This may work for 3000, but will not work for Tyros, even with a gender changer adapter/cable. The two ends of the USB link act differently: the master (or A-end) issues commands (e.g. to give a list of stored files, or to transfer contents of a file, or to accept changed/new contents or a new or existing file). The slave end (B-end) contains logic to understand the master's commands, and respond to them.

The Tyros USB functions are limited to acting as a slave, hence it only has a USB-B-connector. Simply changing the connector type will not make Tyros acquire the functionality to act as a USB master end. The computer is designed to act as a master, and is required to transfer data to/from the Tyros' hard drive.

The PSR3000 has this master functionality, when you connect to the Master (A) connector, which is what makes it possible to use USB storage devices with it.

As USB is becoming a more prevalent standard of the computer industry, I can only hope that the Tyros II will have this functionality. I also hope that it will support USB 2.0 standard of communicating with the computers, and allow multi-channel digital audio streams to be sent to the computer. This should be much more useful than having a built-in CD-R drive, which adds bulk, and extra logic, and still does not allow the same level of flexibility as the dedicated recording programs do (and please don't forget 76 keys please).

Regards