Launch of Yamaha Tyros3 arranger/keyboard on 9th December 2008

Mainline Musicworks hosted the launch of the exciting new flagship Yamaha Tyros3 arranger/keyboard on Tuesday 9th December 2008 at the Band Hall, Taharoto Road, Takapuna. Darren Smith from Musicworks HQ demonstrated this new flagship keyboard as well as the latest Yamaha Clavinova CVP-407. Everybody in attendance were amazed at the clarity and realism of the sounding that Darren demonstrated as he ran through a variety of music and genre.

Darren mentioned that this was a revolutionary model rather than evolutionary as Yamaha has spent much energy on significant new features such as: 11 dsp (digital signal processor) chips to control the effects of individual accompaniment instruments in the rhythm styles and real time instruments that your play; 11 amazing new super articulation 2 voices with up to 400 samples per voice; top of the range and new sampled grand piano; artificial intelligence to monitor your playing and change the sound characteristics to suit your style of play; a guitar engine that sounds like a real guitar strum (expands your chord over two octaves like on a real guitar); built-in 80 Gigabyte hard drive; two USB 2.0 ports for memory sticks; USB host to computer; sliders to control precisely and in real-time the real time and style tracks; ability to install inside the keyboard additional sound cards to expand even further the sound banks; sharper and brighter TFT LCD screen; ad infinitum. Yamaha have, however, been careful to leave the layout of the Tyros 3 similar to previous models and so people switching over should feel very comfortable with the operation of the instrument.

 

      

After the concert, Darren was available to answer questions whilst people had the opportunity for a 'hands-on' play. There were plenty of admirers and plenty to admire!

Thank you Mainline Musicworks for putting this concert on for the Auckland keyboard enthusiasts and a special thanks to Alan Lavis, Manager of Mainline Musicworks, for organising the concert and of course to Darren Smith, from Musicworks HQ, for giving us this concert at a hectic time of the year for him.