Oriental (Greece & Turkey) vs Balkan (East Europe)

[arvacon]

Hi.
I have been eligible for a free bonus expansion pack because of the s770 recent purchase.
I would like to know if my Greek friends or any other has tried any of these 2 expansion packs.

As I can see both have a lot of similar voices about bouzouki and baglama and almost the same Greek styles, but at the demo video the balkan one sounds better than the oriental, although these videos can't show the capabilities of all the content of these packs.

So, which one would you suggest for traditional Greek music, rembetiko etc.?

https://eu.yamahamusicsoft.com/catalog/product/view/id/4503/s/oriental-greece-and-turkey/

https://eu.yamahamusicsoft.com/catalog/product/view/id/4116/s/balkan-east-europe-2/


Ps: I have asked from Yamaha to send me the pack list of the Oriental pack, so I have attached it at this post.

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[panos]

Balkan (East Europe)

Oriental (Greece & Turkey)

Almost the same greek styles.
The most important thing in packs are the new drum kits of the expansion packs.
Preset voices can be edited as you wish anyway.
For a buzuki voice you can choose a mandolin and one of the acoustic guitars or other ethnic organs (like oud,tamboura,sitar etc) as a second voice.
There are extra folders with really great voices in your keyboard with no buttons to find them directly:
Legacy, GM & XG, GM2

Press Perc & drum kit and then press up on your screen,the extra folders are in page 2.

But then again,if your taste in music is a little bit strange like mine,
you just choose the Eurodance pack for playing greek songs  opaaaa!!
Mimis Plessas in a Dyskoteka style 



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[WolfBack]

I have not tried any of these packs neither do I have any Yamaha's pack on my possession (I pass my free pack, also)
These packs contains a very few voices and styles and I think that they can not cover my needs for a descent Greek performance.
Fortunately, there's some great Greek/Oriental styles and midi's on the net and some useful Greek instrument voices on my sf2 library.
And, yes, I will agree with Panos. The Eurodance pack is the most interesting and useful for a Dance, Laiko/Pop.
Unfortunately, for Zeimpekiko, Rembetiko, (τρέλα!!!), Balo, Kamilieriko, you must search for another source...
Take a look @ http://www.midipart.gr/forum/index.php