Just got my FA-06 yesterday. I'm quite amazed about the quality of the sounds (here called "tones"), and you can easily get lost digging between the 2000 of them. They're grouped by categories, instead of preset banks like the old JV-XP series. Lots of lead sounds (more than 40), excellent for a prog enthusiast like me.
Everything tone related is presented in studio sets (analog to old "performance" modes), 16 parts groups (part 10 for percussion) that can be played in single part mode (for sequencing, i.e., song mode) or layered mode. It has 512 user programable studio sets (apart from the presets), for gigging, at least for me, is more than enough.
Just two questions I have, for someone who already got it. As tones are identified by up to 4 numbers, I was wondering if there is a fast way to call a tone, other than dialing, turning pads in "numeric mode" or previously having saved it into a favorite bank.
The second question is: I got my FA-06 for gigging, but at home I'd like to play it from my Yamaha MO-08 (weighted keys). Can I connect them through USB or MIDI, so I can just play the keys of my MO08 to make sound my FA and control everything else in my FA? Sorry I don't have any idea of MIDI implementation, just tell me where could I start.
Thanks in advance for your replies.