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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2852
Total number of notes:33157

2009.0. "Yamaha PSS680 - any comments??" by DUB01::DALY (Frank X. Daly) Sat Jun 03 1989 15:28

    Hi,
    
    I've just had a demo of the Yamaha PSS-680 at my local music store
    and it sounds great and has a lot of features for a personal keyboard.
    The price is 285 Irish Pounds (about $370). Does anyone have any
    comments on this product ?
    
    Regards,
    
    Frank.
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2009.1 It can be had cheaper BAGELS::MCQUADEits a your hand..., Buckaroo!Mon Jun 05 1989 17:3816
    
    Frank,
    
    Hi.  You can order the PSS-680 thru the online-store on Compuserve
    (here in the US for $225).  I don't know if you have that kind of
    access, but it is available.
    
    I'm a beginner, too.  It does seem to have a lot of flair for the
    price.  Hard to believe anybody could become a proficient keyboardist
    on the mini-keys though.  But I guess the saving grace is that you
    could plug in a full size midi keyboard without any bells and whistles
    and play the PSS-680 from there.
    
    Hope this helps.
    
    Kevin McQuade
2009.2PSS680SHAPES::BROWNMI get this feeling I'm in motion...Tue Jan 30 1990 05:4823
    I don't know much, and I have a PSS680.
    
    Can anyone tell me what I should buy to add on.  I'm sick of the voices
    not sounding good enough (the piano's terrible) and I wish I had a
    sequencer or something.
    
    There are 2 main problems I often have.
    1..	There are only 5 melody storage `buttons'.  Therefore you can only
    	use 5 voices.  You might use all 5 in the first verse and thefore
    	have no memory left for th chorus.
    
    2..	Each melody button only has a storage of 255 key strikes.  This
    	obviously isn't enough.
    
    Because of the above 2 problems I can only do parts of songs etc.  I
    think I need some sort of sequencer, the capability to layer tracks
    and something to save stuff on.  It would be nice to have a full size
    keyboard and some proper voices that I could save.
    
    If anyone could help I would be most grateful.
    
    
    Mattyb