Hi Dnj,

I will never perform live without Groovyband Live! again - I am just THAT much impressed by it.

BUT... I have to purchase an Ipad or other mini flatscreen touch display computer. I used the income earned from styles to SERIOUSLY upgrade my PC, operating system and various software.

Now I must first earn something from styles again. As soon as I do, I will demonstrate your request properly. If I do it with my desktop, some might think is too tedious to do when actually it's NOT!

Henni

Henni that sounds terriffic.....
I will surly be watching for it.

Exactly the reason you need a SX900 with it's excellent newly
designed Expansive Soundfield Speakers and New Styles & features.
Would work great for your NH gigs & beyond for sure.

Bernie,

absolutely! The sound engine of the PSR S970 is still top notch, and not that much different from that of the SX900. Especially if you can use it at its fullest with our software (a thing that is not possible with the firmware supplied by Yamaha, which is practically unchanged since the '90s of last century).

Although Yamaha wants to always sell you the latest and the greatest HW (which incidentally is ~90% equal to the previous one), what really counts is the man who plays it (as Henni's demos clearly show).

The weakest link of the chain is the player, not the machine. To improve the strength of the whole chain you have to improve the strength of the weakest link. As Henni said, a tool like our software lets you better exploit your creativity and then obtain better results. Probably not as outstanding as Henni's, just because not many of us are as much talented as he is, but surely you do see a difference (listen to Henni's audio demos just playing the supplied preset styles).

In addition you get MORE and BETTER features that not even a 4 k€ Genos will bring you (its style playing engine and features are no different than those of your PSR S970).

When you have time, download for free our demo. Play with it for a while just listening to the 860 (!!) supplied styles. It will take you busy for a while. But we are sure you will definitely see a difference (quality and variety) with what you have heard till now coming out from your PSR S970's audio jacks.

You can download the demo anonymously (nobody asks you the email). If you do not like it, just delete it and you are done. It will not cost you a dime!!
If you like it you can keep it and use it forever as a preset machine (saves are disabled). You just have to restart it every 10 minutes. For home self entertainment it could be acceptable. And it still won't cost you a dime!


Since you have similar arranger softwares, we would like you to make a comparison and hear your opinion. We are sure many forum readers will be interested as well, since a demo for a direct test is not always available.

Thanks.

Thanks,
I just might do that.

Taking my PSR s970 as an example, what about the hundreds of registrations I already have in place? How can they be utilized?

Hi Bernie,
If you’re getting confused , possibly best option would be to download the demo version of Groovyband software, and try it out. That’s the only way you’ll know if the software will work for you in a Live situation , which is what I gather you want it for.

The prices are in euro’s not USD, in the basic pak you only get 450 styles for 299 euro the top of the range pak has the 860 styles , its 499 euro.

All going well, then look into the Revo drums and additional styles.

Henni also mentioned he’ll be continuing on with his regular Revo drum styles as well.

So you still have choices

Someone please clarify:
1) To access the new sounds/styles from this program, do you need external hardware?
2) I see a tablet in one picture. Do you make all you selections on the tablet, and never touch the keyboards buttons? Seems awkward, if that's the case.
3) Is the Groovy program playing itself, or the internal sounds of the Yamaha host? What do you hook up to audio amps?

I've passed over most of these Groovy related posts because I don't think this is something I want, or need, but I'd like to know a bit more, just to stay informed.

Hi Dave,

1. You only need a tablet plus your arranger.
2. You can bind commands to your unused keys like I did.
3. The software plays the Yamaha which plays the amps.

I no longer find it awkward. I use my upper last keys for:
1. Fill next
2. Fill prev
3. Fill curr
4. Intro 3
5. Ending 3

Auto splitpoint lowers the split to the lowest possible place when I play so there are ample keys left to play. This way I do not have to touch the software during playback of the current song.

If all of this can be done easily when using an added module like i.e. the SD90/40, then nothing is more difficult IN THE LEAST using Groovyband Live!

Rather think of Groovyband Live! as another module that you could load onto a tablet of your choice - the tablet now being the module but using the audio outs from the Yamaha.

GROOVYBAND LIVE! IS ANOTHER MODULE LIKE A SD40

YOUR TABLET TAKES THE FULL PLACE OF THE MODULE

THE YAMAHA OUTPUTS DRIVE THE AMPS

IF YOU CAN USE A MODULE LIVE, THEN YOU CAN USE GROOVYBAND LIVE!