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Anybody here heard Tyros 2?

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Anybody here heard Tyros 2?

23 Oct 2005, 11:45
I know Tyros 2 is an arranger, but speaking from totally a sound perspective, I think tyros 2 is starting to wipe the floor with Roland when it comes to guitar sounds, saxes, brass. The variety of slides and hammer-on's on the electric guitar is unsurpassed, and the knocking on body noises and various articulations on the steel string and nylon guitars is stunning. The super-articulation sax you can hear the keys opening and closing, and there are real sounding altissimo notes for the first time in keyboard history as far as I'm concerned. The solo trumpet is amazing too. You owe it to yourself to hear some demos of this instrument.

I have a Roland Fantom XR, and I think Roland still has the edge on piano, bass, and drums sounds, especially if you get an SRX-01 and -07. But from demos I've heard Yamaha has the Hammond sound down as good as the SRX-07. Way Way better than the stock organ sounds. Since I haven't played a Tyros 2 in person yet, I'm going to refrain from further comaprison, other than to say Roland had better come up with a guitar SRX and a solo winds and brass SRX in a big hurry.

Re: Anybody here heard Tyros 2?

23 Oct 2005, 21:57
I'll admit there are some nice things about about the Tyros 2. I most likely will be getting one after it's been on the market a bit. But it's in a totally different price/user bracket than the Fantom. A more fair comparison would be with the Roland G70.

The Tyros2 probably had a lot to do with Roland releasing the OS upgrade for the G70 that addressed guitar physics/sound: this is probably one of its strongest traits.

I actually was unimpressed with the sax on the Tyros 2: it sounds real, alright: like a real amateur. Valve and breath noises are the things that a good sax player will try to avoid. :)

As to the Hammond, the Tyros2 is very, very good. But the G70 borrows from the VK7 organ and has *real drawbars*, unlike the Tyros2. JCtheMC's "B4real" on the Fantom ain't half bad, if you're staying with the Fantom.

I'll probably get the Tyros2 over the G70 for 2 reasons: 1) The G70 is based on part of the Fantom soundset, so there would be redundancies. 2) The yamaha stylesets are much more plentiful and freely available on the net.

Radon_22

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Radon_22

"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning, and does not stop until you get into the office" - Robert Frost

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