Since the Tyros 2 now has the ability to use outside storage like a USB drive,

Will peopl still use a on board hard drive, and if so., will anyone use the 100 gig versions or stick with the 20 or 30 gig versions?

Hi Frankieve:

My feeling is that the hard drive would be primarily best dedicated for storing digital samples and recording audio. 40GB certainly sounds sufficient to handle most people's needs, but I suppose a 100GB HD will offer people who can afford the additional expense, even more room to hold even more. I will most likely opt for a 60 - 80 GB hard drive for my Tyros2. I heard that Tyros2 supports recording 90 minute maxmum at a time, so you can easily turn on record and LIVE record performance gigs in their entirety, and keep hours and hours of this on the HD as well. I personally would recommend instead, later pulling it off the HD, and archiving the good stuff to DVD.

I plan to dedicated a remote 'USB Memory Stick' for custom styles, regs, custom voices, midi song files, multipad and music finder files.

Btw, I need to know exactly what brand(s) and model(s) USB Memory Stick the Tyros2 supports? Anyone know if Yamaha provides a list of these?

Scott