It will cost you $30 for the Revo drums (not supplied by myself) and obviously the price of the styles.

2. Next I'll ad a page purely for Groovyband Live! styles. It will require everything that the Revo styles require plus off course either a Groovyband Live! demo or the full version to play. It will cost you $30 for the Revo drums (not supplied by myself), the cost of Groovyband Live! and obviously the price of the styles. Groovyband Live! Demo is good for 10 minutes at a time and cost you NOTHING! Thus you can make studio quality recordings immediately at no extra cost. Or you could play live and close/open the program every 10 minutes - silly but doable! Or you could simply purchase Groovyband Live! which as far as I can determine does not cost more than vArranger, another FANTASTIC! softsynth program.

So please don't be confused. Both style versions will be outstanding. As for me, I will not perform live again without this software. It ads a new dimension to what I am able create.

I am so impressed that I've advertised my Audya - I no longer have need for it & neither will I miss it. It can no longer compete with my Yamaha.

Henni kool stuff but looks like many are confused whats going on..
could you possible make some kind of YOU TUBE video of the process
and what's happening and how to use it live etc.

Thanks Henni
I will see what shakes out. I just think that it might be better to soup up my 970 than get an SX900, even if the SX900 has improvements, to be sure.

Donny: With my present stable, the 970 is the only one I can take to a smaller venue,plug it in,and play. I have NH jobs with smaller quarters, where on board speakers are plenty. Plus, I have years of work in it.