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phigaro « 76-key Tyros 5 - the cash cow »
Published on 12/21/13 at 02:24I don't want to go over all the possibilities of this remarkable instrument, for that you should go to the Tyros 5 forum.
The 76-note Tyros 5 is the culmination of the 4 precedent ones.
There's not much to criticize, so the debate revolves around the philosophy of this type of instrument.
There are the pro-arranger and the anti-arranger voices, who (rightly) criticize the commercial policy
of Yamaha, but that's straying from the main subject, it's a debate between spoiled kids who already have Tyros 1,2,3,4,and even the Korg pax3.
But if you have to buy one digital instrument, the Tyros 5 76 is a must. With its 76 keys you can play like a pianist and it's you who decides whether you want an arrangement or not, to split the keyboard or not, your right hand is free and complex chords are recognized by the styles. The tyros is an arranger keyboard if you want it to be, its sounds are fabulous and alone for that you'll crave for it. It would be tedious to describe all additional functions, but the tyros is not unnecessarily complicated, it's easy to use.
UTILIZATION
Sound editing is rather limited, even with the software, you can change ADSR, the filter, but simple "elements" always have the same character (strings use the same elements
for 20 sounds).
OVERALL OPINION
The tyros finally has 76 keys, the keyboard is pretty nice.
I don't like the vocal harmony at all.
The 76-note Tyros 5 is the culmination of the 4 precedent ones.
There's not much to criticize, so the debate revolves around the philosophy of this type of instrument.
There are the pro-arranger and the anti-arranger voices, who (rightly) criticize the commercial policy
of Yamaha, but that's straying from the main subject, it's a debate between spoiled kids who already have Tyros 1,2,3,4,and even the Korg pax3.
But if you have to buy one digital instrument, the Tyros 5 76 is a must. With its 76 keys you can play like a pianist and it's you who decides whether you want an arrangement or not, to split the keyboard or not, your right hand is free and complex chords are recognized by the styles. The tyros is an arranger keyboard if you want it to be, its sounds are fabulous and alone for that you'll crave for it. It would be tedious to describe all additional functions, but the tyros is not unnecessarily complicated, it's easy to use.
UTILIZATION
Sound editing is rather limited, even with the software, you can change ADSR, the filter, but simple "elements" always have the same character (strings use the same elements
for 20 sounds).
OVERALL OPINION
The tyros finally has 76 keys, the keyboard is pretty nice.
I don't like the vocal harmony at all.