No OTS on Styles

[ChrisH]

Hi Guys
I have an S550 and it does have OTS and works on the MDB styles perfectly but if I download styles from the site I cannot firstly see any mention of the S550 arranger and any PSR 2000 or 3000 styles I use say that OTS is included work fine EXCEPT the OTS doesn't work so it just defaults to Grand Piano (but I can change that)   I can also select the 4 x OTS buttons when using a midi file but sadly not with styles offered on the Tutorial Site  here .. Any ideas ?? Should I be looking for styles from a different keyboard like the S900 series .. I'd love to be able to pick up the OTS from the styles I download.

[johan]

I think the S550 does not support OTS on external style files so for OTS voices, you will have to do with the styles that are build-in.

[ChrisH]

Thanks Johan

It looks that way!!  What model (going more recent) would support OTS on external styles?  .. as already said works fine on internal styles and the MDB

[DerekA]

There may be others, but any of the PSR-S700/900 onward, or PSR-SX700/900, Tyros and Genos models can do this.

[johan]

Indeed, as DerekA mentions, OTS should work on external styles as from S700 series (and also on the S670). If you are looking for a second hand keyboard, I would recommend S670/S770 or similar. For a new keyboard, you can better opt for SX600/700/900. A lot of useful opinions on these keyboard can be found on this forum!

[Normanfernandez]

I won't recommend the S670 even if it's 2nd hand.

S970 or S775 and higher.

[ChrisH]

When I was looking for a keyboard I was going for an SX700 but I was told that a factory in China that supplies some of the parts burnt down so Yamaha had no stock for months  and my S550 came up ...An SX600 or 700 is on my shopping list!!  Thanks Guys!!