Comments on: Yamaha S70XS Synthesizer http://www.piano-keyboard-reviews.com/yamaha-keyboards/yamaha-yamaha-s70xs-synthesize.html Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:44:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave E http://www.piano-keyboard-reviews.com/yamaha-keyboards/yamaha-yamaha-s70xs-synthesize.html/comment-page-1#comment-727 Dave E Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:25:32 +0000 http://www.piano-keyboard-reviews.com/?p=3569#comment-727 No mention of the harmonics on the three keys around D1 on S6 piano. My Ex7 piano sounds sounded fine on my KC350 amp, the s6 sounds dull and muddy and it emphasizes those harmonics to the point of being embarrassing. Looks like I am going to have to spend more $ to upgrade my sound system just to get an acceptable sound out of this thing. PS, sounds fine (well better) through headphones but you cannot play headphones in a group! Polyphony is poor. Try honky tonk train blues at a reasonable lick and it drops notes like crazy, even with just a single piano patch selected. either that or I am hearing some 'weird' artifacts! On the plus side, great keyboard feel, easy (for a Yamaha) to use, more options than you can swing a cat at, still exploring. Found (but not tried yet) the vocoder patches. I love it and hate it at the same time. I feel like Yamaha did a poor job of some aspects of the thing. So much so that it completely destroys the enjoyment you could get from the thing and that's a great shame. I would not mind if they would a) acknowledge the issues and b) do something about them but they just don;t seem to care. It is what it is and I'll make the best of it (it does have some great sounds) but I suspect Yamaha has lost a customer the next time I am looking for a keyboard. No mention of the harmonics on the three keys around D1 on S6 piano. My Ex7 piano sounds sounded fine on my KC350 amp, the s6 sounds dull and muddy and it emphasizes those harmonics to the point of being embarrassing. Looks like I am going to have to spend more $ to upgrade my sound system just to get an acceptable sound out of this thing. PS, sounds fine (well better) through headphones but you cannot play headphones in a group!

Polyphony is poor. Try honky tonk train blues at a reasonable lick and it drops notes like crazy, even with just a single piano patch selected. either that or I am hearing some ‘weird’ artifacts!

On the plus side, great keyboard feel, easy (for a Yamaha) to use, more options than you can swing a cat at, still exploring. Found (but not tried yet) the vocoder patches.

I love it and hate it at the same time. I feel like Yamaha did a poor job of some aspects of the thing. So much so that it completely destroys the enjoyment you could get from the thing and that’s a great shame. I would not mind if they would a) acknowledge the issues and b) do something about them but they just don;t seem to care.
It is what it is and I’ll make the best of it (it does have some great sounds) but I suspect Yamaha has lost a customer the next time I am looking for a keyboard.

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