BAND IN A BOX vs YAMAHA PSR SX900 (BATTLE PT 2) 

Nice job on the video and thanks for the comparison, never even considered anything like this but now I have a different perspective on things. All I can say its amazing when we live in a time where there are two different options that can clearly get the job done well. As a musician I am confident I could use either and be happy with what I have.

Totally enjoyed that last piece. Bravo!

Having played in bands where we preformed our original material we in essence acted as each other's Band in the Box. I played bass in bands. Wrote songs on the guitar. Doesn't bother me in any mode of thought to use loops, or Band in the Box to perform the parts I can't play to an original song I write.

BIAB is a very good learning tool. BIAB also provides many interesting functions like chord analysis, solo / melody generator, score, lead sheet.... I just updated my 2017 version to 2020 Mega Pak. Good enough. However, arranger keyboard is fun to play and the real time chord/style change is another thing. I am using KORG PA700 too. My thought is simple. Jam track/practicing/learning --> BIAB. PLAYING MUSIC --> arranger keyborad. Need better sound? Connect MIDI out to soft-synth ... :)

Woody, that was a G R E A T performance! For me was a joy to watch and informative, too. I'm a classical trained pianist trying to expand my musical skills and you really helped me.

The last jam on the yamaha was lovely.....I've just got the MODX and one thing they've got right is guitar sounds.....thanks for a great channel and great playing.

Excellent video.

Good job, I hope you can do more comparisons between band in a box and the sx900.

Night and day difference between the percussion quality. In listening to the music on studio monitors, the percussion on the Yamaha is MUCH cleaner and realistic.

I'm a singer but not great at improvising solos in a middle of a song, so I have been using BB for a good 10 years to create them and play them back on my Tyros while playing and singing. I also have Power Tracks that I use amongst other things for fiddling with the midi files. Ain't technology great! 😊. I have also subscribed to your chanel as I'm going to be next month the proud owner of the SX900. Learning a lot with you while having fun.

Band in a Box Forever!

Could you pls suggest a key board which can be used as Piano also

Hi Woody and thank you for this rather fascinating comparison!

Great stuff Woody. You nailed it with the accordion lead sound on the Yamaha. Actually all your Yamaha answers to Band In A Box sounded good without sounding cheesy. The Band in a Box solos are where things get separated. Unless it’s a very limited solo mix, you can’t replicate the nuances of real guitars or non keyboard based instruments . The Yamaha is very good at matching Band In A Box with only backing tracks.

Have used it since year 2004

They both have great jazz styles. Felt the grunge rock variant better on the PSR, but still not what I would associate with grunge. It was more Avril Lavinge inspired rather then proper Nirvana grunge.

Hello dear Woody, I think that Band in a box uses WAV? Like the Optigan? I’ve never heard such a realistic, violin phrase coming out of a Synth/Keyboard, not even the Genos. Same for the guitar and Sax phrases... what do you think? Greets and keep your cool videos coming!!

Is it possible to let BIAB control the PSR styles ? (the PSR follows the chords you enter in BIAB)

Thank you! I wonder if Biab will with time also get into more modern music styles

These both have there own place to shine. But as far as making band tracks Band in a box there is no compare to each other. you can do many things with a work station but the way biab is laid out you can quickly make steller band tracks, The Yamaha sounds like midi sounds being played to sound like something but does not really accomplish getting to the real sound, when you use BB and tweak the sounds and use EQ compression and panning, I work in a recording studio and I can't tell which is which if you spend time with BB track it sounds like 5 musicians in the studio, you just can't do that with midi, you can't do it with BB either out of the box you have to spend time tweaking the tracks to make them fit together and not sound like an app.