Yamaha Tyros 5 76-note keyboard workstation

General

It's long been a topic of conversation: the number of keys on the Yamaha Tyros has always been limited to 61. Until now, wih the release of the Tyros5. This glorious Yamaha workstation is equipped with 76 keys, giving you much more playing freedom. From solo parts to complex arrangements and styles, you can do anything with this music-making machine. The Tyros 5 is a king, with 1,300 voices (excluding XG) and more than 500 styles. New in this version are the Audio Styles, the Ensemble Voice function, Organ World, and new chord trigger options. Of course it also includes the Music Finder (2,500 titles), Multi Pads (190 x 4) and the built-in VH2 voice processor.

Tyros 5-76: SuperArticulation2, Organ World, Ensemble

The Tyros 4 already had an impressive sound, but this fifth generation takes it to the next level with 55 Ensemble and 44 Super Articulation voices. Thanks to the expanded WAV ROM there are more and larger samples available. Tyros5 voices include new acoustic and electric pianos, full string and brass sections and countless individual instruments that show up in the accompaniments but are also great for your own arrangements. The new Organ World includes all kinds of life-like organs from electro-mechanical tonewheel models to theatre pipe organs. With the Ensemble Voice function violins and saxophones never sound implausible because they are intelligently mapped, and subtle differences in timing and dynamics are added.

Audio styles and sub outs

The manufacturer has given the Tyros 5 539 styles, 40 of which are Audio Styles. These are comprised of drum and percussion parts in audio format, recorded from the playing of top session musicians. Thanks to advanced Time Stretching technology, you can seamlessly mix the drum tracks with the MIDI parties from the general accompaniment system, regardless of the desired tempo. In this way the Tyros 5 becomes even more powerful as an arranger keyboard. Next to the main line-out you'll also find four interesting Sub Outs (2x stereo) which can be used to send separate instruments or accompaniments to a separate mixer channel, giving you lots of freedom in mixing audio performed in live settings.