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#51974 - 09/28/05 12:38 PM
Re: I Just ordered the Tyros 2 From Dan O
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My first Technics keyboard was a KN1500 that my wife got me as a gift and I didn't know squat about it's functions. I couldn't even figure out what to do if a downloaded style had a sequenced song, so I just dumped the style even though I really, really wanted to use it. In order to use the manual, one had to know enough about what you were doing to figure out where to look in the manual. But, since I did learn how to play the thing and finally record with it, I decided to move up to the new KN6000. This thing had me mystified on it's inner workings, so learning all the new processes became a challenge. Slowly but surely, things started to become clearer and learning the editor became a necessity. It was far easier to correct one note or chord then do what I had been doing before - restarting the recording from square one. Recording a song fifty times just to get it right was fast turning into a chore. Learning the basics of the editor wasn't all that easy, but it became easier the more I used it, and it paved the way for learning how to use other important functions from style conversions and construction, to creating sounds and voices. In essence, the Technics keyboards are complicated pieces and hard to learn UNLESS you happen to find someone to help you over the humps. Once I discovered the Technics forum (first, the old one, and now this one), life became much simpler and the finer points of making music were finally within my grasp. Music with a keyboard actually became FUN for me, and I owe that fact to the assistance of people on a forum that cared enough to help anyone who popped in with a question. These last few years have been great ones because of that fact, not whether or not the keyboard was particularly more user friendly. After all, the keyboard doesn't give me perfectly clear directions or correct me if I do something wrong, it just blindly goes along with whatever silly thing I want to do. So, when I find it necessary to quit with Technics, I'm not sure what I will do. Hopefully, the Tyros will have evolved into something I can figure out and play, without having to contact Scott Yee with a load of questions. And, since Alec hasn't jumped on board with another brand, I think caution is the best guide at this point. Once he lets us in on the next best keyboard, then I'll reconsider. Just my opinion. ![](http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_2_2.gif)
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#51981 - 09/29/05 01:45 PM
Re: I Just ordered the Tyros 2 From Dan O
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HI JOHNNY, I do remember posting all those. Not much has changed. I still have 4 technics boards and play two of them all the time, KN7 and KN2. the KN6 is at rest and the KN800 in storage. I hardly ever play the YAM 9000. I really want to get a new keyboard this year. I had narrowed down my choices between the Roland G 70, the Korg Paix, and the Yamaha Tyros 2. The more I read, studied and researched these three boards, the more people I talked to that had bought the other two, the easier it came to make my decision for the T-2. I Believe if I quit playing the Technics for awhile I can overcome my inherent resistance to the Yam Operating system. There are many things I like about the Yam OS but again many more I don't like. I think many of those I don't like will be modified into more usable options. I will definately keep either the KN7000 or the KN2600, but will make that decision after I have had the t-2 for about 6 months. It may be that I will keep both of those Technics and sell the T-2. Best to you, Bebop
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#51984 - 09/29/05 04:13 PM
Re: I Just ordered the Tyros 2 From Dan O
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If this means anything to you, when I purchased the Yamaha PSR2000 (of which shares nearly the identical OS navigation system as Tyros2) as a followup to my Technics KN5000, I was able to start gigging with it in less than a week. Though I admit, Yamaha's hardware sequencer editing sucks, in all other respects, I feel Yamaha's OS is just as EZ (or easier) to navigate as Technics. For sequencer/midi editing, I concur with Bebop, finding using PG Music PowerTracks or Sonar the best choice. I prefer seeing everything graphically on a 'large screen' monitor than having to press numerous buttons to find sub-menu windows on the much smaller LCD screen of ANY arranger keyboard, both KN7000 and Tyros included. - Scott
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