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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Re: Importing Yamaha SX900 to UK: Customs Duties and VAT?

« Last post by KurtAgain on Yesterday at 11:42:11 PM »

Keep in mind that Yamaha UK may not provide a warranty on a self-imported device.

Kurt

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PSR-E Series / Re: Expectation of the PSR-E483

« Last post by PSR_E473 (Salman) on Yesterday at 11:37:42 PM »

Well, as usual, there will likely be some more sounds and styles.  My guess, since the E473 was a pretty big jump from the E463, at least in terms of the workflow of the instrument and the onboard effects, that the changes to the E483 will be more evolutionary than revolutionary.  With that said, here is what I would LIKE to see...

A function to allow the sustain pedal to sustain the lower part of a split keyboard, if desired -- with the ability to save the choice in a registration

Upgrading the style section somewhat so, at the very least, there is a way to do a drum fill-in with only one press of a button without having to change style variation.  Additional variations would be fine, but not something I need personally

Upgrading the 6-track sequencer so that, if you make a mistake when recording, you can start recording a particular track from a specific measure, instead of having to re-record the entire track from the beginning

Additional registrations -- either additional buttons per bank, or at the very least allow for a Bank 9 and Bank 0, in addition to the existing Banks 1-8, to allow for 40 registrations instead of 32.  C'mon -- We've had 8 banks of 4 registrations for a dozen years now!  Computer memory is cheap these days!

Dedicated line-outs would be nice -- It would allow the the on-board speakers to be used as monitors while still allowing for external amps and speakers

Move the live-control knobs back to a position right near the keyboard!  Where they are now, if you are using multiple keyboards, one above another, if the E473 is on a lower level, then it might be more difficult to access these knobs.  Additionally, on my E433, I sometimes manipulate the knobs with 1 or 2 fingers of my left hand while holding down notes on the keyboard with other fingers of that hand.  This is impossible with the layout of the E473

And please, bring back the superior key feel last seen on the E433.  Since then, the key feel on the subsequent models, while not bad, just isn't as crisp as that of the E433

Now, out of this list, what do I expect to see implemented?  Zilch!

Now, Salman, can you please clarify -- What do you mean by, "Lastly, Yamaha will change the main frame like the lower model of psr-e433 or psr-e373"?

Err, what I mean't was that Yamaha may or may not change the frame of the keyboard to a lower model like psr-e453 or something because the frame which was used in psr-e383 made up in my mind that maybe Yamaha will change the frame to lower model's frame like psr-s650 or s660 in case of adding new buttons for new features

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Re: Free Chord Looper Banks for download

« Last post by p$manK32 on Yesterday at 11:07:51 PM »

I haven’t used chord looper yet. Now you got me interested.

Rich

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Genos2 / Re: System exclusive messages are neither sent nor received on Genos 2 and on Cubase

« Last post by overover on Yesterday at 09:44:30 PM »

Hi guys!!! I thank everyone as always you are very kind. Ok I got it. Again thank you all. You guys are wonderful.

My pleasure, UbiUanKenobi!

Thanks for your kind feedback.


Best regards,
Chris

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Forum How To Focus / Re: Can’t Access Site: 403 Error!

« Last post by overover on Yesterday at 09:41:13 PM »

Thanks for your detailed feedback, Robert!

Such problems may also occur if you access the forum via certain links that were saved a long time ago. I always recommend going directly to the forum homepage via the following URL:
>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/forum/index.php

... or first go to the Psrtutorial main site and then click on the "Forum" link in the top right corner:
>>> https://www.psrtutorial.com/

Of course, you can also save these links as bookmarks.


Best regards,
Chris

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Importing Yamaha SX900 to UK: Customs Duties and VAT?

« Last post by fantasyvn on Yesterday at 09:32:51 PM »

Hello everyone,

I just found that the price of the SX900 in a foreign country is much cheaper than the current price for the same keyboard in the UK. I don't know why. But suppose I can buy it abroad and bring it back to the UK. I guess I may need to deal with customs duties and VAT when importing the keyboard.

Does anyone have experience or advice on what to expect in terms of taxes and paperwork when bringing an instrument into the UK? Is it likely that I will have to pay a big amount in the UK, which would defeat the purpose of buying the keyboard abroad?

Thanks in advance!

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Free Chord Looper Banks for download

« Last post by pjd on Yesterday at 09:03:52 PM »

Hi --

I collected chord progressions from a bunch of public sources and created Chord Looper Banks. Most of the progressions are generic, simple, and skew modern. However, you'll find a few Classics like the Coltrane and "Rhythm" changes.

They are free and you'll find the download link on this page:

https://sandsoftwaresound.net/chord-progressions-for-yamaha-chord-looper/

Since this is a brand new effort, please report any issues here.

Have fun -- pj

P.S. For total nerds, the ZIP file contains the Java source code for the program that translates a ChordPro text file to Chord Looper Data (CLD) file format.

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Re: "Seeking Advice: Using SX900 Vocal Harmony for Songwriting and Demos

« Last post by fantasyvn on Yesterday at 07:55:29 PM »

I play live with the SX 900 and thought I’d use the VH harmony a lot.  However, I found it takes some work to adjust the appropriate harmony for a given song, getting the balance right, the reverb, delay, etc… Those features can vary depending on the harmony patch selected.  It takes a lot of work, but here’s what I do instead, which may be out of the mainstream for arranger players.  I record the song’s rhythm track into a DAW, then add overdubs and vocal harmonies that I sing.  Then, I play/sing live with all backing tracks mixed to Wav files.  That frees-up the hands and allows more freedom in playing and performing.

Thank you for your perspective. Can you explain how you record the song's rhythm track into a DAW? I guess there are a few ways, and so I would appreciate learning more about your method because I'm especially interested in ways to record the styles into a DAW.

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Forum How To Focus / Re: Can’t Access Site: 403 Error!

« Last post by RobertM on Yesterday at 07:46:43 PM »

Hi Chris,
I usually use a Samsung tablet with Android (recently updated) with Samsung Internet browser which I've used always. Tried Chrome but same error appears. Same with cheap mobile and Google Go.
The problem now seems intermittent as originally happened when accessing PSRT and also when switching from Home to Forum. Today, this post, it only happened once on PSRT access but not Forum access.
After my previous post I had one access where all OK, so at present it's unpredictable.......
I use free Bit Defender from Google Store which shows OK but Roger said he used another AV. Once used AVG so I'll try that again
I'm not too worried but as there have been a couple of other reports I decided to post mine.
Thanks for your continued help,
Regards, Robert.

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Yamaha Keyboards - General / Just for info: Style creation video tutorial

« Last post by BogdanH on Yesterday at 07:45:06 PM »

hello everyone,
I'm just letting you know, that I just finished first three video tutorials about style creation for PSR-SX/Genos keyboards:
01: Chords
02: Chord variations
03: Chord variations -Solution
-turn on subtitles if necessary.

I hope some of you will find them informative.
Bogdan