Yamaha prs-650

[Claude]

Hi all! I am a new member.
I purchased a Yamaha PRS-S650 and should get it tomorrow. Any suggestions?

 

[Claude]

Sorry it is 670

 

[SeaGtGruff]

You should enjoy your new keyboard! I predict you will be very busy exploring it tomorrow.

 

[Rayblewit]

Hi Claude,
Welcome to the forums.
Well done on choosing the PSR S 670.
That is one awesome instrument.

I purchased a Yamaha PRS-S650 (670) and should get it tomorrow. Any suggestions?

Any suggestions is a very broard request since we don't know anything about you. What is the Claude story? Are you in a band? A novice player or experienced player? Song writer?
What are your ambitions and expectations of this new KB?

I have the PSR S 650. So I am very interested in how you evaluate the 670.
I have looked at buying one myself as an upgrade.
Both models are similar in their functions and if you need suggestions or advice on some of the features, I am happy to discuss.
On the other hand I will be very keen to know your thoughts and feelings once you get to know your new baby.

Stay in touch.
Cheers
Ray

 

[Claude]

Hi Ray, first of all I purchased the prs-770 not the 650.
I am not a pro and leaning the keyboards for pleasure and I need a lot of help!
When I received the keyboard, I just play around with it to get familiar with some of the sounds, it's sound great! The only disappointment I have is that I cannot connect a VGA screen for karaoke.
A question, can you download other styles from other prs.
Thank you

 

[Rayblewit]

You would probably need HDMI cable for the external screen but I have no idea
Do you have a manual? Is there a HDMI port on th KB?

This is a question for the techo experts here. Clearly not me.

Ray

 

[Claude]

No hdmi connections

 

[goldi5210]

For an external screen you need a RGB-OUT plug. But this is only in PSR S970 not in 770.

 

[SeaGtGruff]

As far as your question about styles, you should be able to load a wide variety of Yamaha style files and use them on your PSR-S770, although you will likely need to tweak them so they use the best available voices for your keyboard. There are a number of free utility programs which Yamaha users have created for tweaking style files, such as MixMaster by Michael Bedesem, or some of the programs that Jorgen Sorensen has written.

 

[Claude]

Thank you Ray for your fast reply.Where would I find these programs?

 

[Rayblewit]

Hi Claude,
Yes I did reply fast but it is SeaGtGruff and Goldi with all the answers.
Cheers Ray

 

[SeaGtGruff]

MixMaster is a Windows-only program (so no good to you if you're on a non-Windows OS), and can be found here:

http://psrtutorial.com/MB/bedesem.html

Jørgen Sørensen's utilities (some of which can run on Apple) can be found here:

http://www.jososoft.dk/yamaha/software/software.htm

There are additional utilities and information here:

http://www.wierzba.homepage.t-online.de/

... and here:

http://www.heikoplate.de/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=3&Itemid=43

 

[Claude]

Ok now I was able to go the prs tutorial and got some free styles and a lot of them.
Now I have a question: I save some styles on music finder and rename it for a song, if I remove the USB the file cannot be found. Can someone help me to solve that issue.
Thank you

 

[SeaGtGruff]

Based on what I've read from other users over at the PSR Tutorial Forum, I think the best thing to do is keep the styles and any Music Finder entries, Registrations, etc. that use those styles on the same USB drive. But I don't have any keyboard models that can use style files, Music Finder entries, or Registrations directly from a USB drive, so I don't really know for sure. You could also use the Yamaha MusicSoft Downloader program to load the style files into the keyboard's internal drive.

 

[Claude]

Thank you