Ordered a PSR-S975

Danny1972 · Apr 18, 2019, 11:58 AM

Hello All,

I hope I am finding you all well.

I own a T4 (including a couple of keyboards from other brands) and the T4 has always most certainly fulfilled everything I wanted from a keyboard. I had contemplated looking at upgrading it to either the T5 or Genos in the past but I concluded that I don't want to depart from the T4 and can't justify having two TOTL's so I am going to stick with it.

However I've always wanted to also own a more portable T4, for instance if I wanted to take it in any room in the house or even to my friends and families without the complete rigmarole of setting it up every time. I think finally I can say there is one that exists now!

I did used to own a PSR-S950 but I was forced to sell it only having had it for a few months and although it kind of fit the bill for a number of things, it did unfortunately lack too many things I love about the T4, including those vocal voices and so on. But now after reading a lot about the S975 it seems that I can finally can say there is a portable T4 that exists (give or take)!.

So I took the plunge and ordered it today and will arrive next Tuesday, I cannot wait! I guess I just wanted to share the excitement!

Take Care
Danny.

Toril S · Apr 18, 2019, 05:46 PM

Hello Danny! Good choice! I have the S975 and a Tyros 5. Both keyboards are great.

Danny1972 · Apr 22, 2019, 06:23 AM

Quote from: Toril S on Apr 18, 2019, 05:46 PM
Hello Danny! Good choice! I have the S975 and a Tyros 5. Both keyboards are great.

Hi Toril,

Thank you for your reply. I actually received the keyboard a bit earlier on Saturday which was a bonus. Spent a day or so on it and I am impressed overall. However I am a little disappointed that it doesn't have many (or any) of the vocal voices from the T4/T5/Genos, so the styles that I used on the T4 that featured these sounds do appear a bit bland on the S975 without them, so I still can't really say it's a mini T4. But I understand you can't have everything and I am liking the extra bits that it does have over the T4. Love the black casing as well.

Thanks.

EileenL · Apr 22, 2019, 07:01 AM

There are a couple of Vocal packs you can buy which will work fine in your keyboard

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Danny1972 · Apr 22, 2019, 10:16 AM

Quote from: EileenL on Apr 22, 2019, 07:01 AM
There are a couple of Vocal packs you can buy which will work fine in your keyboard

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Thank you Eileen, I've had a look and I can only see one which is the choir one, which I don't want choir sounds but more of the single vocal sounds, unless I've missed it.

Toril S · Apr 22, 2019, 10:40 AM

I think there is a pack with scat voices too, but I have not installed it, as I have my T5 when I want those voices, and my S975 when I just want an easy, portable solution with fantastic sound, for the S975 has all that. In the future I maybe will try to install expansion packs, using YEM. It is rather complicated from what I see on the forum....

panos · Apr 22, 2019, 11:15 AM

Congratulations for the new model Danny

Toril Yem is complicated for those who try to make their own sounds and drumkits.
To download and install a ready made pack should be relatively easy

Toril S · Apr 22, 2019, 12:37 PM

Thanks Panos😀

pjd · Apr 23, 2019, 07:49 AM

Hi Danny --

You're welcome to download and play the scat voice pack that I made for T5, S-series, Genos (YEM compatible arrangers):

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It's free.

Have fun -- pj

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Toril S · Apr 23, 2019, 08:30 AM

Hello pjd😀 Can this pack be downloaded to a T5 without the extra memory card?

EileenL · Apr 23, 2019, 08:48 AM

No because they are sampled voices and need the YEM to load them.

Toril S · Apr 23, 2019, 11:39 AM

Thanks Eileen. I know that, but my T5 does not have the extra flash menory module, and I read somewhere that I need this to load expansion packs to the keyboard. Is this true?

pjd · Apr 24, 2019, 07:40 AM

Quote from: Toril S on Apr 23, 2019, 08:30 AM
Hello pjd😀 Can this pack be downloaded to a T5 without the extra memory card?

Hello Toril --

Unfortunately, my scat expansion pack needs the T5 flash expansion module. The expansion pack includes vocal samples (pitch-corrected me!) which must be stored in T5 flash expansion memory.

Speculatively, if an expansion pack did not include new waveform samples, then the pack could load into a T5 without the flash expansion module. However, most expansion packs contain new samples.

If you decide to get a T5 flash expansion module, then it would be best to minimize cost -- maybe buy one second hand. Yamaha have evolved past this technology.

Wish I could be more help -- pj

Toril S · Apr 24, 2019, 10:15 AM

Hello pjd. Thank you so much anyway for the explanation😀😀

Danny1972 · Apr 24, 2019, 01:25 PM

Quote from: pjd on Apr 23, 2019, 07:49 AM
Hi Danny --

You're welcome to download and play the scat voice pack that I made for T5, S-series, Genos (YEM compatible arrangers):

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It's free.

Have fun -- pj

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Hi pj,

Thank you very much indeed, I will try it out later.

All the best,
Danny