Greetings all...I just bought a PSR-s775 (I have a Tyros4 as well) and I must say it is one little monster keyboard.
I'm still fine tuning it, and re-discovering the delights of my older styles that I programmed on my previous PSR- instruments. Styles from CVP-409/509 and Tyros3 and earlier will work very good...some need a little tweaking (mega voices are limited on the 775, but, in my opinion, they picked the right voices to include, making re-voicing fairly easy.
I like the action a lot...reminds me of the older synths I used to own...very playable, very shallow and once you become accustomed to it, it is very expressive indeed, although I use an FC-7 volume pedal for the Right Hand voices, leaving the accompaniment at a fixed volume but allowing expression when needed.
The 775 has incredibly useful arps/multi-pads, and effects (many of the latter not on my Tyros4!!) a new bunch of guitars and organs (Scanner Jazz organ is cool)...it's very easy to navigate if one is remotely familiar with Yamaha's systems for the past decade or so.
Does it sound as good as my Tyros4? Nope...but, it's close enough, and my main reason for purchase was to have a keyboard for gigging...it came down to several choices...a Hammond SK, a Roland VR-09B, but the winner was the PSR as it also had Audio Recording/Playback like the others, but it was a ARRANGER...an instrument that has been a huge part of my life since the Electone to Portable changeover.
I hope there are more users out there for this versatile and very professional arranger.
Question: Are there any OS updates from Yamaha for this keyboard (and the S975)?
Ian
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